- Joined
- Oct 19, 2008
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- Location
- Bothasig , Cape Town
- Bike
- Honda CRF-1000L Africa Twin
Well yes, onwards it seemed. When we got there I knew that it was only a quick fix.. it had only been an hour or so. We pulled into the mechanics house and we just kind of looked at each other.. I knew I had been taking a chance and he knew I didn't have a choice. 'So" he said all calm like ' what would you like to do about that chain?" I glanced at the chain and my reply was simple ' Martin said it will make it to JHB and seeing as he punishes chains worse than anyone I know, I trust his judgement and I am gonna take the chance and see how it goes.'..'hmm, he said, well, just don't do any wheelies" :laughing4: sure.. like I do wheelies on this bike.
"how are the seals' I enquired.. He explained that he has a tool which cleans the seals up and takes all the dust out, he filled up with fork oil and it is good to go.. however it could last the rest of the trip, it could last to around the corner.. 'good luck mate'.. and with that we said our goodbyes eager to just hit the road on what was to be one of our purest offroad rides of the trip. AGATT police can spot me in one photo without my jacket.. my confession is that I was riding without a jacket or upper body protection from the time we left the highlands.. I bought the wrong jacket and it was just too hot. We were riding offroad with almost no traffic around and so I just stayed well within my limits and enjoyed the ride.
We left Harare and headed south.. we were heading for home ! but before I did I made the effort to swing past my childhood home again.. I didn't mention but yesterday we made the effort and time to go swing past my old school etc.. I appreciate martin coming with me to check out these places even though he was dog tired, it was good to have him along, I wanted to try to reconnect. Any connection I had with my childhood in Zim was gone a long time ago, this just confirmed it. I just had to deal with the emotions that came with that. In many ways I wished it was like it used to be.. like I always say, it is what it is.
All smiles.. the bike had a lick and a promise in Harare.
Harare in all it's glory, we didn't stop to check it out, there was nothing that interested us here.
This however.. is what awaits you just outside Harare
"how are the seals' I enquired.. He explained that he has a tool which cleans the seals up and takes all the dust out, he filled up with fork oil and it is good to go.. however it could last the rest of the trip, it could last to around the corner.. 'good luck mate'.. and with that we said our goodbyes eager to just hit the road on what was to be one of our purest offroad rides of the trip. AGATT police can spot me in one photo without my jacket.. my confession is that I was riding without a jacket or upper body protection from the time we left the highlands.. I bought the wrong jacket and it was just too hot. We were riding offroad with almost no traffic around and so I just stayed well within my limits and enjoyed the ride.
We left Harare and headed south.. we were heading for home ! but before I did I made the effort to swing past my childhood home again.. I didn't mention but yesterday we made the effort and time to go swing past my old school etc.. I appreciate martin coming with me to check out these places even though he was dog tired, it was good to have him along, I wanted to try to reconnect. Any connection I had with my childhood in Zim was gone a long time ago, this just confirmed it. I just had to deal with the emotions that came with that. In many ways I wished it was like it used to be.. like I always say, it is what it is.
All smiles.. the bike had a lick and a promise in Harare.
Harare in all it's glory, we didn't stop to check it out, there was nothing that interested us here.
This however.. is what awaits you just outside Harare