Vorlaeufig bin ich auf folgender Mobile Nummer zu erreichen:
I can be reached on following mobile phone number:
+255 75 933 20 95
All the best from Dar es Salaam
Claudio
but to be honest, it could have happened in worse places 
I’ve actually already been here longer than planned and then yesterday I replaced the neutral switch on my bike and saw this on my front wheel:
I then checked all other spokes and found more damaged ones. Some have just very small cracks, like the one on the right in the next pictures:
In total I counted 18 broken nipples…
And I can’t blame Honda. These wheels were custom built for me with black Akront rims and thicker spokes. I have never seen anything like that before but I also have to keep in mind that my AT is a bit front heavy with the big fuel tank and the bashplate with toolboxes. And so far I have covered about 100’000 Km with these wheels and I have done some nasty offroad sections without any serious dent in the rim.
Will try to get new nipples from Switzerland and then I’m back on the road.
All the best from Tanzania
Claudio
Tags: africa twin, spokes
As one can see, my site is once again undergoing changes. After several complaints from friends about my site I’ve decided to change the theme once again.
In the next few days there should be more changes happening. Hope you’ll like the result.
Regards from Dar es Salaam
Hab soeben einen Beitrag ins Motorradkarawane Forum geschrieben;
und so sieht die Karte aus:
Tags: comesa, versicherung, yellow card
Just uploaded the route I drove through South Africa. Started in Durban where we picked up the bikes from the harbour in Dec 08 and ends when we left for Namibia on the 12 Feb 09.
One leg is missing; that’s when we had to come across the Kalahari from Namibia to Jo’burg in order to get my bikes rear shock absorber fixed. This leg will be added on an other map. The map opens in a Google Maps and you can play around with it like in Google Earth.
Have fun and klick here to view the map
Tags: South Africa, track map
Habe soeben die gefahrene Route von Namibia hochgeladen. Die Route oeffnet sich in Google Maps und kann dann beliebig vergroessert und im Detail angeschaut werden.
Nachdem wir nun schon seit einiger Zeit hier in Suedafrika sind, haben wir uns natuerlich mit der weiteren Route beschaeftigt. Die sieht nun wie folgt aus:
- Suedafrika
- Swaziland
- Suedafrika
- Lesotho
- Suedafrika
- Namibia
- nochmals Suedafrika weil mein Federbein an der AT Oel leckt und dies nur in Johannesburg repariert werden kann
- Botswana
- Zambia
- Malawi
- Tansania
- Ruanda
- Uganda (diese zwei Laender werden wir nur machen falls die Kohle noch reicht)
- Kenia
- Aethiopien
- (Djibouti)
- (Eritrea)
- Sudan
- Aegypten
Die Laender in Klammern machen wir nur falls wir das Visa und Fahrbewilligung fuer Eritrea bekommen.
Die weitere Route von Aegypten aus ist zurzeit noch offen. Entweder ueber Lybien oder dann via Jordanien, Syrien und Turkei nach Hause.
Tags: route
We have been sitting around in South Africa for a quite a while now. During this time we had a look at some options for our leg back home to Europe. We have come up with following:
- South Africa
- Swaziland
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- South Africa
- Namibia
- and again South Africa because my rear Oehlins shock absorber is leaking oil. The shock can only be repaired in Jo’burg.
- Botswana
- Zambia
- Malawi
- Tanzania
- Rwanda
- Uganda (these two countries will only be visited if we still have enough money left)
- Kenya
- Ethiopia
- (Djibouti)
- (Eritrea)
- Sudan
- Egypt
The countries in brackets will be done if we get the permission to ride through Eritrea. Otherwise we will have to head directly to Sudan from Ethiopia.
We are not sure yet which way we will take from Egypt. Either through Lybia or then Jordan, Syria and and Turkey.
Tags: route