The Story of how Gaat Refused to Climb One Last Hill

So this fine Saturday passed A buddy of Gaat & BObbie arrives from Shanghai before latching on a flight to Cape Town. Gaat & BObbie decided to go see the man for a quick breakie.

Gaat: (excited) BOddy from Shanghai is here, let's do a breakie at the airport!!!

BObbie: (hungry) Stroight, we gonna drive all the way through or drive to Sandton and catch a Gau-way-over-charged-for-citizens-of-S.A.-and-a-ripoff-for-tourists-so-certain-fatcats-can-get-fat-meanshile-it-coould-have-been-a-solution-for-JHB-traffic-and-end-that-etoll (fine, fine, I won't start another rant thread)-bitching-session-train?

Gaat: (are you nuts) No fat boy, get on your bike, we riding to the airport.

BObbie: (turnign his back to the Gaat) B.O.

With some "persuasion" from the Lani though, Gaat had BObbie strapped on the bike and strapped on a new GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition camera on the bars to film the expedition.

The expedition started poorly, what with BOchanic using several pages of SMS chewning the Gaat why he can't have his Ducati. Forced onto his trusty Fuji mountie, the Gaat had a technical 4 seconds into the ride.

BObbie: (sarcastic) I thought ju look after ju equipment.

Gaat: (has had enough and hammering something on his front wheel) by my calculation in another 14 months I will service this bike, it's not due yet!!!

Anyway, after a few knocks, Gaat & BObbie went on their merry ways, up HP, a left turn onto the main road toward Johannesburg city center. 

(BOd note: As soon as we figure out what to do with the footage we will add it...)

The BOys followed main into the city and continues along Smith street ducking taxis, "license bought" drivers, sewerage and rubbish everywhere. Gaat felt right at home. pretty soon they are flying pass Cyrildene, or the China Town the China men can't keep it clean.

BObbie: (pleading) Let's get a rice roll?

Gaat: (again?!!!) NO!!! We eat at the airport!!!

It got so bad Gaat literally grabbed BObbie's handlebar to drag him across to Bedforview and then into Jetpark. With a few twist and turns the BOys landed on the finishing route of the Emperor's Classic. And the battery on the GoPro died.

(BObbie rant: Seriously, GoPro? That's with BObbie pausing several times!!! You don't have to make it thicker but a bit wider with a larger battery won't hurt?!!! An action camera that doesn't go more than 2 hours is just ridiculous!!! However, the video quality was simply amazing.)

No matter, BObbie still had an iPhone 5 (Lani insisted the use iPhone 5)...

After the BOys locked up their transport means...

They discovered that JHB Airport food is actually cheap comparing to other international Airports...

Oh well, BOddy form Shanghai needs to go to Cape Town, Gaat & BObbie needs to go home, Gaat knows a short cut (yep, it was actually longer...)!

Somehow, Gaat's short cut across the highway lands them in another industrial park and they came out exactly at, yep, Bedfordview. To punish the BObbie for eating his portion of ravioli/dumpling (depending on whether you asked the Gaat or the BObbie) the Gaat took BObbie up Sylvia's Pass, not cool!

But Gaatie forgets he's on a 14kg mountie and the BObbie is on a 7kg Italian made in Taiwan Sempre. Needless to say, Gaatie was bombed. No matter, after passing by Houghton and going into Greenside, the BOys landed at Trieste for gelati.

The gelati made BObbie feel all better and is pushing the pace home whilst the Gaat is labouring along, by the time they made it back at the foot of Clover Hill the Gaat announced something the BObbie never thought would happen.

Gaat: (trying to be a hero) You go up, don't worry about me, yes, go, go, I will be fine, I go to place where Dev1 can meet me. You go!

Rumour has it that Gaat had Dev1 picked him up where there is no Muggs...