Nice Z1R mate !! Ive got a mk 1 aswell. Ive had it for 33 years. Presently restoring with a brand new head. Would like to hear about your bike. Cheers 👍
@@mathewcridland1084 Nice I’ve had mine for about 12 years now, I have a 1976 RD 400 I restored about 5 years ago . I got a little carried away and went full cafe style on it , made my own seat with integrated lights and rearsets for brake and shifter, sunburst head , motocarria pipes , flatslides and power dynamo ing. She’s a little screamer . Do you do much riding?
@@kene6838 ride as often as possible. Great roads here in Western Australia. Like what you bought your daughter for graduation present 👍👍 RD400 cafe,,brilliant ! Had RZ350 in my past. Have GSXR1000w that I ride across Oz for motogp at Philip Island every couple of years. How about yourself ? Still have Z1R ??
I think your Africa series has likely done more for African tourism than all the tourist boards combined. It certainly has opened my eyes. Western media generally ignores Africa unless there is violence or disaster.
It is true. After watching Noraly's videos I was so insipred that I now want to see all of these places myself. I am in full scale planning and research for my Africa tour.
I agree 100% ...I had no Idea ...today's rural Africa was so friendly, welcoming, and very nice accommodation! (my Godmother's family was from "colonial Rhodesia"& the political ousting of the white landowners with very little compensation for their beautiful productive estates - leaves a very bad impression!)
Thank you Gary. We have been saying this about our homeland of Africa for ages and it saddens me😡☹️ I live in Scotland but go back home every year but when I watch Western media I don't recognize the southern Africa they portray. Yes it's not paradise but a tourist will never come to any harm
I loved the scenic and tranquil intro. I have learned so much about Africa, its landscape and its people, who are very friendly and helpful. I am very surprised how almost everyone speaks english. I have seen roads in North America that you don't want to travel on in wet weather, because of mud.
At one time those highlands would have been full of smallholdings growing coffee. After many years of decline, the market is slowly recovering. You can find Zim coffee online now.
I have been following you Noraly for over a year but what an episode today !!!!!! It is a real physical, even athletic feat to succeed in overcoming these hundreds opportunities for slips. Myself, a biker, I have immense respect for this mastery in all intelligence. Finally, I think back to the first minutes of this episode where you explain your program with magnificent blue eyes. And I say to myself: "Too bad the sky this morning did't have the color of your eyes, the day would have been so easier !!!" Can't wait for the next episode !!!
All the physical training you did in Holland to prepare for events like the one that you went through in this road, really paid! You are the best of the best, Noraly. Thank you for sharing your videos, they are invaluable. Best to you, and Godspeed.
Noraly every time I ride with you it is an adventure. I’m leaning, tipping , holding my breath and you get thru. You know we are all trying to hold you up. Oh that river with the boulders cut across was crazy to see. Thank you again. Keep safe keep riding we are with you. Dave.
Noraly! When you fell I wanted to run to help you! I was putting on my boots and realized I'm in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. There was no way to assist you! I could only assist you with good wishes... And, I wish only good things for you! 😎 And, through all your turmoil in the Mud, you're attitude and disposition remain positive. You Noraly are a beautiful and amazing woman. 🙂❤
Norali finally I caught up with you :) You are Brave! thank you for the wonderful content and for taking us along with you in this spectacular Journey. I have been loving every minute of it! Have a safe Journey!
Come on Noraly, you know better. Street tyres are no good off road. knobby tyres for what you and I like. Makes it a hell of a lot easier. You are making all us old riders, way too stressed out watching this. I have a permanent ' clench in my nether regions ' , and my calves are cramped. LOL ! Stay safe , stay healthy, keep doing what you love. We are all with you .
Hallo Noraly, wenn Du ein Buch schreibst bin ich die Erste die es kauft.😂😂😂😂 Ein Glück ist Dir nichts passiert. Bleib gesund. Es tut mir leid das Du in diesen Schlamm gestürzt bist.
Just watching the opening scene, 😱 and you're such a brave trooper. Nothing seems to get you down. What a fantastic outlook on life. You fall down, and you say you've got to get up!!! Such positivity.
I just LOVED your intro on this episode. Such a peaceful misty slice of heaven. Nice to see a peak behind the scenes every once in a while with you working in front of the fire. You're right, that'd be a great place to write. Nice beginning to what turned out to be a hectic day in the mud. I kept wondering if more speed would have helped at all. Probably not? Nice artistic touch for the first part tho, me likes! 🙂
More speed and standing on the pegs shifting your body quickly to balance and stay upright is best, but hard to do knowing you're in the middle of nowhere and knowing that to damage the bike would be hugely problematic. In this case, it might be better in terms of safety to chug along and 'paddle' instead.
@@thetessellater9163 I agree - It would´ve been quicker and easier, provided you don´t wash out. Then you would be screwed. So slow and safe was the right decision in my mind.
Itchy your riding skills keep getting better and better. Also your film making has become of award winning standard. Congratulations and thanks heaps from an avid world traveler and adventure bike enthusiast for your sparkling work.💚
I have ridden a lot of these same routes over the eastern highlands of Zimbabwe on my own on a Honda XR400 and mountain bike over the years. My favourite area to explore. You are doing really well. Enjoy the next few days!
When you are speaking, it's just like you are speaking to me directly. I get so involved in all your emotions sometimes I find myself trying to brake your bike (even though I have never ridden a bike before). I feel that your project is completely my responsibility I don't know how.
To see that seemingly endless track of thick mud must have been tough to experience. It amazes me how you simply grit your teeth and continue regardless of the obstacles. You are an inspirational person. We have much to learn watching you deal with life's challenges. It seems your positive outlook prevails and you always succeed. Impressive ride today. I enjoyed the entire trip. Its wonderful to see the country side regardless of the weather. You provide a window into the world I'll never see for myself and for that I am thankful and appreciate what you are doing for us.
My Bro had a similar Motorcycle experience riding up the Dempster Hwy in Northern Territory in Arctic Canada. The Knobby Off Road Tires on his 1100cc Suzuki got plugged with mud from rainstorms. He had to turn around and drove to Tuktoyaktuk NT in a car several years later.
I get a little nervous when she rides so close to the edges of the road where there are steep drop off on the sides, the mud puddle at 21:10 got me a little this time. Narrow bridges (19:49) are another concern, it might just be the way the camera presents it but still, my heart goes up in my throat sometimes. Noraly's ridding skills are amazing, getting better and better with all the riding she is doing.
She's taking too many chances. It's not America or EU with helicopters. She breaks her leg, oh my uncle in the next village has an oxcart. We can get you to the bus depot by tomorrow. Then only one more day to reach the capital city.
You're like the Energizer Bunny..... just keep going and going. Nothing ever stops you. Glad you got to Chimanimani with just one tumble. Looked like you were riding through cake mix. Between your skills and that very reliable Honda, you are just building respect. The scenery in every episode just seems to get better. You continue to amaze me at every turn. Bravo and safe riding. The drone shots were just awesome. Your channel is the best. 150K to go 👍
LOVE the opening!!! So well done. Wonderful sense of the place! So happy for you 👍. The ride was amazing. You really impressed me with your skills for riding in the mud. Amazed you only had one time th bike went down. The people were so nice to see and to see the friendly interactions. LOVE your joy at the end of the day. A proper adventure! Well done Noraly!!! Thank you for sharing 👏
Oh dear Noraly . I must admit my heart was in my throat as I watched you negotiate that mud pie road out from where you were staying, and where you hope to return to write what I'm sure will be an exciting book. I've logged a half a million miles on bikes in my life, and yet I have never seen anyone with more appetite for precarious adventure as you seem to endlessly thirst for. You are an amazing rider with way more skill than I have ever been able to muster in over 60 years of riding bikes of every description. I must say you offer more hope for humanity as you adventure on than anyone I have ever observed take on the challenges you so skillfully face daily.
Noraly, You have re-calibrated to me what is important in life and what isn't, I can't thank you enough for this! I am awe inspired every time I play your videos. I feel like I am there - experiencing everything all around me - especially that muddy road today. You are a rare treasure in today's hectic world. THANK YOU!!!
The thing that surprised me most, was that you spent so much time upright. I can't help feeling I'd have spent more time laying the bike down, and picking it up again, than you did in all that mud. Mad skillz Girl, as the young folks would say.
That is Savanna's work. Keep the speed up… and the bike want fall. Let the bike do it's things, and don't give to much input. The bike will keep it self up. But that is super difficult… Some times mission impossible. - She might have made it, going a little bit faster. But then again if she fall, the fall get much harder. Sooo… It's not one right way to do it. Its just very hard.
@@Gismo3333 Savanna has no mechanism for dealing with slippery mud, and I should know I've dropped enough bikes because of riding into slippery mud. The best you can do as the tyres lose traction, and the wheels slide sideways, is try and lay the bike down as gently as you can. And yes, my personal exprience of laying bikes down because one or both wheels went sideways in slippery mud, is why I'm confident I would have spent less time upright on that ... I'd call it a road, but it doesn't seem like the right word for it. The only reason Noraly spent so much time upright, is because she is a very good rider... although I'm going with the excuse that she's had a lot more practice than me.
@@Gismo3333 Right, you have to keep your speed up and the momentum going. And pick good lines. I know it's easier said than done sometimes. I've ridden in slippery mud like that before and it's extremely difficult.
@@trevorjameson3213 When you have no traction, you have no lines to pick. I'm amazed that there are people in this world who've never driven ridden in tractionless, or almost tractioness conditions. Advising people to accelerate to imo certain doom. I can't say I'll be doing that, ever. It just sounds like a good way to wreck your bike/car, and maybe if you're unlucky yourself.
We only usually see newsreel of Harare, so I never saw Zim as beautiful - but it is utterly lovely. Thanks for this Noraly. Regarding the mud, overlanding is about keepin' on keepin' on and just getting through these conditions so hats off as ever for your stickability.
Absolutely, if she had been on a large, heavy bike (BMW 1200GS, anyone?) try to lift that up, when it's lying on its side in slippery mud....a light bike is almost a pre condition for this dirt road riding.
From the calm tranquility of the opening, drinking tea and editing in front of the fire in a cottage deep in a forest, to the madness of a marathon mud slide ... another great episode. Lifting the bike out of the mud by yourself was quite a feat. Such a beautiful display of your courage, persistence and unequalled ability to stay calm and cheerful in the most challenging circumstances.
We suffer with you, Noraly, on those wet, muddy roads. Your heavy labored breathing says it all. Looks like the locals are up away from the road. A great episode. Many thanks.
My Mum went to school in Umtali , now called Mutare. I was born in Mtwara, Tanzania but never got to see where she spent her childhood years. A beautiful place in those Eastern Highlands. I’m now able to visit through your adventures. Asante.
I liked that cottage in the intro too, I think that would be a fantastic place to relax. I can picture myself by the fire, glass of single malt whisky to hand and a good book to read. At $36 better than any top class hotel in my eyes.
Wow Noraly, you conquered that dreadful mud like an absolute BOSS. Your sheer grit, determination and positivity is truly admirable ...10/10 to this formidable woman!!!!!👏💪
“You can’t break a leg, not at this speed.” That’s what I thought, now I’m binge watching all your videos. Waiting for my broken ankle to heel, I fell off doing what you did. Thanks for all you content, you’re giving me too many ideas 👍
You’ve got the patience of a saint! I’d be screaming my lungs out in frustration and spitting profanities all over the place 😂. Your smile and laughter picks everyones spirits up. Safe travels!
I wish there was a ♥ option for your videos, I would always select it. Your ability to shoot, edit, and produce cinematic greatness while on the road amazes me almost as much as your riding skill! I follow half a dozen women moto vloggers, but you are by far the best rider and producer of real, and stunning videos.
I was anxious in the first half. It looked exhausting but of course you rode through it with just a few laughs and stains to show you'd been somewhere interesting. More stunning mountains! 👍
Have been following her for over a year. She is the reason to get up early on M-W-and Friday. She should be used as an inspiration to all especially the girls. Real girl power.
Hi Noraly well done on your trip so far. Just seen your videos now. I am an offroad rider in Zimbabwe. Not sure on your timing at all but we have a big Bike Rally near Nyanga 1 2 3 October but assume you have already gone past this area. If you need any assistance while you here please dont hesitate to contact me.
Really enjoyed this vlog. You're such an experienced rider that you just take everything in your "stride", ride and just persevere no matter what. Brave woman! I salute you Noraly! Keep going with Savanna and keep on keeping us entertained! Thank you!
Your courage and determination is inspirational Noraly. You handled yourself well through a great challenge on that muddy road and picked up Savannah like a pro. I'm rooting for you and enjoying the lovely African scenery on your journey. Stay strong and cherish this unique experience!
I have never seen such a courageous daredevil of a woman like you at least you were meeting with my countrymen along the way...That was the worst part of ur journey most parts of Zim arent raining at all cant tell you to enjoy for now...🌷🌷🌷🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
“A proper adventure “, oh my goodness Noraly! You are a perfect adventurer. I’m now pretty old and I’d be now crying in mudness! Hee Hee. I dislike mud. I’ve built houses and the mud would be so bad I have actually lost a boot. The mud here hdd the ability to s willow boots😂🥴. Glad you made it ok, just don’t slide off those mountains! I have sucked wind watching you bike around those mountains! You ALWAYS MAKE MY DAY. God speed my friend. Safe journeys. Oh yes what a place to have written a book. Which one day you will. So glad your awesome bike is lighter than your other. Safe journey! 👍👍
This episode was pleasant and really fun to watch. Enjoyed seeing you work your off road skills through the mud - also liked the intro. Never knew Zimbabwe had so much beauty, thank for taking us there Noraly.
Agreed there are many beautiful places in Africa, i lived there for 2 years and visited Zimbabwe and many other countries. I would NOT recommend a white woman traveling alone by motorcycle in some of the places she's been, i would warn anybody against doing that. Africa can be a very dangerous place, especially for a young white woman.
@@LillianMhandu I lived in Africa for 2 years. I've been in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Enough said. You should study the recent history of those countries before questioning my statement but you are obviously too lazy to do that.
@@LillianMhandu "none is blinder than he who chooses not to see. " White settlers were murdered and driven out of Zimbabwe. { go ahead and deny THAT } Many of those that did the murdering are still of the same mindset. South Africa has had the same sort of trouble more recently. To be fair there are MORE dangerous countries in Africa to visit but for a white woman to travel alone in in Zimbabwe and South Africa is not the smartest thing in the world.
I was hoping that it was not going to get worse. I've have rode in heavy clay that after awhile just plugged the front tire and wheel and just slid until you crashed. Clean it out and try again. I found that non stick cooking spray helped a lot when sprayed on clean tires.
What a day and what a drive!! Dropping the bike only once shows how much skills you have. I think male drivers would have tried to use speed to get trough that mud, and dropped the bike at least a dozen times with all the risk of injuring or damage. So well done!
Contrasting weather conditions you had in Zimbabwe, Noraly. As ever though, people you meet are very pleasant . It’s your sheer magnetism that brings out the good in people towards you. 👏👏👍Still enjoying your work in 2023.
Wow, that opening scene is one of the best so far, beautiful. That mudride must have been some of the hardest rides youve done, amazing how you still act so positive and looking forward. Well done. Mike / Sweden
The intro was your best work yet! Love it. You are quite a person. I have enjoyed watching you on your adventure and really love how you take time to talk to the locals as much as you do.
you started the video as a grandmother by the fireplace. when you talked about writing a book afterwards, I did have the picture. But you are certainly right that it is a wonderful place to be with no distractions from the modern world. Different from Namibia but just as beautiful.
Your tenacious riding skills never cease to amaze me! The mud was all just another day of adventure. It is so great that you meet such nice people along the way. Take care of yourself Noraly!
Your ability to keep smiling, keep laughing, and to communicate with the people you meet even in tough times... admirable, Noraly, in any one. Chapeau.
That was definitely the most mud I've ever seen you ride in, except for the time the clutch plate burned out on Basanti in Iran. I'll bet you were exhausted when you got to your destination. We were cheering for you and Savanah the whole way. Honestly, I have no idea how you made through that bog. Amazing! This was a real adventure! Very happy you're safe. Thanks, Noraly!😎
I felt a empathetic rise in heartbeat when your adrenaline spiked during that epic mud battle. We all know you are supposed to take a moment and calm down before attempting to pick up a fallen bike, but that darn adrenaline dictates otherwise. And I’m sure it didn’t help that the muddy track looked endless at the moment. I love how you cheerily summed up the day’s ride as another fun adventure :) That mountainous region certainly is beautiful.
"Another day of adventuring" with Noraly. That was some hardcore riding in the slippery stuff and you certainly put your back into it picking up a fully loaded Savannah. Respect. BTW - loved the intro to this video.
Good morning Noraly, it's just past midnight and a big 👍's up. Considering how many km you have done on this journey, it had to happen sooner or later..😁
If you write a book, I will absolutely purchase it. I've watched every episode and admire you greatly. Continued safety and adventure for you is my sincere wish for you.
What makes Noraly's volgs so very enjoyable is her endless and forever positive attitude regardless of the difficulty or dire circumstances that she encounters. All RU-vid moto riders could benefit from watching her vlogs.
As an old enduro rider that's had his share of "fun" in the mud.. you did extremely well, especially with all that kit! Good riding and great attitude!
Loved the intro. Unless it’s too intrusive it would be great to see a “day in the life” type video that shows what goes into the enchanting 20-30 minutes we get to see.
Awesome to see home from another perspective! Seldomseen, and Aberfoyle where you were in episode 81, are 2 of my favourite places in the country. Thanks for sharing your adventures
Ni kali ke 2 saya tengok semula vedio ni sangat menarik n cantik semasa mnerbangkan drone dwaktu pagi dengan muzik latar yg memikat kalbu. Hari2 yg indah untuk Norraly
The intro was like “Rhodesia 1957, in my little cottage” it reminiscent a lot of the past life when cellphones were not there yet ! And in that porridge of mud was a hell of a ride for today, what a beautiful video 👍
Well done Noraly ! That was a difficult trip today . You always keep smiling . You are just " NoraSmily " . You deserve to visit all the best places in Zimbabwe and we are waiting for next videos . Stay safe !
Amazing biking skills Noraly, only dropping Savanagh once on that type of terrain. You are a champion! So impressed, blessings from Banbasa, Northern India.
Haha I thought I was the only person that gets a faster heart rate when the rear wheel starts slipping..Well most gravel roads in Zim are very nasty especially when it's moist or raining..but the experience is worth it
