Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

 10 PASSES – 1 DAY CIRCUS

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we are a group of friends that does short breakfast runs on Sunday mornings, we are the Old Timers...still sparking after all these years.

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We started our trip this morning 7:00 with one rule…you are responsible for the rider behind you

We decided on an extended breakfast run for a change, not having an idea what we let ourselves in for, we even made t-shits for the trip. Let’s do a 10 passes trip they said, it will be fun they said. If only we knew.

Departing from the Engen Garage, Pick n Pay Centre, Plattekloof, cnr of Plattekloof Drive and Gert van Rooyen Avenuee 08H00. An all tar ride for breakfast at Kelkiewyn in Villiersdorp You don't need to be a member of the club to join us for this ride - just pitch up.

Departing from the Engen Garage in Plattekloof at 08H00.

An all tar ride for breakfast at Kelkiewyn in Villiersdorp

You don't need to be a member of the club to join us for this ride - just pitch up.

I'm currently on gardening leave between jobs and decided to kill a whole lot of birds with a few stones - clear the ever present cobwebs, learn a little BaseCamp / Zumo navigation skills, grab a bite to eat and go for a leisurely solo ride.

Max Lange leads a ride to Kelkiewyn in Villiersdorp for breakfast.

Meet at the Plattekloof Pick n Pay, the new breakfast run meeting point for an 08h00 departure.

After weeks of scouring the web for suitable routes and countless hours spent tweaking the selected route on Mapsource - I wanted to find a route that avoided the N1, N2 and R62 yet was suitable for a "solo" ride - Adrienne and I finally set off on Friday morning enroute to Wilderness.

A breakfast run to Kelkiewyn in Villiersdorp led by Max Lange.

Route

The route will include 2 mountain passes, faster riders only overtake on the right and slower riders please be aware, hold your line where required but allow faster riders to pass easily over the passes.

It was a long weekend, and on the Friday night Gav and I realised we had not really planned anything. A bit of internet research and a quick phonecall to McGregor found us accommodation for the Saturday night; the idea being that we would simply point the bikes in a direction and take things from there. We had ridden the Koppies gravel road near Villiersdorp a week or so earlier, but wanted to go back and explore a bit more, so headed out from Cape Town via Stellenbosch and Franschhoek. It was a perfect day for being out on your bike, and being mid-morning on the Saturday of a long weekend, the roads were lovely and quiet.

Due to the cancellation of the 30th bash on the 15th August 2009 we have booked a club ride lead by Brian Messenger to Kelkiewyn Restaurant in Villiersdorp. kelkiewyn kelkiewyn landscape Meet at the Engen, everything you need to know will be discussed at the meeting point. The map to the meeting point and other information on what to bring is at these links: * [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/node/1 General Club Ride info and map to meeting point]