Tell us who you are?

GS-Kaiki wrote:Dankie Drix,
Ek voel nou glad nie ge-intimideer nie. Staan en ry? Ek het dit nou net onder die knie om te sit en ry. Ha- ha

Of course I will need help. But luckily for me it seems that there is more than enough technical and moral support.

THANKS EVERYONE

Ek skraap nog moed bymekaar

Moenie worry oor die staan nie, meeste van ons is in elk geval nie fiks genoeg nie en sit maar weer uiteindelik.

Kom ry net rustig saam!

GS-Kaiki, ek sal ook 'n newbie wees so ons kan mekaar ondersteun.

GS-Kaiki

Yes you can ask me, like Marnus said. I met him and a few other on breakfast one morning.

All I can say is make yourself visable or carry something that they can see it's you.

On Club nights the Chairman (Richard Hussey), will introduce the Road Captain (Johan Maree)and the GS Captain (Pieter de Koker). You will then see who they are and you are welcome to come and chat to any of them or to Richard.

Pieter will however not be here this Friday, but I will be. So feel free to come and have a chat. I will also be talking about the Sunday ride.

So no excuses !!!!

Thanks Daleen, atleast I wont feel that alone / lost.

To the others: okay, okay, you convinced me. I'll be there on Sunday and try to meet some of you on Friday.

Now that is the spirit I like to hear. See you Friday night.

Hi, I'm Deon

I have been riding my KLR650 for the last year, doing various trips to the Lowveld and Northern Province. Have done some really nice trips with my partner Alison. We have done most these trips alone, but met up with some nice riders on our ways.
I have just bought my 1200GS 2009 from Bavarian East, and done the Lowveld the same weekend. Can't wait for this bloody cold weather to move on so I can do a nice long distance trip.
I would like to join the club, but I am based in Witbank, which means I will miss out on a lot of the club stuff.

Sounds like a good reason to do a quick 200 kays every month

Hi there

My name is Zanda, I am new to this forum.

I ride a GS650 (Twin). Was riding a Transalp 650 for a year or so then bought my twin. Absolutely love it. My hubby & I are hoping to join the GS breakfast ride on Sunday. It will be great to meet some of you !

Happy riding

Cool! Looks like we'll have a bunch of 'newbies' (although a year on a TA moves you into the advanced category! )

Welcome! Would like to see more people with 650 twins off-road - they're highly underestimated for off-road use and perfect for our kind of club rides.

dakardrix wrote:Cool! Looks like we'll have a bunch of 'newbies' (although a year on a TA moves you into the advanced category! )

Welcome! Would like to see more people with 650 twins off-road - they're highly underestimated for off-road use and perfect for our kind of club rides.

Thanx Dakardrix

I agree - the 650 twin is very capable of offroading. It's only "problem" is it's ground clearance. Tends to catch on the rocky stuff. But if you are vertically challenged, as I am, and cannot ride a higher bike ... then you just make sure you chose your lines carefully

Will you be there on Sunday?

Jip, I'm the sweeper for the day. My turn to eat dust...

Puddles wrote:Hi there

My name is Zanda, I am new to this forum.

I ride a GS650 (Twin). Was riding a Transalp 650 for a year or so then bought my twin. Absolutely love it. My hubby & I are hoping to join the GS breakfast ride on Sunday. It will be great to meet some of you !

Happy riding

Hi there Puddles, if you are the same Puddles as the other Puddles (or the "Hoofmeisie" ), then you will have no problems on Sunday's ride........

Welcome to the forum, and hope to see and your hubby on Sunday morning!!!

dakardrix wrote:Cool! Looks like we'll have a bunch of 'newbies'

Believe me, from some ride reports and pics I have seen, Puddles's hubby is no newbie !!!!!

Hi,

I have changed my name from Sharkie to KnopKop.

The reason for this is that now I have the same name on different forums and I actually have a huge bump on my head

I still support the Sharks, julle ou klomp Blou Bulle was net lucky.........

Welcome Zanda a.k.a. Puddles Does your nick name imply that you prefer mud above rocks and sand?

If you're not a member of the club yet, pop in tonight at 18:00 or so. You & hubby will get to meet us, and if you like us you can sommer sign up to become a club member - otherwise you keep signing disclaimers when you ride with us

See you around, oh and congrats with your 650-twin... gives the TA a beating any time of the day!

And welcome to the forum, Knop

dakardrix wrote:Jip, I'm the sweeper for the day. My turn to eat dust...

I promise not to make too much dust for you.

Tx, please tell the others to do the same, especially that Marnus oke...!

dakardrix wrote:

Tx, please tell the others to do the same, especially that Marnus oke...!

Sjym.

Hulle ry nog nie eers nie en kla alreeds.

Enige tyd welkom saam die S'e, ofkors

Luister hier ou grote... ons het ten minste nie 4 wiele nodig as ons gaan G nie, soos ander mense met hulle G-wa nie...!

Maar dankie vir die uitnodiging...

KnopKop wrote:

Hi there Puddles, if you are the same Puddles as the other Puddles (or the "Hoofmeisie" ), then you will have no problems on Sunday's ride........

Welcome to the forum, and hope to see and your hubby on Sunday morning!!!

dakardrix wrote:Cool! Looks like we'll have a bunch of 'newbies'

Believe me, from some ride reports and pics I have seen, Puddles's hubby is no newbie !!!!!

ha ha .... yip ... that's me

dakardrix wrote:Jip, I'm the sweeper for the day. My turn to eat dust...

Oh shame ... I guess someone has to do the "dirty" job now and again. Thanx !!!

dakardrix wrote:

Tx, please tell the others to do the same, especially that Marnus oke...!

Like some wise man once said

Some wise man wrote:Roost... and thy will be roosted upon!

I suggest you at least take goggles, fluffy buffs and dish washing gloves to make it bearable

Marnus wrote:Welcome Zanda a.k.a. Puddles Does your nick name imply that you prefer mud above rocks and sand?

If you're not a member of the club yet, pop in tonight at 18:00 or so. You & hubby will get to meet us, and if you like us you can sommer sign up to become a club member - otherwise you keep signing disclaimers when you ride with us

See you around, oh and congrats with your 650-twin... gives the TA a beating any time of the day!

Thanx Marnus

Mmmm ... my nickname .... water ... puddles ... splash ... need I say more

Johan & I are members of the club but have not yet gone on any of the rides. Phew ... that means no paperwork Might not make it tonight but will try next time.

I did test ride the old GS650 but didn't like it. The TA was excellent offroad but once I tried out the new twin ... oh hum ... I was hooked I was initially keen for the GS800 but my feet didn't touch the ground, not even with the lower seat. I've been converted for almost a year now.

Hi Ladies and Gents,

I was named Hermanator by friends in England when I bought a magical 1150RT in 2002. Herman (the German), as the bike came to be known, was one of 30 1150RT's BMW built as the precursor to the launch of the new 1150RT in SE version. Herman's and mine exploits both in England and on the continent became legendary.



The highlight of our trips was a ride of 4500 miles which took us over the top of Paris, then south through the Ardeche to Cannes. From Cannes, we took a feft to Nice and through Monaco. In Monaco, Herman had all the bits polished and, with the tuxedo DHL's to the hotel earlier, Herman and I arrived at the casino du Monaco in fine style. From there, the trip took us to Pisa, then to Florence and Rome before crossing to the East coast and San Marino. From Italy, we rode through Austria via the Alps, then into Czech Republic where we visited Prague and Most. (Most is the most beautiful place in Europe!). From Czech Rep, we entered Germany from the east with a highlight being the ceremonial ride to Freedom from east to west and the Brandenburg Gate.

Over the years in England, as the rides became more popular, so too did the friends circle increase and I was priviledged to spend many hours in the company of wonderful people touring Europe, North Africa, Scandinavia, and the British Isles. In all, I ended up doing over 200,000 miles touring Europe, informally leading some of the most fantastic tours and exploring routes, well off the beaten track.

Have practiced as a management consultant to media and telco's for 12 years and in '06 was invited to SA to do a contract for Media 24. In '08, I finally left corporate to concentrate on my businesses, Longway Moto - BMW Motorcycle Tours and rentals and Longway Imports, through which we import the Starcom1 range of communication systems (with a handful of other lines).

Based in beautiful Cape Town, I'm privileged to spend the little time I have these days, exploring the magnificent Cape and Karoo. There is simply nothing more stimulating than the pungent aroma of Lavendar as you ride the Touws Rivier road, an area so barren and untouched, dinosaurs would recognise it with no change.

Our 2009/2010 tours are almost complete and will be published shortly. Along with the many foreign riders we have on tour, we also take tag-along tours where we invite riders with their own bikes. Every tour is unique and accomodation is chosen for the lifetime memories it'll create.

I hope to meet some of the Pretoria members on my travels to Gauteng in the coming months.

Cheers

Lawrence

Here's a couple of stories from the past....
http://www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/BikesQuads/RoadTests/0,,1369-1962-1965_1958723,00.html