Noneking and Dwerg’s reunion ride.

[Noneking]

Goeiste, daai is n diep rivier crossing! Hoe suig die 990 nie water daar nie?

Posisie van air intake hoog en wys na agter
Niks kan diep water kruis soos 990

 

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Very relieved to be back on major dirt roads again…

Heading to refuel in Pearston

 

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[ROAD HOG]

Very relieved to be back on major dirt roads again…

Heading to refuel in Pearston


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Vlok, daar is min dinge wat so goed lyk op n grond pad

 

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From Pearston I head towards Swaershoek Pass. A beautiful ride indeed.

 

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[2StrokeDan]

Posisie van air intake hoog en wys na agter
Niks kan diep water kruis soos 990

Also the same on a 701/690.

 

[Noneking]

I guess it had to happen sometime…..

I feel the front acting strangely and immediately know what’s going on…… I ride a few hundred metres to find some shade in the midday heat. Turn the bike facing the way I came from so that rear will drop on centre stand.

I made sure that I’m prepared very well for this type of emergency. I confidently remove all my tools and then start removing the front wheel. Remove the tube and find valve torn from tube. Check inside of the tyre for sharp objects - nothing. Get my spare tube out and remove valve to inflate it so I can get rid of folds.

My little compressor plugged in I hit the on button…… nothing…… @&$?!

Check wires etc, everything fine….. little light comes on on the plug so there’s power.

Check my phone…… no signal. I’m stuck. I have no handpump (I do now!) , bombs or other alternatives. I am well and truly stuck! I take a seat in the shade and sip on the last of my water. I’ve not eaten for nearly 24 hours.

I start thinking. Apart from the cars in Pearston’s main road, I’ve ridden more than 5 hours without seeing a car, bike, bicycle or pedestrian. Clouds are building in the distance. GPS working again and I find myself 40km from Pearston and 50 km from Cradock.

 

[GeenSand]

You should have let me know. Without signal... i know a guy in somerset east that loves to ride his T7..

 

[Grunder]

You should have let me know. Without signal... i know a guy in somerset east that loves to ride his T7..

He would have declined the offer.....

 

[Psycho Porra]

I guess it had to happen sometime…..

I feel the front acting strangely and immediately know what’s going on…… I ride a few hundred metres to find some shade in the midday heat. Turn the bike facing the way I came from so that rear will drop on centre stand.

I made sure that I’m prepared very well for this type of emergency. I confidently remove all my tools and then start removing the front wheel. Remove the tube and find valve torn from tube. Check inside of the tyre for sharp objects - nothing. Get my spare tube out and remove valve to inflate it so I can get rid of folds.

My little compressor plugged in I hit the on button…… nothing…… @&$?!

Check wires etc, everything fine….. little light comes on on the plug so there’s power.

Check my phone…… no signal. I’m stuck. I have no handpump (I do now!) , bombs or other alternatives. I am well and truly stuck! I take a seat in the shade and sip on the last of my water. I’ve not eaten for nearly 24 hours.

I start thinking. Apart from the cars in Pearston’s main road, I’ve ridden more than 5 hours without seeing a car, bike, bicycle or pedestrian. Clouds are building in the distance. GPS working again and I find myself 40km from Pearston and 50 km from Cradock.


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I know that feeling, McSack and I experienced it as well

 

[Noneking]

As I sit there feeling sorry for myself I start hearing something.

Sounds like a bike….. in the distance I see a bike approaching. A very friendly coloured man in blou overalls named Koos stops next to me on a little Honda XR 125 or something. @sidetrack would be super proud. “ Kan ek help meneer?”. I felt like kissing him…..

Koos says he will ride back to the farm to get his pump. He stays away for a long time but eventually arrives with what looks like a R10 Made in China bicycle pump. I wanna take it from him but he protests : “Nee meneer, laat ek pomp, ek ken al al sy kak”. The pump falls apart completely on 3 or 4 occasions as Koos pumps up the wheel.

Koos helps me fit the wheel and as he gets on his bike I ask him if he would feel offended if I offered him some cash for his trouble…..

“Nee Meneer, Meneer kan maar ietsie gee as Meneer wil” I remove my last R90 from my wallet and hand it to Koos. I would gladly have paid much more than that to thank my rescuer.

 

[Grunder]

Awesome!!!

 

[Noneking]

I continue riding, stopping to check on the front wheel every now and then.

 

[Noneking]

Beautiful pass to ride

 

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