The Longish Way Round South Africa BMW F800GS

[@Slingshotgixxer]

I just bought a FGS800 , inspiring to see it out there kickin ass , great video and what a beautiful country

[@janvanzyl4787]

Like the video well done man!

[@lekkarides]

Now that was a Lekka trip Rowan 🙂 . Thanks for the effort to put it all together for us 👍🏻🇿🇦

[@Thehammm_]

Nice trip, Great bike!

[@TheSilmarallion]

Very nice. Am hoping to do a little smaller round trip through SA in December. Your Afrikaans was perfect.

[@deanwalker2682]

G'day from Australia, I'm looking at getting a F800GS and your video has convinced me. I'm super excited to do some trips on it.

[@Tiago-qv9lr]

G'day from QLD

[@bencilliers1960]

Oh yeah, nice video! Being a huge F800GS fan myself, would love to hear more of that engine sound next time 😁

[@rowanpage05]

Wind noise is usually the issue unfortunately, you don’t hear much of the engine

[@bencilliers1960]

@@rowanpage05 True, I forgot about that 👍

[@pest_predator_nz]

Love it bro. Made me homesick. Quick one, better for your bike to ride from a cold start slowly rather than letting it stand and idle warm. Awesome footage well done man.

[@rowanpage05]

Thanks man!

[@darguru6774]

What an amazing video. You rode some awesome dirt roads. Hope to be able to do such a ride one day on a f800gs.

[@DennisClunie]

Hey great footage well done through the wet,have just bought a gs800 wascimpressed how it went.You must come and ride in our country New Zealand,thanks for posting.

[@mylifebehindbars]

Epic adventure!

[@armandgerber3891]

You should make more GS800 vids.Local is lekke op 2 plekke.

[@DeekerG4]

Great road on the way to Prince Albert. Beautiful views. The entire trip was nice to see. Thanks for sharing a great tour of SA.

[@rowanpage05]

Thanks for the nice comment! It was really a great trip and a wonderful part of the country.

[@nonamaphionex4659]

i just bought bmw gs 800,year 2017 mileage still relevan just around 7k km before i used and ride by japan tech it is honda xrv africa twin more than 12 year..

[@stiaanpistorius2373]

Hi. Did you book any bnb's ahead of time? Love the content. Also want to know how you did your planing on maps for africa? If it is possible.

[@rowanpage05]

Hi! Thanks appreciate the feedback! I actually booked all my accommodation well ahead of time. I know this isn’t a popular approach and many people say it’s a terrible idea, but I had some fixed commitments with family and needed to be in specific places at certain times. And even with some mechanical issues it worked out ok. I had a paper tracks for Africa map and a used a spreadsheet where I noted the towns I would pass through and the roads I would travel, as well as the distances and estimated travel times.

[@stonerq7]

Hey man im looking to buy a 800gs and found your video. Looks like an amazing trip and a great video. Keep it up and thanks. Any flat tyres?

[@rowanpage05]

Thanks! Luckily no flats even with lots of rocks. I did always keep the tyres quite firmly inflated, around 2bar.

[@Kaspaas]

I'm looking to do these routes soon on my F800GS. Looks to be so much fun. Send us your gps tracks so we can copy your experience!

[@rowanpage05]

I didn’t have GPX tracks I used a tracks4africa paper map. I used the GPS where there were no road signs mostly.

[@morne5831]

Nice tjopa bly jy in die kaap? ek wil nog n groep bmw adventures ouens onmoet om saam te gaan..ek was nog net eenkeer met my bmw adventure op n grondpad en ejk t my gat gesien so ek het baaaie leiding nodig lol

[@rowanpage05]

Nope sorry no longer in the cape!

[@grahamludwig9131]

Great trip!!, interesting overnight stay in the container, where was that?

[@rowanpage05]

Thanks! It was on a farm just off the R356 about halfway between between Fraserburg and Loxton. Listing still seems to be on AirBnb.

[@darguru6774]

Were those lions???!!!

[@rowanpage05]

No…

[@petersamtb]

Hi, how did the Mitas E07+ perform, how would you rate them?

[@rowanpage05]

It stood up to a lot of abuse for around 8000km and performed well with zero punctures. Would happily use it again for that kind of trip.

[@petersamtb]

@rowanpage1452 thanks for the feedback, much appreciated. Ordered mine last week.

[@emmanuelomondi8374]

Amazing adventure, how often did you fuel?

[@rowanpage05]

I could usually get 300km comfortably on a tank so there weren’t too many places I had to really worry. I’d say on average twice a day.

[@davealston3881]

Hi. Did you sleep over under roof mostly or did you camp as well. ?

[@rowanpage05]

I decided to leave the camping gear and stayed in BnB’s each night, with some stops at family in between.