Great!, where is your shop!!
 

Hi Le Cap,

Sounds great , where in Cape Town is your shop? would like to hook up with you and come check out you shop. I would also like to discuss some propoesd routes for a Southern African Expedition.. My cell no 082 672 9351.

Keep in touch

Cheers
Chris

Hi lecap
 

Hey there Juergen....
went onto your site and really impressed.... do you allow hook'ons where we can join a tour but supply our own bikes? Great to see oppurtunities exist to tour with like minded people....
Where are you based as Wingnut and I would dig to make a swing to see your whole setup!!
The club thing is getting there and it will not specifically be Yamaha driven,so all enduro\dual sport riders welcome....!:thumbup1: Will keep the 650 in mind,can short'ish chicks(Wife feeling left out!) handle it or is it a little potent?

Will attempt to get hold of you this weekend,but if not I am available on 083-290-7788!!
Thanks and ride safe
Bryan

Le Cap
 

I have very recently moved to new premises. My new shop is in Edgemead. Give me a buzz on 072 2590009 if you want to come past as the shop does not have official opening times and I'm not there all day long. Otherwise you can call at my place in Goodwood wich comes with the advantage of a well stocked fridge :-)

The DR is a fine bike for wifes and GF's esp. the shorter ones (like 1.70m tall) as the bike can be set low without sacrificing suspension quality and it's light by nature. It's not a classic beginners bike (=does not get boring after three weeks). I still enjoy them after 23 years and who knows how many km.

I think the DR650SE is a very good beginners bike due to its very low weight and forgiving characteristics. (easy to handle, hard to break)

As for tours we better run our own trips as the Le Cap tours are geared towards overseas visitors. I can better that for private trips looking at accommodation, routes and things to do en route.

I am back
 

Hi Guys,

I am back in RSA. The bikes are on their way, and should arrive Durban end of December.

But I will not find the time to finish some bikes this year. To much going on. 20-25.11. Lesotho Tour, 29.11-02.12 Roof of Africa, 09.12-15.12 Namib Desert Run. So no time left to build up Teneres.

regards

Thomas

Hi again Cape Town folks,

Arriving in Cape Town on Nov. 17th. 2 weeks in the cape region+garden route by car. Then up to Walvis Bay to unload container and travel by xt for 3 weeks in northern Namibia, Zambia,Botswana.

Any chance I could buy a beer or two on arrival in exchange for route information and a bit of (always valuable) local knowledge?

Cheers,
Pawlie

xt club
 

Hi guys
another capie here who has an XT6000e .
Right now, I have to admit i DONT enjoy riding it. :( but that is another story.

i do have to be honest, i am not a "club" kind of person, but do like informal and spontaneous rides ever so often (in smaller groups).

I am also a lot of the time on the wilddog forum (as macduff :euro:) which also has its fair amount of "kakpraat", but also rather interesting topics which i enjoy.

anyway, I just thought i would pop in and say hello, and am following this thread closely - it sounds good :thumbup1:

cheers,
ernie

Wrlcome!!
 

Great,

We are keeping it very "relaxed" and not like your tipical "hells angel" type of club. You are more than welcome to join, and if you are having any problems with you bike we will try and help you where ever we can. The boys,(and girl) are planning a overnight trip to Sutherland on 20th of Jan along the back roads, let us know of you are keen, you are obviosly wecome.

Check some of the previose threads for my contact details!

Hope to catch up soon,
Cheers, Chris

Hi Chris

A buddy and myself would like to know if we could join the group on the trip on the 25th. We both rides xt's myself a Tenere and buddy a xt550.

I think a xt club in Cape Town is a great idea .........long time overdue though.:thumbup1:

Hi arff1
 

Nice to see this thread is still a popular one.... I have been rather swamped at work over the last couple of months so it is great to see that fellow riders are still keen on getting together for a couple of out rides!!
Arff, you and your mate are most welcome to do the overnighter to sutherland on the 20\01\2007.... Wingnut and my contact details are back in the thread somewhere so give us a shout!

Cheers guys
Bryan
P.S. Pawlie are you still around,mate!?

Sutherland trip................
 

Hi Guys

Can someone keep me posted re this trip? Is there a proposed route?

Cheers

Gavin

Hello Bryan

I think my mule just kicked th bucket:( It is a sad, sad feeling.......as I had some really great rides with her. I hope with devine intervention to bring her into life.

The Sutherland trip looks like a no go for me .........sorry.....unless you can accomodate my other bike which is not a xt.

Anyway, got to get back to work......Have a great NEW YEAR!!!!:thumbup1:

what happened ARRF????

somebody here also mentioned a place in Kuilsriver, which has lots of spares, or somebody who is "hotshot" with the XT....

can i have some more details please?

thanks

ernie

Sutherland mission
 

Hey guys!!

All xt's welcome on the Sutherland trip on 20 January. bear in mind it will be an overnight mission, and we will be back in Cape Town on the 21st.

The meeting point is the engen 'wineland 1stop on the N1 on the way to Paarl from Cape Town.

Please check earlier posts on this thread for my contact details.

I also have the details of the Kraaifontein xt guru!!

Cheers guys hope to see you on the trip!!

Chris

Sounds a lot like an HU Travellers Community to me! :)

See the Community page - link on left - to start one in your area. Use the Community Mailing list to organise rides etc.

Hmmm, perhaps we need a Community Forum?

have fun! By the way - we're working on an HU Travellers Meeting near Pretoria for 07! :D

G/day all
 

Peter here.

Good to hear guys talking bikes, I an also from C/T. I am currently rebuildinga 3aj Tenere, it is my first XT.

I am having wet dreams about ridingthe thing to England, but at the moment that is still a fair way off. I am still struggleing for spairs and so on, i have tried all the usual suspects (Kim and Thomas) but with out real luck. Have eventualy sourced parts in Germany.

Has anyone got the number of that guy in Kraaifontuin who deals with xts? My cell is 083 650 2339.

PS. Kim told me he was thinking of selling and moving to Aus. any keen business okes out there who can make it work for them should give him a call.