The bikes back and Alex at Holeshot Motocycles managed to lower it by a 10cms...shaving the seat slightly and fitting a smaller arm-sprocket-thingeymajiek...anyway i can touch the ground at least (",)Bought a headlight guard and Oxford disk lock to protect the light from the local stones and the bike from the locals.. Here goes the recce runs...The advice of seasoned explorers is that you have to be married to your bike for about 12 months prior to long range departure. If this trip is to get off the ground, ill have to half that time period.
PRACTICE RUNSTrip 1 Around the neighbourhood and down the road +- 40kms
stalled 4 times...almost hit 2 taxis....and dropped the bike twice (crashbars arent there to make the bike look mean)
Trip 2
To De Deur +- 100kms
Excellent trip through the Parys backroad..
Trip 3
To Roshnee +-120kms
Had a cool drive...minimal traffic..had lunch with the family and back home before sunset.
Trip 4
To Rustenburg +-250kms
The backroad through Krugesdorp/tarlton/magalies is magic..no heavy traffic and bike had enough torque through the gears. Lunch with my buddy and his inlaws and time to head home. Tyre specialists at the table expressed concer at the range bike tyres give and the compound im using. The rugged Maxxis on at the moment arent suited to road surfaces but will do well on the gravel.
Trip 5
To Lichtenburg +-450kms
Dorpie runs through klerksdorp and mielie country. Pray midday prayer in Lichtenberg..lunch at local take-away and back on the road. Departed at 9am, rest of 2 hour at midday and back home by 5pm..thats 6 hours in the saddle. Damn..have to get those sheepskin covers i saw the other day. Got stuck at some road works with single lane robots in the middle of nowhere!
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