Gravel â?? These are the roads with goodness in (Pillion ride added)

[Chrisl]

Ek dink die roete wat Captain gemerk het is reg. As jy sou regs draai by die teer en 1 km verder op linkerkant sou jy die Kandelaarsrivier afdraai kry en dit wys op Captain se kaart. Daardie pad neem jou tot naby Volmoed. Chris.

 

[Chrisl]

Ken die paaie goed.Het dit platgery met my MT5 . Daar is wel n pad wat ek graag wil ry en nog nie het. As jy die Paardebontpad vat kan jy met n ou pad tot in Van Wyksdorp ry. Gaan op n staduim oor die Gouritzrivier. Rede hoekom nog nie gedoen? Moerse klomp hekke en ek sukkel om my lam been elke keer oor die seat te kry. Sal dit graag met iemand wil doen. Was glo n ou ossewa roete. C

 

[Trailrider]

As jy die Paardebontpad vat kan jy met n ou pad tot in Van Wyksdorp ry. Gaan op n staduim oor die Gouritzrivier.

Ek het daai pad al gery van die Cloetes Pas kant af.

Hier is die Kaart. Ek het ingegaan by die pyl en seker ge-eindig by daai huis in die sirkel teen bosbou.

 

[Trailrider]

Of dit kan ook die pad onder hom wees. Daai een wys die pad deur bosbou.

 

[Chrisl]

Jys heeltemal reg met die pyl. Die Zebrapad en daai een kom bymekaar op n plaaswerf en daar het jy links gedraai. Op n staduim maak die pad n baie skerp regsdraai en daar het jy links gehou om by die sirkel uit te kom. C.

 

[Trailrider]

Ken die paaie goed.Het dit platgery met my MT5 . Daar is wel n pad wat ek graag wil ry en nog nie het. As jy die Paardebontpad vat kan jy met n ou pad tot in Van Wyksdorp ry. Gaan op n staduim oor die Gouritzrivier. Rede hoekom nog nie gedoen? Moerse klomp hekke en ek sukkel om my lam been elke keer oor die seat te kry. Sal dit graag met iemand wil doen. Was glo n ou ossewa roete. C

Laat weet as jy weer in die area is. Ek sal daai hekke oopmaak. :thumleft:

 

[White Stripes]

So much better on a new bike.....

I know that route from my army days.

 

[Trailrider]

Another day, another ride. Between all the rain and storms we would have a couple of hours without rain today (or so the weatherman said). So today Mrs. TR would go on her first proper pillion outride on the new bike. This is what we bought the bike for after all.

The plan was to take the bike over Montagu Pass, shoot down the langkloof road and take this little gravel road to De Vlugt:

When riding over Prins Alfredâ??s Pass you usually ride from Knysna to Avontuur or vice versa, missing out on this piece of gravel. Iâ??ve ridden it once before (about 3 years ago, before I knew of forums, ride reports and the like) and I know itâ??s slippery as snot when wet. Hopefully it would be dry today.

From De Vlugt weâ??d ride over Prins Alfredtâ??s Pass and have lunch in Knysna before returning to George.

Going up Montagu Pass we ran into Sir Gravellot and a tour group at the old Toll house.

He has a Montagu Pass historical ride (among others) that is well worth it! He is also a sponsor of the Wild Dog forum so please support him when youâ??re in the Garden Route.

We decided to ride with the group for a short section.

Ons of the perks of having a pillion is the â??in-rideâ? photos ;D

We rode down the Langkloof road and yes, even with a pillion, tar is borrrrrrrrrring. Luckily it didnâ??t take to long to get to the turn-off.

Check out the road sign. Like moths to a flame ;D

This is a very nice road. Luckily it wasnâ??t wet.

Last time I was here we did the Burchell 4x4 route with the trail bikes. I think itâ??s time to come back and do a proper ride report. I had to ride through some mud to get into the site. Mrs. TR opted to get off and take photos rather.

Seeing this place again really made me miss it. Iâ??ll be back soon.

The information section:

From here itâ??s not far to De Vlugt

The shop in De Vlugt was a welcome stop. Coffee and Milk tart for Mr. TR, Heineken and Droewors for me.

Next Prins Alfredâ??s Pass

We stopped at the Fern Valley picnic spot. What a great place to have a braai.

With some nice forest trails.

It was getting cold as the next cold front moved in so we hit the road again.

And just as we rode into Knysna the first rain started to fall.

We decided not to have lunch here as the weather was only going to get worse and we hightailed it to George. All in all it was a very enjoyable ride. There will be many more pillion rides in future. :thumleft:

 

[YellowFever]

that looks lekke, gr8 stuff

 

[Sprocketbek]

Very busy weekend you had! Glad you're enjoying the bike so much. ;D

Some of the routes are familiar to me, some others not. Will come exploring some more as soon as I can.

 

[Raggety]

Nice report.  Can see that you thoroughly enjoy the bike.

Yes, yes, yes.  Don't let it stand and gather dirt it the garage,  gather the dirt from the gravel roads.

As a matter of interest, How much km's on the bike now, TR?

 

[Trailrider]

995km

Going for it's 1000km service on Tuesday. :ricky:

 

[Operator]

995km

Going for it's 1000km service on Tuesday. :ricky:

.....and first full service at the end of August with the way your piling on the miles  ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[Trailrider]

995km

Going for it's 1000km service on Tuesday. :ricky:

.....and first full service at the end of August with the way your piling on the miles  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Next weekend it's Baviaans

 

[keithk]

Great RR always great to explore with your pillion , thanks for sharing . That new TA is a real kilometer eater 

 

[Biesie]

Lekker een TR!!!

 

[Eisbein]

Nice!

Baie cool.

 

[Eisbein]

:thumleft:

The big trailies offer something that the smaller bikes don't.......

TR don't be tempted into the tar side of life  ;D

Naaaaah.

Having a faster bike makes it easier to get to other intersting gravel bits...

;D ;D ;D

 

[IceCreamMan]

Very lekker , u get to some pretty amazing places....

 

[Beagle Boy]

Nice one TR