A year in retrospect...noticed some unanswered questions...
BlueBull2007 said:
What speed where you doing (mas or minus) in that sand if I may ask? Im pretty sure if you stayed in the rut you would not be able to ride as fast, I find that the sand grips the sides of the wheels and increases friction, reducing speed and increasing fuel consumption.
The sand ruts were so deep it knocked our feet of the pegs, and the amount of luggage/fuel coupled to the fact that it will be a serious issue should something go wrong in an area that remote, made us cautious.
We were doing different speeds due to different bikes.
On the XR I was doing about 60 - 70, but outrunning the other bikes was silly, it meant a long wait at every substantial fork in the road for the others, during which time you get eaten alive by the insects.
The bikes only started "floating" on the sand once you hit third, so we kept the minimum above that. The max was influenced by caution, but riding kilometer after kilometer, hour after hour and one gets blase and start speeding up, the temptation to "Dakar" it is always there and once you succumb to it.... :ricky: 80 - 90 on the straight sections with potential to go faster.
On the beach we went flat out, only slowed down when we noticed we were running low on fuel.
Stevie said:
More info on the fuel bladders please.
If you need something like this, best is to make a mock-up of cardboard, fit it to your bike, and once satisfied with that, a drawing with dimensions. Send that through to me and I can give you a price.
You will probably look at about
R4k, R2k for the bladders including the fittings and fuel bung
