The dirty way to Loskop

Fifteen GS'ers (and 1 pillion) - gathered this just after 6:00 to join Sharkie on his first ride as leader of the pack..
From start to finish - a great job! Well done Sharkie!
The day was clear, the river crossing not too deep, the company perfect - what more can you ask for?


Andre

Deon

Marnus

Yellow brigade


Now this is what I call trust!


Thanks to everyone for a super day!

GSlady wrote:

Now this is what I call trust!


Thanks to everyone for a super day!

Well done Sharks, job well done!

The silly cell phone was a bit slow but this is what I got from above! (Must admit I jumped at the last second - Eddie's good, but how good... ?! )

Funny, the Wild Dogs also went through the same river today:

Wild Dogs follow the BMW pack...

I'll let the pics speak... awesome day!

more pics..

Sorry Drix - I missed yours with the first posting!


Hats off to the Two-up of the day - Sias & Corlia


Marnus, (by the way - Nice vest) Sweep of the day says: "Die damwal."


En so kuier ons...

good one guys and gals.......very nice pics.

looks like a lot of happy faces

big-up to Sias & Corlia and well done Mr Sharkman

thanks for sharing

dakardrix wrote:Funny, the Wild Dogs also went through the same river today:

Wild Dogs follow the BMW pack...

Thought that these pictures looked a bit familiar!

Looks like it was a great day.
Well done Sharkie.
GREAT photos to all !
Wow !

Ja ou Sharkie, well done - thanks for taking us on a great ride!

And just to set the record straight - no injuries this time around, so it does not always happen on a GS ride We did however suffer some mechanical issues with Haas' (?) F800GS radiator hose leaking plus oil coming out the rear suspension, and Eddie damaging his rear wheel hugger (I wonder how he managed to do that?!).

And thanks Jamie for taming the sand for us - I did a bit of dancing myself.

And thanks GSLady for not losing it on that rocky uphill

This was a lekker get-you-in-the-mood-for-Sani trip!

Marnus did a super job sweeping, even all the way back!

And Deon showed us how to park a Dakar on a level 1 route...

Thanks guys for a wonderfull trip.

It was a nice group and I had a blast. Thanks again for Marnus doing the sweeping in all the dust.

Lunch at Loskop was GREAT, everyone just wanted to have a nap after the meal. Dana was the only smart guy there and he went for a swim. We had an unevenfull, but nice ride back for the last few beers at the Sambok Bar.

Happy to report that we has no spills, and only a few mechanical problems, a 650GS that kept stalling under 2500rpm, and a 800GS with that water-hose problem and also a leaking rear-shock, and then Eddie with his rear wheel hugger comming loose on the Adv.

But other than that, no problems !!!

This really was a very nice trip!!!! Thank you Sharkie for organising everything - a job well done, Marnus for sweeping, and everyone else for the excellent company!!! Sias will have to post our photo's???

Thanks for the report as well as all the pics.

Now that looks like an awesome trip. Also nice to hear there were no injuries etc. There does not have to be a spill!

Next time when we don't have a group of friends doing the road trip, we will do the offroad for sure!!!

Morpheus

Well done Sharkie! What a great trip! I really enjoyed the tweespoor bit. That really felt like taking the road less travelled… Overall a great day!!!

Thank you Corlia for going along as pillion. Dit kan nie te maklik wees om daardie terrein agterop ‘n GS (Grond-Scooter) aan te pak nie!

Some pictures taken by Corlia and myself:

First contact with gravel for the day. Deflating tyres, switching off ABS and all that….


The unknown laying ahead (always classified by the ride leader as “a level one or two easy ride with one or two patches bordering on level three” – so don’t ask for too much detail anymore):


Some water crossing pictures:






At loskop dam:


The breakfast view:


Washing up before breakfast:


I was too busy concentrating on the road most of the time to spot any wild animals, but Corlia spotted some wild cats at a watering hole at some stage….interesting creatures!


Many thanks again to everyone for a very memorable trip!

What an awesome trip... just didn't want it to end . Thanks Sharky, you can be the head dog again... had loads of fun and Marnus thanks for being the head dogs tail, you kept everyone dangling along nicely. O, ye and before I forget.... have to say many thanks to DakarDrix for saving me, had so much fun (..food/drinks) that I forgot to save some money for petrol home... If it wasn't for him I would have had to push the bike the last 50km, got home with a just a bit of petrol fumes left in the tank.

Dakardrix didn't even know me until yesterday, it just shows you what a great group of people the club consists off.

Pitstop along the way

Arg! Pity I had to skip this trip due to injured foot. Looks like you lot had huge fun.

Like the parking of the dakar!

but Corlia spotted some wild cats at a watering hole at some stage….interesting creatures!

Ek het die klein laaitie afgeneem... is hy nie cute nie!!!

Nie naastenby so cute soos die katjies nie...........


Nice trip julle. Bly julle is almal heel en niemand het geduik nie.

Sharkie ek moet daai water kruising se koordinaat by jou kry, lyk na 'n goeie waterkruising oefening.

Die watergat se inhabitante lyk of hulle skerp naels kan he...................

pdekoker wrote:Nie naastenby so cute soos die katjies nie...........


Nice trip julle. Bly julle is almal heel en niemand het geduik nie.

Sharkie ek moet daai water kruising se koordinaat by jou kry, lyk na 'n goeie waterkruising oefening.

Die watergat se inhabitante lyk of hulle skerp naels kan he...................

Loskop is 'n lekka plek - het selfs 'n DJ gehad wat nice musiek gespeel het vir die katjies! En die kos was baie en lekker.

Daai watergat en die tracks rondom dit was seker ons almal se favourite van die roete - nice find Sharkie!

Corlia wrote:
Ek het die klein laaitie afgeneem... is hy nie cute nie!!!

Baie cute.. kyk net die kuite!

Corlia.. was it necessary to post the 'not so lekker' water crossings???
Have to go again...

Dit lyk nogal of 'n paar mense hulle stewels se waterdigtheid goed getoets het. Ek kan met vertroue vir julle se dat die BMW stewels waterdig is. As jy water binne inkry kom dit nie weer uit nie......

pdekoker wrote:Nie naastenby so cute soos die katjies nie...........


Nice trip julle. Bly julle is almal heel en niemand het geduik nie.

Sharkie ek moet daai water kruising se koordinaat by jou kry, lyk na 'n goeie waterkruising oefening.

Die watergat se inhabitante lyk of hulle skerp naels kan he...................

Ek probeer kyk of hulle darem mooi na hulle naels kyk, maar hulle was te ver !!!

dakardrix wrote:
Daai watergat en die tracks rondom dit was seker ons almal se favourite van die roete - nice find Sharkie!

Ek kan nie die credit vat vir die "find" van daai paadjie nie. Ek het eenkeer saam 'n WildDog daar gery wat my die paadjie bietjie gewys het.