With a HUGE sigh of relief, I found Suzuki Worcester . With the proper kit to change the tube, i was on my way far sooner than if I had tried to do it myself. But only after i was prepared to admit, on video that the V-Strom was a GREAT bike!
Back on the road, passing through Ceres the road was a a stipple line of stop-go's.
Tik Tok......
I need to get to Springbok with enough time to offload and swap out my wheels. I had sent a set of wheels with better tyres ahead.
Passing through Citrusdal, i had seen a nice windy road on the East side of the Oliphants river, which was fun riding - until....
There was no bridge to get over, just a causeway. The rains had added significant negotiating power to the river. Do i walk it and get REALLY wet? Do i turn around? where is the next point to cross? Will it be any better?
Just then a water bowser came past and plunged into the river. I watched carefully. It looked like the water only went 3/4 of the way up his wheels. Ok, how hard can this be?
The moment i realised i had F*&$ked Up came very quickly. There was no turning back, so i wrestled the river all the way across and with great relief popped out the other side. Right next to a sign saying the causeway was closed due to flooding! Nice - where was the one on the side i had come from?
The long straight flat road to Springbok was a relief after this, for about 30 min.
