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Aiding with the XR migration to the Cape
(PE to CT via Baviaanskloof)

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A few weeks ago, I noticed a good looking Honda XR600 (in PE) looking for a new home. I did some homework, and before I knew it, I had a one-way air ticket booked from Cape Town to PE. Then the route planning started. The Baviaanskloof has been on my wish-list/to-do-list for a while now, and I thought here's my chance to kill two birds with one stone! Google Earth is my friend... A couple of clicks later, I've got some waypoints placed and a while after that, I had "joined the dots". You know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words, well I'm gonna let the pictures do most of my ride report. :) Passing over False Bay Standing outside my aunt and uncle's place, she's the latest XR in my biking history, and has just recently been dubbed: "Eleanor"   I needed to get some oil, and an oil filter from Honda (in Walmer) before my 962km trip. I couldn't possibly go to Honda, and straight back home - that would