#jonway

Somewhere in February I started going for motorcycle lessons. I used to ride a little Jonway scooter inherited from my older brother. It was the best. The first time I got on it I pulled the throttle open and skidded on the side of it - almost down a hill- But it was fine. A few scrapes on me and a paint-job not so perfect anymore. I could go anywhere cheaply and attempted longish distances on it only to have it break down and meet strangers who help me turn it on its side in their VW Jetta’s boot whilst the girl in the back tells me she’s coming down from TIK and if I wanted some ‘Cadburys’...

In February or March, I went for two or maybe three? motorcycle driving lessons with Biker Basics in Athlone. When I called for the first time to book an appointment Ruth went out of her way to assist me in finding me a fast appointment. Its run by Lloyd Castle (an ex motorcycle traffic cop and his son Lyle) They are super lovely and took care to get me through the motions and learn the basics. They found it very amusing that I had somehow managed to cheat the system - having received a full fledged motorcycle license when I had done my scooter license years before (apparently the 250cc scooter engine qualified me to ride motorcycles too).

I was overly careful and a bit nervous and was reminded of having to learn clutch control on a car all over again. But instead of weeks of practice it came to me in the two or three sessions and I started feeling comfortable and in control.

I was researching and scouting the internet for motorcycles at this point whilst at the same stage reading motorcyclists blogs doing long overlanding trips. I am a massive fan of Steph Jeavons and her adventures on Rhonda the Honda http://www.stephmoto-adventurebikeblog.com/. Its her excitement and confidence that made me think I could do something similar - her adventures also steered my choice of motorcycle to a dual adventure bike.

At this stage, I knew nothing about the insides of a motorcycle, but nervously looking to buy one. Completely embarrassed and afraid at the thought of having to look at and assess the ones I was interested in. But somehow I had become adamant and confident and more serious about this idea. I read pages and pages of checklists on what to check, what it must look like, feel like, sound like. 

At one stage I called a service shop in Bellville and said, ‘Im gonna ask you a strange question but I don’t really know what to do otherwise.’ I asked if he would come out with me to check out a nearby bike and he was completely cool with it, and agreed to go with me after work. Quite late in life, I am starting to realize that one should always ask for help if you think you can’t manage by yourself. People can be so kind. Especially bikers have some kind of special love for someone who shares their love. Whoever knew I could so easily be accepted into a group of kind strangers? But one should know when to ask for help and when you will be better off trusting your gut. I am perhaps a bit notorious for my stubbornness. For wanting to do things myself. I like to rely on myself and I like to learn things and I completely abhor any form of ‘mansplaining’. 

In March, and after much stress and back and forth and lots of support and driving around by my friend Tona, I acquired a 1996 Honda Baja (which is pretty much a close sibling to the XR250L). I only now in retrospect have realized that I should probably not have fallen in love with a bike that does not get imported to South Africa. True, its spares and parts are all replaceable with the xr250l but it still makes wiring diagrams a little more confusing and everything a little less easy. Finding a service manual for the Baja has proven to be impossible (unless I can get better at reading Spanish or Japanese). The Baja was made for a Japanese and generally Asian market. It originally comes with double headlights a meatier alternator, a steel tank but mostly they are identical on the insides.

Я уже писал об этом автомобиле, когда делал краткий обзор выставки в Шаньдун и вот вчера компания объявила о старте продаж этого кроссовера. Цена, как вы видите, 63900 юаней или примерно 10тыс $ 

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