Recently took my Honda NC700X for a short ride into the countryside.
A trip of 540 km (333 miles) that took 12 hours (in the saddle plus numerous stops to ease the seating ((aka sour ass)).
The route took me over the following 7 mountain passes: Du Toitskloof, Hex, Rooihoogte, Burgers, Kogmanskloof, Houhoek and Sir Lowry's pass and 2stretches of dirt road.
I departed at 6 am with the temperature at about 14 deg C (57 F) which proved to be somewhat on the chilly side leading to a not so comfortable ride till lunch time when it warmed to about 29 Deg C (84 F) which resulted in a perspirous dampness within my jacket.
I was in no particular hurry, stopping off for some aerial footage of a solar farm near Touwsriver, which inspired hope, and Matroosberg station which left me in despair - here was formerly a railway line - now just the remains of a deep cutting through the hilly karoo to attest to the steel rails that were re-appropriated (and likely found their way to china in order to line someone’s pocket). Not even the sleepers remain in this terrain - the sweat and money that created this orifice - all for nawt.
My spirits lifted again at the scenic sight of the Koo valley and later the river at Stormsvlei and the tranquillity at twin rivers near Greyton.
The videos were captured using DJI Osmo Action 3, Pocket 2 and Mini 2.who all reportedly enjoyed the journey.

Lovely video. Apart from the abandoned railway....

Montfrooij Posted at 1-31 23:55
Lovely video. Apart from the abandoned railway....

Thank you Peter

Droffarc Posted at 2-1 00:12
Thank you Peter

My pleasure!

Really well put together Droffarc.   

DAFlys Posted at 2-1 01:13
Really well put together Droffarc.

Thank you for your kind words Sir David sir

Does not compare visually with the stuff you are posting on tweeter  

Droffarc Posted at 2-1 02:04
Thank you for your kind words Sir David sir

Does not compare visually with the stuff you are posting on tweeter

You mean the blue hour shots,   soon they will come to an end as sunrise gets too early.

Quite the adventure ride Droffarc.    Lots of saddle time but some very nice views along the way.  Did I miss a petrol stop?

DAFlys Posted at 2-1 02:14
You mean the blue hour shots,   soon they will come to an end as sunrise gets too early.

You mean then sunrise is before sunset?

Still they are good!

Droffarc Posted at 2-1 04:36
You mean then sunrise is before sunset?

Still they are good!

Thanks Droffarc.   

DowntownRDB Posted at 2-1 04:20
Quite the adventure ride Droffarc.    Lots of saddle time but some very nice views along the way.  Did I miss a petrol stop?

You were interested in seeing petrol stops?

Nice nature and a quick ride.

Depp Posted at 2-1 08:12
Nice nature and y quick ride.

Thanks for watching Depp

Droffarc Posted at 2-1 04:50
You were interested in seeing petrol stops?
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I was wondering what kind of gas mileage you were getting on your Honda NC700X so I was thinking you had to make a petrol stop somewhere along the way.  My Harley Davidson holds quite a bit of gas but it loves to suck it down when I get on the accelerator.

DowntownRDB Posted at 2-1 11:28
I was wondering what kind of gas mileage you were getting on your Honda NC700X so I was thinking you had to make a petrol stop somewhere along the way.  My Harley Davidson holds quite a bit of gas but it loves to suck it down when I get on the accelerator.

Ah! I see!
I get about 290km (180 miles) to a tank (I prefer NOT to stretch beyond that as I did with my previous Transalp - most embarassing when you have to hide behind the fairing at 60km/hour just to make it to the next fuel stop ).
So on this trip I fueled up the day before (did some town riding), at Touwsriver to be crtain I would make it to Montagu (100km) (60 miles)in case I decided to do some interesting dirt like at the Matroosberg station and then at Caledon after the dirt escursion to Greyton.

In my over-rated opinion a HD was designed to convert fuel into noise and very little else - very like the old Cressi sub Mk11 demand valve - made a lot of bubbles but not much to breathe - we dubbed it the black death

Great video

Codgerzh2 Posted at 8-14 07:23
Great video

I thank you for your kind words