Naphezu kokungabi "i-whooping" yezobuchwepheshe bekuyimoto futhi isaqhubeka nokuba yimoto eguquguqukayo. Kungashiwo ukuthi iyimoto esebenza ngezinto eziningi, eyaqalwa izinjini ezimbili kanye nezinsimbi eziyisithupha, okwavumela i-UMM ukuthi ingene ngempumelelo ezindaweni ezihlukene iminyaka eminingana.
Iqala uhambo lwayo emakethe yezimoto, i-UMM idale amazinga amasha okusetshenziswa kwezimoto ezidonsa ngamasondo amane. Kusukela emqhudelwaneni neParis-Dakar edumile - lapho umfundi kazwelonke onesibindi enza khona umbono omuhle - ngokusebenzisa ngasese, uchwepheshe kanye nokusetshenziswa kwe-utilitarian, ekukhiqizeni izinjongo zempi, lapho naphezu kokuthi "endala" isasetshenziswa.
Bekunezigaba ezingenakubalwa lapho lesi silo samaPutukezi sasikhona eminyakeni ecishe ibe ngu-40 yokukhiqiza, kusukela ku-UMM Cournil yokuqala kuya enguqulweni yakamuva, i-UMM Alter.
Yebo, i-UMM inesibindi ngempela. Kulabo abangakaze bayishayele, yazini ukuthi lo mngane othembekile, naphezu kokubukeka njengenqola esontekile futhi engakhululekile njengosathane, uba umngane wethu omkhulu kulezo zigigaba eziyingozi...
Lena enye yalezo zimoto ofunda ukuzithanda futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi siyabona ukuthi ihlale iphendula kahle. Ithembeke ngokwedlulele, ayilokothi iphikiswe. Kungaba ekukhuphukeni kwesibindi, lapho kufanele ukubeke emgwaqeni ohamba kancane njengogandaganda (i-reducer), noma emgwaqweni wamakhilomitha - nakuba ihamba kancane futhi inomsindo, ihlale ifika lapho iya khona.
Kwesinye isikhathi “kujwayelekile” ukungabi na-gearbox, noma ube ne-gearshift esandleni. Yonke imithetho inezimo zayo, akunjalo? Akukho lutho olungeke luxazululwe uhambo oluya endaweni yokusebenzela yomngane. Abahlala nayo (njengami…) bayazi ukuthi okumele ukwenze ukufaka ibhawudi ku-gearbox futhi usuqedile. Singahamba enye «imoto» yamakhilomitha ngaphandle kwenkinga.
Yingakho i-UMM kuyimoto yezinganekwane futhi ngeke ilibaleke. Ukuguquguquka okwedlulele kungamandla ayo amakhulu. Sithemba ukuthi uphila iminyaka esebenzayo iminyaka eminingi futhi ende futhi ubani okufanele azigcine!
UMBHALO: U-André Pires (umthandi wezingoma zakudala nomnikazi ojabule we-UMM)