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country trax off-road weekend

1/8/2014

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It is the perfect spot; The Country Trax weekend training facility at Njalo-Njalo Safaris, Touws River.

I cannot imagine a better place to practice one's skills and enhancing your riding capabilities.  The farm offers a great selection of dirt roads; hard packed gravel, sand, clay, rocks and the occasional shrub you find yourself in after misjudging a muddy turn.

Viewing game on the go is an added bonus!  Only an adventure motorcyclist would be able to share that 

indescribable feeling of freedom when riding standing up, in the sticks, in that golden hour before sunset, game grazing…

I am always amazed by how much an already experienced rider can learn from the Country Trax courses, or at least improve on.  Once again I realised you are never too wise to learn!


Whether it's acquiring a new skill or shaking a bad habit, these courses are designed to transform even the best of riders into better, safer riders… and maybe slightly crazier… it comes with the extra, well deserved confidence.


Yes, it's fun all day long, but make no mistake, it's hard work acquiring the technical skills.  Johan drills it into you, over and over.  At some stage you can't help but wonder: "Why is he teaching us all this… stuff?"  

And then you go out on the farm… whoaaaaa!  All of sudden everything makes sense and falls into place.  All the skills you've acquired come naturally and the ride is soooooo much more fun!  Even sand riding with the 1200gs, a previous palm-sweating event, now became fun!

Thanks again to Johan and Leon from Country Trax for a fantastic riding weekend.  A big thanks to our host, Andre, also a keen adventure rider. I truly hope he sees the light some day and trades his vibrator… I mean KTM, for a BMW.

werner

Johan from Country Trax fixing a puncture.
Johan fixes the first puncture on arrival already! And then he teaches us how to look cool.
The effect of counter-steering on a motorcycle
How to clean your nails. Also the dymanics of a round motorcycle wheel and the effect of counter-steering.
Practising Cones
Practising cones, shifting your bike and body weight in order to make sharper, controlled turns.
How to pick up a heavy motorcycle.
How to get up, once you are down.
Emergency braking with a motorcycle on gravel
Emergency braking
How to turn around from a stationary position, on a steep hill.
How to turn around from a stationary position, on a steep hill.
Italians enjoy peanuts and motorcycles
Italians enjoy peanuts and motorcycles.
Motorcycle jump
What to do when you "accidentally" go a little bit too fast, approaching a little "bump" in the road.
Obstacle in front, weight to the back.
Obstacle in front, weight to the back, whap whap!
Keep that throttle open, weight to the back.
Keep that throttle open, weight to the back.
BMW motorcycles ready for action.  What a view!
BMW motorcycles ready for action. What a view!
Look where you want to go, the bike will follow.
Look where you want to go, the bike will follow.
Hill ascending and descending.
What goes up must come down. Hill ascending and descending.
Practicing amongst game like Gemsbok.
Can't complain too much about the facility.. practicing amongst game like Gemsbok.
The sand monster.  Don't look down, don't look down, the bike will follow!
The sand monster. Don't look down, don't look down, the bike will follow!
Practising riding off-road with a pillion.
Country Trax also offers a Pillion riding course.
Sunset with our BMW Motorcycles at Touws River
Sunset at Touws River
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Aletia
19/8/2014 01:28:50 pm

:) Goooooood!!

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    Cape Town to Kampala is an ebook written by Werner, on his motorcycle adventures travelling this exciting route up through Southern Africa.  A journey of 14,000km within 5 weeks, two BMW motorcycles and Africa - The idea behind the book is to inspire adventure motorcyclists to go beyond the average weekend trip with the boys… MORE

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    Country Trax Off-road Riding Academy is an internationally recognised motorcycle training school, with various academies in South Africa that offers off-road bike training courses for all makes of Adventure bikes / Dualsport bikes off-road or enduro motorcycles. Their courses are suited for the beginner bike rider, intermediate level riders as well as advanced motorcycle riders.


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