It NEVER Rains Here! Except Now: South Africa Motorcycle Adventure - Episode 2

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In this episode of the South Africa motorcycle adventure, we travel from Tankwa Tented Camp to Calvenia, all the way up to Upington. On paper it might seem light a boring route to take, but in reality, the unexpected makes everything worth it.
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@LongWayHome 2 года назад

Have you ever had the desire to ride through South Africa?

@Elysian_Angel_ 2 года назад

Yes, in fact. I even researched the BMW off-road riding school there. We’ll see if I ever get to do it: South Africa is a country that very much appeals to me. At some point I even considered moving there.

@astrobusa 2 года назад

Yes.... but I've got a lot of Australia to see first. May as well start at home eh ? Great film ! Thanks :)

@andrewallen9993 2 года назад

You should have a 1970 Norton Commando with trials tyres for the mud. Oh and better rain than snow and a 70km wrong turning isn't much in the Karoo.

@glenwambach1497 2 года назад

Jessica, if you ever come to Cape Town let me know. I will take you on some awesome rides and also give you some brilliant routes to do. This is an open invitation. I have a GSA.

@Elysian_Angel_ 2 года назад

@@glenwambach1497 Thank you so much! 🥳 I’ll keep it in mind!

@outty77 2 года назад

When shit goes sideways, that's where the memories are made and the character is built.

@Elysian_Angel_ 2 года назад

The name of that bar is hilarious: “onverklaarbar” 😂😂😂

@grol094 2 года назад

re the clouds being 'squished'. The cumulus clouds are sitting on rising air columns (thermals), and so have flat bottoms. The very interesting part (to me) -- is that as you look further into the distance and see the successive similar clouds all with their flat bottoms -- all sitting at the same height above the ground -- you are seeing the curvature of the earth.

@wrczane 2 года назад

I’m from SA and was born near Calvinia. You must come to that region between August and September and experience the Namaqualand flowers. Beautiful part of our country. Those graves you saw are either the different generations of people that lived on the farms or has their origins in the Anglo Boere War. When’s episode 3 coming😀? Travel safely!

@jude.v25 Год назад

I enjoyed the ride-along, my friend. I love your sense of humor. What an adventure!

@lirui4155 2 года назад

I love seeing the tough terrain. The bigger the challenge the better.

@paulbarber1960 2 года назад

This is really the type of off road adventure riding I like 👍 watching on RU-vid while I lay on the beach in Dubai 😎

@tvr7719 2 года назад

Welcome to South Africa!

@russelalexander7036 2 года назад

Have a similar problem with my speedo… have to get it back to BMW at some point. Rubber side down, shiny side up guys. Enjoy our beautiful roads.

@daveinwla6360 2 года назад

In California, the deserts turns into oceans of poppies after a warm drenching rain. You got there a couple days too early!

@markmcintosh7095 2 года назад

Riding a heavy GS is got to be exhausting. At least you didn't get kidnapped or robbed. Fun channel.

@ryanmalone2681 2 года назад

I find your ramblings quite entertaining indeed.

@lylemacdonald6672 2 года назад

Slow but steady wins the race. What a beautiful blue sky "where the clouds are hung for the poet's eye". Great down to earth commentary.

@davenaicker2753 Месяц назад

Love it thanks from Durban

@flyknotrancher4158 2 года назад

You are a delightful human being to listen to, I appreciate your humor and zest for life.

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

Appreciate it!!

@davealston3881 2 года назад

WELL DONE, not bad for a Romanian in Africa for the first time !

@dinkydotzero 2 года назад

Best thing i have watched all year, what a way to end the year my friend! Seems some things are universal in the ADV world. Me and my friends are also great planners, not so great at sticking to said plan but we plan like the devil. lol Enjoy the rest of your trip. What you are doing is my dream adv ride

@BillReitz 2 года назад

The drone video really shows how vast the riding area is. Good job !

@MrAndrew1953 2 года назад

That’s a long way from home- superb video. In 1972 as a novice P player I rode from Perth(Australia) to Melbourne. No one told me about all the road-kill (rotting kangaroos etc with my half-face helmet and heat) or dirt(thick bull dust),corrugating, truck dust storms ( you just stopped & waited for it to clear) or the raised cattle grids(launching platforms. Hard yaka but you never forget.

@emak4558 2 года назад

Normally absolutely despise the “sound track” for youtube bike videos. You’ve done supremely well. Actually, never mind, it was probably Dave.

@richardgoss3621 Год назад

I'm from south africa....you have inspired me to ....buy a new 2023 GSA trophy and travel this beautiful country called home .

@alanottley 2 года назад

Great adventure so far! Love the planning!

@andrewallen9993 2 года назад

It's South Africa. Plan to take money and a medical kit. The more money the easier it is.

@corriecole4687 2 года назад

Loving the adventure. I like that you admit you’re out of your comfort zone. I like that you named the bike Dave. Stay safe and can’t wait for the next video

@bradleyalexander5821 2 года назад

Your dry sense of humor is at peak performance on this traveling video. 👍🏼 😎 🇺🇸 🌎

@boodog4023 2 года назад

Riding around Africa while Dave's at home. And you name your bikes after him! Ruthless.

@darrenholaday3750 2 года назад

Thanks!

@horatio8764 2 года назад

You and your fellow riders awesomeness is duly noted. Thanks , good to see it's not just my mirrors that do that !!

@Greggspies 2 года назад

My bikes been layed up so long for winter the sound of your GS reminded me I still have a bike

@peterkoning21 5 месяцев назад

I live in the N.Cape and when I travel these long roads I travel between 160-190kph depending on the heat. Too fast and the bike gets too hot in the summer. The roads vanish quickly then !

@sproesser1 2 года назад

A muddy road puts the adventure in adventure riding.

@charliechance8589 2 года назад

Love the honesty, wit and humor. Enjoyed the shout out to us Americans kilometer to mile conversion. Yes I have to do the math to get an idea of the true distance. Keep it up.

@jameshart9734 2 года назад

I love the pic I just feel sorry for the real Dave being left behind

@brucekendall52 2 года назад

Welcome back to SA.I hope you have a wonderful and safe trip.Thanks.(JHB)

@bonnytrippler2966 2 года назад

Great video LWH. Looking forward to the seeing the rest of the tour in beautiful South Africa.

@Hjalmar_Lane 2 года назад

What an adventure ride. I love open areas and vastness. Great video. I like videos when there is not too much music, just talk and motor sounds...wind too :) keep on going!

@glenwambach1497 2 года назад

Awesome to see you back in South Africa especially Cape Town. I am hoping you are coming back to Cape Town and if so can you have a meet and greet. It would be awesome to meet you personally. You guys are riding some of the best dirt roads in South Africa and will follow your journey closely. Itchy Boots was also here recently. Ride safe and hope to meet you here in Cape Town if you coming back this way.

@corriecole4687 2 года назад

The sky is amazing

@bullsfan3705 2 года назад

Awesome - looking forward to this series!

@michaelreid2329 2 года назад

Brilliant, reminds me of several tours the wife and I planned in Oz. Snow in summer, thunderstorms tracking us from Cairns to Sydney, interminable road works in the rain( in Oz, all roads are constructed in a base of clay). Lovely, just remember the memories you'll have when you are dry and home. BTW, having watched several "professionals" delivering videos about how to improve your ADV skills, I noticed that no one, not even Dave, was standing up. Stupid idea really. That's why bikes have seats!

@zacharyfett2491 2 года назад

Amazing scenery!

@theevrider 2 года назад

Great description of how the distances and scale are so different from Europe! Two towns in 400k's!

@jimpiascik3119 2 года назад

At least it wasn't dusty!

@theantheron85 2 года назад

You mean Tankwa not Tankwe? Dave would have corrected you I am sure...

@garyingle7440 2 года назад

Welcome to SA - the rains have been crazy this season - I hope you made it to gauteng on time 👍

@drewbale 2 года назад

Good to see you have Dave with you to help 😂😂😂

@bartikyan 2 года назад

This is great ! And exactly something I want to see, I realize it’s challenging to say the least going through that damp desert, but hey I hope you will be more positive about the adventures on your way ! This definitely seems to be a promising and interesting trip so fingers crossed for you, be safe and will be waiting for new episodes ! Shap shap ! 🙂

@adinovak2352 2 года назад

Ooops I did it again; First clicked the thumb-up button and then started watching :-) And as always I was not disappointed. Great job guys.

@shauntaylor7741 2 года назад

Great content. Keep them coming and stay safe.

@AttisWay 2 года назад

Very nice places. Great video. Congrats Călin.

@rutgerpeters1152 2 года назад

Drove it about 6 months ago. The gravel was excellent back then. I believe I could do 130km/h on the r355, recently graded. Glorious karoo! You must enjoy ne.

@glenwambach1497 2 года назад

Rutger I have done 215km/h GPS speed on the R355. The roads were really good on that day.

@BrewingInHungary 2 года назад

Nice one, gonna be a good series, cheers and stay safe!

@zefautino 2 года назад

Karoo! I bought two (yes, I'm a hard learner) of those Metzeler on my T7. What a scary tyres those are. Bad on any terrain, literally. 35km the wrong way! I see you're enjoying your trip. 🤣 That's an adventure mate, enjoy it. Be safe out there.

@imgoingforaride 2 года назад

Really enjoying this.

@paulocarreiro5855 2 года назад

Gorgeous scenery! You should have contacted the Portuguese before you left; we're very good at planning. Executing those plans? Eh... not so much. Ride safe and thanks for the video.

@raycollington4310 2 года назад

Look's like a fun place to have come from, the only bathrooms like that in Britain are in Yorkshire! Stay safe.

@nightdipper5178 2 года назад

Very interesting, very funny honest take on it. Good video.

@soilsmanadv6673 2 года назад

Dave the bike seems much greater at getting things done, and done correctly. You should find the videos for "super Dave Osborn" from the late 1970's and early 1980's on Satuday night live in the US. I think he is the same Dave as you have in your garage.

@paul.vanhout57 2 года назад

Can’t be too bad - no dust😊

@jamesmainajimmssthe1 2 года назад

Cloud talk ....I like them too

@garthschutte9190 2 года назад

Good times

@robertcross8551 2 года назад

Why the delay? Your next video is long overdue. Hope you & your friends are well -- please post an update when you. Thanks!

@marcusgeorge1825 2 года назад

I hope you are enjoying your trip Dave. Just at the part where you are talking about the clouds. So, as you are now in the Southern Hemisphere, the clouds are upside down (hence why they look different). Just ask the other Dave when you speak to him next. 😂

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

:)))) I see now

@jimmytwizzle7836 2 года назад

Some one trying to imitate a more famous series with a similar name!!

@blackchang6129 2 года назад

Enjoy SA, I just met you at Newcastle 😁 enjoy the coast , seems like its gonna be a wet ride again today.

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

I am not leaving this room until it's sunny! :D:D

@abarth1000tcr 2 года назад

Hahahahha very nice video.Left mirror issues just like on my bike from 1 day. Greeting from Croatia

@sandwaves5642 2 года назад

😱😱😱😱😱 Couldn't u find heavier and thirstier bikes to bring/rent ? - just a bit ....🤣, But nice trip and great commenting / narrating👍👍👍.... And like I often say, in these cases : "You do it, so we don't have to" 😆😆👍👍

@dondle2 2 года назад

In that warm weather you will need to change the channel name to Itchy Balls. !!

@FranklinLeHanie 2 года назад

I live in the Little Karoo and know how sensitive the veld is, so when told not to go off road... listen and ahere to the rules man. The spikes are there for exactly that reason George. As "globetrotters" you should know better. That being said, enjoy my country and safe travels, I will be following your progress.

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

Great to know.

@frannieswannie6046 2 года назад

exactly, they are disrespectful and actions like these cause problems for all

@MRGS48 2 года назад

I don’t think it doesn’t happen. It’s easier than Dave getting his pilot license🤣🤣🤣

@Kavika-xh1qj 2 года назад

Looks like Arizona or New Mexico.

@prithviraj3823 2 года назад

From india.....and moto lover ❤️🙂

@FrancoisTX1974 2 года назад

Hey grumpy, you are out of your comfort zone…Good. 😂🤣😅

@AfricaTwin-Stuff 2 года назад

As others have said, it’s just like Oz ... without the kangaroos and emus trying to kill you 😁

@andrewallen9993 2 года назад

But full of Ned Kelly's everywhere.

@lonniecross4698 2 года назад

It rained hard on us riding through Death Valley last year. It’s sucked.

@engeeagencies 2 года назад

See you at Ganaga lodge tomorrow??

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

In PTA now.

@TheRideWithRoland 2 года назад

Lol, we should make a travel video together. I think we have the same kind of humor. Would be hilarious 😂

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

I’m in Cape Town for 2 more days. Let’s go.

@TheRideWithRoland 2 года назад

@@LongWayHome lol, yeah I can make it from the Netherlands. Well, not by bike but with a space shuttle or something like that. But really. Check my young but fast growing channel. Humor is the basis, and ofcourse adventures and other bike stuff etc :)

@andrependeris 2 года назад

haha the same happened to me in the Tankwa, solo ride on my GSA, I had to ride it like a ment it. btw your Romania accent at times could pass as a SA accent

@brucecurtis4267 2 года назад

My 33 year old klr speedo has never broken as badly as the brand new bmw. Who knew?

@NateSail82 2 года назад

Awesome video, do you color grade or just use DJI profile?

@cxmario5375 2 года назад

Are you relaxing on a beach somewhere nice and sunny? 🤔

@willtour69 2 года назад

Sent the picture of your helmet cam setup to a famous photography store with a request for them to provide me with the same brackets etc.....that failed completely. Please can you share the details of the brackets used to get your GoPro mounted on the side of your helmet but positioned in the front? Much appreciate the assistance! Thanks.

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

Hey Willem. Send me an email (address in the description of all videos) and i'll share photos with you there.

@spiketheadventurefurry8732 2 года назад

Wait. If you are in South Africa. Who is feeding and taking care of Dave?

@roscoau 2 года назад

So... your assessment of the GS now???

@ossa60 2 года назад

wrong way home

@radulescu201 2 года назад

Cu un asemenea peisaj este imposibil sa nu intrebi.. "am inchis usa acasa,nu?"

@mitchellstark840 2 года назад

Are you still out there ?

@marcelisujecki4707 2 года назад

Interesting to see there is not gps or the bmw connected app on the bike. Is google maps works OK in there? Just curious!

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

Works perfectly. Maps.me for when there is no signal.

@krishnamahatre8605 2 года назад

Wrong bike, the Africa twin would have worked😉.

@andrewallen9993 2 года назад

Jawa 350 tramp and Norton Commando work nicely and are less work. At slower speeds though

@BriKinsella 2 года назад

I see you have an iPhone, be prepared for the image stabiliser on your camera to pack up! Apple have admitted that vibrations from powerful motorcycles will damage it but you maybe don't use your phone for photos? 👍🏼

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

But I also have the QuadLock vibration dampner system. All good.

@BriKinsella 2 года назад

@@LongWayHome Of course, silly me! How could I doubt your knowledge and expertise? 🤦🏻👍🏼

@sdefiel3719 2 года назад

ADVENTUUUUURRRRRRRE!!! Ahhhhh! Who's widdle stuffed horsey was that on the bed on the floor? S

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

Found it there, but it's now mine!

@sdefiel3719 2 года назад

@@LongWayHome LOL

@blikkiesblignaut6999 2 года назад

Ha, ha, those tires didn't help you a lot in the mud. A peace of useless information. There is a piece of road between Kuruman and Vryburg that is straight for 56km, the longest straight tar road I have ever measured in South Africa. After Vryburg, you will enter the rainy season for the rest of your trip up to Western Cape. Watch out for thunder storms, they appear quickly and the lightning can be bad.

@LongWayHome 2 года назад

It's like you already know what the next episode is about :D:D