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Decided to ride out to Uitenhage / Kirkwood area this morning with my brother Bryan (Super Tenere) and a friend Bill (BMW 800). We took the direct route along the N2 to the Commercial road off ramp onto the Uitenhage road. Carried on past Uitenhage to Daniel’s Cheetah project for a quick breakfast. One hot beverage and a venison Sammie later we were on our way. Took the turn off to Kirkwood on the R336 and then left on the Ntaba Lodge road.
The road is very good for an off road jaunt with some river crossings and “sleeping policemen”. Obviously you slow down to ride over these, obviously! You will then need to bear left at a T junction which will take you through about 5 farm gates. Then turn left directly after the last gate. Continue with this road and turn left at the T junction and follow this to Glenconnor and then onto the R75 back to PE.
The section after the 5 farm gates was very interesting and the pic’s below were taken in that area.
Firstly we had to fix Bryan’s Touratech top box bracket that broke again! The design looks suspect IMHO with a massive cantilever system build between the bracket and fixture points.
Bill making sure that Bryan fixes the bracket properly
Views of the kloof where we stopped
Bill now starting to get involved in the fix – sort of.
The opposite side of the kloof
Entry point 1 loose sand and decline.
Entry point 2 transition from 1 into rocky river bed area
Exit point 1 Thick loose sand
Exit point 2 Rocky bank into loose sand from river bend
Exit point 3 Rocky bank into loose sand from river bank
View of wash away from exit to entry
The calm after the storm
The 2nd wash away viewed from exit to entry point
Bryan taking the BMW up the bank with Bill taking notes
Bryan near the top of the bank
Bill walking through the dust storm
40 Degrees C – bike had been standing so temp was probably closer to 32 Degrees C as witnessed later on the way out
Calm after the storm part II
Good job this sign was at the opposite end of the road to our entry or we may not have made the trip.
No motorcyclist were injured (much) during the making of this ride report :ricky:
The road is very good for an off road jaunt with some river crossings and “sleeping policemen”. Obviously you slow down to ride over these, obviously! You will then need to bear left at a T junction which will take you through about 5 farm gates. Then turn left directly after the last gate. Continue with this road and turn left at the T junction and follow this to Glenconnor and then onto the R75 back to PE.
The section after the 5 farm gates was very interesting and the pic’s below were taken in that area.
Firstly we had to fix Bryan’s Touratech top box bracket that broke again! The design looks suspect IMHO with a massive cantilever system build between the bracket and fixture points.
Bill making sure that Bryan fixes the bracket properly
Views of the kloof where we stopped
Bill now starting to get involved in the fix – sort of.
The opposite side of the kloof
Entry point 1 loose sand and decline.
Entry point 2 transition from 1 into rocky river bed area
Exit point 1 Thick loose sand
Exit point 2 Rocky bank into loose sand from river bend
Exit point 3 Rocky bank into loose sand from river bank
View of wash away from exit to entry
The calm after the storm
The 2nd wash away viewed from exit to entry point
Bryan taking the BMW up the bank with Bill taking notes
Bryan near the top of the bank
Bill walking through the dust storm
40 Degrees C – bike had been standing so temp was probably closer to 32 Degrees C as witnessed later on the way out
Calm after the storm part II
Good job this sign was at the opposite end of the road to our entry or we may not have made the trip.
No motorcyclist were injured (much) during the making of this ride report :ricky:
