I crossed the Bastervoet with Velbrand on his 1150GS and me on the SE...in serious pouring rain !!!
We know that song well !

Ja it goes like this:
Thshloop splash “F@k!”
“Aargh J&*^$! tog!
Wrrrthshloop splash “F@k!”
Heave, help me (again), ok please?!
(Smoke break)
Right, wrrrthshloop splash “F@@k!”
Ok, heave, sliiip shlop “Nooit!”
Right, again.
Heave, aah YES!
(Smoke break)
“How far have we gone?
“Dunno, about 4 k’s….. in 45mins…”
“We better get movin’”
Ktschirrr, wrrrthshlooop splash “F@@@k!”
“Jees, now it’s pouring!”
“We better get movin’!”
This time! Ktschirrr, wrrrthshlooop rutt slide splat, “F@@@@k!”
Pant, pant, pa….
Smoke break. Phew!
“Naught Bru, just keep momentum man!”
Whaddya mean china, I can’t even get out this rutt man!
Ktschirrr, wrrrthshlooop rutt slide splat, “F@@@@@k!”
“Have you fallen enough now?”
Pant, sigh, growl: “F@ck right off, do you think I like this? K@k question, sit!”
“Kom boet, it’s getting dark!”
Heave....Yes!
And so on and so on and…
6 hours and 16 heaves later: “But Bru, your bike is like 100kgs lighter than mine and you’ve got knobblies on!”
“Ja, jy wil mos…”
@Rhodes, Ktssssh! Glug, glug, glug: “Thanks brother, I would not have made it withou…..snorrr…..snorrr”
F@@@@@k.