East london To Kefani

[Jaya3]

Seeing that it looks like we would not be able to meet up with the ec dogs this weekend , we will do a little trip to kefani exploring more dirt in our neck of the woods . nice 80 km


So far its myself , Nelf13 and Baksteen and maybe Nick1


I have attached the gpx file

 

[landieman]

my neck of the woods,enjoy.stuck in jozi for now

 

[Dutchman81]

Looks like a nice ride you guys got planned , sorry cant make it , will be doing the Winterberg ride . Ja ek chicken alweer uit Baksteen  :deal:

 

[nelf13]

So last week Jaya3 decided that we will have to go and explore a little bit of more gravel roads than the previous weekend.
He send a few emails out stating that we will meet at my workshop in Gonubie at 06:30, have a fresh cup of coffee, and then head out for a nice ride at about 07:00.

We didn't know what to expect, and thought there might be 2 or 3 new guys there.  We ended up being 11 bikes on the day.

Thank you for everyone that pitched, was good meeting new faces, some WD and some Non-WD.


So seeing that I was selected host, I was at the workshop at 05:45 to start getting my bike (that sleeps at the workshop) and the coffee ready  :sip:

My little piggy all on its own, ready for the days ride


A few more guys arrived


A whole lot of KLR's pitched that BaksteenEC invited :thumleft:

 

[nelf13]

We headed out in A LOT of dust.

This was our first stop at a small piece of tar connecting two dirt roads, to see if everybody was still here.



Our second stop was on a bad dirt road ( :ricky: :ricky: :ricky: :ricky: :ricky, just after missing a few cows after a sharp corner.

 

[nelf13]

After a brief stop, and a refuel for a KX450 that has a minute fuel tank, we headed on.

A few km down the road Jaya3 had a puncture.  On closer examination, we saw that he broke one of his spokes on the back wheel, and that punctured the rear tube.

Lucky BaksteenEC had a whole workshop on his bike, so they removed the wheel quickly and set off fixing the problem by fitting a new tube




Busy checking all the remaining spokes before putting tyre and tube back

 

[nelf13]

Fitting the new tube very carefully to make sure that they don't pinch the tube with the tyre eepwall:


After an hour Jaya3 was still smiling while pumping the wheel with a small compressor...


...just to find out the tube was pinched and he will not be able to continue on the ride eepwall:

 

[Jaya3]

selected host , hahahahaha .

what a sucker

 

[nelf13]

I rode back to Gonubie to go and fetch the recovery vehicle :deal:

The other guys carried on with the ride, and apparently had a very good ride.  

Please post some of your pics on this thread so that I can see how the rest of the route looked :imaposer:


Just finished loading the XT




On our way back, tired after struggling with the back wheel, we found a small spasa shop in the middle of no were.  They sold ice cold beers, and we had to buy a couple.
On the way to Jaya3 house, we took a offroad detour...


At his house we saw that his number plate that took a beating with some rocks last week was completely gone after this ride.


A little work lies ahead for Jaya3.  Needs to rebuild the back wheel, but should be back on the road soon :thumleft:

 

[Dutchman81]

Looks like a awesome ride , yep I definitely missed out , well done  :thumleft:

 

[spoedvark]

Will keep a look out for your next ride or maybe even pop in at your workshop to meet and swop numbers!!!

Lekker to meet new like minded biker guys!

 

[nelf13]

No problem Spoedvark

Pop in anytime for coffee:thumleft: