Great report :thumleft:
Nice to see Tweetie and his kids enjoying themselves :thumleft:
thanks for posting
Nice to see Tweetie and his kids enjoying themselves :thumleft:
thanks for posting
Hoopstad Sandmonster
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milkybar
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Looks like it was very lekker :thumleft:
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MB, it was a blast! Thanks for all the hard work you put into making this such a great weekend!
to Pietie and his lady - wonderful hosts, awesome place you have, and next time please don't feed us so much!!
Pietie, Janus and the rest of the gang from Hoopstad, thanks for the effort you made to make us feel welcome, the route planning and making sure we all (more or less) stayed together, MB riding shotgun, thankfully her emergency services were not required, but we really appreciated the drinks and snacks along the way!
the sandmonster... well, I put my bike down on the ground (sand) three times only!! :imaposer:
but I picked her up myself! all 3 times! thanks to the Honda guys and King's Mountain training, I knew how!
unfortunately there are no pics of me going to ground, helping the Hoopstad boere plow their lands!
First I got tired, then I got nervous, then I got scared, then I got "demoerin" and got going faster, then I got scared even more cos I was going so fast... and then I went through the whole cycle again!!!
sand riding is not for sissies...
MB, was it really only 3 hours??? felt like forever... :biggrin: at one point I was praying really hard for tar!!
at the drinks stop, I bailed out... the good get going while the going's good! Misty joined me, together with Tweety and his daughter (who rode like a trooper, btw!! well done!) and we went back to the farmhouse on tar... seriously tired.
Misty and I then went for a little minitour of the district, (on tar) via Bloemhof dam and Hoopstad. a nice relaxed cooldown ride. Some pics...
about the ride back to Gauteng, I won't say much except that it was uneventful..
and thanks again to all who were there, making the experience of losing my sand virginity so memorable!
to Pietie and his lady - wonderful hosts, awesome place you have, and next time please don't feed us so much!!
Pietie, Janus and the rest of the gang from Hoopstad, thanks for the effort you made to make us feel welcome, the route planning and making sure we all (more or less) stayed together, MB riding shotgun, thankfully her emergency services were not required, but we really appreciated the drinks and snacks along the way!
the sandmonster... well, I put my bike down on the ground (sand) three times only!! :imaposer:
but I picked her up myself! all 3 times! thanks to the Honda guys and King's Mountain training, I knew how!
unfortunately there are no pics of me going to ground, helping the Hoopstad boere plow their lands!
First I got tired, then I got nervous, then I got scared, then I got "demoerin" and got going faster, then I got scared even more cos I was going so fast... and then I went through the whole cycle again!!!
sand riding is not for sissies...
MB, was it really only 3 hours??? felt like forever... :biggrin: at one point I was praying really hard for tar!!
at the drinks stop, I bailed out... the good get going while the going's good! Misty joined me, together with Tweety and his daughter (who rode like a trooper, btw!! well done!) and we went back to the farmhouse on tar... seriously tired.
Misty and I then went for a little minitour of the district, (on tar) via Bloemhof dam and Hoopstad. a nice relaxed cooldown ride. Some pics...
about the ride back to Gauteng, I won't say much except that it was uneventful..
and thanks again to all who were there, making the experience of losing my sand virginity so memorable!
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tankgirl
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damn that looks lekker! glad you all enjoyed, well done! :thumleft:
magic, how'd your tires handle the sand? was on rhino park's beach the other day and the tourances sucked donkey balls if i may say so - didn't have a pump with us though, they're probably do a little better when deflated?
nice pics!
magic, how'd your tires handle the sand? was on rhino park's beach the other day and the tourances sucked donkey balls if i may say so - didn't have a pump with us though, they're probably do a little better when deflated?
nice pics!
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tankgirl said:
hey TG! why weren't you there??!!
about the tyres.. I am too inexperienced with sand to know whether the tyres were good or bad.. my shoulders are a bit stiff and sore today (will prolly be worse tomorrow!) cos the bike was all over... but i think she handled the sand well enough. Tyres were down to 1.5 bar or so, will check with Eskape, as long as you keep the speed up it is OK. The fact that i only fell twice due to rider error and put the bike down once due to an unforseen obstacle (read fallen rider) in the way suddenly, makes me think the tyres are not too bad. With knobblies or more aggressive tyres.. I dunno... what do the other more experienced riders think???
Mark Hardy
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Nice one Guys and Gals. Sand riding is an absolute blast.
eish sorry to see the GS in that state eskape
and Hiya Misty :wave:
Nice one Guys and Gals. Sand riding is an absolute blast.
eish sorry to see the GS in that state eskape
and Hiya Misty :wave:
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but a little Pratley Steel Quickset should work
but a little Pratley Steel Quickset should work
kevin
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What a weekend!!!
Well done and many thanks to Milkybar and hubbie for putting it all together, and huge thanks to Pieter for hosting us on his farm and opening up his house to all of us and to everyone who made it a blast of a time. These farmers are such fantastic guys I tell you, not to mention that they ride those KTM's through sand like its not even there!
Unfortunately my GS decided it didn't want the back wheel to be joined to it via the shock absorber anymore, after I swerved and hit a rut across the road at some speed on Saturday morning and I thought my riding for the weekend was over, however Pieter saw my plight when we got back to his farm for brunch and before I knew it he had his 450 out for me so that I could join in for the afternoon ride - again, these guys are so fantastic - thank you Pieter!
Yes Blazes I think my words were more severe than "bliksem" at the time, but sh*t happens and so can you weld it???!!! or should I refer to Mark Hardy for some Pratley???!!!
Funny enough before the ride I had sold the bike to my local dealer but he refused to acknowledge all the previous negotiations after the ride!!!
Well done and many thanks to Milkybar and hubbie for putting it all together, and huge thanks to Pieter for hosting us on his farm and opening up his house to all of us and to everyone who made it a blast of a time. These farmers are such fantastic guys I tell you, not to mention that they ride those KTM's through sand like its not even there!
Unfortunately my GS decided it didn't want the back wheel to be joined to it via the shock absorber anymore, after I swerved and hit a rut across the road at some speed on Saturday morning and I thought my riding for the weekend was over, however Pieter saw my plight when we got back to his farm for brunch and before I knew it he had his 450 out for me so that I could join in for the afternoon ride - again, these guys are so fantastic - thank you Pieter!
Yes Blazes I think my words were more severe than "bliksem" at the time, but sh*t happens and so can you weld it???!!! or should I refer to Mark Hardy for some Pratley???!!!
Funny enough before the ride I had sold the bike to my local dealer but he refused to acknowledge all the previous negotiations after the ride!!!
Misty
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eSKaPe said:
LOL !!! :biggrin:
Milkybar, you did good!!! :thumleft: Thanks for surprising us with the hospitality of the people in Hoopstad Pieter, Janus and their two lovely ladies really spoilt us we had five star treatment all the way and I for sure got my protein fix for the year
As for the Sand Monster he was fairly gracious too I will admit I was nervous as we got ready to depart, but I just took all the advice I got before hand and applied keep the power on and open up gently when you have a AHHH moment so Hoofseun, the only notes I made in How do you ride in sand? is: you just gotta ride it! :ricky:
I only fell ones woohoo and all I can say is that Im glad I faced the sand monster head on
Was great meeting old and new people as always we will do so again
Will post a few pics shortly
I see Burgert in one of the pics. He can ride!! So does his whole family. Sister(GS800) included.
Seems everyone learned a lot and had a great time.
Seems everyone learned a lot and had a great time.
Misty
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