SOUTH AFRICA - when plans go awry - motorcycle adventures on Yamaha Ténéré 700's - S2E2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- South Africa was supposed to be the final destination of our motorcycle journey through Africa.
Because of border restrictions in northern Africa, we changed our plans drastically. We crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco back to Europe. We shipped our Yamaha Ténéré 700’s from Rotterdam in The Netherlands to Cape Town in South Africa. Our new goal is to travel along our initial route in the opposite direction.
We are impressed by the diversity of South Africa, right from the start. Whether you look for breathtaking coastlines, rocky mountains or impressive wildlife. South Africa delivers. We used our tourist visa for the full 90 days while we were wandering through the country on our middleweight adventure bikes.
Welcome to one of the most varied countries we’ve ever traveled to. Welcome to South Africa!
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:39 Previously
01:38 Arrival in Cape Town
02:29 Start of the journey
04:55 Gamkaskloof (Die Hel)
05:47 Die Baviaanskloof
07:22 Sani Pass
08:31 Johannesburg
09:13 Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting
10:16 Going east
11:24 Kruger National Park
13:25 Where will this road end?
ABOUT US
Hi there and welcome to the motorcycle adventures of Jessica and Maarten! It started with the idea to ride motorcycles from our hometown in The Netherlands all the way down to Cape Town in South Africa. In december 2020 we started our journey on our Yamaha Ténéré 700’s. Morocco was the first African country we visited. Due to closed borders we could not travel further south from there. We turned things around and shipped our bikes to Cape Town. From here we will ride up north. Follow our journey through Africa here on TH-cam!
RIDING WITH
Motorcycle: Yamaha Tenere 700
Tankbag: Mosko Moto Nomax
Saddlebags: Mosko Moto Reckless 80
Jessica’s jacket and pants: REV’IT! Sand 4
Maarten’s jacket and pants: REV’IT! Sand 4
Gloves: REV’IT! Sand 4
Boots: REV’IT! Discovery H2O
FOLLOW US
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Facebook: / windingwheelss
Website: windingwheels.nl
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As a South African now living in France, it’s good to see the nice places in my birth country! Many good memories!
África é lindo demais ❤❤
Totally enjoy your experience and beautiful views. Looking forward to seeing more adventures
You guys are living the life!
Being from Cape Town, and driving a XT660Z myself, I can tell you fate has brought you to CT for a good reason... your trip plan sounds epic riding in the opposite direction and its a journey we are all jealous of ;(. Enjoy and keep safe! I will be watching closely...
The Ténéré is a great bike for South Africa, right!? The trip through South Africa was already amazing and we still have so many African countries ahead of us. It’s been a great warm up for the rest! Enjoy your rides as well in the new year!
Amazing. Great footage. Good luck with the journey. I’ll be watching. 🤙🏻
Thanks Jim, great to hear that! 😁
Another great video guys. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome, thanks. My backyard.❤
What a lovely surprise to wake up too, brilliant video as usual and can't wait for the rest of your adventures.
Ride safe👍
Very glad to hear that. Wish you a nice New Year’s Eve! 🥂
Great video 📹 guys, that mountain road was epic 👌. Great filming too. Look forward to seeing more adventures, cheers, Steve
We’re happy to hear that Steve! Hopefully you’ll like the next one as well. We’re working on it now and we’re exited to share it already! It includes the Sani Pass…
Another great video. Looking forward to the next one! :)
Thanks, happy to hear that! 😁 Work in progress for Lesotho at the moment…
I'm all the way living into your adventures and can't wait for the next episodes.. Prachtig in mekaar gezet!!!🤜💢🤛
Great to hear that! Lesotho is coming up next, hope you’ll like it! Tot later! ✌️
Wonderfully made! Great stuff
Fresh follower! Can’t wait for the next video. Ride safe always 🙏
Great to hear that! Lesotho is coming up next. Safe rides as well! 🤘
🙌 looking great! Can't wait for the next one 😉
Great! 😁 We’re working on it, next up is Lesotho! 🇱🇸
Great shots guys and way to go on making it full of information as well!
Thanks Robbie! Happy to hear that!
Wow beautiful adventure ❤
Absolutely stunning. Bravo !
I am a biker, I am French (emigrated 31 years ago in this wonderful country), and I am also running my own company as a tour operator in South Africa. I have congratulations both of you for giving a fantastic video clip of your journey. I personally have ridden all the places you have shown (bravo on your off road skills...baviaansklof is not fir the fainted hearts)...
T7 are fantastic bikes...Good choices.
Thanks for the swift and lightly made video! Really entertaining!
Thanks, happy to hear you liked it!
Your trip to South Africa had been very successful in a lot of ways!
wonderful editing and one of our favorite couples to follow!
Wonderful to hear that! Thanks!
Another motorcycle adventure touring channel? There can never be too many!!!
Great to see some more dutch motorcycle youtubers. Itchyboots set a high standard, you guys are also doing great. Greetings from Australia and subbed!
Hi Simon! We’re indeed making a travel documentary from our journey through Africa. From every country we visit, we make an episode. Great to hear you hopped on! Cheers!
Great job guys, beautiful editing and storytelling! I hope to see you with our ténéré on the dirt road one day 💛
Thanks Francesca, would be great to meet someday somewhere and ride some trails together on the Ténérés! 🤘😎
Thanks for the nice insights of Africas cities and country views. I'm curiuos for the next trips of you guys. Happy new year. Ride and stay safe. Tot ziens
Glad you like it! Lesotho is coming soon.. Happy new year to you as well!
Awesome, 👍💯
Congratulations on the trip. Beautiful images. Thank you very much from Brazil!
Thank you too Alexsander!
Exiting news!! We wish you two an adventurouse journey and a happy new year! Gabriel&Leni
Thanks a lot. Happy new year to you too, Gabriel and Leni!
Thanks for sharing 🤓😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦
Great video and really entertaining. Truly two is better than one. 👍🏻😁
Thanks! We both traveled individually before. Even though we liked that a lot as well, we totally agree with you! It’s great to have a partner in crime through all the adventures! 🦸🏻♂️🦹🏼♀️
Glad to see your news...what an adventure...me and my T7 are already "jealous"... Soon I'll also be taking a long-delayed trip... All the best to you...👍 from 🇵🇹
Great to hear you can make it happen soon after the delay! Where is the trip going? Wishing you and your Ténéré a great time on your adventures. May the roads be dusty! 😁
Hi from New Zealand. Great filming. I'm looking forward to the next one, all the best
Happy to hear that! The next one is already online, Lesotho… 🤫
I like this video. Thank you.
Pretty cool bikes, no easy to handle! 👍
Thanks! At low speeds they can be heavy to handle. Other than that, they’re very capable and make us feel very confident! 💪
impressive
Très bon Trip, spots fabuleux et bonne aventure... Continuez et merci pour le partage.
Maroc. Marrakech.
Merci beaucoup! All the best to you in Marrakech and enjoy New Year’s Eve tonight. 🎆
Found this channel as it was suddenly recommended in my feed. Great footage! Greetings from Stellenbosch, South Africa
Happy to hear that! We loved to travel around Stellenbosch. Beautiful roads to ride during the day and great food and wine to top it of!
love your videos , I wish you a successful trip away from troubles
Thank you!
what!!!!! if i didn't read the title i would never guess this is south africa..... that is beautiful
South Africa is extremely diverse, we got surprised over and over again by the different landscapes.
Excellent video!!!
Thanks Henriette!
wow great video！I love your video
Other than my warning below, welcome to South Africa. Great video be safe but have fun
Thanks a lot Chris!
Accidentally landed here fell in love instantly.....so envy of you guys
Happy to hear that! Hope you can grab your bike and get out there as well.
The Tenere 700 is the best and most beautiful of all trail bikes. It's as tough as it is sexy. I love that motorcycle. Good luck and good rides!
We couldn’t agree more! 😎
Veel succes op jullie verdere reis door Afrika, ik ben blij dat jullie van ons mooie Suid Afrika genoten hebben. Groetjes.
Bedankt Gea! We hebben een fantastische tijd gehad. Groetjes terug!
Happy and safe travel , greetings from Cape Town
Thanks Pedro!
Amazing Trips..
Warm regards from Indonesia
I'm jealous!
Editing & storytelling was perfect 👌👍😃 Guys, I would say you got a new subscriber !!! Much love from Sri Lanka 😀♥
Thanks a lot! Great to hear you hopped on. 😊
Hi there glad you enjoyed South Africa 👍love from Cape Town 😷🇿🇦🌍
We absolutely did, right from the start when we landed in Cape Town! 🛬
Meilleurs vœux pour l’année 2022….!
Happy new year! 🎆
Your videos are amazing; your rides are incredible! 🛣 How do you handle fatigue on those epic journeys and maintain your fitness? A video on this would be gold!
Baie mooi video en interaksie met ander bikers
Baie dankie! 😃 It was great fun to ride together with local bikers. We felt very welcome by the bike community. 💪
Glad to have found you, you are now my favourite ADV couple to watch, along with my other favourite legend from Holland, @itchiboots
Looking forward to following your journeys. Safe travels.
Hi there, we’re happy to hear that! Thanks, hopefully you’ll like the upcoming videos of our journey as well.
@@WindingWheels although I now live in the UK, I still have family and friends in Zambia and Zimbabwe so if you need help or accommodation there let me know. Safe travels.
Both countries are definitely on our list to visit. Since we have to be flexible with our travel plans these days, we don’t know if we’ll go there (soon). We’ll let you know when we get close. Thanks you very much for your support! 🙏
@@WindingWheels no problem
Good Story Supar Vlog Namaste
Goeie video!
Dank je!
Very jelous, hope to make it one day!
Hopefully you can, you’ll make memories for a lifetime. Set concrete goals and there is a big chance you’ll make it. 💪
I envy you both!
You’ve been part of our inspiration!
Hi, with what Carrier did you send motorcycles any Link to provide or something please? Thx and great vids!❤
Hello bud. I'm glad you enjoyed our beautiful country, and thank you for showing the world the diversity of SA.
Can I ask what rain gear you're wearing at 14.00?
Thank you and safe travels
Hey there! Happy to hear you liked it! Jessica wears a rain jacket and pants from REV’IT! And Maarten a jacket and pants from Held. Both keep us dry very well! 👌
AMEZING PLACE STUNNING FOOTAGE LOVE FROM @ROADVENTURESTRP
That's awesome guy's,
Both of u giving exotic feel about the earth
I Egarly wait to watch your vedios continously, but i konw you can't able to publish weekly basics
Any way LOVE YOU GUY'S for giving wonderful view and terrains
❤️❤️❤️Love from Tamilnadu, India 🇮🇳
Thanks for your comment, nice to read you like watching our videos! We decided to make one video of each country we visit during our motorcycle journey through Africa. Sometimes we stay a few days in a country and sometimes a few weeks. The interval of our videos is indeed based on that. Means publishing new videos is as structured as our travel plan, not very… 😅 Right now, we’re working on Lesotho!
@@WindingWheels sound's great
Thank u fr replying
Stay safe in corona
Explore more and love more
❤️
Waiting for ur vedios
🤗🤗🤗
It's ur frnd anbu ❤️
Gelukkig nieuwjaar toppers
De beste wensen voor 2022 Hans! 🍾
De beste wensen voor 2022 Hans! 🍾
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make more video on youtube bro n sis,,u r both so talented on editing video and the that journey so jealousy..greeting from indonesia
Thanks! We’re working on it!
Aweosme video series! Thanks for sharing! How long did you guys ride on the stock Pirelli tires? What tires did you put on after?
Thanks! We were very happy with the stock tires, they were great on tarmac and good enough off-road for what we do while traveling. We changed the stock tires in Casablanca at the end of our Moroccan trip with 18,000 km on them (with still some miles left on them). We changed them for Mitas E-07 Dakar. Not close as good on tarmac as the Pirelli’s, yet better off-road. They’re great for traveling, they seem to last forever. 21,000 km on them right now and still going strong!
Did you guys lower the bikes? If so, was the clearance still sufficient with the luggage?
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Oh Norali! Excellent video , places and cultures....I hope can travel around the world. Meanwhile I am planning to travel in one day to Tandil with my couple. I love your videos. Specially how to explain each part that you visit. I would like to be like you! I would like to have the possibility to travel in my Yamaha 160 around the world!
Hi Maria, Jessica here. Happy to hear you like our videos! Great that you’re planning a trip as well, wish you a great time! Hopefully you can hit the road on your yamaha one day and travel around the world! 🌏
@@WindingWheels Hi Jessica! I happy to read sweet words. Thank you so much. I was waiting an answer! Tomorrow we are going to travel to Tandil. I am preparing my backpack. I am excited! Where are you from Jessica?
I hope you ha a great 2022. Kind regards,
Mary Rainero
Hopefully everything fitted in the backpack. Enjoy the ride to Tandil! We are from The Netherlands. Wish you a wonderful 2022 as well! 🎆
@@WindingWheels Hi! The travel was excellent! We enjoy riding our motorbikes between hill and mountains. We also were riding into a car race road! It was wonderful..! Only the person who is riding a motorbike know about the nature and freedom. When we returned we could see and smell sunflower fields and another pretty field with different colours. It was a unique experience! For some hours we felt the magic of the nature. The pleasure of feel the freedom like a bird. ...
Kind regards...
Great to hear you had an amazing time! The feeling of freedom you get on a motorcycle is beyond compare. You simply have to experience it! 🤘😎
Your followers from Iraq are on you, but continue with these tours ♥️💫
Happy to hear that! Maybe we’ll meet one day in Iraq! 🇮🇶
This i WANT to do !!!
I want to travel all around Europe and Northern Afrika etc, but hard with 3 kids every other week.
Even with a side car that would be a challenge! 😬 Maybe once they have their drivers licenses…💡
@@WindingWheels Indeed :D.. 7, 17, 20.. if just the 7 year old could stay with her mom for a month or so in one go, then I could go for some longer trips.. but then again, my GF wouldn't be happy LOL.
😂😂😂
Hello, thank you for sharing your trip.
Glad to know that a 1.67cm person can drive a T7.
Thank you for activating the subtitles
Questions:
- which company for transport from Rotterdam to Cape Town, under what conditions, at what price.
- what are your housing conditions.
- and many others
Hi! Hopefully we encouraged you to ride a Ténéré as well! The company we used to ship the bikes is African Overlanders, we can highly recommend them. You can contact Duncan Johnson for all the details about your request. We sold our house in The Netherlands, when we came back from Morocco. Bring on the other questions if you have them, we like to answer them and inspire you to make a trip of a lifetime as well! 😃
@@WindingWheels Thanks for taking time to respond to me. I will follow your trip closely.
Have a good trip, best regards Didier
I recognise that Defender in background at 1:58 - belongs to Graham Bell and his family of a2a expedition!
That’s funny! Unfortunately we didn’t meet them, but our bikes spend some weeks in the container with the Defender. Thanks for telling who it belongs to so we can follow their journey on Instagram as well! 🤠
@@WindingWheels they travel on 4 wheels as a family of four but you'll still love them regardless of transport. They have TH-cam channel too, but they don't have regular uploads.
Looking forward to following your African adventures.
We’ll look them up here at TH-cam as well.
We hope you like our upcoming videos as well!
Say hi to Ronnie for me. Funky chap.
Great, now we have a reason to go back there! 😉
Juist, dat zijn jullie van eind sebtember 2020 Grand Basco
Ik reed toen op een ktm 790
Ik ga jullie volgen
Moet ff wennen aan de edit
Ga zo door
Hé wat leuk, onze tentjes stonden naast elkaar op het veldje! Bedankt voor je bericht en we spreken elkaar wel weer. Wie weet op Gran Bosco. Het wereldje is immers klein blijkt maar weer!
Ride safe always guys, your new subscriber from the Philippines
Thanks a lot! Happy to hear you just hopped on. 🙌
You have to watch “ Ride me five”
A Spanish boy riding alone across Africa with an old Honda Transalp.
War zone, sleeping in jungle and always alone.
From Marroco at Cape Town and driving every country. Now he’s going to north .
Sudan and Ethiopia gives not visa.
Good lucky both
Thanks for the tip! Sounds like a great adventure! We’ll follow his journey and maybe we’ll even catch up with him.
South Africa is beautiful. What did it cost to send a bike to South Africa?
Absolutely! When we shipped them, it was € 700,00 per bike excluding the Carnet de Passages. This info is not very relevant, since prices vary since the container shortage. It’s best to contact African Overlanders for an accurate offer. Hope you’ll be riding your bike in South Africa soon as well! ✌️😎
You're all very Good People🏍️🏍️🏍️ Enjoy your motorcycle touring with Joyful ride on🏍️🏍️🏍️⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🌎
Thank you, you too! 🙌
Hii, nice video,. Which shipping company did you use to send motorbike?
Thanks! We shipped with Duncan from African Overlanders in Cape Town.
@@WindingWheels thanks, i am talking with Duncan as well, since my Friend and me wants to go in july, so would you recomended?
Great journey ahead! We would definitely recommend him, everything went super smooth.
@@WindingWheels thanks!
How did you ship your bykes to South Africa ?
We shipped with African Overlanders, a company based in Cape Town. Very straightforward.
4:44 small detour? 😂
Can’t ride route 62 without passing by Ronnies Sex shop! 🤙
How can I come in contact with the videographer of this clip?
Really nice. Your video is too much of a summary. I prefer the one dat at a time style of ichy boots. From breakfast to checking inn in the evening
Thanks for your comment. We like Noraly’s format as well. Nevertheless, we decided to make a short recap from every country we visit to give motorcycle enthusiasts an impression of what a journey through that country can be like.
@@WindingWheels no need to explain, it's your video, do as you wish. thanks for the video
what happened next ? no more vidoes
What's harder. Driving on the left, or speaking Afrikaans?
Since we’re speaking Dutch it’s quite easy to read Afrikaans, speaking is a whole different league however! Driving on the left is a peace of cake at the other hand. The first miles we rode in the busy traffic of Cape Town, which is actually an advantage to get used to riding on the left. You can go with the flow.
If you don't go through the Transkei then you haven't seen SA.
Since South Africa is so big and so diverse, it was impossible for us to make “the right route”. We left some places undiscovered to come back for one day. The Transkei is definitely one of them!
بتجون السعودية
That’s indeed the plan! Hopefully the borders will let us.. 🤞
It is illegal to cross a solid white line in South Africa. In S.A. a road lane is normally 3.5 metres wide. In Thailand riders have to ride along a concrete strip about 50 cm wide for about 25 metres, as one of the tests of bike control to qualify for their license. Just saying...
We didn’t even notice we crossed a solid white line. 😅 Luckily there are no lines at all on dirt roads!
Is it safe there ? I understood that south Africa is not that safe full of theif s
In the three months we spent in South Africa we haven’t felt unsafe a single moment. Frankly, we don’t know about the crime numbers compared to other countries. Every country has their criminals. That’s why we believe you always have to be extra focused when traveling and listen to your gut feeling, this way you can eliminate most of the troubles considering theft.
Do not ride through northern Mozambique, full of Bokkoram insurgents.
Thank you for the warning, we won’t go there.
Perpetuating the myth that Johannesburg is the "largest urban forest in the world". What rubbish. How has this been measured? Where is the evidence? I live here and apart from there being trees in gardens and on pavements, there is not a forest to be seen anywhere.
ill be honest, commentary is cringe af and makes this hard to watch
2 million hectares same like whole israel? You mean palestine right? Since when jews have lands? 😆
It’s the geographic size of Israel which we compare Kruger National Park with. We don’t want to go into politics here, our goal is to entertain and inspire motorcycle enthousiasts.
Da ist Itchy Boots auch längs gefahren und hat nicht solch einen Aufriss gemacht. Euer Video nimmt mich überhaupt nicht mit. Richtet sich ehr an die gut betuchten Motorradfahrer. Ständig große Gruppen mit Geld.
Thank you for your comment. We indeed rode some of the roads Noraly rode as well! It’s not our intention to target a specific group of riders like you say. With our videos we share the journey through Africa and we try to make some enjoyable videos of our motorcycle adventures. We’re sorry to hear we weren’t able to take you with us in the video.
I kept watching and waiting to see what went awry. Typical ADV roads and trails. Nothing dangerous. This was my first visit to your channel. Now it is my last. You bait people to watch more and more and don't complete the episode like dangling an apple in front of the horse or donkey to keep it going. I don't watch clickbait or pretty people channels. It's not reality. bye. 🙄
Hi John, we’re sorry to hear you leave us. Hopefully you’ll still read this comment, so we can explain the title to you. Our plan was to ride from our hometown in The Netherlands to Cape Town. We attempted to travel along the west coast of Africa and started in Morocco. Because of border restrictions, we had to change our plans. We decided to ship the motorcycles to South Africa and travel from south to north instead. Our travel plans went awry and our solution was to ride the route in reverse, starting from South Africa.
@@WindingWheels Um, that is not awry. That is life. Life sucks, then you die. Everyone with their hyped or clickbait titles to get more views. Thanks for the return. Take care. Are you from Rotterdam, Limburg or amsterdam area? Rutte has gone Awry. 😁 Or maybe a pumpernickel.
We are from a small town in the north east of The Netherlands, approximately one hour drive from Amsterdam and two hours from Limburg. We read about a pumpernickel before in your previous comment. We looked it up and found bread from Germany. Is it a saying the way you use it?
@@WindingWheels I had a friend in Bergambacht and I have a friend in Limburg and 2 in Belgium. It is just a funny say against when people say something has gone awry and then you say... "or a pumpernickel. :-) It makes a joke of what they said. Something to laugh about, because there really is a rye bread and a pumpernickel bread. 😂 That is all. I am in Okeechobee Florida USA. Lake OKeechobee. Obviously this is my fake name. Alias name. Thanks for the return. 😁
Looks like a nice place to live. Nothing awry about that, neither a pumpernickel! 😉
What to add to your bike for adventure riders: bestof.business.blog/2022/02/14/the-best-accessories-for-motorcycle-adventure/
Great video 📹 guys, that mountain road was epic 👌. Great filming too. Look forward to seeing more adventures, cheers, Steve
Thanks a lot Steve! South Africa seems like one big mountain road! 🤙
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