KZN Dogs, 25-08-2012.

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zacapa

Race Dog
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Location
East Coast of Africa in the Hills
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Honda XR650L
Seeing that no-one has got around to an RR, let me kick off with with the some news of the Saturday 25th trip
down KZN side. Flex had posted a few days before and put together a new route for us. Saturday bright and early
we all met at Vmacs in Westmead. As usual I was the last to get to the meeting spot due to hitting the snooze button
5 times in a row. Good to meet some new Dogs in the process, and the most outstanding feature was that out of 7
riders we were all represented on different bikes. Flex decided to cheat by coming along on a semi plastic DRZ 400
which was the lightest bike on the trip scaling in at a swelte 127 kg fully fueled. As Flex is a grand dad in comparison to the rest
of us I think you will understand. Youngest member of the group ryno.v was representing the blue & white propellor badge with his
lightweight 213kg fully fueled F800GS. No problem for the skinny youngster then.
Long Story Short - An amazing ride was had by all, saw a wild zebra in the bush, rediscovered and waypointed old Hammarsdale MX track,
learnt a bit about ruins and appropriation of land in new SA, went chasing up a hill with trevorwb and Flex who was just too fast
to catch on his semi plastic. Much time was spent at Mfula store fixing 2 punctures which was eased by the passing of Hansa's finest
and a collection of tools and spanners, CO2 bombs etc. being thrown in by the collective, all free of charge of course.

Statistics:
Distance travelled - about 153km
Bikes - DRZ400E, KTM950SE, XR650L, KLR650, XTZ660Tenere, F800GS, KTM690
Riders: flex, trevorwb, zacapa, bushcat, ryno.v, salvage and salvage's mate on the XTZ (apology - please add the missing infos)
Weather: Pretty damn hot for a winters day
Speed: Slow and controlled for most parts, a wee bit of tyre spin, powerslides and general foolishness in others.
Offs: Can't say for sure, just know I took a rest down the plastics path early in the morning when the Mich Desert on greasy cross-slope
which didn't agree with this early in my day. ryno.v did amazingly well with only 1 or 2 walking pace tip-overs on difficult terrain. The BMW
engine guards held up well considering the $ paid . Flex entertained us all by doing the pirouette on the DRZ on a slimy river crossing that he had
all warned us about. Bushcat did the usual in displaying good riding style and only succumbing to the draw of terra firma once while moving and twice
when stationary.
Mechanical malfunctions: Only 2 punctures along the way, fixed during a beer break or two. Thx to all involved.

Conclusion:
You can take an assortment of arbitrary ADV bikes and throw it all together.
You can have riders of agegroup 25 - 60 and throw it all together.
End of trip - We all relate, make of bike don't matter, age of rider don't matter - Station Masters in Hillcrest was cool for getting hydration levels back to normal.
Cool Ride Guys - looking forward to more of the same.

Arb pics below, too busy riding for taking photos - pls add some more.
 

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