Muito obrigado, Angola

[Damaraland]

N'Gola is 5% and goes down like a fat kid on a slide.

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[mtr89]

Another kick ass ride report!!!
Thanks to you and Metaljockey,I am too keen to ride the Doodsakker.
seems the 500's are the bike to go on for these more technical trips,seriously capable machines and not too much modifications needed
Thanks for taking the time to do this ride report,looking forward to some more

 

[Malcolm]

What a lekker write up.  We did pretty much the same route but the other way round.  We had some Police run ins and got "arrested / detained" twice in the time we were there.  The first time the guy was a soldier completely goofed, but his R1 made us listen to him.
Flamingos was excellent,  we had to do 2 clutch replacements so we were there a while longer than initially planned.  That beer fridge was hammered repeatedly in the 3 days we were there.  They must pay almost nothing for the beers to make money in that spot.

The ship was about half way sunk in the sand, when i compare your peecha and the one from MJ's report.

We did it on SE's was an absolute jol, i would love to go back.  Honestly though i would not ride on the beach again.  Once is enough.  The pebble desert behind the dunes is also an amazing landscape.

What caused the clutches to go on two bikes?  Those SE's typically can take an absolute hammering.  I was wondering how far the dune belt stretches inland - we didn't go past the first couple of dunes.

Our friend in Iona was also blasted, but fortunately that was our only-run in with the cops.

The clutch on the 690 was i think was just time to go, as soon as we hit the beach it gave up.  So unlucky for sure.  The clutch on the SE had just been replaced, but the macchie put the plates in the wrong way round or order (cant recall) so it was a wetware (human) fault that caused it.  But it took 14 hrs to get a clutch from JHB to flamingos.  First the guys from KTM opened the shop at 6:30am on a tuesday, a mate drives the clutch to the airport.  He gives the clutch to a pilot of a cargo plane (also a mate) who just happens to be flying to Lumbango.  There it is picked up by the cook, at Flamingo's "friend"  who just happens to be scheduled to drop some contraband off at Namibe.  So the guys were able to collect the clutch at about midnight at a garage in Namibe..  What a luck!  Helps that the guys i was riding with were really connected...

 

[Malcolm]

Satelliete phones are a real god send sometimes...

 

[ClimbingTurtle]

The clutch on the 690 was i think was just time to go, as soon as we hit the beach it gave up.  So unlucky for sure.  The clutch on the SE had just been replaced, but the macchie put the plates in the wrong way round or order (cant recall) so it was a wetware (human) fault that caused it.  But it took 14 hrs to get a clutch from JHB to flamingos.  First the guys from KTM opened the shop at 6:30am on a tuesday, a mate drives the clutch to the airport.  He gives the clutch to a pilot of a cargo plane (also a mate) who just happens to be flying to Lumbango.  There it is picked up by the cook, at Flamingo's "friend"  who just happens to be scheduled to drop some contraband off at Namibe.  So the guys were able to collect the clutch at about midnight at a garage in Namibe..  What a luck!  Helps that the guys i was riding with were really connected...

Good Lord - that was an amazing run of planned fortune - I woulda bet large against that every time - nicely done!!!  :thumleft:

 

[Damaraland]

Satelliete phones are a real god send sometimes...

I know they are frowned upon by some of the more gnarly, blowhard types, but I won't do an remote trip without one.

And well done on making a plan and getting sorted, connections or not!

 

[weskus]

We did the exact same trip all though be it on the big bore bikes, bring back befokte memories..

 

[Damaraland]

We did the exact same trip all though be it on the big bore bikes, bring back befokte memories..

Dis 7 jaar terug al, ek dink julle moet weer gaan en vir ons nog 'n befokte RR skryf!

 

[BLOWME]

:headbang: :headbang:

 

[Beserker]

We hit a roadblock not far out of Tombua, and to our surprise the officer spoke English very well.  You could see he also relished the opportunity to actually speak it, because he asked a lot about us, Namibia, where we've been, where we going, that kind of thing.  Something to note with the Angolese roadblocks - the officers were invariably friendly and professional, and not once were we actually asked for any sort of papers or identification.

My experience as well...they were more interested in chatting, finding out where you from, where you going etc. etc.

Quite pleasant.. :thumleft:

Thanks for an awesome report.

 

[wilfwalk]

Thanks for great trip report, much appreciated. All the best for future rides both of you and all who you might ride with.

 

[Fransw]

Hey! Where is the rest of the report?

I'm glad to see there's a AJP PR7 Adventure bike dealer in Angola already! :thumleft:

 

[Sam]

Was wondering the same! Hope there's more to come.

 

[Fransw]

Was wondering the same! Hope there's more to come.

Maybe both bikes broke down!  >

So maybe it is the sad end of the trip..

 

[GSLaaitie]

And now? I've been saving this RR for 2 months and now finally had a chance to read it. Where is the rest?!

 

[Das Alpha Tier]

Rest is coming soon. Sorry was very hectic with work and all. Also just did another 4 day tour down Van Zyls Pass, up marienfluss, down to orupembe and back.

 

[exkdx]

Waiting in anticipation for the rest of this ride :biggrin:

 

[Damaraland]

Was wondering the same! Hope there's more to come.

Maybe both bikes broke down!  >

So maybe it is the sad end of the trip..

Blasphemy :laughing4:

 

[Damaraland]

Apologies for leaving this one hanging - things got a bit crazy the last couple of months with a whole lot of life happening to me.

Will get cracking on this report again this week still, there was still a fair bit of adventure left before we got home :thumleft:

 

[TVB]

Looking forward to the rest