Author Topic: Your bike/tent/camping pics. (Read 46400 times)

mtr89 · « **Reply #140 on:** November 19, 2018, 02:07:31 pm »

Nice pics Briv, i've yet to sleep next to my bike without a tent cos mozzies really piss me off
Will do it sometime though i guess

mtr89 · « **Reply #141 on:** November 21, 2018, 08:48:29 pm »

Moody morning camping.

noble steed · « **Reply #142 on:** November 21, 2018, 10:09:25 pm »

2-up touring and camping on a 650 - the good old days!
Waking up in winter in Clarens.

And breakfast at campsite in Magoebaskloof

Coxwain · « **Reply #143 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:53:09 pm »

Abrahamskraal Karoo. 1150 bash

Coxwain · « **Reply #144 on:** November 22, 2018, 01:56:57 pm »

Kruis Rivier Camping .....awesome place

Brucet · « **Reply #145 on:** November 22, 2018, 02:10:48 pm »

Quote from: SchalkL on October 17, 2018, 07:36:31 pm

Quote from: wilfwalk on October 17, 2018, 06:31:19 pm
Quote from: mtr89 on October 14, 2018, 08:32:53 pm
Quote from: SchalkL on October 12, 2018, 08:34:45 am
KUKOME ISLAND 3 weeks ago...........

Under a Baobab!!! Thats really cool

ScalkL do you have more photos of Kukome Island ?

Just a correction, its Kokonje Island.

troos · « **Reply #146 on:** January 20, 2019, 04:41:01 pm »

Nata, Botswana
Jan 2019

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demonoid · « **Reply #147 on:** January 20, 2019, 05:06:17 pm »

Quote from: troos on January 20, 2019, 04:41:01 pm

Nata, Botswana
Jan 2019

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Very nice .... seriously jealous ...

mtr89 · « **Reply #148 on:** January 27, 2019, 08:33:48 pm »

Quote from: troos on January 20, 2019, 04:41:01 pm

Nata, Botswana
Jan 2019

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Great pic , Troos!

wilfwalk · « **Reply #149 on:** January 28, 2019, 03:44:17 pm »

Quote from: SchalkL on October 17, 2018, 07:36:31 pm

Quote from: wilfwalk on October 17, 2018, 06:31:19 pm
Quote from: mtr89 on October 14, 2018, 08:32:53 pm
Quote from: SchalkL on October 12, 2018, 08:34:45 am
KUKOME ISLAND 3 weeks ago...........

Under a Baobab!!! Thats really cool

ScalkL do you have more photos of Kukome Island ? A group of us are going there in May 2019, but I can't find any decent photos of the island to show the others. If you have, please post a few more, if possible. We're going in 4x4's unfortunately.
Thanks a stack
Here is a link to my google album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kox4C8VT2TqF7UA67
A sort of order to the photo's are:
1. Last town before border post
2. Pontdrift borderpost
3. Dry riverbed and Solomons wall right in it
4. All the pan photos are from Kukome island
5. Sleepover on our way back

NB!!!
DONT let anybody go alone to ride the pan. 2 of us got lost for 2 hours with a gps.
Safe side is not to not ever go further than 30m from the edge of the pan.
If you ride on the pan stay at least 100m behind the vehicle in front of you if he gets stuck ALWAYS keep one vehicle NOT on the pan. You can not walk to look for help!
The "darker" appearance on the pan is dangerous
The "fluffy" dry crumble areas are safer
Keep momentum Keep momentum Keep momentum
Work out how much water you need and take 3x that
You now pay to camp there with basically no facilities

Thanks a lot SchalkL - much appreciated, anticipation is building for May !

Brucet · « **Reply #150 on:** January 28, 2019, 03:56:44 pm »

Awesome! Didnt you stay at Kukonje Island rather than kokome?

And remember that the pans are very corrosive.

They are great fun to ride on but if you get properly stuck you can be there for hours. Friends of mine got a GSA AC stuck for almost 5 hours in the mud.

Out of interest how did you get lost without being able to use your track back function on your gps or being able to follow your tracks?

Dustbin Dog · « **Reply #151 on:** January 29, 2019, 04:35:35 pm »

Somabula Nature Reserve, nice quiet spot close to home.

eberhard · « **Reply #152 on:** February 25, 2019, 05:22:29 pm »

iamgigglz · « **Reply #153 on:** February 26, 2019, 09:47:15 am »

Sunday 5:30am on my way back to Joburg from PE on a bike delivery mission. Resident cat guarding father-in-law's GSA.

eberhard · « **Reply #154 on:** February 28, 2019, 08:36:02 pm »

This picture is of the last time I pitched a tent in which to sleep.

eberhard · « **Reply #155 on:** February 28, 2019, 08:38:29 pm »

These pictures are of the last time I used a tent. I did not pitch it. Too much effort after a long, hard day of riding. Here I just spread the tent out on the ground and slept on top of it. Was dark already. Only the next morning I noticed the zillions of spiders who also had made their homes amongst the leaves on the ground. We made good bedfellows. The next time I took a hammock with. Much easier to ‘erect’ and more comfortable.

Fudmucker · « **Reply #156 on:** March 04, 2019, 03:49:31 am »

Lovely BMW bike that...
R75/5 ?

eberhard · « **Reply #157 on:** March 04, 2019, 06:24:17 am »

Close. It is an R60/6 bored to a 750. Bruce Meyers still did it for me.

Fudmucker · « **Reply #158 on:** March 04, 2019, 06:55:36 am »

Quote from: eberhard on March 04, 2019, 06:24:17 am

Close. It is an R60/6 bored to a 750. Bruce Meyers still did it for me.

Didn't all the /6's have a single front disc?
The R75/6 did because a mate has one.
My R80/7 had twin front discs.

eberhard · « **Reply #159 on:** March 04, 2019, 01:21:21 pm »

Quote from: Fudmucker on March 04, 2019, 06:55:36 am

Didn't all the /6's have a single front disc?

The 60/6 came out with drum brakes. Maybe some people fitted a disk later on. But they left the factory with drums. Yes, the 75/6 had the single disk in front. I assume BMW did this because of it being a bigger bike (stopping power, etc.). Whereas the 90S came out with twin disks in front (most likely for the same reasons).