Newbies from South Africa
Although I had been riding bikes from the age of 16 to my mid thirties, I had stopped and it was only about 3 years ago that I got started again. At first Cathy was rather reluctant to join me but for the past couple of years we have done a fair amount of local travel together ...two really old bullets now!
We live in Port Elizabeth down on the coast centrally located almost midway between Cape Town and Durban with some really amazing dirt roads radiating in all directions from here (except South of course)!
Our current ride is a Yamaha Super Tenere which we both absolutely love. previously we've had a BMW F650GS (800cc), GS1200 Adventure, BMW 650 x-Country and a Kawasaki KLR650. Apart from numerous local rides, I recently did a ride with my brother-in-law to Malawi via Botswana, Zimbabwe, mozambique, Zambia and Namibia. Prior to that a short trip to southern Namibia with a German colleague on a Yamaha 600 and my son as my pillion.
Cathy and my plan is to do a really long tour in the not-too-distant future...either through Africa to her family in the UK or a trip through the Americas. Time will tell.
We're really looking forward to reading up on all the info on this site and hopefully corresponding and possibly meeting some of you yet.
Regards
Tony & Cathy
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