Some of these photos might offend sensitive readers, if so I apologize in advance and you should skip this post. The "Buff", as it is still called was a biker's rally back then and the guys, and girls, tended to misbehave every now and then. See if you recognize yourself in these pictures bearing in mind that you were 36 to 37 years younger!
There was quite a lot of this "nekkid" riding then although I have had the pleasure of seeing topless ladies riding around at the more recent Buffs in Mossel Bay.
This guy did a lot of wheelies up and down this strip and he was going well until the inevitable happened and he binned his bike.
Several bikes got dumped, here's a nice 1000cc Goldwing.
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| Mass ride assembles. |
The author as a young man arriving at the 1983 Buff.
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| Greeting my mates |
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| "Dimma's Mike-the-bike" |
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| Pissing it up in the hotel |
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| Dirk the Dutchman |
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| Getting ready to ride home. |
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| Traffic cops did good business that weekend. |
In 1984 the Buffalo Rally moved away from Port Elizabeth, it was held in Maseru once and then in various places like Bathurst, Queenstown and then it stopped for a few years. I went back when it started up again in Mossel Bay for a few years, my last Buffalo Rally was in 2014.
It is still an iconic rally and one of the main rallies in the western cape and again at a new venue in Hartenbos, it seems as though every few years the citizens complain about the bikers in spite of a massive cash injection into the town and a new venue has to be found. I may go again but these old bones are not so happy sleeping in a tent anymore!
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