20/21 August 2011 – Nomads Annual Economy Run, Nuy Valley, Robertson.
After lots of preparation Saturday morning 20 August arrived bright, shiny and windfree. We arrived at Damelin early to find some 4-wheels seriously invading our space, but managed to find a quick solution in a willing carguard allowing us to literally park on Damelin’s front stoep.
Soon eager participants were lining up to receive their instructions, road maps and times of departure and prompty at 10am our Prez Peter G was the first one on his way followed by 18 more. Mark Schreiber got his first bit of work as Susan’s bike would not start which left him pushing a stubborn Suzuki up and down the parking lot. With all our other marshals already on their way, Krog and I took a leisurely drive through to Robertson. As we had plenty of time before the first participant arrival, we tried out the Wimpy waffles. Comes highly recommended. Krog had a bar-one waffle and I had a banana and toffee one, with huge dollops of ice cream. Good stuff while you are waiting.
Our prez arrived 20 minutes early – guess what he was doing? It did not take long for all the others to arrive and after some refueling, answering questions and lengthy deliberation about the ride, all were on their way to Nuy Valley for some well deserved TLC. Mark S again got some work to do, when Pieter and Annette’s Shadow decided to shed an exhaust just before Ceres. With Jonathan’s and Mark’s help Pieter managed to get another piece of pipe to replace the AWOL exhaust, and could then safely make their way to Nuy Valley. Sorry Pieter and Annette that you could not complete the whole run. Then their were some who relied too much on their Garmins and did wrong turns, found answers where their were no answers, etc. Bad news guys, Garmin excuses don’t count).
Nuy Valley is the perfect environment if you are looking for some serious relaxation time. The rooms are all dressed in old-world charm and clean and tidy as a pin. I was truly amazed at the amount of details these guys go to to make their guests comfortable. After watching the Boks pulling off a rare victory over the All Blacks, Nomads were really in a good mood and supper seemed to fuel that attitude. To say the least, supper was simply delicious, and so was breakfast. Well done, Nuy Valley staff and especially Chairmaine who went out of her way to accommodate us.
Very un-Nomads like, most people retired early to bed Saturday night. Could it be the ride, the clean air or what??? Unfortunately Sunday morning the weather forecast was rainy and cold so most people got dressed for the occasion as they reluctantly mounted their motorcycles to make their way home and the real world again.
To our Mossel Bay guys and gal who did their own informal economy run – thanks for joining us for this occasion and well done on the excellent fuel comsumption – even the 4-wheels did not do too badly.
Thanks to Kevin, Yvonne and Nomads for the prizes donated. Much appreciated. Also to Nomads for sponsoring the weekend to a great extent.
Winners and Prizes
Category A
1. Johann van Blerck (Triumph Tiger) Tank Bag donated by Yvonne and bottle of hanepoot
2. John v d Spuy (Triumph Tiger) Bottle of hanepoot
Category B
1. Susan James (Suzuki 1000) Pen set donated by Nomads and bottle of hanepoot
2. Martin Smith (CBR 1000) Bottle of hanepoot
Category P
1. Robert/Lizl Todd (BMW 1200) BMW hold-all donated by Kevin and bottle of hanepoot each.
2. John/Lorraine Potter (Blackbird) Bottle of hanepoot each.
Country Members
Bottle of hanepoot to each of the riders.
Overall winner
Johann van Blerck – bottle of champagne to celebrate victory!!
All participants received a cap donated by Nomads.
Thank you everybody who participated – without you we would not have had this great event. Thanx to all the marshals – as usual you all did a stirling job.
We had 41 people on the ride.
36 members, 5 visitors on 22 bikes , 6 cars
That’s all folks,
Jean.
Economy Run Results
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No.
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Category
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Actual Fuel Used
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Plus Penalties
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Km/litre
Actual
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Km/litrer
Penalties
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Category A: 0 – 950cc Solo
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1.
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Johann van Blerck (Triumph Tiger)
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13.8
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14.8
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25.91
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24.16
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2.
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John v d Spuy (Triumph Tiger)
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18.38
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18.38
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19.46
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19.46
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3.
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Kevin Farrow (650 Vstrom)
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20.14
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20.14
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17.76
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17.76
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4.
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Annari Heyliger (Suzuki 650)
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17.36
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20.36
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20.6
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17.56
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5.
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Andre Heyliger (Honda VFR 800)
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20.04
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22.37
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17.84
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15.99
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Category B: 951 – 1400cc Solo
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1.
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Susan James (Suzuki 1000)
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16.36
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16.36
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21.86
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21.86
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2.
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Martin Smith (CBR 1000)
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18.95
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18.95
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18.87
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18.87
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3.
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Luderick Jacoby (BMW GSA 1200)
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19.41
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19.41
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18.42
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18.42
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4.
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Harry James (Blackbird)
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19.95
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19.95
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17.92
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17.92
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5.
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Willem Smith (Blackbird)
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20.0
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21.0
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17.88
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17.03
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6.
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Mark Pringle (BMW GSA 1200)
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22.6
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23.6
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15.82
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15.15
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7.
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Gordon Netherton (Kawa ZX14)
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21.84
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24.84
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16.37
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14.4
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8.
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James Poate (Suzuki SV 1000)
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24.97
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29.3
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14.32
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12.2
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9.
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Peter Goodacre (Kawa ZX14)
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28.42
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29.42
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12.58
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12.16
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Category P: Pillion
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1.
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Robert/Lizl Todd (BMW GS 1200)
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20.18
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20.18
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17.72
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17.72
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2.
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John/Lorraine Potter (Blackbird)
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25.7
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26.03
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13.91
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13.74
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3.
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Ray/Elaine Bergman (Aprilia 1000)
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22.38
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29.38
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15.98
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12.17
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4.
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James/Delrae Mayer (Blackbird)
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24.25
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30.91
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14.75
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11.57
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Country Members
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1.
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Rodney Reis (Triumph 850)
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20.3
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2.
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Dave Sinclair (HD 1130)
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19.2
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3.
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Annie Reis (4 wheels Tazz)
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18.9
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4.
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Jean/Suzette Pretorius (Roadstar 1700)
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16.9
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Penalties: 1 litre for every 3 minutes late at check points.
1/3 litre for every question answered incorrectly/not answered.
OVERALL WINNER: Johann van Blerck (Triumph Tiger) 24.16km/l
7 participants incurred NO Penalties.
Pieter/Annette Blignaut (1100 Shadow) First leg actual fuel 17.23 km/l/ – after penalties 13.07 km/l.