Mark Hardy
Grey Hound
Qualification: Gauteng Amageza competitors and standby competitors.
Date: Saturday 12 November 2011
Time: 07:30
Place: ADA Training Centre (S25 49.008 E27 49.939)
Duration: 4 - 7 hours.
Route: GPS way-points. (Provided on the day).
Distance: 235kms
Difficulty Level: Amageza
There will be a skill assessment for the new, and standby Amageza entrants based in the Gauteng. If you have not completed at least 70% of Amageza 2011, you will have to pass this route within the time provided before you will be allowed to enter.
The start location will be at the ADA Training Centre, see aboce for GPS co-ordinates. You will be given the full GPS track to follow on the day. Those who make it will be allowed to enter. If you fail here, , you are out until 2013 entries open.
Firecoast will post a namelist here for all who need to qualify. Please ensure she has your email address for the gps route.
Now, don't go getting all tense because your name is on the list. I want to KNOW you are a survivor! We cannot afford injuries. We are way closer to hospitals here than Sutherland. So pretty please, play nice!
Let the games begin!
Update
-> No road-book required. You will be given the GPS route the day before.
-> Plenty of fuel everywhere. We will stay in civilization.
-> No fun riders on the route please. You may prevent a competitor of finishing in time due to him helping you, or you blocking the track or getting hurt. Remember, the people who want to enter are there of their own admission CRAZY. The cream of the crop!
-> We will try and post spectator points for the spectators to go. Please just stay on the spectator route provided.
-> There is no back-up, and no support other than your team-mate, a few marshal's and a sweep bike maybe. Its like any other ride you've done. Survivor-style.
Update
-> Teams: You make your own team. This is not required for the qualifier, but advisable, as you can test your teamwork as well.
-> Number: If you can, plak a number on the front of your bike corresponding to your Amageza run number. This will make it easier to identify you. As we are not charging for the qualifier, we can't manufacture, and dish them out unfortunately.
Update
You need to let Firecoast know if you plan on doing the assessment-run on the 22th.
Surviving the Amageza is all that matters to us. If we cannot judge if you have the skill to do the Amageza, you will not be allowed to enter. It does not matter if we only have the 20 riders of 2011 taking part! Survival is crucial.
The route will be 30 to 50% tougher than Amageza 2011, putting the Amageza nicely on track to even the Dakar.
The route is going to be tough and long, testing your ability to the max. We need to have the peace of mind, that we have not knowingly placed a rider on a route where he or she might get hurt.
So please, let FC know if you are coming or not.
Training:
The word Amageza, means 'crazy' in Xhosa. But its not the Roof, its for big bikes, and hard-core riders. Its a navigational and endurance challenge, not a green, pink, blue route challenge. (No pun intended to other rides!) Theirs only one route, and one route only, and that's the one on your road-book. One GPS track. Go off it at your own peril.
There's a reason why Alex has been saying for ten months now, and will keep on saying. YOU NEED TO TRAIN for the Amageza. Like training for the Argus, or Iron Man. You need to have a plan to get your self in the best possible form of motorcycle rider you can. Riding one day a week on a gravel highway is not going to cut it.
You need to be doing 2 days a week fitness training. Two days a week MX style training with your bike for a hour a day, then a long 6 to 8 hour ride on the weekend.
You also need to learn your bike, find what breaks often, and how to fix it in the field.
Rules:
The objective of the qualification is to ensure that every rider taking part in the Amageza has a above average skill level on his machine, and can keep cool in difficult conditions. The Amageza needs riders who can take punishment for 8 hours, while keeping safe, never exceeding their or their bikes limitations.
To facilitate this and make it as safe as possible, keeping it a ride, and not a race, following are the rules on qualification day.
•No bikes under 450cc.
•The bike you use must be of similar engine capacity to the one you want to use for the Amageza.
•No unlicensed bike. All disks to be available on request.
•All bikes must have numberplate’s, lights, and indicators. Mirrors may be removed.
•No unlicensed rider. A learners is acceptable only for qualification, not the Amageza.
•All riders must give contact details of next-of-kin and medical aid details before entry.
•All riders must have the pre-qualification number on their bike. This must be visible from the front at a distance of 10 meters.
•No rider may exceed 120km/h True Speed (True speed is the speed displayed on the riders GPS) on any part of the route.
•No rider may exceed any speed limit within town or city boundaries, as indicated on road-signs. Any speeding will be penalised. Three penalties is automatic disqualification.
•No rider my endanger another rider, road-user or pedestrian. Any such behaviour, if reported will be investigated and depending on the danger posed, dealt with accordingly. This may include disqualification.
•All riders receive the GPS route on qualifying-day. A hour before the start they line up with their GPS, and we transfer the map from a laptop to their device. You need to bring any cables you need with. Only Garmin devices using Map-Source as source medium, is available.
•After the run, you line up again, and we download the trip-log, and save it with your prelim-number as file name.
•We then overlay each riders track with the route, and check for any off-track riding. Riders are penalised for going off the indicated route, or speeding.
•The time you completed the loop in is calculated with any penalties to get to a final time.
•We will then decide who passes and who fails based on the base time set for the route and the average route time by all the riders combined.
I need to emphasis again. THIS IS NOT FOR THE AVERAGE RIDER. The qualifier is 250km -300km, but also a condensed 500km ride. Please ensure you are physically and mentally prepared for this.
Date: Saturday 12 November 2011
Time: 07:30
Place: ADA Training Centre (S25 49.008 E27 49.939)
Duration: 4 - 7 hours.
Route: GPS way-points. (Provided on the day).
Distance: 235kms
Difficulty Level: Amageza
There will be a skill assessment for the new, and standby Amageza entrants based in the Gauteng. If you have not completed at least 70% of Amageza 2011, you will have to pass this route within the time provided before you will be allowed to enter.
The start location will be at the ADA Training Centre, see aboce for GPS co-ordinates. You will be given the full GPS track to follow on the day. Those who make it will be allowed to enter. If you fail here, , you are out until 2013 entries open.
Firecoast will post a namelist here for all who need to qualify. Please ensure she has your email address for the gps route.
Now, don't go getting all tense because your name is on the list. I want to KNOW you are a survivor! We cannot afford injuries. We are way closer to hospitals here than Sutherland. So pretty please, play nice!
Let the games begin!
Update
-> No road-book required. You will be given the GPS route the day before.
-> Plenty of fuel everywhere. We will stay in civilization.
-> No fun riders on the route please. You may prevent a competitor of finishing in time due to him helping you, or you blocking the track or getting hurt. Remember, the people who want to enter are there of their own admission CRAZY. The cream of the crop!
-> We will try and post spectator points for the spectators to go. Please just stay on the spectator route provided.
-> There is no back-up, and no support other than your team-mate, a few marshal's and a sweep bike maybe. Its like any other ride you've done. Survivor-style.
Update
-> Teams: You make your own team. This is not required for the qualifier, but advisable, as you can test your teamwork as well.
-> Number: If you can, plak a number on the front of your bike corresponding to your Amageza run number. This will make it easier to identify you. As we are not charging for the qualifier, we can't manufacture, and dish them out unfortunately.
Update
You need to let Firecoast know if you plan on doing the assessment-run on the 22th.
Surviving the Amageza is all that matters to us. If we cannot judge if you have the skill to do the Amageza, you will not be allowed to enter. It does not matter if we only have the 20 riders of 2011 taking part! Survival is crucial.
The route will be 30 to 50% tougher than Amageza 2011, putting the Amageza nicely on track to even the Dakar.
The route is going to be tough and long, testing your ability to the max. We need to have the peace of mind, that we have not knowingly placed a rider on a route where he or she might get hurt.
So please, let FC know if you are coming or not.
Training:
The word Amageza, means 'crazy' in Xhosa. But its not the Roof, its for big bikes, and hard-core riders. Its a navigational and endurance challenge, not a green, pink, blue route challenge. (No pun intended to other rides!) Theirs only one route, and one route only, and that's the one on your road-book. One GPS track. Go off it at your own peril.
There's a reason why Alex has been saying for ten months now, and will keep on saying. YOU NEED TO TRAIN for the Amageza. Like training for the Argus, or Iron Man. You need to have a plan to get your self in the best possible form of motorcycle rider you can. Riding one day a week on a gravel highway is not going to cut it.
You need to be doing 2 days a week fitness training. Two days a week MX style training with your bike for a hour a day, then a long 6 to 8 hour ride on the weekend.
You also need to learn your bike, find what breaks often, and how to fix it in the field.
Rules:
The objective of the qualification is to ensure that every rider taking part in the Amageza has a above average skill level on his machine, and can keep cool in difficult conditions. The Amageza needs riders who can take punishment for 8 hours, while keeping safe, never exceeding their or their bikes limitations.
To facilitate this and make it as safe as possible, keeping it a ride, and not a race, following are the rules on qualification day.
•No bikes under 450cc.
•The bike you use must be of similar engine capacity to the one you want to use for the Amageza.
•No unlicensed bike. All disks to be available on request.
•All bikes must have numberplate’s, lights, and indicators. Mirrors may be removed.
•No unlicensed rider. A learners is acceptable only for qualification, not the Amageza.
•All riders must give contact details of next-of-kin and medical aid details before entry.
•All riders must have the pre-qualification number on their bike. This must be visible from the front at a distance of 10 meters.
•No rider may exceed 120km/h True Speed (True speed is the speed displayed on the riders GPS) on any part of the route.
•No rider may exceed any speed limit within town or city boundaries, as indicated on road-signs. Any speeding will be penalised. Three penalties is automatic disqualification.
•No rider my endanger another rider, road-user or pedestrian. Any such behaviour, if reported will be investigated and depending on the danger posed, dealt with accordingly. This may include disqualification.
•All riders receive the GPS route on qualifying-day. A hour before the start they line up with their GPS, and we transfer the map from a laptop to their device. You need to bring any cables you need with. Only Garmin devices using Map-Source as source medium, is available.
•After the run, you line up again, and we download the trip-log, and save it with your prelim-number as file name.
•We then overlay each riders track with the route, and check for any off-track riding. Riders are penalised for going off the indicated route, or speeding.
•The time you completed the loop in is calculated with any penalties to get to a final time.
•We will then decide who passes and who fails based on the base time set for the route and the average route time by all the riders combined.
I need to emphasis again. THIS IS NOT FOR THE AVERAGE RIDER. The qualifier is 250km -300km, but also a condensed 500km ride. Please ensure you are physically and mentally prepared for this.
