Motorcycle Explorer May 2016 Issue 11 | Page 51

Orrie Baragwanath pass Ahead of us was Lebowakgomo, the town dotting the start of the Orrie Baragwanath pass. We first had to avoid rear-ending a donkey, and then rear-ending a chicken... on a DR650... Kraai grabbed a handful of breaks when we came to a rocky descent, forgetting that the Benelli behind her did NOT have that kind of stopping power on powder. Luckily I practise my break-slide skills during stunt practise. There was about 160km left before Tzaneen, but we had to refuel in between. We had no idea how far or how rrrrrruff this pass was, so we stopped the first skorro-korro for info.