Recent content by Red-J

I've got a set of Rockfox crash bars fitted to my 800 Adv. and am very happy with them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, will definitely have to go back sometime. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's exactly what we thought. This is what adventure riding is all about. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Top of the Swartberg Pass Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not the paintwork as such, but it did damage the clocks. The fall itself wasn't so bad. What was frustrating was that it put an end to the trip into DieHel. I would have been less annoyed if something else had got damaged without affecting our ability to carry on to DieHel. Sent from my...

Thanks, I'll be back at least once a year. Hopefully I'll have time to rent a bike and squeeze in a quick trip. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So all in all it was a good trip - we had set out to do DieHel, unfortunately we didn't make it but still managed to salvage a good days riding out of the situation. Swartberg pass was definitely a highlight, and the road to Calitzdorp was really nice too. As I mentioned, sadly this my last...

Day two and it was time to test the effectiveness of our repairs.  This would be a deciding factor with the days route home. After a good breakfast of bacon and fresh farm eggs we packed the bikes and filled the brake fluid reservoir. It seemed to be holding the brake fluid well, we bled the...

What an amazing ride the Swartberg Pass is. Great dirt roads and spectacular views. I was so glad we took this route home. We had a short tar section before turning off onto the dirt towards Calitzdorp. A really interesting trail heading up the mountain on our left hand side...

Stopped for a break at the Flooriskraal dam wall. And then unfortunately this happened. I don't have any pictures of the fall, but basically I drifted into the really really thick soft sand at the edge of the road on a bend in what was easily the sandiest section of the entire trip...

At this point I should probably mention that we never actually made it to DieHel. But we did manage to come up with a workable plan B and still got some good dirt road riding in. Final Route Map Turned off the black stuff just passed Touwsriver. A interesting looking farm house along...

This would've my first (and sadly) last real offroad adventure trip with my F800 GSA. The planned route would have leaving Cape Town and had us hitting the dirt just after Touwsrivier, heading through Prins Albert, over the Swartberg pass and down into Gamkaskloof - DieHel where we would camp...

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Fitted a set of aggressive offroad tyres in preparation for a run to DieHel tomorrow. Mitas E09 & E10 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's right. Mine is a early 2014. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk