Day 1 (Dec 01/311km) Delaying tactics

Off to a slow start today. We had planned to leave Joburg at 9H00am and as fate would have it we had a couple of hiccups, firstly Tumi had to get a new phone, (can’t use the damn thing) to Thendo's amusement.  Then we had to stop at Trenic industries in Kyalami to sort out our communication devices i.e. phone Bluetooth, bike to bike communication and IPod player. That exercise took a while thanks to Thendo insisting that we hussle Trenics Wi-Fi to download Route 66Maps for Android devices.

As we left Kyalami at 12H30 we realized its lunchtime! So we made a stop at Nandos Centurion.

We departed at 13H30 and realized that Tumi’s helmet visor was washed with rough material that made it a bit blurry and decided to stop at Lynnwood Full Throttle.

Whilst Brad was sorting out Tumi’s helmet he realized that the helmet padding was the wrong way round, he took his time!! But did an excellent job in putting the helmet speakers and padding in the right place and making it very comfortable (you don’t wanna ride with an uncomfortable helmet its Hell!!).

Just after we crossed the first tollgate at 15H30 the site of a gathering storm ahead of us was unnerving, forcing us to make an abrupt stop for rain gear change.

By this time reaching our initial destination, Musina, was out of the question and decided to stay in Polokwane.  Thendo got to catch up with his long time friend, Charlie Nkadimeng, who fetched us from our abode for a good dinner.