the "Great Karoo Gathering" die oorsig
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Die Karoo het teen Maart 2011 rekordopslae reën gehad – en, onder die volmaan wat die naaste aan die aarde opgekom het in omtrent twintig jaar, het nog iets ongewoon gebeur – twintig ryers van reg oor die land het op ou motorfietse in die afgeleë dorpie van Nieu Bethesda saamgekom. Maar waarom sulke ou motorfietse op sulke stowwerige paaie inworstel? Nuwerwetse fietse bied dan soveel meer gemak en krag, of hoe? Die ou generasie BMW R 80GS’e bly maar net gesog. Die eerstes het vroeg in 1980 van die fabrieksvloer af op die Europese paaie uitgerol. Dit was nogal ‘n waagstuk vir BMW – hulle eerste poging om die pad-veldfiets (“dual purpose”) mark te betree. “GS” staan hoeka vir “gelände-strasse” (betekende “veldpad-straat”).
Giant Loop introduced into South Africa
The world’s only soft luggage system for motorcycles that combines saddle bags (panniers) and tail bag into a single biomorphic design: the MoJavi™ Saddlebag, the Coyote™ Saddlebag and the Great Basin™ Saddlebag by Giant Loop™. And now, the new Fandango™ Tank Bag completes the adventure kit! Every stitch and seam of our Giant Loop products represents years of testing and development by real dirt bike, dualsport, adventure touring and sport bike riders over thousands of miles in the most demanding conditions around the globe. — Giant Loop LLC, Bend, Oregon
”Expand your horizons by fitting your late-model European or Japanese dirtbike with a Giant Loop Saddlebag.”
— Cycle World magazine, February 2009
“Take the insult out of ‘you’ve got saddlebags,’ and carry your stuff easier, too, over the rear of the seat!”
— Dirt Rider Magazine, February 2009
”Two Thumps up for the Giant Loop Saddlebag. It’s on my bike and it’s going to stay there.”
– Scotty Breauxman, ThumperTalk review, 12/29/08
The advantages:
• saddlebag integrated into bike – no luggage racks
• better position for rider
• better weight distribution
• safer – no busted legs from hard-shell touring boxes
• bombproof – no racks or mounts to snap off and break
• looks cooler, with cleaner lines
Click for PDF of Great Basin Saddlebag Installation, Care & Packing Tips
Under the Namibian Sky
Namibia. The name conjures up images of vast open desert spaces, clear blue skies and long stretches of dusty gravel highways disappearing over distant horizons. The Desert run was coming up over Easter and a commitment needed to made. I needed to turn these images floating around in my head into reality. I collected the Giant Loop demo bag from the post office the week before the start of the Desert Run. This was going to be the ideal test ground for the Great Basin saddlebag. Time will tell if this product will stood the test of time and some hard riding in the harshest of riding conditions, the open desert.
I left town early on a wet Thursday morning, heading out into the direction of Jagersfontien where I will meet up with Michiel, my riding partner for the next 10 days. From here we will start to follow the dusty trail to where we will meet with the Desert Run group just outside of Kuruman. We arrived after dark at the ????? lodge and feeling a bit like a stranger in Jerusalem we started looking around for a camping spot when a friendly but sober chap walked over and invited us to come and put up tent right next to his. Anton and his newly acquired KTM 990 proved over the next few days to be very worthy riding companions.
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