MRW Issue 1

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