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Angola - August last year. Between Iona and the Checkpoint before you hit the road to Foz.

My 2c and experience in riding a 500 the last 5 or 6 years - we regularly ride tours and even enduro rides in temps approaching or over 40 degrees. And slow riding where the engine has to work, not fast gravel. Stuff like Khaudum sand in the summer. Have had fuel bubbling in my tank a couple...

Somewhere on the plains between Iona and Espinheira in Angola. Not quite today but last week.

Ek het wel 'n gesig vir radio, maar die klink na 'n lekker storie!

Another vote for Motul, been using it in my 500 for 4 years now - way cheaper than the Swiss gold and works just as well.

Full disclosure - we did manage to cook a mousse on our last Angola trip: Bit of Angolan ingenuity and tyre lever manufacturing later: We got going with a bunch of chinese tubes and off we went: What happened was there was a misunderstanding with the bikeshop and instead of putting in...

EXC500 It has cush rubbers in the clutch. If you ride dirt not problem, if you ride tar then yes I can possibly see it helping.

This is our experiences as well on the 500's. We replace the mousses every 2nd tyre change, and even then I feel there is still a bit of life left. 5 years and many, many thousands of off-road KM's and not a single problem.

What a lekker video. I did the Sea to Sea 3 day enduro last year, and coming from dry Namibia my mind was blown away by the scenery there. Beautiful area - thanks again for taking the time to make the video - perfect viewing for a Monday morning!

Seems the new forum doesn't automagically send notifications when someone replies to your fred - I was waiting for those:)

Hi all, thanks so much for the offers of assistance - as it turns out one of my colleagues need to zip down for a event so he'll bring it.

Hi All, I bought 3 books, but they can only be delivered to an SA address. Is there anyone coming up to Namibia who'd be willing to bring it? Just 3 normal soft-cover books. Thanks!

Hey Wolzak - Tut mir leid - du musst mal besuchen kommen? Down the Omaruru was 215km to Cape Cross.  Going up the Ugab we did about 255km.  This is typically within the range of our fuel tanks (15.5L) but because we anticipated softer conditions we took a couple of 2L bottles worth of fuel...

Went down the Omaruru river from Uis: Camped at Cape Cross Lodge: Then explored (was raining heavily so wanted to experience the green) up the Ugab as close as to the mouth as one can legally enter: Got muddy Found the green: Some larger than life rock formations: And back to...

Been two years since the world gone mad, finally able to go back to Angola...

You can throw money and mods at it but I personally think it's not the right weapon for long gravel stretches.  Rather then get a 690/701 for that and depending on the sort of enduro riding you do you might even be better served by a 250 / 300 two stroke.

Gaerne SG12's.  Hand made in Italy for what it's worth and protection is second to none.  In terms of longevity - Spare parts also very readily available and they can easily be re-soled by a cobbler. They are pricy though, coming in at around 12K but as someone that's broken one ankle and did...

John Kelly and the cool Lucky Star Ktm - I see one of the sponsors is Paratus, which is a Namibian ISP.  Very cool :thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft:

Can also recommend Yamaha Windhoek - chat to Tommy.  It doesn't matter if it's not a Yamaha - if there's any way that he can help you he will.