Tour details
Tours will be 4 to 8 riders in size riding classic Japanese motorcycles, with a tour leader also on a classic motorcycle and a support person following with a truck, trailer and spare motorcycle.
The idea is for each person to try every motorcycles during the course of the tour. Depending upon the length of the tour a person will thus ride a different motorcycle each morning and afternoon.
Personal luggage will be carried in the truck, but this has to be limited to 1 large bag per person. Additional luggage can be stored at MHM during the course of the tour.
Rider Requirements
- Rider must 20 or older
- Rider must have a current valid motorcycle license
- Ride should have had at least 1 years riding experience in the past 5 years
- Rider must be fit and healthy enough to be able to ride 250 to 300 Kms a day
Insurance
- An excess up to R20,000 is payable by the rider in the case of accidental damage to the motorcycles
- Damage to the motorcycles in access of R20,000 and any third parties are covered by MHM
- Personnal accident and medical cover is the responsibly of the rider
Weather
Western Cape is a winter rain fall area, which means from mid spring, October, to mid autumn, May, there is very little rain. Day time temperatures range from low 20s, spring autumn, to mid 30s, in summer, centigrade.
Ideal ride kit for this climate is a light, ventilated, armored jacket, motorcycle jeans, light, summer gloves and either a full or open face helmet. Sunblock should very much be used, especially with an open face, but also with a full face helmet, as the African sun is strong!
Clothing - Riding Kit
- Helmet, compulsory in SA, either full or open with protective eyeware
- Summer motorcycles gloves
- Light, ventilated armored jacket
- Motorcycles jeans
- Summer motorcycle boots
- T-shirt or short sleeved shirt
If needed, helmet, jacket gloves and boots can be hired from us, at a small extra cost, for the duration of the tour.
Clothing - Off bike
The tours are designed to have some off bike exploration either at the end or beginning of the day, for this the following items would be useful.
- Light weight walking shoes
- Light trousers or shorts
- Swimming costume, your chance to swim in two oceans on the same day
- Dinner jacket and trousers, for the evening meal - joking
Essential Kit
- Sunblock, the African sun is strong and will burn you through your visor plus other exposed parts
- Lip Ice Lip Balm, again protection from the sun and wind drying the lips
- Cap to carry with you while on the bike, to wear while stopped, again protection from the sun
