Hiway to Steytlerville....... 2nd part added!!

[JourneyMan]

Good stuff! Lekker pics there! 8)

 

[Zeff Cowboy]

The ride from a different camera.

Me checking my bike for damage after hitting that huge pothole.

Sandriver dam.

Sand river from another angle.

View into the Elands river valley.

Views towards Humans dorp.

The little house.

Mountains.

Happy Captain Slow wearing summer gear. Lekker.

Me eyeballing that Zumo 550.

So moet â??n man mos â??n heining span. Ou draad trekker.

Pretty flowers.

Skilpad porn.

To close to the edge for me.

Me crossing the river.

One wet forum whore.

Steytlerville in front of the Royal.

The dreaded R75.

Nice trees.

The end.

 

[Iron Shark]

Cappie,  thanks for the report. I mailed you my pics so the next post could be the "other view".

Some remarks on the ride. Going with CS as ride partner was a good experience. Slowpoke and Captain Slow going nowhere Slowly... We kept the speed down. Our moving average from Kabega to just after river crossing was 53 kmh. This is actually way more than I expected. There were quite a few "moments" I had. All of them on very steep downhill inclines with thick layers of round loose rocks. It was like trying to balance, slow down and not moer off all at once while riding on big marbles. In the end I followed two peoples advice, CS and Paulsky. CS says stand on the pegs and Paulsky says if you fall it might as well be in style so give it throttle. The combination worked well enough although it was poepol knyp time when I did it. hehe.

The Heidie's. Before anyone reads too much in my opinion: I am a novice off road and do not profess to be a skilled rider. I pulled the Anakees off the bike on Sat morning and put the Heidies on. (thanks Alan Lewis for helping on very short notice) First impression was that on cornering I was falling off the world. Completely different feeling. It is almost as if there is a soft moment when you lean into a corner and then the Heidies bite. That tends to make you turn wide initially. Used to the feeling now and actually enjoy it more - almost like I can "lock" into a turn. On the gravel, sand an loose crap that has given me a permanent cramp in my hole on the anakees... I was flabbergasted at the amount of control I suddenly had with the Heidies. WOW.

Cornering on gravel felt almost like tar and sandy patches did not make me change my shorts. As you can see from my embarrasing water crossing photo I still prefer going slow but where I felt like it the Heidies gave me a lot of confidence to rip it a bit. On the long straight (30 odd km) with the humps that launched cappy at just over 120kmh, I got some speed tests in. Highest speed for the day (for me at least) was here. 128kmh on the GPS - +- 140 on the speedo. Could not get air time though. That was the best section of the entire ride. Also the section where a meerkat also met the Heidies at about 120 klicks. Did not stop to check but I think it is now twins.

Spent half of Sunday stripping and cleaning the bike - all the while with a funny grin on my portrait. This had many reasons. The open nature, the lekka tires, the slowly poking tortoises, or even the waitress in the "Royal Hotel" who grinned wide when I showed her my extra length sausage... Next time the Fuglies can come too...

Helluva ride, Thanks CS.

SP that is just like you, trying to scare the poor girl away with that er... um size that your wifey always talks about!!!    ot:
:imaposer: :imaposer:

 

[Rone]

"One wet forum whore" nee man en did van 'n paar skilpaaie???

 

[edgy]

Nice,i enjoy that ride :thumleft:

 

[Trailrider]

Lekker ride Cappie.

Ek was ook al daar :biggrin:

 

[Grunt]

Me eyeballing that Zumo 550.

Touch the thing man!! It won't break ;D

 

[Grunt]

Lekker ride Cappie.

Ek was ook al daar :biggrin:

TR.. I spoke to a buddy who has moved to New Zealand. He was looking for a second hand bike but bemoaned the fact they all had extremely high kilos. he says he saw a Transalp with 170000km's on it. So you can do this ride again... and again ... and again ....  

 

[SlowPoke]

Hey IS! How's the UK? hehe, If you ask nicely I'll go back to Steytlerville and ask the waitress to take a pic of the big sausage...  :ricky:

 

[Iron Shark]

Hey IS! How's the UK? hehe, If you ask nicely I'll go back to Steytlerville and ask the waitress to take a pic of the big sausage...  :ricky:

Mmmm It's COOL here, Autumn weather but hey I still went for a cycle in the park today in shorts and a golf shirt. Can't understand why some people look at me funny, must be that they're not used to seeing tanned arms this time of year! heehee :imaposer: :imaposer:

 

[tok-tokkie]

Grerat report.  I did that road solo on my way to the bash last year.  I loved that road.  The beautiful views from that ridge.  Being alone i rode it pretty carefully.  Some photos from my bash RR.

I went to Kleinpoort not Steytlerville.

 

[Zeff Cowboy]

Nice pics Toktokkie