Namakwaland and Richtersveld Wildride

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In Pofadder we put fuel in our bikes an had breakfast at the hotel. It was clear that weather was getting worse and I only had my tooling gloves from [member=10050]ClimbingTurtle[/member] with the index fingers cut off

I went to the Agri shop and splurged on a R60 pair of leather gloves

 

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What followed after this was an hour of mind numbing corrugated dirt road with zero to see or enjoy. Amsterdam warned us about this and recommended we go into it with the right mindset.

My mind started drifting off. I was starting to miss my girls terribly and caught myself worrying about work and other nonsense.

Things improved as we turned off to Loeriesfontein and the lanscape and twisty road soon had me focussed on my bike and the trip again

 

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We encountered some mud and it drizzled in spots, but as we finished fuelling our bikes in Loeriesfontein, it started bucketing down. We took shelter in a deli across the road where the owner proceeded to attempt to asphyxiate us with a wood fire that just would not burn.

 

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Heading to Calvinia

 

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Riding into Calvinia

This was my first visit to Calvinia. As we passed through town, I had a strange sensation of nostalgia......

I was named after my paternal grandfather. I never knew my grandfather, he died of a heart attack in the stands at Coetzenburg in 1961 during an athletics meet. My dad was just ten years old. As a young boy, my grandfather lost both his parents to the Spanish Flu. He was taken from JHB to Calvinia where he stayed with family. He was an outstanding student and I still have a beautiful book with poetry by Milton which was given to him when he was honoured as the top student in his matric year. The headmaster signed it and wrote a short message. Years later, my Grandfather and Grandmother were also married at the local Dutch Reformed church. He was in senior management at KWV in Paarl until the time of his death.

I'll come back to Calvinia.........

 

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We were heading to Gannaga Lodge over the Roggeberge

 

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Canzius, have you considered fitting the Tubliss system into your wheels?

I used to be the puncture king, until 5 years ago when I fitted the Tubliss system, and I now look forward to punctures.

It is not an option on the 150 rear I believe?
Had it on my first 701 and had no issues with it

I thought Rally has narrower rims than standard R - one of the reasons why they are not tubeless. Does Rally still have 150 rim at the back?

 

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Canzius, have you considered fitting the Tubliss system into your wheels?

I used to be the puncture king, until 5 years ago when I fitted the Tubliss system, and I now look forward to punctures.

It is not an option on the 150 rear I believe?
Had it on my first 701 and had no issues with it

I thought Rally has narrower rims than standard R - one of the reasons why they are not tubeless. Does Rally still have 150 rim at the back?

Yes, only front narrower I think

 

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Amsterdam has some lekker tracks planned to get us to Middelpos. I speed past turn offs again and waste a lot of time having to turn around several km further to get back on track

 

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Courtesy of Amsterdam's MotoZ Excavator on the 701, I’m now also without GoPro for the remainder of the trip. Another lesson learnt…….  bring spares for Gopro on a long trip

 

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It’s raining around us, but luckily we only ride in light drizzle here and there