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This year’s first recce takes
place on the Rooiberge outside
Van Wyksdorp located in the
Klein Karoo on a game farm
called Rooiberg.
When we were asked by the
organisers (Motorrad Adventures)
to join them on a recce
out in the field we jumped at it.
Not knowing what to expect, we
were quickly put to ease. We
were assured to not worry about
a thing and that’s exactly what
happened. We left Worcester on
Friday morning, making our way
through Barrydale and heading
towards Van Wyksdorp via the
R62. We turned right onto the
gravel road and reached Rooiberg
Lodge after about 90km
or so. We were greeted by the
hosts and quickly showed our
chalets. Heading off to supper
where we were served some
lovely curry and minus some
onions for a few of our companions.
Saturday morning, we were
quickly recruited to go and sample
the red route. Things started
really slow with me hopping on
the KTM990, but soon found
out that the Pirelli Scorpion rear
just did not have enough grip
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to tractor up the mountain. I
headed back down again and
hopped on my back up Yamaha
WR450- really, the best tool for
the job. Boris on the BMW GS
Adventure in front of me coped
really well with the terrain and
showed some great skill negotiating
the rocks and boulders.
I caught up to the group
quickly and we started following
the 35km mountain trail.
There sure are some great
views up here, I though as I
just casually followed the trail.
This is definitely a great route
for the guys who want a little
more of a challenge than just a
dirt road with a few interesting
bits. Little did I know that few
kilometres down the line things
were going to get really interesting.
With Chris Hamman out in
front and Boris having dropped
the GS Adventure a couple of
times, I could see, this is no
Mickey Mouse trail. We headed
down the down slope of the
mountain. At first it started
out a zigzag, nice and slow
but then it got a little more
interesting with some more
challenging bits. Nevertheless,
if you possess the skills