MRW Issue 1
The first issue of Moto Rider World
The first issue of Moto Rider World
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THE<br />
SCRAMBLER<br />
EXPERIENCE<br />
I have had a little taste of the wonderful world<br />
of Scrambler before and was looking forward<br />
to another down here in Gorgeous George. Mr.<br />
Scrambler himself, grounded SAA pilot Glen<br />
Bennett, was along on the trip and proudly<br />
showed off his new Scrambler 1100 to anyone<br />
and everyone. He really is the perfect ambassador<br />
for this range of bikes, wearing everything<br />
Scrambler on the entire trip.<br />
Jos, I thought, had a lekker route planned<br />
out, only for me to find out later on that it<br />
was a route he had heard of but never tried<br />
before. From Fancourt we headed up Knys-<br />
na’s main road before hooking a left through<br />
4-passes and onto a gravel road that would<br />
take us through some farmlands and into the<br />
heart of Knysna.<br />
What an amazing journey it was, packed<br />
with some tight, twisty tar bends as well as inviting<br />
gravel roads with some testing corners<br />
thrown in. Add in some cows crossing, single<br />
lane stretches with 4x4’s double cabs doing<br />
Dakar styled driving hurtling past us and you<br />
have what Scrambler is all about.<br />
I loved every second of my time on the<br />
Scrambler 800 Roland Sands machine I had<br />
for the day, one of only 2 that came into SA. It<br />
was the perfect bike for this trip, unassuming,<br />
not intimidating in the slightest – it was actually<br />
calming and helped me de-stress and<br />
enjoy and take note of the beauty that is my<br />
life at the moment. It joyfully played along on<br />
the entire trip, as did the Desert Sled model<br />
ridden by Gerrit Erasmus from Beam Productions,<br />
who was properly bitten by the Scram-
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