South of joburg ride.

well,six riders on a smorgasboard of bikes, dr650 suzuki, 650 aprilia pegaso, ktm 690, bmw gs1200, honda tornado 250 and a honda crf250l. once we all met up we were off ! great start, twenty minutes later female rider silly B had a puncture on the tornado,not wanting to ruin the day we quickly started to remove the rear wheel from the bike, it was all hands on deck at this stage, oh dear a 10mm split in the tube, we decided to patch it only to find my glue had completely dried up in the tube , Hotklou got all excited and said he had a tube in his kit, great, nope, his his tube held the same as mine, sweet f all. during this time Greeny had given up hope and was on the way home to get his bakkie, he shouldnt have left.
Hotklou had a small tube of super glue and i had a pair of latex gloves, i covered the split in superglue and rolled up the latex glove and pressed the lot together, not pretty but 5 minutes later and we pumped up the tube.
unfu**ing believable, the glove and glue worked, i put the tube in the tyre, the tyre on the rim, the rim on the bike and hey presto, stop the clock, we have a winner !!
no one would believe it if it wasnt for the pix, by this time Greeny was at home about to start the bakkie and decided it was enough for the day and didnt rejoin the ride,the two girls also decided to end the ride there as no one had confidence in the latex glove /superglue patch i made.
iron brew and his pegaso voluntered to escort the girls home on the tar in case the tyre blew but it didnt and the little honda cruised back to brackendowns at a steady 120kph, the tyre is still as firm as a strippers backside.
myself and Hotklou decided to continue the ride and gave ourselves and the bikes a good workout on some great single track trails, some time later we turned back to brackendowns and regrouped for a coffee and a chat, it was actually still a great ride, we learned a lot about tubes of glue and hot weather, how to make a plan and never get beaten by a puncture.
we have decided to do a re run in two weeks time. all welcome[bring those latex gloves]

big thanks to all who came along and a big shout out to Hotklou who made the effort to ride all the way from vanderbijl park to join us.

Thanks @alphadog , was a great outing!

@LouisXander / @Psycho Porra , you won't believe it ... i did not fall

Jyt seker nie "gepartake" die vorige aand Nie

nee, ek het tot nuwe gevolgtreking geom ... ek val net as julle 2 betrokke is

HotKlou said:

Thanks @alphadog , was a great outing!

@LouisXander / @Psycho Porra , you won't believe it ... i did not fall

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El glo jou nie

HotKlou said:

nee, ek het tot nuwe gevolgtreking geom ... ek val net as julle 2 betrokke is

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Jy sien

For the guys that were confused about"as firm as a strippers backside"

alphadog said:

For the guys that were confused about"as firm as a strippers backside"

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Oeffff ja....
Kyk daai sponsie

alphadog said:

For the guys that were confused about"as firm as a strippers backside"

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I am sure that you superglued her as well.

Would have loved to join but was in George and Slaapstad for the week. Next time maybe

Hey guys, yip, it certainly was an "entertaining" ride. They say life is a journey about lessons, well, i was definitely in class that day! Firstly, to Hotklou, great to meet you and dankie vir al jou hulp en magical sunlight liquid! Alphadog scheeemeeerd that tyre with copious amounts of sunlight with a glee in his eye, slow down cowboy, that ain't no strippers arse! In you go Laddie! He could hardly hold onto the tyre lever he was so lubed up!

Anyway, the next lesson was - a boer en n soutie kan a plan maak, en n plan wat werk. We all looked at that latex glove with trepidation and threw in a few silent prayers. Who would have believed that it would actually work, freaking amazing!
Macgyver would have been proud.

I then opted to chaperone Silly B home and the last stretch had me sweating! As soon as Silly B knew where she was, the 250 Honda was pinned and i was following at 120km/ph. Up till then, Silly B had been following me at a safe "latex glove" speed of 70km/ph, but now the proverbial hammer was down! I was like a matric dance teenager, watching for any signs of latex failure.
Phew! Home safe.

And the last lesson - if a bike has been standing with a flat tyre for a period of time, replace the tube, better safe than latex. Alphadog had recently purchased this bike for Silly b and gave it a proper once over and service. However, the bike had been standing which the previous owner did acknowledge but obviously the tyres had deflated over time and only inflated again once up for sale. Check the first pic and you will see what i can only presume to be a "flatspot" that weakened the tube. The tube actually just split, it didn't puncture.

Anyhow, it was a good few hours out that we can keep in the memory bank and laugh about.
Thanks to Alphadog for organising, Hotklou for outstanding backup support and what did i do? Hey somebody needs to be the cameraman.

Looking forward to the next "lube" session......

Cheers.