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Category: Features

South Africa tour, day 9: To the southernmost tip of Africa

29th December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

Today was another long slog of 400+km. But the reward at the end was big too: Cape Agulhas, Africa’s southernmost point.

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South Africa tour, day 8: From wilderness to Wilderness

28th December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

This was a long day in the saddle. We left the Mount Camdeboo Nature Reserve nice and early to make the most of the cool temperature because the forecast for the day was 39°C.

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South Africa tour, day 7: Turning back

27th December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

This was not a long day in the saddle, but it was a significant one: Today our progress to the East came to an end, and we started make our ziggedy zaggedy way back to Cape Town.

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South Africa tour, day 6: Elephant safari

26th December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

Day six was the first one where we didn’t even touch the bikes. Instead we headed off to a safari in the Addo Elephant National Park.

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South Africa tour, day 5: All the way to the East

25th December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

After two nights in Oudtshoorn, we were on the move again. And today’s ride was a long one – 455km of country lanes to Addo, near Port Elizabeth.

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South Africa tour, day 4: Ostriches and dirt roads

24th December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

This was always going to be a day of fun. We started with a visit to an ostrich farm, and then took on a circular route on the bikes covering both tarmac and dirt mountain passes, and ending up exactly where we had started from, Oudtshoorn.

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South Africa tour, day 3: Into the Little Karoo

23rd December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

I thought that the second day of riding had been hot, with temperatures climbing to 34°C. But as I was staring at my bike’s dash in disbelief, I was faced with a reading of 39°C.

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South Africa tour, day 2: Leaving the city

22nd December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

The second day started with us negotiating our way out of Cape Town, following the coast north to a nice viewpoint in Bloubergstrand just outside the city where you got a nice view of Table Mountain – and today there was no cloud restricting the view.

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South Africa tour, day 1: Shakedown to the Cape of Good Hope

21st December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Touring Bikes

When I booked myself on the Motorrad Tours South African Garden Route tour, I had my mind buzzing with thoughts of lions, elephants and miles of exciting roads to ride. And not much else.

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If six iconic car brands made motorcycles

18th December 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Scooters, Sports Bikes, Touring Bikes

Unbeknownst to some, certain car brands started life by making motorcycles. Take Honda, for instance, or BMW. But what if iconic car brands made motorcycles?

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