7 bikes & 7 days & many Passes

[ROSSI]

I must tell you guys about the bike trip I planned and just finished. It was AWESOME. Was a 7 day trip from East London via PE, baviaanskloof, prins albert, swartberg pass, hell, calitzdorp, oudshoorn, montagu pass, George,7 passes route, knysna, Bloukans pass and back to pe to el. We were 7 bikes and it took 7 days. Check out the route by clicking on links below or cut and past into your browzer. It opens in google maps.  We tried to keep distance per day down to not more than 300km.

DAY 1 (SAT 10/1/2015) EAST LONDON - PE  328km

https://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Batting+Rd&daddr=Unknown+road+to:Bathurst,+Eastern+Cape+to:Unknown+road+to:Unknown+road+to:Unknown+road+to:Gamma+Rd,+Port+Elizabeth&hl=en&ll=-33.003049,27.873859&spn=0.10754,0.181789&sll=-32.958338,27.930336&sspn=0.053797,0.090895&geocode=FUHfCP4dTSWqAQ%3BFfyWAP4d_2SbAQ%3BFePFAP4df02ZASlRR5HZCDVkHjESdBT6NwFO7A%3BFZl1AP4dTIuVAQ%3BFfjV__0dRE6SAQ%3BFYUc_v0diEaOAQ%3BFXYm-v0dxD-FASn778kn29B6HjH22L9aSMsccQ&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=14&t=m&z=13

Accommodation
PE

DAY2 (SUN 11/1/2015) PE - UITSPAN B&B  248km

https://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Gamma+Rd,+Port+Elizabeth&daddr=-33.9184787,25.3897097+to:-33.8067732,25.2024536+to:-33.6821209,24.5821771+to:R332+to:Uitspan+B%26B,+Willowmore,+Eastern+Cape&hl=en&ll=-33.589455,24.647827&spn=1.709098,2.90863&sll=-33.892077,25.355415&sspn=0.212887,0.363579&geocode=FXYm-v0dxD-FASn778kn29B6HjH22L9aSMsccQ%3BFfJx-v0djWqDASmTUNRIJdl6HjGTqc1JKi_RLA%3BFUsm_P0dFY-AASlDPqoGRBl7HjEL0Lio4vZhXA%3BFTgN_v0dIRh3ASlPjFdEvZV7HjHH0tVJlKXc9w%3BFbRI_v0dVg90AQ%3BFbaWAP4derZpASESXtHIkdnE9in__JKVBct-HjESXtHIkdnE9g&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=12&via=1,2,3&t=m&z=9

Accommodation
https://www.baviaansuitspan.co.za/


DAY 3 (TUE 13/1/2015) UITSPAN B&B - PRINS ALBERT  199km

https://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=-33.4886152,22.5361145+to:Nieuwe+St&hl=en&ll=-33.211116,22.730713&spn=1.716554,2.90863&sll=-33.487339,22.538002&sspn=0.006684,0.011362&geocode=FeeTAP4d4rZpAQ%3BFRkBAf4dst9XASkPCKa2fPTVHTF1R7Jr_pk-_Q%3BFQX7BP4dtiJQAQ&t=h&mra=dvme&mrsp=1&sz=17&via=1&z=9


Accommodation
Prins Albert


DAY 4 (TUE 13/1/2015) PRINS ALBERT - OUDTSHOORN  218km

https://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Prince+Albert,+Western+Cape&daddr=-33.3527309,21.74358+to:-33.4493139,21.7857001+to:Victoria+St&hl=en&ll=-33.294951,21.84082&spn=0.857462,1.454315&sll=-33.579163,22.196057&sspn=0.003339,0.005681&geocode=FcIFBf4dsCZQASkFHqkbM6rVHTEuIkbunjNXpw%3BFeYTA_4d3MdLASlDzfr3I1HUHTFePnXviWYGOA%3BFZ-aAf4dZGxMASmJKc3Hzk3UHTG4c57jv_9IEA%3BFXOg__0de7VSAQ&t=h&mra=dme&mrsp=3&sz=18&via=1,2&z=10


DAY 5 (WED 14/1/2015) OUDTSHOORN - KNYSNA  146km

https://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Oudtshoorn,+Western+Cape&daddr=-33.6857091,22.3710689+to:-33.839188,22.4436447+to:Courtenay+St%2FN12%2FN9+to:-33.9340616,22.6855061+to:-33.9308548,22.8981846+to:Knysna,+Western+Cape&hl=en&ll=-33.958169,22.693634&spn=0.425444,0.727158&sll=-33.995181,22.799377&sspn=0.425258,0.727158&geocode=FS5L__0dC8lSASm1E7XqhsHVHTFh6wiOdEdDjQ%3BFTP__f0d_FpVASkxgxhttuXVHTGpj4cxU6eXsA%3BFayn-_0dfHZWASnnvcCwzAfWHTERyMVHP5VHHA%3BFcTa-f0dNMJWAQ%3BFRM1-v0dQidaASn1bk2KOqZ4HjETFFYbrNeMcA%3BFZpB-v0dCGZdASn5YhIX2bt4HjFHQwn2_lw6Hw%3BFXKq-P0dRalfASnZDAGWQOp4HjHNzlB14bkqvg&mra=dpe&mrsp=4&sz=11&via=1,2,4,5&t=m&z=11

Accommodation
KNYSNA  

DAY 6 (THUR 15/1/2015) KNYSNA - PE  266km

https://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Knysna,+Western+Cape&daddr=Nature's+Valley,+Western+Cape+to:-33.9614222,23.6916038+to:-33.993909,24.100062+to:-34.0106584,24.2815289+to:-34.0495893,24.4906784+to:-34.0257207,24.7029433+to:-34.0220322,24.9095326+to:-33.9122662,25.047775+to:-33.9148257,25.2184999+to:-33.9166814,25.3857507+to:Gamma+Rd&hl=en&ll=-33.449777,26.611633&spn=1.71186,2.90863&sll=-33.942612,25.517378&sspn=0.026595,0.045447&geocode=FXKq-P0dRalfASnZDAGWQOp4HjHNzlB14bkqvg%3BFXR_-f0d_3tnASn3ZE_Cwxl5HjEgKE4i5hKDSg%3BFTLK-f0dU4FpASkfK5RxExR5HjFzgoabmm1B3g%3BFUtL-f0d3rxvASkBjdxLIn15HjFRRIxQK7undw%3BFd4J-f0duIFyASkv3RDBcNF7HjHYO3MHHCfL8g%3BFctx-P0dtrJ1ASkNkHkb28p7HjEW53KalLbb7Q%3BFQjP-P0d3-94ASk9uQFJTk16HjEQfQS0kqCm9A%3BFXDd-P0d3BZ8ASltJARLff96HjHT2a2NCKvthw%3BFTaK-v0d3zJ-ASkduzG5WwJ7HjHc_rsxsdXf6A%3BFTeA-v0dw82AASl7ZATe_OF6HjHmPyr585K4_Q%3BFfd4-v0dFluDASklPRLCLtl6HjEaF9xSxJFegg%3BFY0i-v0dwD-FAQ&oq=port&mra=dme&mrsp=11&sz=15&via=2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10&t=m&z=9

Accommodation
PE  

DAY 7 (FRI 16/1/2015) PE - EL  300km


https://maps.google.co.za/maps?saddr=Gamma+Rd,+Port+Elizabeth&daddr=-33.6399204,25.9347092+to:-33.6853951,26.144985+to:-33.5922552,26.8984324+to:-33.1639303,27.4944109+to:East+London,+Eastern+Cape&hl=en&ll=-33.560851,26.347961&spn=0.85484,1.454315&sll=-33.525369,26.390533&sspn=0.855191,1.454315&geocode=FXYm-v0dxD-FASn778kn29B6HjH22L9aSMsccQ%3BFRCy_v0ddbuLASkv_N_SsNtkHjFyRnAYrl3lMQ%3BFW0A_v0d2fCOASkFY3vwG-JkHjF1EWCr7YPXXg%3BFUFs__0dAHCaASl9R2yKC8xlHjHW1p-qkscZiQ%3BFWb1Bf4dCoijASmVY44qvJNmHjFTTbFTZ_iClw%3BFdu2CP4dKzapASkDgwkm_OZmHjGfGxrMdNi3Yg&mra=dpe&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1,2,3,4&t=m&z=10

Accommodation
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[Ian in Great Brak River]

Nice and short ... why are the BMW's lying down or getting their feet cleaned?

8)

 

[ROSSI]

Ian ... that 1200 fell down because of rider just too exhausted ... guys that been there many times said they never seen that road in that poor condition ... by the way, all the bikes in our group dropped ... KTM's included  ;D ... the 800 got cut in tyre because of stoney roads ... also 3X smileys 

 

[ROSSI]

Here is more pics

 

[ALLEN I]

Nise rr riding lekker saam gooi nog :ricky:

 

[XRBradman]

looks awesome!!

how many KM's in total?

 

[ROSSI]

All together the trip totalled to 1705Km ... my logic is that if you don't travel more than 300km per day you got more time on the road for stops.

 

[ROSSI]

At baviaans it was extremely hot ... about 41 degrees  ... and I noted that the two guys on the heavier GS1200's battled of tiredness  ... actually all of us I think ... I was totally buggered when I reached Uitspan after that flatty next to the road whith no shade and lots of heat

 

[ROSSI]

this last pic shows where I wiped out ... tiredness makes you loose concentration  ;D