60 Days

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60 Days

Simola2024 preparation Day11 March 2024, probably time to start my preparations for Simola2024, after all only 60 days to go!Let me make it abundantly clear, I have no idea what I am doing. If I […]

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SimolaHillClimb2023 Class Champion

And just like that, @simola_hillclimb 2023 is all over and we start preparing for another year.I have to admit, the evidence is strong that being prepared is better than arriving a day late.Despite our best […]

67Scalino, Blog, Cars, Racing 101, Simola, Trackdaze

Simola2023 Shakedown

37 days to Simola Hillclimb2023. Snuck in a little shakedown of the #rescuemod.My first real drive in anger, to say overthinking levels were high would be an understatement.Reminded of my lap of the Nurburgring, driving […]

Bikes, Blog, RoadTrips

2022 Honda Africa Twin

Well, that didn’t go according to plan. “No keyless and no quick shifter, that’s extra” Riaan quipped as he handed me the keys to the 2022 Africa Twin. Smugly thinking to myself, someone reads my […]

Bikes, Blog, RoadTrips

BMW 1250 RS Cycle Tour

Back in my Ducati Days, I reprimanded my mechanic for riding recklessly. He replied “anyone riding faster than you is riding recklessly”. That wasn’t funny. Later that day he tried to redeem himself by suggesting […]

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AUDI A5 Convertible

My best Chauffeur dress…. Ignorance is bliss, at least that has been my philosophy (and coping mechanism) for the last 20 odd years that my business restricted me to commercial vehicles and motorbikes. Remember the […]