THE ROAD TO HELL ..... and back (part 8 THE FINAL CHAPTER now up)

[Heddles]

Yeah Justin.. Forgot to ask you today if you had a map, which the guys can see the route on...? Sure someone might be able to assist.. Michiel maybe..?

 

[Dusty Rusty]

Klein geskenkie wat Nismark vir my saamgebring het. 

Twee klein klippies van die pad na die Hel en 'n skedeltjie.  Wonder nogals watter diertjie dit kon wees. 

 

[Roela]

Vra hom mooi, ek dink hy het 'n diamantjie ook opgetel. O ja, hy moet mos vir jou vra. LOL!!

 

[Dusty Rusty]

ek weet jy terg nou, maar jy maak my baie skaam!

 

[Riaanrw]

ek weet jy terg nou, maar jy maak my baie skaam!

:imaposer: :imaposer: :imaposer:

 

[subie]

Dink die thread  gaan nou nog so n rukkie aangaan  :imaposer:

:ricky:

 

[Riaanrw]

Dink die thread  gaan nou nog so n rukkie aangaan   :imaposer:

:ricky:

Hier is die Hel pad se roete. Van die afdraai wat die pad begin tot by die rivier is 14km. Die moeilike deel is net 5 km lank. Ons was onder die indruk gestel dat die moeilike deel 14km lank is.  :-\


Ek dink met die regte inligting en goeie beplanning gaan ons die ene se ruggie breek op n DS bike Subie.

Gaan jy vir ons back-up ry Subie?

 

[Riaanrw]

:ricky:

 

[subie]

Vrou het vanaand gese nog 3 weke dan kan ek my splinternuwe XT gaan koop.
My XT gaan so gebaba raak die eerste ruk. Ek diet selfs en oefen dat ek darem sonder hulp net kan opklim.
Daai trippie is buite my league vir nou maar as ek kan gewig verloor........ atch:  :imaposer:

:ricky:

 

[onmybike]

awesome stuff ........... no shame at not doing it, seems like the wise choice was made..........maybe next time on the crf230 or wr450 and love the new smiley face i just learned (",)

 

[Heddles]

(",).... And to all the guys following the thread who can't understand Afrikaans, drop one of us a mail if you want something translated...

WR's ready and waiting.. Paid for, just needs to find it's way from EC to WC...

 

[Heddles]

:ricky:

Hey R-O-V-Rat... Was thinking more along the lines of the entire route that you guys rode, than the RTH specifically.. Any chance you could assist there buddy...?

 

[White Rhino]

That Topo route looks like a troll's fingerprint :biggrin:

 

[Riaanrw]

:ricky:

Hey R-O-V-Rat... Was thinking more along the lines of the entire route that you guys rode, than the RTH specifically.. Any chance you could assist there buddy...?

Grats on the WR heddles. Very nice bike.

I will download it of me gps and send it to ya.  :thumleft:

 

[fat b]

Klein geskenkie wat Nismark vir my saamgebring het. 

Twee klein klippies van die pad na die Hel en 'n skedeltjie.  Wonder nogals watter diertjie dit kon wees.   

Hey Dusty , dis 'n dassie skedel ''rock hyrax''  :thumleft:

 

[Heddles]

:ricky:

Hey R-O-V-Rat... Was thinking more along the lines of the entire route that you guys rode, than the RTH specifically.. Any chance you could assist there buddy...?

Grats on the WR heddles. Very nice bike.

I will download it of me gps and send it to ya.  :thumleft:

Thanks man!!! Yeah, that WR.. Looking forward to that...

 

[Dusty Rusty]

Klein geskenkie wat Nismark vir my saamgebring het. 

Twee klein klippies van die pad na die Hel en 'n skedeltjie.  Wonder nogals watter diertjie dit kon wees.   

Hey Dusty , dis 'n dassie skedel ''rock hyrax''  :thumleft:

:thumleft:  Dankie meneer B!

 

[Orangeswifty]

Thanks Justin and others for a great ride report
It seems like you okes did the wise thing
If riders of your caliber could not, even with SE's contemplate the road it must be hell itself

I for one, at the risk of sounding a little windgat do not believe that there is a road which can not be ridden with a 2 wheel motorcycle
There is of course a couple of variables one has to take into consideration. Back-up, size, weight, rider ability etc etc...........
Yes - you may not be able to do the whole trip on a preferred bike as the smaller one cylinders are kak on the open road and the heavier twins kak in technical stuff.

Must say - since the Amageza i have completely changed my point of view on what can be done and what can't with the heavy DS bikes.
I for one believe that if you trailer to the nearest dorp on the N7 and ride from there, camp in the shcpot and do the road on 300's, 390's 400's 450's with proper back up and planning, the road may be doable
I for one definitely plan to go there, (maybe with you if i'm invited..................... and try to do it.)

I am planning to purchase a 450 and farkle it up for the Amageza for next year

This may be the correct tool for the Road to Hell

Lekke trip, Lekke RR
Well done guys!!
:thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft:

 

[alanB]

Quite a challenge!  I get the feeling we will be hearing a lot more about this particular stretch of road  :mwink:

A big issue also is fitness.

Once you start getting tired you start making silly mistakes and what is merely difficult becomes impossible!

A technical section that long, is going to have you (or at least me) gasping for air before very long!

The fitter you are, the more chance you have of making it all the way to the top without a mistake.

As soon as you make a mistake and have to stop, and then start manhandling the bike to get going again, energy consumption goes up exponentially and it all just gets harder still. 

So the key is keeping silly mistakes to a minimum as you climb.

(PS I like to think that my bike would get up there, of course thats just from looking at the photo's which never do something like this justice - but only under a competent rider  ) 

 

[subie]

What qualifies it being called a road? Maybe that piece was a road long time ago but I don't think we can call that a road anymore.
More a piece of mountainous terrain that somebody would like to climb down by bike and back up again  :mwink: