Another day on a bike in the Zulu Kingdom !
And what a great day it was. Although for an unfit old-timer like me, long, but huge thanks to CliveG for putting it together.
Riding in KZN is always a little Forrest Gumpish - "Riding is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna get til the day comes" Clive had phoned the day before to say that he wasn't sure if anyone was coming along - I said no
problem - Two would be fine, but the night before I got an SMS from Husky to say he would be there, so that made three. But on the day the pack swelled to a respectable six, and If I can remember there was :-
Glen (Non-dog) on a 525 Beta
(first I have ever seen - skinny like a ramp model with terminal AIDS)
Geoff (Non-dog) on a grey 640.
(complete with last week's broken rib, Geoff's - not the bike's)
CliveG on his Suzi 450.
(resting the R80GS and other 92 bikes for the day)
Husky (john) on the 640,
(the propper orange one)
Mike (non-dog) and a brand-spanking new 1200gs Adv.
(but "little" Mike makes it look like a pit-bike )
And me on the old KLE.
(a little out of my league among all these seasoned ex-plastic riders)
So, off we went. The nice thing about the Durban area is that you don't have to go far to get out of town, and we soon on the dirt.
The route we followed.
First stop to make sure we all made it. (A sector)
First smoke break along the way - Already starting to get hot
Rains had settled the dust - great roads to ride.
Husky (A Sector)
"Little" Mike on the pit-bike 1200
Snack in the countryside - sector B somewhere.
"Eish, but these mlungu's are crazy and noisy !"
Our fearless leader testing the depth and if there are crocodiles in the Lovu river.
(Sector B)
Only Glen on the Beta decided to brave it - rest watched from the dry side.
Then we couldn't find Glen for a while - the roads are twisty and confusing.
A visit to Roy's Bike Shop - bike corpses and body-parts everywhere, but as it was a Sunday there was no sign of life in any form.
Shots from sector E
Crossing the Umkomazi aftter a great bit of twisty road down in the valley - Sector F.
This sector has been added to my collection of "Must ride" roads.
High Ground - Sector G
Eish, but it was hot. Found this tap in the middle of nowhere and the water was like nectar !
A short but very steep concrete strip out of then valley.
From there it was along the "ou Voortreker pad" back to Marianhill and a welcome drink at the "Hog" in Gilletts.
Got to bed before it was even dark. Managed about half a page of John Kellerman before I was out like a very tired puppy.
Thanks again to Clive and the pack for a great day !!! :ricky:
And what a great day it was. Although for an unfit old-timer like me, long, but huge thanks to CliveG for putting it together.
Riding in KZN is always a little Forrest Gumpish - "Riding is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna get til the day comes" Clive had phoned the day before to say that he wasn't sure if anyone was coming along - I said no
problem - Two would be fine, but the night before I got an SMS from Husky to say he would be there, so that made three. But on the day the pack swelled to a respectable six, and If I can remember there was :-
Glen (Non-dog) on a 525 Beta
(first I have ever seen - skinny like a ramp model with terminal AIDS)
Geoff (Non-dog) on a grey 640.
(complete with last week's broken rib, Geoff's - not the bike's)
CliveG on his Suzi 450.
(resting the R80GS and other 92 bikes for the day)
Husky (john) on the 640,
(the propper orange one)
Mike (non-dog) and a brand-spanking new 1200gs Adv.
(but "little" Mike makes it look like a pit-bike )
And me on the old KLE.
(a little out of my league among all these seasoned ex-plastic riders)
So, off we went. The nice thing about the Durban area is that you don't have to go far to get out of town, and we soon on the dirt.
The route we followed.
First stop to make sure we all made it. (A sector)
First smoke break along the way - Already starting to get hot
Rains had settled the dust - great roads to ride.
Husky (A Sector)
"Little" Mike on the pit-bike 1200
Snack in the countryside - sector B somewhere.
"Eish, but these mlungu's are crazy and noisy !"
Our fearless leader testing the depth and if there are crocodiles in the Lovu river.
(Sector B)
Only Glen on the Beta decided to brave it - rest watched from the dry side.
Then we couldn't find Glen for a while - the roads are twisty and confusing.
A visit to Roy's Bike Shop - bike corpses and body-parts everywhere, but as it was a Sunday there was no sign of life in any form.
Shots from sector E
Crossing the Umkomazi aftter a great bit of twisty road down in the valley - Sector F.
This sector has been added to my collection of "Must ride" roads.
High Ground - Sector G
Eish, but it was hot. Found this tap in the middle of nowhere and the water was like nectar !
A short but very steep concrete strip out of then valley.
From there it was along the "ou Voortreker pad" back to Marianhill and a welcome drink at the "Hog" in Gilletts.
Got to bed before it was even dark. Managed about half a page of John Kellerman before I was out like a very tired puppy.
Thanks again to Clive and the pack for a great day !!! :ricky:
