http://grootkak.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:50:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Comfortably Numb   Satisfied - this was one of those days that makes one feel that the world is a great place. Rose tinted this may be and problems a plenty but it made no difference. I wanted for nothing else but to be on a dirt bike on a sunny day ... http://grootkak.com/de-wildt-22-november-2008-comfortably-numb-by-albert-pos/ Hi All  We have just about R8000 already. I have spoken to Sportsman's Warehouse who are also going to come to the party by helping us streeeetch our rands. So far, after discussions with the store manager, it looks like we're really going to present the Jericho Primary School with ... http://grootkak.com/the-jericho-rock-project-logistics/ MuddX runs a Newbie ride at De Wildt every month. It's an organised ride with marshals and catering and takes riders, regardless of their skill level, on a 45km guided loop through an are of De Wildt. These have been going on since February 2007 and have continued mainly due ... http://grootkak.com/muddx-intermediate-ride-at-de-wildt-26-july-2008/ Dear Noobie Dirt Biker.   There are two types of dirt biker out there. The Motocrosser (these are the folk that prefer track riding with jumps and berms and the like), and the Enduro rider or outrider (that’s me – take your bike out into the bush and deal with what nature ... http://grootkak.com/muddx-introduction-to-outrides-de-wildt-16-august-2008-newbies/  On a Saturday in mid-June, we went out to the Jericho Rock and for a beer at the Bafana Bafana Tavern at the base of the Rock at Jericho. I was having a chat with J.J., the village chief and he was telling me how the young kids at the ... http://grootkak.com/the-jericho-rock-project/ I am overwhelmed at the number of mails with comments regarding the resurrection of www.grootkak.com So I'd like to thank all of you and welcome all the new folk to our site. We hope it gets to be as rewarding to as it seems to have been to our old faithfull! Hi ... http://grootkak.com/a-very-warm-re-welcome-and-a-huge-thank-you/ Everybody wants to, at some stage or another after playing with a dirt-scoot, learn how to wheelie! That’s cool, and I’ll tell you what I know….. I have been known to keep my front tire much fresher than my back tire, if you get my drift. But before I do ... http://grootkak.com/pointing-it-skywards%e2%80%a6its-just-physics/ How many times have you got yourself involved in a discussion or debate on the whys and why nots of two strokes and four strokes. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. But in this debate, how informed is your opinion, other than what you know from the feel of riding ... http://grootkak.com/strokin%e2%80%99/ How many of you saw, heard or even remember Jerry Seinfeld’s “stupid sign” schtik? Anyway, it follows the thought of giving stupid folk a sign to hold up so others can recognize them a bit easier. Like the dude who pulls his fishing boat up to the jetty and a ... http://grootkak.com/uhhhhh%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6%e2%80%a6doh/ There’s a topic that’s been raising it’s controversial head like a mole trying to get out of the hole it’s dug in the middle of an enduro trail: the price of bikes and related stuff that we are expected to pay in South Africa.I’ve stuck my nose into this a ... http://grootkak.com/the-price-of-passion/