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Jet and Rent: South Africa by motorcycle
By Barry Tavner on 21/10/2010 15:38:59
Think South Africa is too far away to go explore? You can fly there and rent a motorcycle. We did
Name: Barry TavnerBike hired: KTM Adventure 640Miles covered: 807Total cost: £1,188Pros: Solitude, wildlife, hospitalityCons: Not enough timeAdventure rating: HighThe wild animal count had been low, I suppose, due to the exhaust note coming from
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Africa Rally - Adventuring with the Princes
By John Cantlie on 14/04/2010 14:21:08
South Africa opens its arms to the heat and dust of Enduro Africa, the rally that promises to thrill and thrash its participants in equal measure. And this year, Princes William and Harry came along for the ride
All told, it was a vintage year for the African rally. A massively revised off-road route heading southwards from Durban to Port Elizabeth down the eastern cape of South Africa, hugely technical and challenging riding, £300,000 raised
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John Cantlie Does Africa
By John Cuntlie on 29/10/2007 21:07:47
A ride off-road through the un-tamed bush of South Africa? Tough going but a real thrill, and in November 2006 you can do the same - and all for charidee, mate
mountain passes towards the Drakensberg range, climbing to nearly 10,000 feet before passing through game reserves as you cross Lesotho. From there you'll traverse the rugged Transkai region before swinging east towards the Wild Coast where game animals
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Riding Enduro Africa
By John Cantlie on 29/11/2005 16:09:55
2500 kilometres, 10days, 5blokes, 5bikes, 1 ginormous continent...and a broken foot
towards the Drakensberg range, climbing to nearly 10,000 feet before passing through game reserves as you cross Lesotho. From there you'll traverse the rugged Transkai region before swinging east towards the Wild Coast where game animals roam the plains
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Death of the Dakar
By Mike Peake on 22/10/2010 10:07:24
What really happened behind the scenes when the 2008 Dakar rally was cancelled due to terrorist threats. Visordown investigates
On January 4th 2008, the 30th Dakar rally was cancelled due to “direct threats” from terrorist cells in Northern Africa. It cost the organisers more than £10 million in lost revenue and has driven them to move the event to South America. But what
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Honda CTX200 vs. Lesotho
By Ben Cope on 19/04/2011 11:50:54
The toughest bike on the planet? Quite possibly.
Up until a couple of weeks ago, I'd never heard of the Honda CTX200. This weird strain of Honda doesn't sell in Europe or America or most of the world for that matter. Infact it only sells in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Chile. Countries
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Experiencing the Motogiro
By Tim Dickson on 22/10/2010 11:38:06
It's a bike race, but not as we know it. Old bikes, Italian gents and Englishmen go mad in the Mediterranean sun. Sicily says 'hello' to the Motogiro
next check as quickly as possible you've more time to fix stuff and eat free snacks.It's the end of May and it's hot, but not uncomfortably so. Some of the island is as far south as bits of near-Saharan Africa are north, but the climate isn't so harsh
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Jeremy Burgess - The King Maker
By Mike Nicks on 05/06/2004 14:45:21
Valentino Rossi's right-hand man has 14 GP titles to his credit and delights in psychological paddock warfare. Meet Jeremy Burgess
staggering 1.410 seconds from his previous best. He set a new qualifying record at 1m58.758s - a vast 1.145 seconds faster than Gibernau, his closest Honda rival.But wasn't it a gamble to wait until so late in the session to produce the super-lap? "I
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Triumph Triple Challenge - The Contenders
By Ben Cope on 18/05/2012 10:58:50
Think everyone in BSB is a professional rider? Think again. We caught up with three aspiring young hopefuls.
-trodden path into road-racing; starting on a PW50 aged 5, he won his first junior motocross championship on a PW80 aged 12. He then made the switch to road racing, from 125s to 600s and after a few seasons, he jumped up to the Superbike class on a BMW S1000RR
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World In Motion
By Harriet Ridley, Alex Hearn, Tim Dickson on 23/02/2008 15:05:39
Travel by car and you're watching a movie. Travel by bike and you're in the movie. Which is reason enough in our book to hit the road for a touring holiday. The question is, how do you want to do it?
the ST1100 for four years until Honda brought out the linked model with ABS in 1996, so I bought that and ran it until 2002 when I got the new 1300.I tour with different people on different bikes and the truth is you can tour on anything. But bikes like
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