My friend and I and the 2 Goose decide to do an overnighter in a small B&B that I know out in the middle of nowhere.
No kidding we can ride these kinds of roads for 100kms and not see another vehicle.
I was working from memory and took a left turn instead of a straight and at 160 kmh the tar disapeared. No warning signs, the heat shimmer off the road blurred everything ahead and the road went from tar to a dust road. We were about a 100 metres when we realised what was happening, The ZX12R behind me had about a 300 metre gap and he saw the dust come up off my bike and had a little more time. We both knew not to panic and that we had to ride it out and not jam on brakes . It took us a good 500 metres for us to slow and stop safely. I thought my buddy was going to crap me out for taking the wrong turn but as he drew next to me he lifted his visor and shouted, " that was fun lets do it again"
Although we were pretty calm about the whole thing, we both realised that it could have been worse, we were moving, both had pillions, full panniers and backpacks. Our experiance helped us and in turn we hope we can pass this on.
Here you can see where the road ended.
Moral of the story, do not panic, do not slam on brakes, use brakes gently and take your time to stop.
). Of course in Africa there could be an elephant or other large animal in the middle of the road over the next hill.
