Exploring Africa on motorbike: Tough times for my bike

When the going gets tough, the tough get going, like Billy Ocean would say. Yesterday the situation on the road was not pinky. Solitaire to Walvis bay, 230 kms, all gravel road, bad gravel, no villages on the way, not even a petrol stations. The road was completelly empty, I overtook just one bus. I was fighting to overtake the bus as the road was ribbed like a hell and full of sand surprises. After around 100 kms I've finally got that feeling. I started driving faster and I was literally floating few cms above the ground, sometimes with speed up to 140 km/h but mostly between 105 and 110 km/h. It was one of that feelings when you say, that's why I live. Live to ride. Or better fly. :) But sometimes it was really hard to control the steering and the wheels as they were not synchronized all the time because of the sand. I had to stand up few times to prevent a fall.

Billy Ocean said in his song "Darlin', I'll climb any mountain. Darlin', I'll do anything.".. But would Billy really do anything? Would he drive his motorbike from Solitaire to Walvis bay for his Darlin'?? :) We will never know.