Dirt and Trail June 2020-2
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Beer Vlei Dam.<br />
Bone dry when<br />
we were there...<br />
80 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JUNE <strong>2020</strong><br />
During the week riding around Cape<br />
Town, I was constantly telling Kurt to slow<br />
down, mind the cars, watch that driver, nag,<br />
nag, nag. I’m surprised he didn’t chuck<br />
me off. I was intrigued at how the rules of<br />
the road are quite often ignored in South<br />
Africa, as I’ve been living in Europe for<br />
some years. Even the taxi drivers seemed<br />
to admire the bike <strong>and</strong> often let us through<br />
or waved at us. However, Kurt was always<br />
my favourite bike rider <strong>and</strong> I trust him<br />
totally with my life....on a bike. The orange<br />
bike is very powerful <strong>and</strong> I eventually got<br />
used to being relaxed on the back, taking<br />
photos <strong>and</strong> making videos once Kurt used<br />
the “rain mode” for a day or so. It was far<br />
more comfortable. The mode apparently<br />
drops the horsepower from 160hp to 100hp.<br />
He switched back to full power long before<br />
I realised it, as “it was easier on the throttle<br />
on full power”. Not sure I believe that.<br />
The only negative issue during the week<br />
was wearing all the bike clobber. Glenn of<br />
<strong>Dirt</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Trail</strong> very kindly lent me a biker<br />
jacket, Kurt lent me a Desert Fox helmet <strong>and</strong><br />
I bought some really good gloves from the<br />
Flying Brick Bike shop in Paarden Eil<strong>and</strong>.<br />
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