Author Topic: Getting high and saying goodbye in the Eastern Cape - Our Ben 10 ride (Read 6813 times)

Noneking · « **Reply #300 on:** May 18, 2019, 05:13:55 pm »

Quote from: JonW on May 18, 2019, 02:46:26 pm

Great pics and and a memorable ride, thanks for posting

Thank you!

skydiver · « **Reply #301 on:** May 18, 2019, 06:28:10 pm »

Very good read and great pics
Any punctures on the trip?
What was the total distance covered by bike?

Noneking · « **Reply #302 on:** May 18, 2019, 06:46:01 pm »

Quote from: skydiver on May 18, 2019, 06:28:10 pm

Very good read and great pics
Any punctures on the trip?
What was the total distance covered by bike?

Thank you.

Total distance covered about 1500km from Fouriesburg and back.

No punctures or break downs on the trip.

Noneking · « **Reply #303 on:** May 18, 2019, 07:37:11 pm »

Noneking · « **Reply #304 on:** May 18, 2019, 07:38:24 pm »

Last pic on the Ben 10 Passes

Noneking · « **Reply #305 on:** May 18, 2019, 09:23:48 pm »

The two big bikes cover kms at a brisk rate and soon we are in Zastron to fill up with fuel

Flowers · « **Reply #306 on:** May 19, 2019, 06:27:20 am »

Noneking thanks for the efforts in a truly great ride report. Done some of that area before, but this has inspired me to book the trip April 2020. Just need to decide between my previous favourite 701 and the new lover 790 R?

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Noneking · « **Reply #307 on:** May 19, 2019, 06:36:03 am »

Quote from: Flowers on May 19, 2019, 06:27:20 am

Noneking thanks for the efforts in a truly great ride report. Done some of that area before, but this has inspired me to book the trip April 2020. Just need to decide between my previous favourite 701 and the new lover 790 R?

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The 790 is perfect bike for the trip!

Noneking · « **Reply #308 on:** May 20, 2019, 08:41:36 am »

We were doing slightly illegal speeds on the asphalt

I saw a bike next to the road just after Hobhouse. Deon hit a rock on Volunteers and was struggling to keep pressure in his front wheel. We fed him some dry wors while he abused the rim with a rock. Righards Airman came in handy to get the pressure up to 3 bar

Scalpel · « **Reply #309 on:** May 20, 2019, 09:00:21 am »

Is die 1090 nou verkoop en weg en gegroet?? Nice report. Dankie.

Lem · « **Reply #310 on:** May 20, 2019, 09:29:55 am »

ja nee jou tyd saam met die 1090 was beslis 'n rowwe rit. Foute, valle, kneuse en ek glo 'n hele paar oproepe na die handelaar toe.

maar dit is altyd goed om sulke swanesang trips te ry.

Ek doen dit met al my voertuie en daai trips onthou ek vir altyd.

Noneking · « **Reply #311 on:** May 20, 2019, 10:03:02 am »

Quote from: Scalpel on May 20, 2019, 09:00:21 am

Is die 1090 nou verkoop en weg en gegroet?? Nice report. Dankie.

Staan by handelaar om te verkoop

Noneking · « **Reply #312 on:** May 20, 2019, 10:04:23 am »

Quote from: Lem on May 20, 2019, 09:29:55 am

ja nee jou tyd saam met die 1090 was beslis 'n rowwe rit. Foute, valle, kneuse en ek glo 'n hele paar oproepe na die handelaar toe.

maar dit is altyd goed om sulke swanesang trips te ry.

Ek doen dit met al my voertuie en daai trips onthou ek vir altyd.

Eerste 1090 was eintlik die probleem fiets gewees. Paar maande later met die een vervang. Hy was redelik foutloos behalwe vir die val in Desember, maar skade soos nuut na alle komponente vervang is.

Ebredenhann · « **Reply #313 on:** May 20, 2019, 03:39:43 pm »

Noneking,

Baie nice report thx. Ek betrap myself hier by die werk met Google Earth oop, en begin passe plot. Dan google ek weer die passe om die GPS coordinates te kry, dan soek ek weer in Google Earth. Dog ek vra sommer, het jy dalk die GPS plots van al die passe, of dalk die hele roete wat jul gedoen het? Ek het die report gelees, nou weer terug by die werk, sien daar het intussen paar besprekings bygekom, nie seker of jy dit dalk iewers gepost het en ek dit gemis het nie?

Baie dankie

Noneking · « **Reply #314 on:** May 20, 2019, 04:20:07 pm »

My GPS sou gelog het ja. Ek is net dom met die sagteware. Sal gaan kyk of ek regkom.

OomD · « **Reply #315 on:** May 20, 2019, 06:01:02 pm »

Jy kan ook KMZ files van al die passe kry by mountainspassessouthafrica.co.za, die KMZ plot perfek op Google Earth. En teen R300 per jaar is dit 'n baie billike prys vir al daardie inligting (van al die bergpasse in SA).

Noneking · « **Reply #316 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:46:19 am »

All too soon we were back in Mpumalanga

Noneking · « **Reply #317 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:47:08 am »

All that was left to do ......

Noneking · « **Reply #318 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:50:06 am »

A BIG shout-out to Sabie Valley Rider Academy !! Thomas and Jacqui are amazing!

OomD · « **Reply #319 on:** May 21, 2019, 09:53:38 am »

Awesome report, Noneking!

I noticed the absence of the poop-scoop... and all the mud... I must say that without the poop-scoop my GS/A is much dirtier above the wheel (the wheel well?), and I prefer keeping the poop-scoop present.