DJR Posted January 21, 2021 Share I found this quite funny. A public road and they are advising you that cars test their speed here. All you need now is Leon Schuster to man a speed trap ANYTHING is possible, especially the improbable, in a place like that. We spent some time at Verneukpan (where Malcolm Campbell attempted a land speed record in the 1920s, I think) and I always found it totally surreal. I would not have been at all surprised if a spaceship materialized out of thin air and a couple of aliens got out to ask for directions to some galaxy. Wayne pudding Mol, Beattbox and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted January 21, 2021 Share I found this quite funny. A public road and they are advising you that cars test their speed here. All you need now is Leon Schuster to man a speed trap Jip, top end testing is, or rather was, done here regularly. Flying to the Northern Cape you see an "oval track" (MASSIVE oval) where they also do endurance testing of prototypes ..... This actually has a no-fly zone .... which just means some of the local farmers "dice" the cars along this track in their small planes .... JohanDiv and DJuice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted January 22, 2021 Share First Light JohanDiv, Jakkals., Wayne pudding Mol and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanDiv Posted January 22, 2021 Share Jip, top end testing is, or rather was, done here regularly. Flying to the Northern Cape you see an "oval track" (MASSIVE oval) where they also do endurance testing of prototypes ..... This actually has a no-fly zone .... which just means some of the local farmers "dice" the cars along this track in their small planes .... Yeah, they also have a massive parking lot at the oval track where they park the cars for weeks to see how the paint and interior hold up in the sun/heat. Thanks for the nostalgia guys! Now I miss that part of the world. Here's the oval track (If I remember correctly it's almost 15km..more or less 3x the distance of an average F1 track's length): (-29.068783, 19.847303) Edited January 22, 2021 by JohanDiv Prince Albert Cycles, DJR, ChrisF and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepeekaitjie Posted January 22, 2021 Share ANYTHING is possible, especially the improbable, in a place like that. We spent some time at Verneukpan (where Malcolm Campbell attempted a land speed record in the 1920s, I think) and I always found it totally surreal. I would not have been at all surprised if a spaceship materialized out of thin air and a couple of aliens got out to ask for directions to some galaxy. Speaking of Verneukpan https://farridemag.com/journal/dust DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted January 22, 2021 Share skip the intervals, have a coffee. Wayne pudding Mol, TyronLab, Jakkals. and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakkals. Posted January 22, 2021 Share Out on the steelies, fanievb was invited JohanDiv, fanievb, Frosty and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted January 22, 2021 Share 7449km in 10hrs...I forgot to turn on Strava!!(back to work.... ) Wayne pudding Mol, JohanDiv and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted January 22, 2021 Share 7449km in 10hrs...I forgot to turn on Strava!!(back to work.... )WhatsApp Image 2021-01-21 at 16.04.34.jpeg Glad you got out in time. Seems various countries are again stopping flights from SA, including UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Stay safe capediver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted January 22, 2021 Share Out on the steelies, fanievb was invited ek weet, ek weet. julle ry te vroeg, ek is op daddy duty Vrydae oggende tot 06:20 Long Wheel Base and Jakkals. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted January 22, 2021 Share Speaking of Verneukpan https://farridemag.com/journal/dustTHANKS for posting that. Some truly spectacular photographs of an amazing place. I did not ride a bike there, but we did a "world land speed record" for a Land Rover Defender, in low range, loaded to the gunnels, with a 6 year old behind the wheel, on Malcolm Campbells 1929 track. Stuff that legends are made of! Oh, and we played a hockey game. With no lines and no goals! Totally unlimited! Like he place! Edited January 22, 2021 by DJR peepeekaitjie, Blokman and Eddy Gordo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted January 22, 2021 Share 3rd shot. Think it was 5.30am ish. Which way are you heading now ? Been in the Uppington to Pofadder areas for work over the last few years. 2018 I even got to ride my MTB on some farms .... Last February I even worked at the Kaxu solar power plant (super impressive, but not allowed to post those pics) .... Can post this pic I took out of the plane of the Khi plant though ... Die fotos laat my nou erg verlang na daai vlaktes !! Long Wheel Base, DJR, SwissVan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoG Posted January 22, 2021 Share Which way are you heading now ? Been in the Uppington to Pofadder areas for work over the last few years. 2018 I even got to ride my MTB on some farms .... Last February I even worked at the Kaxu solar power plant (super impressive, but not allowed to post those pics) .... Can post this pic I took out of the plane of the Khi plant though ... Die fotos laat my nou erg verlang na daai vlaktes !! Waar die f*kols 'n meter hoog groei en oral is ... BSG, DJR and ChrisF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanDiv Posted January 22, 2021 Share Which way are you heading now ? Been in the Uppington to Pofadder areas for work over the last few years. 2018 I even got to ride my MTB on some farms .... Last February I even worked at the Kaxu solar power plant (super impressive, but not allowed to post those pics) .... Can post this pic I took out of the plane of the Khi plant though ... 20200309_080004.jpg Die fotos laat my nou erg verlang na daai vlaktes !! I wonder who got the contract to keep those mirrors clean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJuice Posted January 22, 2021 Share I wonder who got the contract to keep those mirrors clean...Khi can be locals, but the two PV plants build after spend very little in our economy. ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted January 22, 2021 Share I wonder who got the contract to keep those mirrors clean... Both of these projects were driven by the Spanish. They still have the majority share. All regular maintenance is done by permanent staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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