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7 Feb 2017
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Entrants in The Great Around The World Adventure Rally Start Africa Stage
The "Soft Butt Team" of # 7 and # 9 have started the third stage of The Great Around The World Adventure Rally in southern Africa. They proclaim, "We're far from the world's toughest riders."
Any HU travelers wanting to connect for purposes of trading road tales, swapping warnings about good/bad people along the way, repairs, and general gossip are invited to PM me.
The Great Around The World Motorcycle Adventure Rally, Great Around The World Motorcycle Adventure Rally is not granting any interviews with the motorcycle media, but may release fake news to keep the surveillance drones from following them.
The Soft Butt Team will be in southern Africa until Macrh 1, when they pit stop and then relocate themselves and equipment to Europe for the fourth stage (Europe) and then the final stage, a dash across Russia or Asia.
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27 Feb 2017
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Namibia and Swaziland 2017
Posts are now up at Great Around The World Motorcycle Adventure Rally recounting The Phallic Hunt Tagging Namibia and Getting Right With God in Swaziland.
"Many Thanks" to the contributors and support personnel from the Soft Butt entrants along their route.
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30 Mar 2017
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Lesotho - James Bonding, Internet Addicts, Gross Cafe
The Soft Butt Team's pass through Lesotho has been posted at www.rtwmotorcycleadventurerally.blogspot.com
Not living in a state of cognitive dissonance, one team member noted, "We could have done the route we took on a Gold Wing or 49 cc Honda Cub. Times have significantly changed from 1998 when it was a real mud struggle."
The Team has continued not to seek out or grant media interviews. Some fake news has been cyber floated to feed FB junkies and rumored Twitterati.
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29 Apr 2017
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South Africa - Earth's End, Motorcycle Sex, Adventure Dog
Adventure golf, Ronnies Sex Shop and Roadkill Café, The Motorcycle Room museum, 1979 adventure down east Africa on Yamaha XT500, and Motorcycle Adventure Junkie has all been tagged in the latest post at www.rtwmotorcycleadventurerally.blogspot.com
First photo below is the route taken through Africa in 1979 by Jan-Lucas de Vos and his three mates on 1979 Yamaha XT500s well before the Bavarian company had even conjured the term G/S. Second photo is of de Vos having a little fun with his fully loaded XT500 in Africa. He had received new clutch plates through the Dutch Embassy, likely what today would be called a diplomatic pouch. He shared his great tale of adventure before motorcycle travel was called adventure touring.
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Africa Reflections - Soft Butt Rally/Motorcycle Ride 2017
May 16, 2017, some reflections on Africa, motorbikers versus hikers, and a photo of the latest electronic handlebar adventure gizzmo from the imaginary TOURAROADVMAXIMO catalog have been posted at www.rtwmotorcycleadventurerally.blogspot.com
As always, the scribe, with tongue in cheek, has lightly panned The Soft Butt Rally.
Last edited by Sun Chaser; 22 Jun 2017 at 14:42.
Reason: Spelling was a typo earror, should be TOURA ROAD ADV MAXIMO
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