Gypsy Biker

What a memorable day this turned out to be…!! Michel needed to collect “Old Yella” from WB Motos, the local Motorrad dealer in downtown Santiago, and rather than go by taxi, I suggested we saddle up the Big Fella and ride there together… Being well over six feet tall, there was no way that he [...]

With a leaking rear Ohlin’s shock, I had no choice but to get back to Pretoria to have it sorted, and asked Roger Smith of Bavarian Motorcycles to help me with all the arrangements. By the time I arrived at their premises on Friday morning, the staff involved had been informed and were waiting for [...]

The Big Fella’s odometer has been inching towards the 40 000 km mark, slowly but surely over the past few weeks, and I planned to do this service at the same time as the pre-trip safety and service check. I made contact with our “home branch”, Auto Alpina in Boksburg, where I purchased two BMW [...]