A Wet New Years Day at Verneukpan ( 1/1/11)

[weskus]

Jip, well-done julle 2, nou is ek eers kwaad vir myself dat ek nie maar Sat koers soontoe gevat het nie, anyone for a trip to verneukpan this weekend?? :ricky:

 

[user 8662]

Excellent trip report - that mud and water wold have put a number of people off, well done.

 

[mother]

nice one Rynet.......now i see what you and Mark got up to on the way home bliksem.....those mud pics look scary to me

when i see that kind of mud i just run out of skill.....and bravery....well done to the both of u

PS was nice to meet you guys in Kenhardt

 

[ThysBasson]

Wow, julle het guts. Kon julle darm die landspeed record breek op water? Lyk na groot pret. Kry net bietjie seer vir die bikes se part met die modder wat orals vassit, lyk nie baie cool nie. Seker darm al skoon teen die tyd.

Baie nice report.

 

[Tweetie]

Jirre Bokkie!, net jy sal sulke challenges gaan oopruk, en dit verwoes! Great adventure you 2, good you had a very experienced riding buddy Rynet.  Now you know modder, and 1200GS dont work too well. Myself and two other buddies battled 1hr50minutes to ride 1.8km last year. Modder is n bliksem. I suppose you had to clean out the mud between the front tyre and the "modder skerm" countless times. I found that the moment your front wheel no longer turns (due to the mud build-up) you go down ! NO control what so ever.

Great report, and thanks for sharing with us.

Sal jou weer raak ry iewerste :thumleft:
Groete

 

[Malibu]

Tweets, Mark has been riding for only 6 months... I think both of them were amazing!

 

[Plothond]

Well done, any big bike in mud is going to be a serious challenge

Lots of respect to you

 

[Stofdonkie]

Lekker trip!  :thumleft:

Ek reken die woord 'Pan' moes 'n tip gewees het, maar selfs as mens weet hoe dit daar lyk is die versoeking groot om dit te probeer.

:thumleft:

 

[BruceS]

Fantastic RR - well written, and what an adventure. I'm exhausted and that's just from reading it!

 

[Brakenjan]

Now that's what I call adventure riding!!

Awesome you two!!  :thumleft:

 

[JVR]

Very nice.......respect! :thumleft:

 

[SGB]

Mud.....  The great equalizer....  Well done for riding it to you both!

 

[keithk]

I wonder how many of the more "experienced" WD's would have actually ventured on  further in these conditions? Well done to you both  :thumleft: , Rynet this is evidence of how dirty this sport really is  ;D Thanks for sharing (or warning)

 

[RobCrouch]

gret RR... seems like we are in for a wet summer... every time those pans get that type of rain we have floods later on.

 

[DRAZIL]

Hectic exhilarating ride you had.Makes some off our rides timid in comparison. :thumleft: :thumleft:

 

[Rynet]

Wow, julle het guts. Kon julle darm die landspeed record breek op water? Lyk na groot pret. Kry net bietjie seer vir die bikes se part met die modder wat orals vassit, lyk nie baie cool nie. Seker darm al skoon teen die tyd.

Baie nice report.

Thanks  :thumleft: Just spoke to my mechanic , he has done my 120 ,000 km service with all the oil changes etc . He says the back brake lever bent a bit and deactivated the braking system , but he corrected it and I now have brakes again . My front brake pads are fine , I just needed new back brake pads, but they were worn before the mud already . And of course my air filter was dirty and thus I needed new spark plugs also. The diff boot was loose ( thanks Mark Hardy for pointing this out ), but it was also just dirty and is fine now. So all in all nothing out of the ordinary . She is running perfect . Just waiting for tyre prices and a wash and she's ready for our next trip to Jansenville via Baviaans first week in Feb to visit Bie .  I tell you these GS 1200 's are durable  :thumleft:.  I must have fallen over a hundred times with her and only one fall needed cosmetic surgery to her. ( other than the pot covers) . But just in case I really must get those burglar bars from Chris L :thumleft:

 

[Beagle Boy]

Respect guy's 

WOW!! :biggrin:

 

[MellowJo]

Looks like great fun.

Tx for the great report.

 

[AntonW]

Both of you must be just a little crazy  :biggrin:

RESPECT

 

[punisher]

W O W

what a report
fantastic job you two

ps ... Rynet ..  mark and the other chap you were with when i met you's did pasS comment on your very good riding skills , but this ride exposed more than just skill ... but also your amazing spirit

  well done Mark , you certainly must have been equaly as determinded as Rynet , to pull this trip of 
to both of you huge respect

and .........  you have just made me more determined to get a duelie  :biggrin: