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It has been a long time since I was in the African Bush and our next vacation is going to be in the deep heart of it all. The first part will be a safari format at an award-winning safari site and the second half will be sea and sand stuff also in the world class category. We may swap the sea and sand for a big lake and sand but I need to check the bilharzia situation on Lake Malawi before we plan that one, as it's a problem. I had thought it had been eradicated from Malawi i

So ever since I got back into motorcycling, the one thing that has been a real PITA has been the GPS Nav aspect as it stands on any motorcycle. Bikes do not have the expansive screens modern cars have for GPS purposes, you have to rely on a combination of suitable GPS unit, Android or iPhone clipped to a suitable spot, then you get to juggle with finicky helmet speaker comms and a whole host of other data input points to bring together for audio and auto answer of phone calls

Under the skid plate I was more than suspicious that Elk Grove power sports wanted my bike for 4 days to do a 1500 km break-in service on my machine then called me the very next day to come fetch it, despite me calling them early the next day to enquire as to status. My first thought was “Did they do the service properly?”. You know how that train of thought goes…. The oil tested fresh and the valves were quieter, there is no doubt, but they only did the engine oil and the va