Lords of the gravel: The fellowship of the grondpad

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

As you can see, the roads were wet and slippery.

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

That Katse damm is beeg…very beeg, and you travel for over an hour just riding next to it.

Yep very beeg

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

The last mountain pass we hit before you come to more rural areas and kind of flat lands was covered in mist, so thick you could only see a few meters in front of you, and by a few I mean two. The suspect with the stolen Lesotho hat, slipped through every road block, hiding the hat in plain view.

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

Customs were a breeze, and once again we entered back in SA. We stopped for a quick kaaings and pap at Fouriesburg, and then it was onto Clarens, where we were going to sleep our last night. The lodging at Clarens Golf estate was five star all the way.

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

That night the two old men stayed in town drinking some kind of gay blondie beer, while Gerrit, Bossie and me decided to have a last braai and piss up. We partied late into the night knowing that even though we lost someone and Bossie's bike was damaged, it was all worthwhile. The roads in Lesotho are going to be tar in a year from now, so this was a genuine last horraa. This biker enjoyed the gravel almost as much as the tar…almost, because it is a lot harder and during the day you have these hundred little incidents that could have been accidents, but it wasn't…so you think you are better than you actually are…then comes that one corner. I don't know if I would have enjoyed the trip more if I had packed light like the KTM blokes, but for me it was an accomplishment to do almost everything with my heavily loaded bike. Driving on tar might be a lot easier, but you miss that group thing when you are driving on gravel. Those 990 KTM's are beasts, but I like the look of the 1190 more, so who knows what the future holds.

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

Day seven
The next day we all started our journey back, some with heavy hearts, other with heavy ba….erm, anyway, we stopped for a last breaky in Bethlehem, making sure that the coffee is properly mixed.

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

From there Pierre went his way, while the five of us travelled via the back roads back to Gauteng. Eric left us after Heidelberg, where we did a few last gravel roads in between tar, before arriving back at the Bleshoender paradise. This last pic is of my dirty bike, just to show those road baaikers how a GS is supposed ta look if ya went all the way to Alaska.

 

[Psycho Porra]

Great ride report, looks like you guys had a great time

 

[Klein Torkar]

Lekker lekker

 

[moosehead]

Thanks Jakes ek het nou my pou af gelag,daai dikgat gomgat het n bef@kte baaik

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

Mooshead = GGG = Gom Gat Gerrit  :laughing4:

 

[moosehead]

Bastid :xxbah:

 

[FrancoisTz]

Shite, we should sponsor you to ride and report. great style, loved it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dwerg]

That’s when the crazy KTM drovers decided to take a short cut to Rhodes…over Tiffendale 4x4 route. I made it about halfway with that fully loaded mobile bar.

Took PietSkiet up that road a few years ago, just a few months after he started riding. This was one of his incidents

Lekker RR  :thumleft:

 

[punisher]

fantastic report '

 

[TornadoF5]

What an enjoyable read left me smiling thanks Jakes  :thumleft:

 

[heinzz]

Thanks for a great read. Now I am really looking forward to our Lesotho trip (clockwise) starting the 9th of April. :thumleft:

 

[bud500 (R.I.P)]

Hahaha classic.

 

[Adventurous]

Great RR  :thumleft:

 

[RoughRiders_Jakes]

No sponsor sheep needed, my blow up doll  likes coming with....  :ricky: