A Couple Of Mates In South Africa

Adventure Rider Issue #13

• Checkout
• As Good As It Gets With Karen Ramsay
• The Numbers Game
• How To Ride With Miles Davis
• 60 Hours, Two Bikes And One Buffoon
• The Madigan Line
• Triumph Tiger 800 XRx
• Aprilia Caponord
• Highlights
• Laos: The Hidden Gem
• A Couple Of Mates In South Africa
• Triumph Tiger XCx Long-Termer
• Miles And A Shaw Thing
• I Finke I Can
• Wish You Were Here
• Fit Out: Touratech KLR650
• Ol’ Mate
• Reader’s Ride: Sofala, NSW
• Cuba And The Blue Wave Rally
• Maschine
• It’s What We Do

Adventure Motorcycle Equipment’s Darin Rowley grabbed the chance for a ride in South Africa. In a twist, loose planning was a big plus.

A lan ‘Blue’ Henriksen was on the phone with a perceptible edge of excitement in his voice. As Blue was generally uncontactable through electronic media, it could mean only one thing: he must’ve had a grouse idea for a ride. Excellent.

The organisation

The phone pleasantries were wrapped up in three seconds and Blue finally got to the point. It went something along the lines of, “Hey you little bald-headed bike-riding menace, I’m in South Africa in late May. Why don’t you get your arse there too? We can hire a couple of F800GSs and go for a wander.”