my motorcycle diary
Saturday, August 16, 2008

Aha! Now we know where all the pies went that day!

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Sunday, August 03, 2008

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Two wheels on the road to nowhere

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Biking the 29th - A voyage of discovery - Across South Africa on motorbikes

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There are times when destination is unimportant, when travelling is its own reward and movement becomes an end in itself. Old Agus Rots, the...
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The Ultimate Ride

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It’s a beautiful bike road. Chapman’s Peak near Cape Town is beautiful anyhow you look at it, but especially for bikes. That cliff, the moun...

Song of the Sausage Creature

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There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright red, hunchback, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them -- but I want one ...

Girl with the black cowboy boots

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I ride. Steel bars in my grip. Wind in my face. She walks bare feet on the wet beach-sand with her black cowboy boots in her hand. Her dress...

Scared Brick

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I am not alone I am a brick in a wall One of many Together we are a wall We keep the roof We house life Therefor, we are life We are not alo...

Awakening

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It does not matter if I do not know why I am here how I got here what I did It does not matter if I do not know why I am not there why I did...

A road story

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That rumble is unmistakingly Milwaukee iron. Long before it comes into sight, the world tenses in anticipation. The vibration sends birds sc...

Old posts

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The eagle-eyed among you might have picked up the sudden torrent of posts. Let’s just say I have a lot of catching up to do. I should resign...

Bikes that stood out

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I tested almost 140 bikes in an 18-month period. These are the ones I revisit in my memories Aprilia Mana (scooter technology in a bike that...

What have I learned

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A friend asked me what am I taking away from this job? I haven’t thought about it until then. I said I would have to think about it. The fir...

The Dream ends

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I have resigned from Topbike. My frustrations I have mentioned before, so I won’t repeat them. Let’s just say things weren’t improving. I fa...

My friend Riaan

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I never thought the day would come. He has been threatening to do it for years now, and we eventually stopped listening to him. Then I got t...

My friend Eddie

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Eddie was the first of us to get hooked onto bikes. He had several small two-stroke machines, including a lovely Honda MB5 and a Yamaha 125 ...

The big snake

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My upbringing was rural and poor with some cultural influence of the Nama. The stories of snakes in my childhood always left me in awe. Snak...

The Car-mad Namas

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I am just back from a few days of holidaying in Concordia with my Uncle Albie (Boeta to me) and his family. It was quite sudden. He came by ...
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BikerPat
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
I have been so obsessed with bikes, I turned it into a job. Might not have been the wisest thing. The fun factor disappeared. Now it is a hobby again, and I will pay the rent in another way. Who cares, as long as I stay on two wheels in one way or another.
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