1 reviews | Active since Jan 2015
Parking space. No information about bike unfriendly.
I wanted to take a couple of days off work. I booked three nights at Sanlammeer at Southbroom. Part of the pleasure was to ride down on my motorbike. Weaving at about 5 pm I was informed that MOTOR cycles was not allowed. But they have a save storage place. Quite a distance from the hotel. My bike is a cruiser and only a expert rider can handle the bike in small places. I told them I have only a learners licence. They showed me the parking place. It was downhill, with a a 90 degree left followed by a sharp turn left again. This is not a suitable parking place for bikes, especially not for a big cruiser like mine. With short turns this bike needs to be leaned. I tried to walk the bike in with my hand on the brake, but at the apex of the hairpin turn the entrance has a further dip downhill. So the bike fell on my foot. There is thousands of rands damage on the bike. To get the bike out I must arrange a cart to take me there. I must accelerate this big machine at a 45 degree incline, make an emergency stop. Get off turn the bike on uneven ground 90 degree to the right in order to get out. The manager said they will help me to get the bike out. In the mean while I am trapped in the Hotel. The manager said he can arrange a driver for the following day if I want to go somewhere. Plans to go for a walk down to the beach or riding to beaches further south is now impossible. I was given a roll of masking tape to fix my broken bracket and a apology. Now sit here in the Hotel. Dreading a the 700 km ride back to Johannesburg on a crippled bike on Friday. JAUN le Roux ********** 205
