Motorbike OVERHEATS on remote gravel roads in NAMIBIA [SAND IS THE CAUSE?] S2EP17

you okay this is start overheat  riding in the movia while you   do not like sand at all it's probably  not the best idea ever a hard [Music] [Music] day [Music] I'm ready all right cheers guys now the first stop is the petrol station yep   so good morning everybody from a very sunay  and wind still luds it doesn't happen very often we are finally on our way again v as Forks are not leaking anymore oh uh and  uh we we actually stayed here for a week not what   we expected but we got stuck with wonderful  people and they showers around the hall of lud so if you get that opportunity  you can't let it go but first petrol station morning morning how are youself talking to your man you like to talk  he like me I know come I said no you must   have a point later I'm serious we we just  going north but we don't know what road we   just SC we live on the road we don't have a  house or anything so no man it's impossible   for you guys not to have a house we don't  we don't we don't everything is on the r   bikes but you must have a house somewhere no  don't honestly I I do have here's my house listen every put your other finger  in the air that's you stand like   this you remember the old TV  antennas yeah yeah yeah yeah like guys see the workshop is now um closed  so I'll I'll just do it uh somewhere else yeah   that's fine you'll do when we have a break  let me know when you're ready I'm [Music] ready [Music] here is is a very interesting little town uh it  sure is and it's got a very nice community so   now we need to actually go back to us um there  is there is no other way really um so it's all   T until our which is about 120 km from here  and then we're going to go back on the dirt   road and then we're going to go to I think it's  hammering housing helmering housing palmering   housing I think I think we're going to sleep there  somewhere as a couple of camping sites luckily   the wind is much much better this is lovely  weather yes you don't really get this often I think once we get to that turn off that  goes to to the ghost town I just I just   quickly want to stop there I just want to  have a look at the forks and stuff with   the weights and a little bit of riding just  want to make sure that everything is is Shar okay you no perfect all when we came here the last time uh well about  a week ago we didn't really know too much about   this area we just knew it was classified  as a national park um but appears this is   uh it's called spab beit this basically is um  a an area it goes all along the coast and is   a protected area or it's a you can't go there  it is where all the uh diamonds were found the   diamond minees still have the concession so  as in any place where there's diamond mines   it is the security is very very high and you  can't go there now there is uh still a couple   of diamond mines uh mining in this parit and  they still doing pretty well there there's a   couple that's not dormant like quman scop uh  is not you know that's not active anymore so   just because it's a um a restrictive area or  secured area um actually nobody's allowed to   go there so they can't build and they can't  develop the ground and that is actually the   only reason why it's a a reserve so the animals  they belong to um it's a nature conservation   organization and then the ground is belongs to  the mines so it's just a they work together so   here you of course you're allowed to to ride or  to drive um but then further away from the road   if you go inwards there's actually fences that you  can't go like you're not allowed to cross them and   then you're going to get locked up or a fine or  something like that so it's actually quite a an   interesting combination of a being a reserve and  a a a protected or restrictive area at the same time and there is should be a b station in El I want to go should   be there as well but um think in Amia  we just need to fill up wherever we can [Music] we just take it easy oh  you're not in the okay let's do   0:08:59.200,1193:02:47.295 [Music] this how far oh let's do this yes let's do [Music] this i' we had a quick sandwich there's nothing in   between uh here in homing Houser and  there's actually only a supermarket   in W Bay [Music] again I really hopeing  not going to be too Sandy yeah I hope so too it was so nice and cool at the coast and now   we are about 100 km Inland  and you can feel the heat [Music] [Music] coming the sand is actually getting very very thick in  some places um we are struggling a little bit in there the sand is not really in one  place it's literally hot compact   ground and all of a sudden it's  deep sand like here it deep sand everywhere and there's no track like there's  no like track of cars where it's compounded   and where it's hard it literally goes from  hard to soft from nice riding to Lots so nice   riding so I think it's a good idea that  we uh have only 100 km on the dir ride that is what we were a little bit nervous  about coming to Namibia riding in theia   while you do not like sand at all is probably  not the best idea ever but we thought we're   just going to try and we will get through  but hey it is a little bit of a of a slow   going at the moment it's beautiful see look  it is amazing but I can't see much of the [Music] scenery [Music] 0:12:58.840,1193:02:47.295 [Music] let's just hope that if we out of this  open area that the sand actually becomes [Music] [Music] less so I don't know if you can see it from the  road here but there's a hpot flying right there   sorry dude sorry sorry sorry don't want  to scare you it has two names actually   it is either kbor or NX I think kbor is  more Africans a local name and aex is an   official name but yeah they're very well  adapted to a desert environment so they   don't need to stick to um what so they have  a much bigger range but it looks a little bit [Music] skinny that was over on my [Music] [Music] eyes [Music] I think I saw a skeleton or something maybe  I'm completely wrong here we go so you can see in a it's a graer it's probably an orex now I almost tripped over bye Vana and we are just at the moment riding our  own ride because one is struggling with this   and the other one is struggling with that so  if we have to wait every time another person   is struggling we're not going to get  anyway so we decided to just get ah go ahead [Music] voes hello guys very patiently  waiting till the owner comes back bye-bye you can see they put stones in  front of the wheels in the back and the forth   so they're not tied but the wheels are just  blocked so they can't really go forward or backwards local [Music] transport um we actually now at a junction here it's a  d707 so apparently this is a very very Scenic and   beautiful road but very Sandy so we got worn for  this and it's a little bit of a shame because it   looks like you know it's a nice a nice Loop there  through the the mountains but um yeah we are not   not going to do sand so we're going to keep on  with the c something 13 26 27 I'm not 100% sure   but yeah the in Namibia the sea roads are normally  the ones C roads or gravel roads and then the B   roads are tar roads and then you have the D road  which also gravel roads you have to I'm coming fast the SE roads are the main grael road so they're  very well maintained and they can be Sandy but   they're just in general well maintained  and then you have the D roads which gets   maintained less and then you have the F roads  with basically don't really get maintained   at all so the safest bat in Amia is to stay on  the sea roads um and that is what we try to do oh [Music] [Music] [Music] oh V is not coming I was quite in front  but not that far I just actually don't   want to turn around here but I mean just  not for not full that's full there we go   all right let me have look if he's okay I'm  waitting for him now for quite a quite a bit you okay sorry oh has it start overheat I was wondering where  you were I waited for quite a [Music] while okay so we let it cool down for a bit  um I think it's look it is not it's not that   warm I think it's 34 35 somewh there it  is warm but I mean we have a cold wind   blowing so that makes it for us a little bit  more durable but I think the problem is that uh we going pretty slow in the sand and  then with the high temperatures and the   bike has been running the whole  day it's probably the issue yeah okay it's supposed to be about uh 100 km on a   dirt Ro today we've done now uh over  100 so I think we should almost be [Music] there [Music] I think we have arrived at the  town cuz I see a sign board and   I see a building we have arrived in helmering housing yay now I think this street is basically it yep   yeah Hotel hammering hous I think  they have camping spots as well yes okay um they're camping up [Music] front you glad we here yes I am glad I am very  tired long day day it was a hard day was a Sandy   day I'm glad we here yeah so we set our tent up  there on the grass so there's no electricity at   the csite but uh they did tell us that we are  allowed to charged the stuff in the office so   we did that and now it's time to eat so we  got a what is it a muscle it's it's a muscle   soup but it's was fresh fresh muscles uh which  Wendy made us a nice soup from and then she um   because we're traveling so she's z uh what do  you call it vacuum vacuum sealed that and put   it in the Deep PR far and we're going to heat  it up with some noodles eat like kings so we   actually quite lucky with that because at the  moment it is Sunday evening so everything is uh   closed they only have one little shop um here  with some Basics and even that is closed so um   yeah we are quite lucky that we have food packed  so we do have some bread and some peanut butter   you want me to turn around thank you Wendy  and L yes thank you very much it uh it helps   us a lot and we're going to have some fancy food  somewhere in the middle of Namibia so thank you so [Music] much [Music] okay [Music] now this is some fine dining that's nice that's very nice [Music] noodles all right guys  so I didn't talk a lot today it was   a difficult day um struggled with all  the sand and stuff but um we ended it   with a good meal and we hope that you guys  enjoyed today and if you did give us a big   Thumbs Up And subscribe down below and then  we'll see you guys in the next one [Music]

2024-04-16 14:18

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