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Day 4 Seeheim – Duwisib Because I didn’t know what the next day would hold in terms of road conditions (with the previous day’s mud still fresh on my mind, shocks, rims, guards, numberplate..) I decided to leave at 05h30. The first 60kms or so was tar to Bethanie where I’d stop for breakfast...

Hi All, will give this RR attention this week

Day 3...continued So…did the hard-packed gravel continue? Nope. The previous day’s rainstorm turned the piece of road from the Grunau/Seeheim/Hobas Intersection to Seeheim into mud-puddles every 100m, with two streams and a largish river crossing just before the Seeheim hotel thrown in for good...

Hi Ian. The low kms were obviously limited to gravel. Some of the tar days saw 800km/ day. It was done purposefully to do low kms on gravel per day. It was ultimately still a solo ride and a loss on concentration leads to falls - I know, ask my KTM 300 on races :-) It was ultimately also...

Day 3 pics cont..

Day 3 Grunau - Seeheim The excitement and thought of the first gravel roads on this trip got me up very early. The thought of yesterday's pouring rain on those gravel roads almost got me back in bed. The thought of dropping/sliding a rider/bike combo of 400kg on the muddy mess I was expecting...

Day 2 Kuruman - Grunau You guys in the Northern Cape are blessed with stunning surroundings. The day's trip saw me pushing hard for the border (yes, rushing wasn't the idea, but the thought of Namibia was cause for very few stops). It was however at Upington that I started seeing signs of...

Day 1 Warning: If you're not fond of selfies then I apologise in advance...you will see a few. I left at 06h00, as I did everyday during this trip, and honestly, there really wasn't much to report on, except that I didn't encounter a single pothole from Pretoria to Kuruman on the N14, not one...

Preparation included: - Fitting every imaginable piece of protection for every imaginable sensor/gadget/crap the GSA had. The last thing I wanted was to be stranded somewhere over something stupid after dropping the bike - Offroad Tyres. Metzeler Karoo 3's. Good tyre...for Gravel....not...

Right, let's kick this off. I've been playing with the idea of doing a longish trip for a while now and Namibia was without doubt my first choice. My first memories of Namibia were hunting trips in the early '90's and since then I've been making an effort to go back at least every two years...

It's been a struggle to find the time and start a decent RR, but as an intro: Good Camping was to be had and vast distances of nothingness ridden..

Yes. Dit was ek. Band opgesit....en weer moertoe gery deur die res van Nam en Bots. Moerse lekker trip gewees met nie 'n enkele puncture, mechanical of val nie.

Thanks xpat. Will contact them Tomorrow

Guys, I'm making my way up to Swakopmund and will arrive on Thursday. The new Karoo 3 is not going to make it to PTA and I would need to replace when arriving in Swakop. Can anyone please help out with details of who/ which shop I can contact? Bike is GS1200Adv Thanks

Done

Thank you KL. Especially the warning dry river crossings!

Thank you Norman

Thanks CT!!

Thanks Plaky, I know Luderitz well and have spent many a night at Barrels during the time the E-Bay mine was expanded early 2000's... ;D I have to agree...stunning eisbein! Thanks for your valid points

Yep, solo...I've done the route in car a few times, but first on a bike