It's Saturday and what a better way to spend it than take the bikes for some bundu bashing. Three riders signed up : Redrider, Dirtwarp and Sidetrack. Kykdaar came to say hello but could not join us on the ride. It turned out to be quite a ride from a road side subframe repair and flat tyres and then a grand finale busted wrist ! The tracks were very interesting, in some areas we had to make our own.
The bikes were ready and able
The ride would run close to three dams namely Rust De Winter, Rhenosterkop and Loskop dam. First to get to Cullinan we took the service roads. Redrider discovered his subrame hitting on the exhaust. Turns out three of the four bolts holding it on snapped off. Luckily we found a shop and got an emergency repair done, cable ties what a wonderfull invention.
Then we sho left of the main dirt and found ourselves on a small dirt track running across the fields. Had to stop and open some gates but it was worth it as we made our way down into the valley.
The XR posing in it's natural enviroment
And the TE working good so far, notice no hand guards yet .....
We started picking our way through the field as we followed the GPS directions. No real track just patches of sand and rocky outcrops to negotiate. What better way to spend a Saturday morning !
Back onto the main dirt section
It was flippen hot, Redrider heading for a tree
More to follow including the valley of a gazillion rocks ....
The bikes were ready and able
The ride would run close to three dams namely Rust De Winter, Rhenosterkop and Loskop dam. First to get to Cullinan we took the service roads. Redrider discovered his subrame hitting on the exhaust. Turns out three of the four bolts holding it on snapped off. Luckily we found a shop and got an emergency repair done, cable ties what a wonderfull invention.
Then we sho left of the main dirt and found ourselves on a small dirt track running across the fields. Had to stop and open some gates but it was worth it as we made our way down into the valley.
The XR posing in it's natural enviroment
And the TE working good so far, notice no hand guards yet .....
We started picking our way through the field as we followed the GPS directions. No real track just patches of sand and rocky outcrops to negotiate. What better way to spend a Saturday morning !
Back onto the main dirt section
It was flippen hot, Redrider heading for a tree
More to follow including the valley of a gazillion rocks ....
