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Hi Charles,

Mark me down too please.

Thanks

Yes me too please Charles . Thanks good idea

Hi Charles,

Please add my name to your list.

Jaco Marais

Please add my name. Thanks.

Charles, please put myself and my son Byron on the list for the Atlantis day.

Please add my name

Martin Denkhaus

me too.

thanks

ater mcdonald

Put me on the list please Charles!

Hi Charles, please put myself and Sian down too.

Hi Charles, this is a follow up to the mail I sent you. Please include me - Bruce Bell

Yes pse, Charles.  Thx. Du Toit

Hey Charles, Please put me down on the list!

If possible to book a place, but i'm not sure if i will be available...

Ok, the list is full, anyone else goes onto the waiting list.  If you discover you cannot make it then please let me know so that I can fill the gap.  If you are an experienced sand rider and would like to help, also let me know as I need to have a team of people to help get the novice's bikes through the entrance onto the flat sand, and to escort outrides and help stuck riders.

1. Bob Goode (1200GS)
2. John (1200GS)
3. Jaco Marais (1200GS)
4. Frans Coetzee (1200GS)
5. Byron Coetzee (1200GS) (Able to help)
6. Ater McDonald (1200GS)
7. Trevor Versfeld (800GS)
8. Sian Versfeld (650GS)
9. Bruce Bell (R80GS)
10. Du Toit Viljoen (1200GS)
11. Julie Oertel (650 Funduro)
12. Erich Pizer (650GS)
13. Lindsay Madden (1100GS)
14. Andrew Jones-Phillipson (800GS)
15. Brent (??? from PeterO)
16. David Cade (1200GS)
17. Fanus Schoeman (1150GS)
18. Albert Marais (Dakar)
19. Anton Steenkamp
20. Andries Louw (not confirmed)
21. Jinx Louw (not confirmed)
22. Cecil Hill (confirmed)

If any of the 20 of you consider yourselves capable sand riders (i.e. able to help ride others' bikes into the dunes for them), please let me know for planning purposes.

On the waiting list:

1. Rob Selig
2. Graham Montgomery
3. Eckhard Scholtz (KTM640)
4. Arno Roussouw (1200GSA) (Able to help)
5. Chris Bothma
6. Hein Carstens
7. Hein Ehlers
8. Max Lange (800GS)
9. Stan van Rensburg (800GS) (Able to help)
10. Alex Weinert (AlexGSA)
11. Chris Dunn (800GS)
12. Daantjie Taljaard (1150GSA)
13. Sean Hidden (1200GS)(Able to help)
14. Michael Bucholz
15. Rynet (1200GS)
16. Michael Pace
17. Johan Davey
18. Martin Denkhaus

Regards

Charles 083 309 6079

Hi Charles,

Please put me on the waiting list.

Thanks

Lindsay Madden

+27-82-650-9697

Hi Charles, please put Bren't name on the waiting list.

Thanks

Pete

Pls put me on the waiting list

please

Hi Charles

Ek het met jou kommunikeer per e-pos en sien die lys is vol. Sit my op die waglys asb.

Groete

Albert

Please put me on waiting list

ROB SELIG

Charles could you please Neill Wilkie to the list for Atlantis on the 25th.

Cheers

Charles, please put my name on the waiting as well, many thanks

Graham Montgomery

Charles, I'm not so sure of my own abilities, and will gladly help where I can, but my son Byron is very competent in the sand. Without his knowledge, I'll volunteer him for assistance with getting bikes into the dunes in the event that the bike's owner is not that capable.

Looking forward to the day!

Many thanks.

Martin Denkhaus has had to withdraw, and Lindsay Madden is now on the list.

Stan and Byron are volunteering to help, and there are some committee members also available for this.

The list is being maintained in this comment above.

I am also interest

chris bothma

Just under two weeks to go.  This is going to be a cracker of a day.  We will have a wonderful instruction and coaching team with some big names in adventure bike riding and instruction (details to follow).  There will be lots of help so that you can learn to ride the dunes easily and effortlessly.

By now you will be wondering about a few things, and I will be sending out an email with more detail.

• We are looking to meet around 08h30 at the Total Garage on the R27 a few km outside Table View.  If you have the option of changing tyres, then put on knobblies.
• If you are about to buy new tyres, or want to get a set of knobblies for the more serious offroad trips, then now is a good time to do it.  But if not, no worries, we will manage with what you have.
• You should remove from your bike things that might break in a fall.  For example, take off your adventure spotlights, your screen, your GPS and if your bike has indicators that are vulnerable, take them off too.  You can bring some tools to do this at the venue and we can lock them in the bakkie, but it may be more convenient and less stressful if you do it at home and ride out there 'naked'.
• Remove your top box - this is important.  Even an empty top box is bad news for stability in sand.
• Although the ride out will be a bit nippy in the early morning, you will be hot within seconds on the sand - so dress accordingly.  There will be a safe place to put your warm clothes when we get there.
• Wear full protective gear, including neck brace if you have one.  If you have an enduro helmet, and summer gloves, use them.
• Camelbak, and Vooma sachets or suchlike will be a bonus.

I have also organized some youngsters on small bikes who can nip about and help you pick up your bike or dig you out of trouble to help save your energy for learning and having fun.

If you have any questions, ask now.  And if anybody on the list can't make it anymore, let me know now so that I can pull in someone from the waiting list in good time.

Charles, if there are "openings" appearing, please add me......umh, actually no!, just add me!! :-D

I have been quoted R1450 for a TKC 80 - 150/70 (GSA rear) fitted.

Can I get a better price anywhere?

Hi Charles,

I am pleased to see that I made it from the waiting list to the Top 20 (20th position).  Could it be the threat of showing those pictures of you in Ceres, dressing on the back of your bakkie?

Best wishes

Lindsay

Damn, I forgot to enter this into my calendar!! 
Thanks for the reminder Charles!!

Cannot Wait!!  

Stan may come as a spectator/helper.  Brent (from PeterO) is now in.  Pete, I need Brent's details and email please.  The updated list is here.

Also for those of you on Adventures - you will want to remove your spots.

As for mirrors - bring a spanner or allen key or whatever to loosen them.  We can turn them inwards to be out of the way if we don't take them right off.

Weatherwise:  if Saturday is rained out we can postpone to Sunday to try to get use of the permits.  However, if the permits are not used you will still be liable for the cost - we will have paid for them out of club monies.

Can one take a rain cheque (on the permit) if it rains.....?

So far, the weather forcast is for light wind, partly cloudy on Saturday and Sunday.  Rain on the Friday before.  On the up side, it will be cool and the sand will be firm from the rain during the week.  Also, we are unlikely to be assaulted by hordes of quads or other sand riders and will have the place to ourselves.  Have a look at these sites that I use: Windguru.com and the Norwegian Weather Site.

If we are rained out, we can shift to Sunday for those that can still make it.  And the permits might be valid up to the next weekend if the lady at the counter is kind - but then I expect many might not be able to make it, and the event will be significantly downsized.  Regardless of the outcome, you will be liable for the cost of your permit at least, and possibly for some of the refreshments that don't keep.

I can feel it! 4 sleeps to go.

Did some cones, figure of eights and circles on the way to work this morning!

Sorry Charles I have to miss out on this one as I am booked to go on the road ride on Sunday with Geoff. Can only manage one trip per weekend.

Thanks

Last time I was at Atlantis dunes, the permit was valid for a period of 7 days, allowing for a rained out weekend without losing the use of the permit. I don't think they would have changed this ruling, and it shouldn't be up to the discretion of the "lady behind the counter". If I remember correctly (a challenge at my age) it's printed on the permit that the thing is valid for a week.

PS: I converted my GSA a bit for this day...shouldn't have a problem now!

Atlantis 1200 GSA

Am i not allowed on the waiting list?? Is there a "special" list for me?? :-)

The updated list is here.

A few things to think about:

1. Bring a tyre-pressure gauge and/or compressor if you have.  It will make it easier when we let down tyres in the beginning and to pump up when we finish.  If you don't have, no worries, we can lend you one, and there is a garage down the road to pump up again.
2. Although we will have water and refreshments available, if you have a Camelbak use it.  Riding in sand is thirsty work, and I don't mind admitting that sometimes my mouth goes dry at the thought of some of the things I am about to ride through.
3. Plan to arrive in Atlantis with just over a half-tank of petrol.  A full tank is just too much weight, especially on the Adventures.  The petrol station is about 15km away, so you can ride until your reserve light goes on.  Mr.Badger has done a whole day in the dunes on 3 quarters of a tank.

Only no. 14 on the waitng list?????????  are you absolutely blooody mad????? and only 20 people on the dunes........there is space for about 700!! 

Do you even have a bike?  I heard you wrote yours off...

The weather's looking good for Saturday

I still have the KDX, would actually take that, but there is something in the pipeline. So are we all in???

Hey Charles, Sorry but my bike's still at the shop waiting for a part so wont be able to make it on Saturday.

Sorry - we'll miss you Sean.

Charles - weather not looking so good? Is the plan still to go ahead tomorrow?