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4 Editors Note

WELCOME TO THE MAY ISSUE

What a strange

month we

have just

lived through

and it’s not over yet. Yes

we had lockdown extended

by 2 weeks so making this an

unprecedented 5 weeks of

complete shut down for our

whole economy except for

some essential services.The

biking world which was at a

low point to start with got dealt

an even harder blow because

as it stands now, most can’t

open. This is going to be a very

dark time for our industry to

bounce back from. I have now

spoken to various role players

in our industry but predictions

of 2020 vs 2019 are all around

a 1/3 down and that’s a best

case scenario. I wonder what

the rest of the world is going

to look like and I’m afraid this

will be the final straw for a

few small businesses. Such a

pity as on a whole they form

a big part of our turnover and

sustenance. Maybe this is the

exact time for us to be pushing

smaller cheaper bikes to get

the whole country mobilised on

small motorbikes. Imagine that

we start looking like Thailand,

India or China. I can promise

you we’d be better off as an industry.

Traffic jams will subside

and general congestion on the

roads will ease. I will choose

independence over a taxi ride

every time and little scooters

are so convenient and effective

in traffic.

What this lock down has

given me is a lot of time. In a

unique way it’s given me time

which I never felt I had before

to spend with my family, and

with my mind, who I often neglect

and to ponder my life, my

lifestyle choices, my priorities

and I’ve also just turned 50 so

I imagine this line of thinking

will be with me forever,

thank God, because I like it.

It’s made me realise that my

family is my first and foremost

absolute number one priority.

Everything else after that gets

put into boxes of priority in a

distant second place and I need

to make time like this going

forward. Like a friend of mine

Coetzee Zietsman says, “after

this I will love more, be more

passionate about stories I tell,

laugh more, ride my bike like

it’s the last time and rest more,

less shopping, a simpler life

and no more chasing someone

else’s dream” and I can not

fault him on this at all.

So in this issue, we bring

you the Sun City launch of the

390 KTM, the Tuono World

launch, the Kawasaki Z650 first

SA ride and we do a massive

clothing feature with some of

our local models. We run an

interesting article on the men

behind the different biking

brands, give you feedback

about the Kuruman rally which

we attended in February, I test

drove a Suzuki Swift Sport with

four wheels and we have an

in depth interview with Aussie

Jack Miller. To end it all off, I

report on doing the CDBA with

Rika De Bruin on a KTM 790R

from KTM Cape Town.

‘Till next time, hope we get

out to ride our 2 wheel steeds

in this coming month.

Clinton Pienaar

MONTHLY

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CONTRIBUTORS

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Roland Brown

Mat Oxley

Wes Reyneke

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MONTHLY REGULARS

8 NEWS

18 SUPER STUFF

92 GRID GIRLS

FEATURES

40 KTM 390 ADVENTURE LAUNCH AT SUN CITY

46 MOTORCYCLE RIDER CLOTHING CATALOGUE

58 BMW SAFETY CARS AND MOTOGP HIT 20 YEARS

60 THE MEN BEHIND THE MARQUES

64 FABIO QUARTARARO CLOSE UP

66 DAVID JEFFRIES SENIOR TT 1999 YAMAHA R1

70 FANTIC CABALLERO 500 RALLY

80 RACING BIG PICS

86 MAT OXLEY INTERVIEWS JACK MILLER

92 CAPE DUAL BIKE ADVENTURE EVENT

102 KURUMAN CHARITY RUN 2020

108 SUZUKI SWIFT SPORT

120 SA MEC MAMABOLO MEETING

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8

NEWS

DUCATI

LEGO

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Style, sophistication, performance.

With breathtaking looks, this LEGO®

Technic 42107 Ducati Panigale

V4 R captures the spirit and design

of the original. It’s the first model

motorcycle in LEGO Technic history to include

a gearbox for exploring different speeds and

techniques. Other amazing features include

steering, front and rear suspension for realistic

movement, plus front and rear disc brakes.

Amazing details capture the spirit of Ducati

Ducati fans will appreciate the attention-to-detail

in this amazing motorcycle replica. A kickstand,

exhaust pipe, windshield and dashboard

add the little details that make this model toy

so true to the full-size version. And of course,

the classic red color scheme is sure to quicken

the pulse of any Ducati fan. Build and learn

with LEGO Technic model toys As part of the

LEGO Technic universe, this motorcycle model

kit provides an immersive and rewarding building

experience. With realistic features, it introduces

builders to the world of engineering, as

they discover how gear mechanisms work.

Check your nearest Lego store about availability

for order.

10

NEWS

PROPOSAL

MADE TO

HOLD TWO

GRANDS

PRIX AT

JEREZ

Andalusian government, Jerez council and

Dorna Sports will make a proposal to the

Spanish government to hold two MotoGP

events in July

The Regional Government

of Andalusia,

the City Council of

Jerez de la Frontera

and Dorna Sports have

agreed to make a proposal

to the Spanish government

that, if approved, would

see the Circuito de Jerez-Angel

Nieto hold two

MotoGP Grands Prix and

one WorldSBK round at the

end of July and the start of

August.

After an electronic

meeting this morning between

Juan Antonio Marín,

Vice President of the Regional

Government of Andalusia;

Mamen Sánchez Díaz, Mayor

of Jerez de la Frontera; and

Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of

Dorna Sports; the three

parties have agreed to make

a proposal to the Spanish

government to organise

two FIM MotoGP World

Championship Grands Prix

at the Circuito de Jerez-Angel

Nieto on the weekends

of the 19th and 26th of July,

respectively.

Also proposed is a

MOTUL FIM World Superbike

Championship round at the

venue, to be held on the 2nd

of August.

Once authorisation from

the Spanish government has

been given, the three events

will be proposed to the FIM

for inclusion on their respective

calendars. The first

MotoGP event would be the

Grand Prix of Spain, becoming

the season opener for

the MotoGP class, and the

second would be the Grand

Prix of Andalusia.

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MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY

RETURN TO WORK PROGRESS

PROGRESS BEING MADE WITH REGARD TO THE ISSUING OF THE “SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS” FOR THE SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES

In recent weeks, several Automotive

Associations and Bodies

have lobbied with the Department

of Trade and Industry for the activation

of the Automotive Sector

under level 4 Regulations. Very

specifically is clarification on the

“specific directions” for the sale

of motor vehicles. Expectations

were that industry would receive

the “specific directions” during

the course of Wednesday 6 May

2020.

We understand that this

matter is currently being addressed

by the Department and

will be finalised shortly, and that

some of the delay is attributable

to the high workload experienced

by DTI.

We therefore appeal to Motorcycle

Dealers to remain patient

and to not open their dealerships

for retail of motorcycles, until

such time as the “specific directions”

have been published.

We also understand that

the SAPS is fully aware of the

situation and has been inspecting

dealerships. Anyone found

contravening the Regulations i.e.

trading in motor vehicles without

the “specific directions” being in

place have either been ordered to

close, fined and / or both.

Issued by Arnold Olivier, National

Director, AMID

BMW MOTORRAD: 5 YEAR

WARRANTY FOR ALL HELMETS

Munich. The previous warranty period

of two years for BMW Motorrad

helmets will be extended to five years

retroactively from 1 January 2020.

This means that motorcyclists can

look forward to riding even more and

have to worry a little less about their

helmet and safety.

All helmets in the BMW Motorrad

product range, valid from the date

of purchase on 1 January 2020, will

therefore be covered by a contractual

warranty period of five years from now

on. Purchases made before this date

are still limited to a warranty period of

24 months. The warranty applies to all

helmets purchased from a participating

BMW Motorrad dealer.

The warranty covers material and

manufacturing defects of the product.

Installed BMW Motorrad communication

systems, in turn, are excluded

from the BMW Motorrad warranty

extension for helmets. This means

that the warranty expressly does not

apply if a defect or damage is caused

by improper handling, an accident

or the improper installation of the system

and accessories - even by third

parties. Scratches on the visor, sun

shield, helmet shell or plastic parts

are also not covered by the manufacturer’s

warranty.

12

NEWS

V-TWIN CHARACTER

A 1203cc V-twin engine housed in a black

trellis frame products 123 horsepower

and 87 ft-lbs of low-end torque to deliver

progressive power and response.

STAY CONNECTED

A high-visibility 4.3” customizable

Ride Command® LCD

touch screen with Bluetooth®

lets you easily pair your mobile

device.

INDIAN FTR

CARBON

RACE-INSPIRED STYLING

The rear swingarm design and

tank silhouette show its American

flat track heritage and inspiration

from the FTR750 race bike.

CARBON, AND MORE

CARBON

The FTR Carbon is dripping in

premium design details, like the

branded centre console plate.

AKRAPOVIČ EXHAUST

STANDARD

Heart-thumping style and sound,

standard on the FTR Carbon.

RED TRELLIS FRAME

Fully adjustable front and rear

piggy-back shock suspension

with preload, compression and

rebound inputs let you perfectly

tailor the bike to your riding style.

A MODE FOR EVERY

ROAD

Sport, Standard, and Rain modes

give you more customizability for

control in any condition. Because

once you head out, you’re bound

to be going for the long haul.

LIGHT YOUR WAY

Full LED lighting, including a new high

output headlight, provides great visibility

so you can see the road better.

14

NEWS

NORTON MOTORCYCLES GETS

BOUGHT BY TVS IN INDIA

Norton Motorcycles, one of the most famous

British motorbike brands, has been bought by

an Indian manufacturer in a £16m deal. The

Leicestershire firm went into administration in

January, putting about 100 jobs in jeopardy.

TVS Motor announced it had purchased the

“iconic” British brand on Friday and hopes to

revive and expand it. Founded in 1898, Norton

is one of the UK’s last remaining motorcycle

marques, best known for its role in motor

sport.

In a statement, TVS Motor’s joint managing

director Sudarshan Venu said: “This is a

momentous time for us. Norton is an iconic

British brand celebrated across the world and

presents us with an immense opportunity to

scale globally. “We will extend our full support

for Norton to regain its full glory in the international

motorcycle landscape.” He added they

would “work closely” with Norton’s employees

and customers and the company would “retain

its distinctive identity” while expanding into

new markets.

MOTOGP20 GAME OUT NOW!

MotoGP20 is out now, to give you

the definitive MotoGP experience

you ever had. For the first

time in the franchise’s history,

the game has been released almost two

months from its traditional release date,

to let you enjoy the new season sooner

than ever.

You can participate in the current

MotoGP Championship, racing against

MotoGP champions, or getting into the

boots of a young rider, working your way

up from the Moto3 to reach the topflight.

Take control of every step of the race

with the new Managerial Career that

will put you into a pro riders’ boots. Feel

the extreme realism in every brandnew

feature such as fuel management,

asymmetrical tires’ consumption and,

last but not least, aerodynamic damages

that will impact bike’s aesthetic and performances.

Discover the new historical

mode to collect the most iconic riders

and bikes and live the best online experience

thanks to the Dedicated Servers

for an improved multiplayer mode.

Get ready to race beyond your own

limits.

THE RIDE

OF THE

FUTURE,TODAY.

Smart dashboard, weather reports, news and

even a radar that tracks your riding mates, are

part of the futuristic smart instrument panel on

the new KYMCO AK550 maxi scooter.

Double front disks with brembo calipers

KYMCO Noodoe is a connected scooter

navigation experience that puts you, the rider,

at the center of everything! App available

on Google Play store and IOS app store.

R154 950 incl.VAT

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NEWS

RIDE THE

WORST BIKES

THROUGH

SOME OF THE

BEST PLACES IN

THE WORLD

The Monkey Run is an adventure that

takes the impractical brilliance of a

Monkey Bike and throws you headfirst

into some of the most demanding

stretches of road in Romania. This event

is held twice a year and is scheduled to take

place from 26 June to 4 July and 28 August

to 5 September.

This is a great trip because if you do enter

this event you get the following covered

in your entry.

The monkey bike; accommodation

at the start and finish line; a day of test

driving with an instructor to get you used to

the little bike; bike papers and insurance;

mechanical briefing and obviously the most

ridiculous adventure imaginable with like

minded people.

The Monkey Run Romania can even be

paid in installments in case you can’t pay for

this adventure in one payment. Click on this

news piece to view the video as well as to

take you to their website.

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18 Super Stuff

THE COBRA EXHAUST

The Cobra Exhaust range is German

manufactured, and the product

range have a great model support

with excellent warranties. To boost

the local introduction we are running

some nice specials that include

Cobra Slip-on exhaust system for

the BMW S1000RR, R 1200/1250GS

LC model range, as well for the KTM

1190/1290 Adventure model ranges

for sub R10,000, all in, delivered to

your front door with great sound,

great looks and most of the Cobra

systems comes with removable

sound inserts.

Contact for price

Contact Cobra Exhausts on 083 260 0302

R7,599.00

Contact shaun@parabolica.co.za

REGINA ENDURO ZSE RACE CHAIN

The new ZSE chains are the result

of an intense development process

made side by side with the best Enduro

Racing Teams, with the aim to deliver

the most efficient power transmission

from the engine to the wheel, limiting

friction while preserving the durability.

The result is the best light-running

chain available on the market today.

R1,350.00

Contact Auto Cycle Centre on

011 879 6000 for a dealer near you.

REV’IT! OFFTRACK

When you do not know where the road

will lead you next – paved or not – we

make sure you’re prepared for anything.

Introducing the Offtrack jacket. It’s a

lightweight, well-ventilated garment

with plenty of storage space. When the

temperature rises, the VCS ventilation

panels on the front can be opened to

optimize airflow to your upper body. If

the temperature drops, the detachable

thermal liner can be zipped back in

for added warmth. When the weather

turns for the worse, the detachable and

waterproof hydratex®|Mesh G-liner will

keep you dry.

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RED BULL LETRA BLOCK TEE

R625.00

Contact: KTM SA on 011 462 7796

for a dealer near you

HUSQVARNA PROGRESS WATCH

The Husqvarna Progress watch is built for the 24-hour lifestyle.

Fitted with a high-end genuine leather strap. The watch

is 5 ATM water resistant. The back case is made or stainless

steel and this is a very elegant time piece for anyone who loves

Husqvarna.

R2,125.00

Contact: Husqvarna SA on 011 462 7796 for a dealer near you

20 Super Stuff

JUST1 J34 DUAL SPORT HELMET

From race experience in the most challenging off-road

environments. The J34 is the perfect helmet for all

conditions, from travelling long distances to adventuring

off-road. It’s a combination of comfort and protection of

a full-face helmet with functionality, light weight, and air

ventilation typical of off-road helmets.

R2,675.00

Contact: Guts n Gas on 071 101

6146 or sales@gutsngas.co.za

OXFORD HAWKER GLOVES

Designed for all your summer adventures, this fun

leather glove offers quality, coolness and protection.

With accordion stretch panels on all the fingers for

flexibility, this though adventure glove protects with a

padded palm with super fabric slider, heat stamped TPU

protectors over the knuckles and TRP elements to the

tops of the fingers for added security.

R1,695.00

Contact: DMD on 011 792 7691 or

sales@dmd.co.za

TRIUMPH BEINN JACKET

The Triumph Beinn Jacket comes with three-layer technology,

for any kind of climate. The liner is extremely light and

space saving. Riders can also wear the inner liner separately

when off the bike.

R6,900.00

Contact Triumph SA on 011 444 4444.

MACHINE ART MOTO X-HEAD GUARDS

Machine Art Moto X-Head Guards are now available for

BMW 1200 GS and GSA LC model bikes. This product is the

class leading cylinder head protection for the vulnerable

magnesium cast cylinder. Cylinder head guards for BMW

Boxer engine bikes.

R3,500.00

Contact: Jacques at Evolution Motorcycles on 072 023 4455

22

Readers’ letters

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

ARE WE FINALLY

SEEING THE END?

Hi Clint,

I’m an avid follower of MotoGP, and even

WSBK for that matter, could you tell me

how they are planning on running the

points and when the first races will be?

Also, do you think Rossi will retire now

that he is not part of the official team?

Regards

Bjorn Oosthuizen

Hi Bjorn,

I’ve been following the MotoGP official

site every day now, it would seem as they,

together with us have been seeing which

way this world pandemic was going to

play out. It would seem that by end May a

final start date for MotoGP will be given

and that a few rounds might fall away

completely this year and that the championships

might run over fewer rounds. Remember

the WSBK guys have had round

of the Month

THE LETTER

OF THE MONTH

WINS A HJC

HELMET.

WINNING LETTER

one already at Phillip Island. So that

championship was looking as if it had

all the right ingredients to be a cracker

this year. So many bikes are on pace and

wait for will man Redding to find his feet

there, he is really fast and consistent.

On your Rossi question, I don’t blame

Yamaha for doing what they did, with

Marlboro money behind Ducati, they

were certainly going grab Quartararo

and would you not do the same, he is hot

property. And maybe even Repsol Honda

might have put a hand out, so yes, the

top teams need to look to the future and

Rossi most probably was called in before

the time and was part of the offer.

He has an offer from Yamaha

to run a full factory bike and

don’t be surprised to see

a VR46 MotoGP team

next year with one

of the younger

team members

riding along

side him in

MotoGP.

What

Rossi

Prize is based on

availability of models.

Pictures serve as

illustration only.

is doing at his age is beyond belief. I still

feel that if Marquez, as good as what he

is had to be racing against a young Rossi,

he might not stand on the top step at the

end of a championship. He’d win races

for sure but Rossi over his whole career

has been very consistent, a lot more than

what Marques has been.

For now we wait,

follow our Facebook

page or get

onto our news

letter to get

the news as it

breaks.

Cheerio

Clinton

Send your letters to

clinton@superbikemag.co.za

REVVING FOR

ATTENTION?

Hi Clinton,

I attended the Kuruman Rally

and love the event, however the

revving of bikes at their rev limiter

so much of the time surely

must damage the engines. Is this

so? And what happens should a

new bike’s engine fail because

of this kind of misuse, will the

manufacturer honour the claim?

Cheers

John Matijane

Hi John,

I was there this year and blimey, you right

the revving of bikes is quite a special

thing to behold. I’m not for it, but it’s a

rally culture that is not unique to SA. In

COVID-19

THOUGHTS

Hi Clint,

These are unprecedented times and it’s

given me lots of time to contemplate.

My thoughts... not yours, mine... I’m just

sharing...

Over the last weeks I have literally immersed

myself in researching & learning

about our present circumstances. I have

listened to and read the words of doctors,

nurses, politicians, so called conspiracy

crazies and self proclaimed social media

experts. It’s a never ending rabbit hole...

I do believe that this virus needs to be

taken seriously but I also think that many

of the measures we have been forced to

take are over the top and are infringing

upon our sovereign civil liberties.

In short, what I have learned is that

things are not what they seem... the

numbers and statistics don’t add up and

there seems to be a hidden agenda...

whether it’s cell phone tower related, an

economic manipulation, a vaccine agenda

or political tyranny, I’m not sure... but

there are too many discrepancies and

holes in the main stream narrative.

However... the gift that has been given to

us is the gift of time & self reflection.

Time with yourself is a fundamental

necessity for growth, for evolution, for

understanding!

France, for the 24 Hour endurance race,

the guys even take it up a level and put

V8 engines on pallets and rev them up

though the evening. So revving engines

is part of a rally culture. As far as the

engines go, they very seldom pack up,

even with terrible abuse but I’m not sure

if the longevity of the engine is done any

favours. Think about what is happening at

that moment the engine at peak revs realises

the man holding the throttle is not

Downtime with only you, with no distractions,

facilitates the unraveling of the

incessant thoughts ping ponging in your

head. It leads to the realization that you

are NOT your thoughts!

You are the observer of your thoughts.

You are an infinite, spiritual being enjoying

a human experience.

We are projectors... what is within us

manifests into our outward reality.

These realizations lead to self love

and self acceptance which leads to the

integration of your sense of self worth.

Understanding worthiness is understanding

life.

Obviously there are many situations in

our daily interactions and distractions

that can kick start our growth... All of

these are part of our education, BUT...

nothing will fast track your evolution

like uninterrupted, distraction free time

spent with yourself. If you want to amplify

this process, do it in a place where Mom

Nature is showing off.

Switch off... plug in... breathe.

If we can settle our inward turmoil perhaps

we can manifest a peaceful collective

reality..

Regards

Clint Cunningham from Clint & Co

Hi Clint,

Great hearing from you. For sure what

a unique situation we find ourselves in.

going to shut it off? The computer

jumps in and cuts spark, but only

for an instant, then ads full fuel

again because the throttle hand

is still on flat-out. That loading

and unloading must be hard on

that engine, but still, they seem

to last.

I have heard of some failures

and where claims have not been

honoured especially when abuse

can be proven. Nowadays with all

the videos going around, you get

away with very little.

Go to our Facebook page and look at beginning

February posts, I did a video right

smack bang in the middle of Kuruman

rally.

Come say hi next time

Cheerio

Clinton

23

I for one at the beginning of the lock

down was asking what happens after

lock down, it’s not as if it goes away, it’s

just prolonging the inevitable was my

thoughts.I think the right way would have

been to not lock down the economy but

rather kick into action a good plan to protect

and isolate our older population but

let the younger ones at least try and keep

the economy alive. I’m afraid a much

bigger problem than the virus seems to

be lurking at the door. It’s quite shocking

to see how many publishing houses and

magazines are not going to appear again.

I suppose for us the writing has been on

the wall for a long time and we have very

small overheads which make us more

resilient to events like this. Who knows

what lies ahead, for now this electronic

way of publishing is not new to us but it’s

forced us to up our game and include videos

and become more interactive. Even

our website is now new and upgraded for

this new way of doing business. Please go

check it out on www.superbikemag.co.za

and give mw your feedback.

On another point about your mail, I have

actually loved the slower pace and the

quality family time I have had. I have

made it count and one day I’ll even look

back at this time as a highlight with my

kids. It’s been a Wonderfull time for self

reflection and home chores.

Chat soon on a bike trip with the guitar

hopefully.

Cheers

Clinton

24 APRILIA KAWASAKI TUONO Z650V4 1100 FACTORY

2O2O

Z65O

Middle Weight Contender Has A Make Over and Gets Tech Savvy.

Article by Daniel Pienaar • Pics by Kawasaki Press

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The 2020 Kawasaki has turned heads

with its new and updated looks. The

Z650 stays true to its reliable 649cc

parallel twin motor but takes on a

newer and more modern look. The look

is clearly inspired by its big, more aggressive

brother the ZH2. Incorporating a new LED

head light as well as a taillight that resembles a

“Z” it could easily be mistaken when looking at the

bike from the front.

The Z650’s new paint jobs look amazing making

the bike more appealing to riders as there are

three various color options to choose from and admittedly,

they are all really good looking. The bike

we had on test, in my opinion, looks the best out of

the three color options. Other than looks the Z650

also got a new TFT dash. The dash is absolutely

beautiful and although you can’t customize what

you want it to look like, it does have all the information

you would want to be able to read while

riding. Another feature that the Z650 comes with

is the Bluetooth compatibility to the rider’s smart

phone. The reason Kawasaki have added this is to

allow riders to connect their bikes to Kawasaki’s

Rideology App.

If you have not heard of the Rideology App, it

is an application that can be downloaded on any

smart phone for free through the App stores. This

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APRILIA KAWASAKI TUONO Z650V4

1100 FACTORY

Dash Display

Sharp new styling, highlighted

by a new LED headlight and TFT

instrumentation, gives this 2nd

generation Z650 an even stronger

sugomi presence.

Curb Mass

188kg

Seat Height

790mm

Tank Capacity

15 litres

Power Output

50.2 kW (68 PS) @ 8,000rpm

64.0 Nm (6.5 kgƒ·m) @ 6,700rpm

app will track your trip information as well as

lean angle. Riders can even see if their bike’s

battery is charging. I find this extremely cool

as it comes with no extra charge other than

the data you would obviously use while the

app is actively recording your trip.

Moving on to the riding, the bikes power

comes in from 8000rpm and revs out to

10 500rpm, the way the bike makes the power

is a lot more manageable compared to the

Z900, making this bike a dream to commute

on. There are no riding modes on the Z650

nor does the bike have traction control, but I

found it really difficult to get the bike to break

traction on the rear. Another appealing factor

to this bike for the racers, is that this is the

motor that the Isle of Man light weight class

motors are based on.

The Z650 is definitely designed more for

in town riding rather than the open road

as it is a naked bike. The Z650 is

comfortable at speeds of 120kmph

while anything over 140kmph becomes

a little hectic in the wind.

The suspension on the bike

is not adjustable at all in the

front, however on the rear you

can adjust preload mechanically.

With this being said,

and please keep in mind I only

weigh 65kgs, the bike does dive

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a bit under hard braking but nothing

that isn’t predictable once you know

it’s there. As for the rear, the bike feels

solid and is comfortable to ride even

over some bumpy roads.

The seating position is comfortable

and the ergonomics on the bike are

easy to adapt to. The brakes on the Z650

were very impressive as they have an

exceptionally good feel to them. The

lever gets a lot of feed back from the

input being given, I find this extremely

important as it inspires confidence.

The bike is pretty low with a seat

height of 790mm, allowing the more

vertically challenged riders to come to

grips with this bike. The Z650 has also

increased the comfort for the pillion rider,

increasing the pillion seat width by

10mm and adding some more padding.

With the bike only weighing in at

188kgs it can be considered light making

handling a dream. The handling on

the Z650 is extremely precise, with the

bike not weighing much, having good

brakes and fairly good suspension, the

rider is able to throw the bike around

with ease. Kawasaki have hit the nail on

the head with this middle weight contender,

as the manufacturer has ticked

all the boxes as far as components go,

with regards to handling.

VERDICT

This bike inspires confidence and is

a pleasure to live with. It is modern

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30 APRILIA TUONO V4 1100 FACTORY

NAKED IS THE NEW

Black

Article by Roland Brown

This is shaping up to be the year of the hyper-naked bike.

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KTM’s revamped 1290 Super Duke R and Kawasaki’s

Z H2 have already joined the fray; Ducati’s Streetfighter

V4 and MV Agusta’s Brutale 1000 are set

to test riders’ neck muscles with their wind blown

riding positions and 200 bhp-plus outputs.

The battle for unfaired street supremacy is sure to be

vicious. It’ll be the Beast against the Brute; the aero-winged

Duke confronting the supercharged Zed. Also the newcomers

are going to have to bring something special to mount a

serious challenge to the hyper-naked prize-fighter that has

held a strong claim to dominance of the division ever since

the Tuono V4R thundered onto the scene in 2011.

That original, category-defining Tuono V4R, is at the back

of my mind as I apply a gentle squeeze to the front brake

lever of its latest descendant on a narrow country road. The

V4 1100 Factory responds by shedding speed with fierce yet


Full colour dash

Electronic suspension

Electronic suspension

Iconic front-end

wonderfully controllable power, then going

down a gear to second with a cough from its

quick-shifter’s auto-blipper, before tipping

into a tight right-hand turn in response to

minimal pressure on its near flat one-piece

handlebar.

The way the Factory slows, shifts and

turns is sublime; the result of levels of braking,

chassis design, gearbox technology and

electronics engineering that have brought

Aprilia’s unfaired flagship to a phenomenal

level. But it’s the way that the bike seems

to float over what is clearly a fairly bumpy

road that makes the biggest impression, and

seems a striking difference between this bike

and the yellow Tuono V4R that I’m used to

riding.

It’s unfair to compare my eight-year-old

Tuono to its modern Factory descendant. But

what’s most impressive of all about this current

version of Aprilia’s hyper-naked yardstick

is that even its most recent Factory forebear

would have felt relatively harsh on this road,

unable to match the almost magical way that

the latest model’s Öhlins semi-active suspension

seemed to flatten bumps while retaining

the poise of a genuine sit-up-and-beg sports

bike.

The fact that suspension should figure

prominently in my first impression of the

Tuono Factory is no surprise. Apart from

fresh paintwork and graphics, the switch from

conventional to semi-active Öhlins units is

the only change between the current model

and its predecessor, which was launched in

2017. The development has arguably been

a long time coming, given that BMW’s rival

S1000R offered semi-active suspension on its

introduction six years ago.

Then again, Aprilia has traditionally taken

a purist approach to equipping its V4s with

electronic features. The original Tuono V4R

had cutting edge traction control, but not ABS

brakes because Noale factory engineers felt

current systems weren’t up to the required

standard. Their policy on semi active was that

they’d use it only when it could match the lap

times of an identical bike with conventional

suspension. Following Öhlins’ introduction of

its Smart EC 2.0, as used by Ducati’s Panigale

V4 S and Yamaha’s R1M, that point has

apparently been reached, to the extent that

the RSV4 Factory has it too, and Aprilia claims

the system gives the Tuono a half-second

advantage around Mugello.

The decision to leave the rest of the

Tuono unchanged can’t have been especially

difficult, because a string of previous

updates had taken it to an outstanding level

of performance and refinement. That 2017

revamp was subtle yet comprehensive. The

1077cc, dohc 16-valve engine was internally

modified to reduce friction while leaving its

output to a maximum of 173 bhp at 11,000rpm

unchanged; the chassis kept its twin-spar

The decision to

leave the rest of the

Tuono unchanged

can’t have been

especially

difficult...

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alloy frame and swing-arm while gaining

lighter Öhlins forks and uprated brakes;

electronics upgrades included Bosch

cornering ABS.

The smartphone-like TFT display, surrounded

by warning lights inside a larger

panel behind the stubby screen, is among

the first things you see after climbing

aboard, along with the black handlebar

and the Smart EC wires poking from the

top of each Öhlins fork leg. Along with the

retained options for changing the display,

or functions including wheelie control,

the joystick on the left bar can be used to

choose between six suspension options,

three of them semi active.

Apart from offering that opportunity for

electronic tweaking, the Tuono felt fairly

normal at a standstill. Part of the Factory’s

charm, even with that racy aprilia graphic

running down its sides, is that it’s a fairly

conventional looking, half-faired machine

with near-flat bars giving a fairly upright

and roomy riding position. It’s compact,

light (at 209kg with a full tank) and not

particularly tall. With its normal ignition

key and a cable-operated clutch, it’s sort

of like an everyday motorcycle.

Then you start it up, and even with

the bulky standard silencer fitted the V4

burbles and rasps into life, gently reminding

you of its direct link to the works RSV4

missiles that won three World Superbike

titles. Almost from the moment that I

clicked into gear and set off, it was clear

that in every important aspect of performance,

on a scale of one to ten, the Factory

scores an absolute minimum of 11.

That magnificent 65 degree V4 engine

was undoubted star of the show; powerful,

effortlessly tractable and sublimely

controllable, in whichever of the three

riding modes was selected (via a press of

the starter button). It also contributed just

enough slightly offbeat vibration plus a

gorgeous soundtrack that seemed to start

with a deep moan that hit me in the guts,

rising in pitch as the revs increased until

it was a shriek delivered straight to the

heart.

Involving character at a sensible pace

is helpful on any bike that goes so fast so

effortlessly. Even when I was bumbling

through villages, trying to force myself

to respect the law on a bike whose near

instantaneous stopping ability can make

everyday restrictions seem almost bizarre,

the Tuono required only a quick throttle-blip

to contribute a Mugello pit lane

-like dash of aural excitement to the day.

This is no town bike, of course, and it

will roast your thighs if stuck in traffic on

a hot day. But I found the Tuono’s familiar,

slightly leant-forward riding position

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That magnificent 65 degree

V4 engine was undoubted

star of the show; powerful,

effortlessly tractable and

sublimely

controllable

comfortable and respectably roomy, despite

my long legs and the fairly high-set

footrests. And for a so-called naked bike

it offers a useful amount of wind protection.

The frame-mounted half-fairing

and low screen diverted breeze from my

chest with minimal turbulence, adding to

the Aprilia’s usability in less-than-warm

weather.

Throttle action can feel slightly abrupt

in town, but once you’re under way the

fueling is deliciously direct. The riding

modes are Sport, Track and Race; no

room for Touring or Rain in Tuono-speak.

All provide full power, the main difference

being an increased engine braking that

makes Sport slightly better suited on the

road. I ran with the traction control on


three or four of eight, leaving the lower

settings for the track and the higher ones

for the rain, when you’d also want the ABS

on the highest of its three settings.

Straight line performance, of course,

was thrillingly brutal when required,

sufficient to have me gripping the bars

tightly and pulling myself forward as the

world flashed past in an increasingly vivid

blur. The Aprilia’s acceleration was barely

checked as I clicked through the sweet box

with the aid of the flawless shifter (which

timed its change perfectly in each gear,

in marked contrast to my V4R’s one-way

shifter’s lazy lurch into top).

Among the Factory’s highlights was

its love of storming out of slower turns

with front wheel skimming the road. The

wheelie control would be helpful when

chasing lap times on track, but can be minimised

or turned off. A button on the left

bar allows fine-tuning of wheelie or cruise

control, depending on location or mood.

That rider friendly command of sophisticated

electronic functions has long been

a highlight of the Tuono’s power delivery,

and with Öhlins’ Smart EC 2.0 system it

makes a similarly impressive arrival in

the chassis. When using the suspension in

one of the three manual modes, there’s no

reason to think the Factory would handle

any differently to the previous model. The

options are M1, M2 and M3 for track, sport

and road. You can stick to the default settings

or adjust fork and shock compression

and rebound damping through 31 steps.

In M2 on standard settings the Factory

felt much as I recall its predecessor,

superbly agile and well-controlled. Its

stiff-beamed RSV4 heritage showed in the

way it steered so sweetly, seemingly hot

wired to my nervous system. Öhlins’ conventional

suspension has an ability to give

the best bikes a taut ride without feeling

excessively firm, and the Tuono definitely

fits into that category.

But switching to the semi-active settings

took ride quality to a new level. The

Tuono’s natural habitat is everything from

main-road curves and smooth-surfaced

roundabouts to cracked and rippled back

roads, with occasional urban drain covers

and sleeping policemen an unavoidable

part of the mix. And the way the semi-active

Factory managed to deliver pin-sharp

handling and a ride that could almost be

described as plush was remarkable.

Essentially the Smart system gives

the ability to have soft damping for much

of the time, such as when you’re riding at

a constant pace, or in a gentle curve or

in town, and to add firmness and control

almost instantly , to either the forks,

shock or both, when it’s wanted. It worked

superbly on its standard settings, with the

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You can stick

to the default

settings or adjust

fork and shock

compression and

rebound damping

through 31 steps

A2 sport combining firm and controllable

handling with a compliance that I don’t think

a conventional Öhlins shod bike would have

matched; and A3 smoothing the surface

even more without quite the same trackfirm

tautness.

The system can be as simple or complex

as you like. What Öhlins calls its Objective

Based Tuning interface (OBTi) gives the

option of going into each main setting to fine

tune the levels, by five digital clicks in each

direction. Both A2 and A3 can be tweaked

for front and rear firmness, brake support

and steering damping (the damper is also

wired-in). For circuit riding A1 adds a couple

more options, acceleration support and

mid-corner support, which would be fun to

experiment with on a track day.

But for typical riders, especially on the

road, the great thing about the Factory is

that it works so well just as it comes. The

only improvement I could suggest is the

ability to toggle between the main suspension

settings while moving, as many bikes

allow, but it’s really not an issue. Apart from

the added complexity and expense, I can’t

think of a drawback.

There are few flaws to the Tuono as a

whole, although some lingering niggles

should have been sorted by now. Steering

lock and pillion accommodation are as stingy

as you’d expect of a high barred super

sports bike that wears Pirelli’s track ready

Diablo Supercorsa rubber as standard.

No complaints there, but when BMW have

offered heated grips on even the S1000RR

for years, the fact that the Tuono has none

even as an accessory is disappointing. The

headlight’s high beam is feeble; the only

luggage offered is a tank-bag.

A few civilising features would make

the Tuono fun on longer trips and in worse

weather, but in this sector those omissions

aren’t major failings. The continued lack

of a fuel gauge is not ideal (apparently the

tank’s shape makes adding an accurate

one impossible). Hard riding gulps fuel

at 8 l/100km or worse, so the 18.5-litre

tank’s warning light can come on by 150km.

Provided you remember to zero the trip on

filling up, you won’t be surprised.

And if there’s ever been a bike to make

every fuel bill seem like a bargain, it’s this

addictive hyper-naked Aprilia. If my first

impression of the new Factory had been the

relative plushness of its ride, compared to

previous models, after getting to know it

better there is so much more that seems

memorable. The Tuono’s added suspension

sophistication merely adds a finishing polish

to a brilliant bike whose blend of performance,

chassis quality, usability and charisma

provides a street bike riding experience

that is rarely short of mind blowing.


Tuono V4 1100 RR

The Tuono Factory’s RR sibling

shares the same 173bhp

V4 engine but has Sachs

suspension and steering

damper, and Brembo’s M4.32

front calipers instead of M50s.

It also has a normal dual seat

instead of an RSV4 style tailpiece

with clip on pillion pad,

and comes with Pirelli’s Diablo

Rosso III rubber, the rear a

190/55 instead of 200/55. The

RR is still a fast and classy

naked superbike, and at

roughly 20 per cent less than

the Factory it’s excellent value

for money.

Fuel capacity

18.5L

Seat height

825mm

Front suspension

43mm Öhlins upside-down

telescopic

fork, 120mm travel,

manually adjustable

preload, Smart EC 2.0

control of compression

and rebound damping

Rear suspension

Öhlins monoshock,

130mm wheel travel,

manually adjustable

preload, Smart EC 2.0

control of compression

and rebound damping

Rear brake

Twin-piston Brembo

caliper, 220mm disc

with cornering ABS

Engine type

Liquid-cooled

65-degree V4

Power

173bhp @ 11,000rpm

121Nm @ 9000rpm

Front brake

2, four-piston Brembo

M50 radial Monobloc

calipers, 330mm discs

with cornering ABS

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A LESSON IN TUONO V4 HISTORY

2011 TUONO V4R

Launched with mildly detuned 999cc, 167bhp V4 engine

from the RSV4, a subtly revised chassis and optional

APRC (Aprilia Performance Ride Control) electronics.

2014 TUONO V4R ABS

Features not only anti-lock for its new Brembo Monobloc

calipers, but tweaked 170bhp engine, bigger 18.5litre

tank, softer seat and updated traction control.

2015 TUONO V4 1100

Engine is bored to 1,077cc to give

173bhp, plus steeper steering geometry

and longer swing-arm. The RR model

has Sachs springs; new Factory gets

Öhlins.

2015

TUONO V4 1100 RR

It gains updated electronics

with a two-way shifter, TFT

display and cornering ABS.

The Factory also gets lighter

Öhlins forks and an RSV4 style

tailpiece.

40 KTM 390 Adventure

KTM 390

ADVENTURE

SA LAUNCH

Best value for money adventure bike out there.

Article by Clinton Pienaar • Pics by ZCMC

And we are including all of them, big

and small. Yes the nay-sayers will for

sure have a mouth-full to say about

capacity and coming from India but

on both counts they will be wrong.

Truthfully, before I even got onto the bike, being

a little sceptical as I can be, I was hoping that

this was not going to be a Bajaj motorcycle with

orange clothes and a KTM badge, and I’m very

happy to report, this is a true full blooded little

KTM. It’s a proper little motorbike with all the

bells and whistles. It’s actually quite a bike.

ENGINE AND ELECTRONICS:

Let’s start with the engine, it had an excellent

base to start with, the 390 Duke is arguably the

best little naked out there and with the peppy

373cc engine which in the 300 class, offers

about a 30% capacity increase on anything else

out there, so it already starts with an advantage

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before it even starts up. The engine is the

same 32kW (43 hp) with 37 Nm of torque

and that alone makes it feel like a small

little big bike opposed to a big small

bike if I’m making any sense? It’s like a

smaller version of the bigger bike. Technically

speaking the engine is a 373cc

single with twin overhead camshafts, four

valves and electronic fuel injection and

together with a balancer shaft, delivers

a high level of smoothness. Because all

the moving parts are smaller it’s uncanny

how smooth it really is. The engine is

also controlled via EMS/ Ride by Wire and

incorporates a slipper clutch for down

shifts. You can also order a bike with an

additional quick shift up and down and I’d

like that option, but on purchase you will

have to tick that extra box. The exhaust

has stainless headers and then goes into

a slip-on aluminium covered silencer. Two

catalytic converters are integrated in the

header pipes making it Euro 4 compliant.

Cornering Traction Control is fitted

standard.

CHASSIS:

It is a typical KTM trellis frame and has a

wheel base of 1430mm and a 63.5 degree

steering head angle. It has a seat height

of 855 mm which might seem a fraction

on the higher side but with a narrow seat

and the lack of weight, some of the shorter

riders we had with us said that the

855mm was no problem. There is a higher

and lower seat available. For me, being

6ft 2inc tall, I’d opt for the higher seat.

KTM through their power parts catalogue

will have a lowering kit available which

will make the bike 25mm lower, added to

a lower seat it will reduce the total height

by almost 50mm.

Franziska Brandl, MD of KTM South Africa

Dakar lady, Kirsten Landman chatting

to Dakar legend, Alfie Cox

Alfie Cox and Louwrens Mahoney

enjoying the mud

WHEELS AND BRAKES:

Wheels are standard cast wheels, but

spoke rims with tubes will be available

through power parts. Honestly, for the

weight of the bike and let’s face it that

is the enemy off road, the cast rims are

100% for light, even medium off road

riding. If you going to go hard off road

then just approach those obstacles with a

little more care. KTM obviously did this as

a cost saving exercise and for 99% of all

applications I’d rate it good to go.

Braking up front is done with a single

320mm disc and rear with a 230mm disc.

Interestingly, cornering ABS made by

BOSCH is now standard and a first on

a small bike, also you have an off road

setting which disengages ABS at the rear

and gives the front different parameters

to work with. I played with this a lot

seeing if I could find a flaw in the system

but honestly, in an emergency braking

situation on dirt, I can’t see how you’d

brake faster than the electronic brain,

it intuitively brakes right to the limit. I

wish I could report back that I tried the

cornering ABS on the tar but I’m just

going to have to take their word for it and

hopefully only test it one day in a true

emergency. It is nice to know it’s there

though.

SUSPENSION:

WP Apex 43mm upside down forks are

for sure best in class, they feature a

spring in either side but compression

damping is done with the left leg while

rebound is done on the right leg and both

are easily adjusted on top of the fork leg,

even while on the move. In front it has

170mm travel: At the rear it has a WP

Apex shock which has 177mm of travel,

it too has adjustable spring preload and

rebound damping settings.

Ergonomics and riding position

and hardware:

Typical straight up adventure position

with tapered aluminium handle bars and

just like on the bigger brothers, the TFT

dash gets driven from the left hand with

switchgear.Important to note that this is

an upgrade from the 390 Duke and all the

functions that can be manually set on the

bike can also be downloaded from your

smart phone via blue tooth. This is the

way of the future and will appease the

younger audience I’m sure.

Lady Journalist, Skinny van Schalkwyk

out on the course

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The standard 390 screen is small and at

120km/h it’s fine; it even has two height settings.

However for long touring riding, the

790 screen will just bolt straight onto this

bike which will give more than ample protection

from the elements. Footrests have a

a rubber insert but that can easily be taken

off for off road riding. As mentioned the seat

can be replaced with a lower one or higher

one for that matter and you can lower the

whole bike by 25mm with a lowering kit. LED

lights are used all round the bike even in the

indicators, again a welcome addition to an

entry level bike. Interesting fact, 160 power

parts are available for the 390 already.

LUGGAGE:

Again we refer you back to power parts.

From small to big rear strap on soft luggage

panniers to a big roll bag for long trips, you

truly can venture on a long trip.

SO WHAT’S IT LIKE TO RIDE ON

ROAD?

Well from the outset I was looking for chinks

in the armour, but even at our high altitude,

I have to tell you there was more power than

what I expected. Even the roll on is quite acceptable.

I’m fairly tall and I was very comfortable.

Of course we were flat out quite

soon and I achieved 173km/h on the speedo

representing something from the Bonneville

salt lakes the way I tucked in. But seriously,

this bike could run all day at 135/140km/h

and with ease. Yes you are revving the little

motor but as soon as you realise that this is

a little single and it needs to rev, you quickly

get used to it. Also, it does not feel like you

are killing it at that speed. Let’s face it we

live in SA with our open roads and that is my

one criticism of the 300cc bikes, at anything

over 120 you feel like you are labouring the

little engines. This one takes it in its stride.

Also again speaking power, this bike actually

had enough power for some wheelies,

albeit not very long ones but I got a few

right. Alfie Cox again showed me the I’m but

a measly amateur. He did stand up wheelies

on the foot pegs and even standing on the

seat. When is he going to grow up?

WHATS IT LIKE OFF ROAD?

Louwrens took us on a nice loop with the

ADA guys, at first hard packed dirt roads

and then afterwards thick sand and with no

adjustment of the tyre pressures which at

first I though was a mistake. But again, with

the loss of weight compared to big heavy

adventure bikes, sand becomes a non issue.

Even once on a technical mountain bike

track later on the lack of weight again shone

through. The cornering TC which I almost

felt was not necessary will give peace of

mind to new riders and it’s easy enough to

switch off. Actually I’m lying, KTM being KTM

Alfie Cox showing the potential

of the little 390

Both Orange and White colours will be available

It’s pretty good on the road

should make it easier without having

to go through the whole TC menu. The

braking off road is next level, seriously

99% of the world will not brake better

than the electronic brain. Brain dead,

pull the lever to the bar and let the bike

do the rest. It’s seriously good.

IN SUMMARY:

Who is going to buy a bike like this? Well

I’m going to go for 3 typical people who

I think this bike will appeal to. First off

the ladies who want to ride their own

bike when they go on trip with their

husbands. This bike will tag along very

nicely and again I’ll mention the lack

of weight, because of the lack of hours

which many times fits these ladies,

this light weight bike will make it a very

Daniel Pienaar merging

from the dust

pleasant experience: It takes the intimidation

out of it. Also the knowledge

of the electronic safety back up gives

peace of mind should you make a mistake

or get into an emergency situation.

Problem is, and this brings me to my

second group of riders, youngsters (read

children of these same woman) will love

this entry into adventure biking. With a

targeted price of around R85000 this is a

lot of bike for the money and this brings

me to my third group. Older retirees who

even find a 790 a little heavy and intimidating,

trust me Sir, don’t sniff at the

390 badge, you might find that it is the

perfect fit. Also with the 14,5 litre tank

which easily gives over 400kms range, it

is actually a small big bike opposed to a

big small bike.

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60 The names behind your bike

THE MEN

BEHIND THE

MARQUES

Do you ever wonder

about the badge

on your bike’s fuel

tank and how it

came about? Was

there a real-life

Mr Yamaha, Mr

Kawasaki, Mr Harley

and Mr Davidson?

Who were the men

behind the most

legendary names

in motorcycling

and how did they

end up making

bikes? SuperBike

investigates the men

behind the marques...

Words: Stuart Barker

BMW

Banned from making

aeroplanes? Best switch

to making bikes, then

If it hadn’t been for the Versailles

Armistice Treaty following World

War I, Ewan and Charley would

have had to do their globe-trotting

on another make of bike. It was

the terms of the post-war treaty

that forbade BMW (Bayerische

Motoren Werke or Bavarian Motor

Works to you and me) to make any

more aircraft engines, forcing the

firm to consider branching out into

motorcycle production.

BMW was created in 1916

by the merging of two existing

aircraft engine-producing

companies, BFW (Bayerische

Flugzeug Werke) and Rapp, and

following the restrictions imposed

by the treaty, the firm started

making motorcycle engines for

various German manufacturers

including Victoria and Bison.

By 1923, BMW had built its first

complete motorcycle, the 500cc

R23 horizontal twin, which was the

creation of aircraft designer Max

Friz who grudgingly completed

the job despite his heart lying in

aircraft engines. The bike set many

trends that the firm still follows

today, most notably the ‘flat-twin’

‘boxer’ engine configuration which

was actually based on the Britishbuilt

Douglas twin of the time.

BMW’s roots in aircraft

manufacture are supposedly

reflected in its famous logo which,

some say, depicts a spinning

propeller against a blue sky. But

the company itself claims the

blue and white emblem simply

represents the colours of the free

state of Bavaria. Whatever the

case, when war broke out again in

1939, BMW once again turned its

hand to making aircraft engines,

this time for the Luftwaffe,

including the 003 engine for

the world’s first jet fighter, the

Messerschmitt ME262.

BSA

Founded by 14 gunmen

BSA stands for Birmingham

Small Arms Company. The firm

that would eventually become the

largest motorcycle manufacturer

in the world (in the days before

Honda) was founded by 14

gunsmiths of the Birmingham

Small Arms Trade Association.

Sounding more like a New York

gangland address, the fledgling

firm established itself in the Gun

Quarter of Birmingham in 1861.

With the decline in the gun

trade that followed the end of

the Crimean War, the disgruntled

gunsmiths were forced to branch

out and try their hand at building

bicycles in the 1870s, before

experimenting with powered twowheelers

in 1903. The first full

prototype BSA was completed in

1907 – the same year the first Isle of

Man TT race was held – and the firm

sold 150 units the following year.

But the guns weren’t quite

finished with. The outbreak of two

World Wars saw BSA return to

weapons manufacturing and, during

WWII alone, the firm made over one

million Lee-Enfield rifles and half a

million Browning machine guns, as

well as supplying 126,000 bikes to

the army.

In 1951, after the guns had

finally fallen silent, BSA bought

Triumph motorcycles to become the

largest motorcycle manufacturer in

the world, but the emblem on the

fuel tank, and on a million Rockers’

belt buckles, betrays the fact that

this most iconic brand started out

life as an arms dealer.

DUCATI

Bombed out of existence

and rebuilt on the Pope’s

cash

Three Ducatis in one household

seems excessive but that’s how it

was in 1926. They were brothers,

not bikes, sitting round the dinner

61

Adriano, Marcello, and Bruno Ducati’s first business was making capacitors,

vacuum tubes, condensers and other radio components through their Bolognabased

company

table in Bologna dreaming up plans

for world domination – though

those plans didn’t include 13 World

Superbike titles.

Adriano, Marcello, and

Bruno Ducati’s first business

was making capacitors, vacuum

tubes, condensers and other

radio components through

their Bologna-based company

Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti

Ducati. Because of the obvious

implications for the Italian/German

war effort, the Ducati factory

was repeatedly bombed by allied

forces during World War II and the

plant was eventually flattened by

bombing in 1945. After the war

the firm went bankrupt but was

saved by a joint government and

Vatican consortium and started

making cameras, electric shavers,

fridges, juke boxes and, for the

first time, bikes. “At the end of

WWII, a lawyer and motoring

enthusiast Aldo Farinelli set up the

SIATA factory in Turin to produce

a patented light engine known as

the Cucciolo (Italian for puppy)”

Bruno Ducati explained in 1997.

SIATA did not have the capacity to

meet demand for its engines so

the Ducati family purchased the

production machinery and started

making the Cucciolo 48cc at its

Cameri foundry. The Cucciolo was

an overwhelming success and

over 100,000 were sold worldwide.

The Cucciolo story is studded with

success. Someone even composed

a song in its honour, which goes

like this: “The engine might be

small but it beats like my heart...”

From being almost bombed

out of existence, Ducati went

on to produce some of the most

desirable motorcycles in the world

as well as taking 13 WSB riders’

titles and the 2007 MotoGP crown

with Casey Stoner.

GILERA

Founded in 1909

Giuseppe Gilera started

out building bicycles for

the Italian military in

World War I.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON

The Scouser and the

Scotsman

Harley-Davidson may be one of

the great American brands but the

company was actually founded by

the respective sons of a Scouser

and a Scotsman. William S. Harley

was born in 1880 to an immigrant

from the Liverpool area and his

childhood friend and future cofounder,

Arthur Davidson, was

the son of an immigrant from

Aberdeen.

William and Arthur’s first

creation, a 400cc (25ci) singlecylinder

engine bolted into a

modified bicycle frame, was built

in 1902 in a shed in the Davidson

family’s back yard. Since Arthur

had contributed most to the

design of the 1.5hp engine, he was

granted the honour of having his

name listed before Davidson’s and

once the name order was decided

upon (let’s face it, Davidson-

Harley sounds shite anyway),

Arthur had his aunt Janet paint

those very words on the fuel

tank of the world’s first Harley-

Davidson, and a legend was born.

The first Harley-Davidson was

reliable but so underpowered

it couldn’t even make it up

Milwaukee’s modest hills without

the use of pedals. By 1907, the

pair designed their first V-twin

and, 103 years later, it’s still the

company’s favoured configuration.

But H-D has at least dropped

the generic name given to its

early models – the ‘Silent Grey

Fellows’. The nickname referred

to the fact that the bikes featured

efficient mufflers, were all painted

in a drab grey colour, and were a

‘fellow’ you could trust – a true

companion of the road.

62 The names behind your bike

HONDA

Soichiro Honda – the

‘black-nose weasel’

KAWASAKI

Samurai connections

saved a sinking ship

SUZUKI

From weaving looms to

motorcycles

For the first 30 years of his career, Michio Suzuki (above) designed, built

and sold weaving looms to cater for Japan’s massive silk trade. He would

have been a successful and wealthy man even if he’d never thought about

building motorcycles. Born in the tiny seaside village of Hamamatsu in

1887, Suzuki apprenticed as a carpenter and, at the age of 22, designed a

complex and hugely effective wooden loom for weaving thread into textiles.

In 1909 he founded the Suzuki Loom Works and, by 1920, had established the

Suzuki Loom Manufacturing Company. Following the decline of the weaving

industry in Japan, Michio attempted to diversify into the car market and, by

1939, had built several prototypes and held talks about building the Austin

Seven under licence in Japan, but the outbreak of war interrupted his plans.

After manufacturing ammunition during WWII, Michio recognised the need

for cheap, reliable transport and hit upon the idea of building engines that

could be clipped onto bicycles. In 1952 Suzuki launched the ‘Power-Free’,

a 36cc two-stroke-powered bike that featured a unique double-sprocket

gear system which allowed the rider to use pedals only, pedals with engine

assistance, or the engine on its own.

In 1954 Suzuki built its first proper motorcycle, the 90cc four-stroke,

single-cylinder Colleda. By the following year, it was producing 6,000

motorcycles per month and Michio changed his company’s name to the

Suzuki Motor Co. Ltd. He lived to a ripe old age and, when he died in 1982,

his RG500 was still the bike to beat in 500cc Grand Prix racing, having taken

back-to-back titles with Marco Lucchinelli and Franco Uncini.

Suzuki’s early GSX-R

prototype, before

they re-hired the chief

designer

Born in 1906, the eldest son of

a humble village blacksmith,

Soichiro Honda didn’t do too badly

for himself in the end. Fascinated

by all things mechanical from an

early age, Soichiro earned the

nickname ‘black-nose weasel’ at

school, as he always turned up

with a mucky face from helping

his father in the forge.

Apprenticing as a car

mechanic, Soichiro later opened

his own garage and raced cars

until a bad accident curtailed

his driving ambitions. During

the war, he made aircraft

propellers, before opening the

Honda Technical Research

Institute which, despite its grandsounding

name, was based in a

small wooden shed on a levelled

bomb site on the outskirts

of Hamamatsu. Soichiro’s

discovery of a stash of 500 warsurplus

engines was to change

motorcycling history. Honda

Motor Co. Ltd was established in

1946 and, by 1948, was designing

and producing its own bikes.

Soichiro would live to see his

company become the largest

producer of motorcycles in the

world before he died from liver

failure in 1991.

HUSQVARNA

Guns or motorcycle

department, sir?

Founded in 1689, Husqvarna was

originally a military manufacturer

making muskets for the Swedish

army before splitting into various

companies, one of which now

makes off-road motorcycles.

Other branches include

Husqvarna Sewing Machines

and Husqvarna AB which makes

chainsaws, though Husqvarna

Vapenfabriks Aktiebolag – the

part of the company that made

firearms – was eventually sold

in 1960. The name comes from

the town of Husqvarna near lake

Vättern in Sweden. Husqvarna

Motorcycles was sold to BMW

in 2007 for a reported 93 million

euros.

The ship business started by Shozo

Kawasaki in the 1860s floundered

when one of his ships sank, forcing

the young businessman to seek

alternative employment.

In 1869 he started work

for a sugar handling company

established by a Samurai from his

home town of Kagoshima. This was

during the time of Shogun Rule

when the Samurai code of ‘Bushido’

still held sway, and it’s likely that

Kawasaki was heavily influenced by

its morals.

By 1878 he was back in the

shipbuilding industry and founded

the Kawasaki Tsukiji Shipyard

in Tokyo. Kawasaki’s company

would go on to build Japan’s first

submarine in 1906, as well as the

country’s first all-metal aeroplane.

It also built trains and ships under

various sub-companies including

Kawasaki Dockyard, Kawasaki

Rolling Stock and Kawasaki Aircraft.

1962

Launch of the first

Kawasaki badged

motorcycle, the

125cc B8

During World War II, Kawasaki

contributed to the Japanese war

effort by building some of the best

fighter aircraft the country had ever

produced, including the Ki-100 and

Ki-61. In 1969, all the companies

were merged into Kawasaki Heavy

Industries Ltd and in the same year

unveiled Japan’s first industrial

robot.

In fact, Kawasaki was so

successful in so many spheres that

it only started selling motorcycles in

1962, much later than its Japanese

rivals, and to this day bikes only

form a very small part of what

is a massive organisation. The

development of its first engine – a

148cc, single-cylinder four-stroke

– was actually carried out in 1949

by aero engineers of the Kawasaki

Aircraft company, and the firm’s

first full bike was produced under

the name Meihatsu in 1954. By

1960, Kawasaki had built its first

factory specifically for producing

motorcycles and in 1962 launched

the first Kawasaki-badged

motorcycle, the 125cc B8.

Sadly, Shozo Kawasaki, friend

to the Samurai, never lived to see

a motorcycle bearing his name. He

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MOTO GUZZI

Conceived by two Italian

Air Corps pilots

died in 1912.

It was Carlo Guzzi and Giovanni

Ravelli, along with their

mechanic, during World War

I who started the company.

Ravelli was killed in a plane

crash just after the war and is

commemorated by Guzzi’s now

famous wings logo.

MV AGUSTA

The first MV was a Vespa

The legendary Italian brand was

born out of World War I when

Sicilian aristocrat Count Giovanni

Agusta enrolled in the Italian

First Aviation Battalion, operating

out of Malpensa. After the

war, he started manufacturing

aeroplanes out of the same base

but, when he died in 1927, his

son Domenico took the company

in a new direction. As it became

more likely that Germany was

going to lose the war, Domenico

recognised the need for a cheap

post-war form of transport and

hit on the idea of manufacturing

small, economical motorcycles.

By 1943, designs for the firm’s

first bike were well underway

but when the Germans occupied

Agusta’s factory, they had to be

hidden away. Only by mid-1944 was

it deemed safe to continue and on

February 12th 1945, Domenico

set up a limited company called

Meccanica Verghera and soon

afterwards unveiled his first bike –

the Vespa 98. Learning that Piaggio

had already registered the name

(it’s Italian for ‘wasp’) for a scooter

that would become an icon in its

own right, Domenico was forced to

change the name of his first bike

to the rather duller-sounding MV

98. Only when the family surname

was added to the acronym for

Meccanica Verghera, was the

legendary MV Agusta brand born.

TRIUMPH

Founded by two German

immigrants

This most iconic of British brands

was actually founded by two

German immigrants, Siegfried

Bettmann and Mauritz Schulte,

the latter having worked for

Torakusa Yamaha started his business repairing reed

organs in 1887 and sadly never lived to see his name

adorning the side of a motorcycle

Hildebrand & Wolfmüller, the

firm generally accredited with

making the first mass-produced

motorcycle in 1894. Bettmann

and Schulte started out building

bicycles in 1897 but by 1902 had

produced their first motorcycle

using a Minerva engine. Two years

later came the first all-Britishbuilt

Triumph using a 293cc JAP

engine.

YAMAHA

Mr Yamaha never

lived to see a Yamaha

motorcycle

Drinkers in Victorian Britain could

have met down the boozer and

discussed their latest Yamahas,

though they wouldn’t have been

debating the relative merits

of EXUP valves or cross-plane

cranks. In 1892, they would have

been talking about the 80 Yamaha

organs that had been imported

into the UK that year. Torakusa

Yamaha started his business

repairing reed organs in 1887 and

sadly never lived to see his name

adorning the side of a motorcycle.

He died in 1916, some 38 years

before the company he founded

starting producing them.

That company was originally

called the Nippon Gakki Company

Limited and its heritage as a

musical instrument producer is

still reflected in the iconic Yamaha

badge which features three

interlocking tuning forks. It wasn’t

until 1959, with the success of

the firm’s first motorcycle – the

125cc single-cylinder YA-1 – that

the Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd was

established. Yamaha’s early

expertise in making bikes was

learned from extensive research

into alloys for use in pianos.

So next time you throw a leg

over your Yamaha, spare a thought

for Torakusa San who never got

to enjoy the same experience,

even though he made it possible

for you.

MotoGp focus

FABIO QUARTARARO

Yamaha Factory team manager Massimo Meregalli

insists all agreements made with Fabio Quartararo

for the 2021 MotoGP World Championship season

will stand even if the 2020 season doesn’t go ahead.


66 APRILIA THROWBACK TUONO TO V4 1999 1100 FACTORY

Photos: Mac McDiarmid

CLASSIC RACER TESTS DAVID JEFFERIES’ 1999

V&M YAMAHA YZF-R1

67

Back in 1999, we were still reeling from the shock

of riding Yamaha’s new R1 in stock form. Imagine

how Roland Brown felt riding

Dave Jefferies’ TT-winning

race version...

Computerised bike racing games

were pretty poor back in 1999 but

riding David Jefferies’ TT-winning

V&M R1 at an open track day at

Croft in Yorkshire was like being in

the ultimate PlayStation fantasy —

complete with knee-scraping cornering, massive

braking force and enough acceleration to rip my

arms out of their sockets.

No wonder the Yamaha swallowed the field

of near-stock streetbikes like a hungry shark

hoovering up a shoal of minnows. This R1 was

one of the fastest, most successful bikes on the

planet, having taken Jefferies to victory in the

Senior and F1 races on the Island, plus wins at

the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix.

What some of the slower riders must have

thought as this outrageous bike bulleted past

them in a monowheeling red-and-yellow blur

I can’t imagine. I had no time to worry as I

struggled to keep the R1 pointing in the right

direction, and line it up for a next bend that was

never more than a few frantic moments away.

HAT TRICK

Jefferies, the cheery Yorkshireman who died

in a TT practice crash ten years ago this May,

had enjoyed a stunningly successful season,

capped by a TT hat-trick that also included the

Production race on a stock R1. In the Senior and

F1 he’d had to beat Honda NSRV500 two-strokes

and factory RC45s ridden by the likes of TT

veterans Joey Dunlop and Jim Moodie.

The story would have been David against

Goliath stuff, were it not for one thing: his

Manchester-built missile was faster than the

factory superbikes. With a rear wheel max of

175.8bhp (a stock R1 made 133bhp on the same

dyno), the Yamaha was more powerful than any

bike on that year’s World Superbike grid.

V&M’s engine guru Steve Mellor

had tuned the 998cc, 20-valve motor

with the firm’s own cams, a ported

and skimmed head, reshaped

combustion chambers, modified

and balanced pistons, racing valve

springs, lightened crank and Falicon rods.

Modified ignition, billet clutch basket, Keihin

CV carbs (remember them?) and a titanium

Akrapovic contributed to the fury. The R1 was

still accelerating when speed-trapped at 189mph

at the North West 200.

When V&M’s Jack Valentine wheeled out the

Yam for my ride at Croft it looked every inch a

racebike after a hard season on the roads. Its

fairing was chipped from flying stones; a piece of

68 APRILIA THROWBACK TUONO TO V4 1999 1100 FACTORY

“I AT LEAST HAD SOME IDEA OF WHAT A RIDER AS QUICK

AND BRAVE AS JEFFERIES WAS DEALING WITH AS HE

PUSHED IT TO ITS LIMITS.”

red duct tape hung loose under the fairing. The

R1 was wearing No.3 plates, just as DJ had at the

TT

Ȧ bike this fast and light (at 170kg, it was 7kg

down on standard) was bound to be a handful at

nadgery Croft. On the back straight — a gentle

left-hand curve on this brute — it stormed past

several bikes every lap while I desperately tried

to hold onto the bars, keep it on the track and

focus on a braking marker for the next righthander.

175.8bhp

The stock R1 made 133bhp

on the same dyno

Weighty issues

The stock-framed chassis did a great job of

keeping all that power in check. The suspension

— standard R1 forks tweaked by Ron Williams,

and a Penske shock — was taut but not harsh

over Croft’s bumps, helped by extra trail and

an Öhlins steering damper. The PFM brakes

were brilliant, giving wrist-snapping force

at any speed.

Jefferies’ technique was to get his

considerable weight forward when

accelerating. “Sometimes I have my

head right down the side of the

screen,” he said. “The way it drifts

under power has really sharpened

up my skills this year.”

After my brief encounter with

this fearsome weapon of a bike I at

least had some idea of what a rider

as quick and brave as Jefferies

was dealing with as he pushed

it to its limits. The thought of

lapping the TT circuit at over

124mph on it seemed as

ridiculous as ever.

Above: Looks awesome,

and only slightly dated.

Lovely AP callipers

seem weird with their

non-radial mounts,

Akrapovic titanium race

system looks a little

primitive

Left: The V&M, with

M&V. Steve Mellor, left,

and Jack Valentine

built some of the best

racebikes in the UK,

as well as a few tasty

roadbike specials.

Lovely chaps, as well

as massively

talented

DAVID JEFFRIES WINS

THE NORTH WEST 200

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Fantic

CABALLERO

The timing was perfect. Having just

enlivened an enjoyable morning’s road

blast with a few laps of a large roundabout

whose wide, smooth surface almost

resembled a racetrack, I’d pulled up to

suggest to photographer Phil that we find

somewhere to take the new Fantic offroad.

Rally 5OO

Article by Roland Brown

71

I just saw someone riding a

motocross bike over there,” Phil

replied, gesturing to a low hedge

“Well,

just off the roundabout. Sure

enough, on the other side of the foliage was a dirt

track that seemed to be open to the public, short

and narrow but with a variety of sandy routes,

and without a barrier or Keep Out sign in sight.

A few minutes later I was bumping and occasionally

jumping around it on the Fantic, which

had required absolutely no fine-tuning before

being ready to put its long-travel suspension and

chunky tyres to good use.

That quick switch highlighted the versatility of

the Rally 500, latest in Fantic’s line of singles with

the famous Caballero name. Readers of a certain

age will remember the Fantic Caballero as one of

the fastest and most exotic 50cc sports mopeds

of the Seventies. Its slim style and red paintwork

are echoed by the modern Caballero Scrambler,

a retro-themed single that comes in 500, 250

and 125cc varieties. So does the closely related

Caballero FlatTrack, with its grey paint, cut-down

seat and No.19 race plates.

Now they’re joined by the Caballero Rally,

initially in 500cc capacity only. It shares the

same engine, a liquid-cooled single-cylinder unit

made in China by Zongshen. The sohc, four-valve

motor makes an unchanged 39bhp at 7500rpm,

and breathes out through an Arrow exhaust that

curves down and round in front of the engine

before slanting up the bike’s right side to a pair of

slash-cut silencers.

The Rally is another striking model from

Riccardo Chiosi, Fantic’s design chief. As with the

other Caballeros its neat, slightly retro shapes

are backed up by a generally high level of finish

and detailing. Triple clamps and footrest brackets

are machined from billet aluminium; the exhaust

has a carbon-fibre heat shield; the round headlight

contains a fistful of modern LED’s. Shame

the compact digital speedo’s built-in tacho and

warning lights are hard to read, and the left handlebar’s

awkward dipswitch and indicator switch

give unwelcome reminders of Italian electrics

of decades ago.

The chrome-moly tubular steel

frame, made across the border in nearby

Slovenia, is also shared with the

other 500s, as are parts including

the Bybre brakes and wire-spoked

wheels, which come in 19in front,

17in rear sizes. The swing-arm

is a new aluminium item; tyres

are Michelin’s heavily treaded

Anakee Wilds rather than the

Scrambler’s smoother Anakee

Adventures.

Biggest change is to the suspension:

Spanish firm Ollé’s forks

and shock give 200mm of travel

at each end, 50mm more than the

other models. The 43mm forks have

compression and rebound damping

adjustment, and the remote-reservoir

shock can be tweaked for preload and

rebound, in contrast to the other models’

simpler units. The Rally also has a headlight

protector, bash-plate and high-level front mud-


guard.

With a seat height of 860mm the Rally

sits 40mm taller than the other models,

which won’t help short riders. But it’s

slim and weighs just 150kg dry, so once

the suspension compresses it will be easily

manageable for most. And the Rally

could hardly be simpler to ride. It fired

quickly on the button, pulled away easily

with help from a light clutch, and accelerated

in lively fashion, accompanied by

a restrained single-pot exhaust thud and

occasional popping on the overrun.

Throttle response was crisp, and

the bike’s light weight meant that its 39

horses, along with a reasonable spread of

torque to the max of 43N.m at 6000rpm,

gave plenty of urge provided I kept my

left boot busy with the six-speed box.

On main roads the Rally sat at about

125km/h with a bit to come, but with the

blurred mirrors and slightly buzzy feel

confirming that fast cruising is not this

bike’s forte.

Ride quality was excellent, though,

as you’d expect with all that suspension

travel. The springs at both ends are

reasonably firm, but the Fantic glided

over most road bumps, giving a respectably

comfortable ride despite the

fairly thin seat and upright, wind blown

riding position. For all round use and

occasional trips it’d be fine, with the

12-litre tank giving an adequate range of

around 200km at the typical average of 5

l/100km.

Naturally the Rally was happier on

twisty back roads, where its light weight

and wide handlebar helped make it easy

to throw around. Inevitably there was a

bit of pitching due to that suspension. But

the front end felt composed even under

braking, when the four-piston radial

Bybre caliper bit the 320mm wavy front

disc with sufficient force to slow the lightweight

Fantic rapidly. Even the chunky

Anakee Wilds gripped well enough to

allow spirited cornering.

Of course the Rally’s long legs and

knobbly rubber justified their existence

when I put the bike’s off-road ability to

the test. After a press of the button on

the left bar had disabled the ABS, the

Scrambler was all set for an enjoyable

time bouncing around the sandy circuit,

its blend of controllable power delivery

and light, capable chassis allowing a

decent pace although I was careful not to

get carried away.

That caution was because I was conscious

that the Rally was designed more

for style than strength. The radiator and

its shrouds look vulnerable in a spill, and

the exhaust runs in front of the bashplate,

so gains zero benefit. Some crash

protection would be a welcome addition,

as accessories if not standard fitment. At

least the pillion grab handles would make

the bike easy to pick up.

The Rally 500 isn’t going to add to

Fantic’s list of off-road championship

wins any time soon, but provided you

don’t expect too much you’re unlikely

to be disappointed. It certainly adds to

the Caballero family’s off-road potential,

without detracting too much from

the road going ability that has earned

the Scrambler 500, in particular, much

praise.

For many riders in this market its

most significant drawback might be its

price, which is almost ten per cent higher

than those of the other two Caballero 500

models. If you’re planning to stick to Tarmac,

the Scrambler or FlatTrack would

be not just cheaper but better suited with

their lower seats, reduced suspension

travel and grippier rubber.

Despite that Fantic have produced

another cleverly targeted model, and

there seems little reason to be put off

by its engine’s Chinese origin. The Rally

500 certainly adds its distinctive look and

extra versatility to this latest chapter in

the Fantic Caballero story. For stylish and

sensibly priced fun on smooth roads and

lumpy off-road tracks alike, there can’t

be many bikes to match it.

Modern dash

Very Triumph-like pipes

Tank looks like a Yamaha XT

tank from the 70s

RIDE QUALITY

WAS EXCELLENT,

THOUGH, AS YOU’D

EXPECT WITH ALL

THAT SUSPENSION

TRAVEL

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Rockets from the Crypt

1999 SUZUKI HAYABUSA

ROCKETS

FROM THE CRYPT

Prior to the Japanese top-speed accord, ‘world’s fastest production

bike’ was a cherished crown – last won by Suzuki’s Hayabusa in 1999

Words & Pics: Roland Brown

Watching a speedo needle

edge past 200mph for

the first time proved less

exciting than expected when

I popped my double-ton-up

cherry aboard the Hayabusa at

its UK launch on

Bruntingthorpe’s

wide, featureless

runway. But if I

didn’t get much

sensation out of

the droop-snouted

Suzuki’s speed

right then, I sure

did a few seconds

later when I shut

off, sat up and

almost got my head

ripped off my shoulders.

The speedo was, in fact,

telling porkies; the true top

speed was probably 195mph

“What I recall

most is what a

bloody good

all-round bike

it was”

or slightly less. But that still

made the original ’Busa the

world’s fastest production

bike, roughly 10mph up on the

Honda Blackbird. Shame its

aerodynamic shape earned

it my vote as

also the world’s

ugliest, but at

least it had a

great name.

Top marks to

those Suzuki

guys whose

Honda-baiting

banter was much

more fun than

normal Japanese

marketing speak.

The thing I most recall about

that original ’Busa wasn’t its

top speed or looks, but what a

bloody good all-round bike it

Honda’s Blackbird had been perched atop the top-speed tree for too long; the Hayabusa, an altogether sleeker, nimbler

bird un-perched it upon landing in 1999

173bhp

1,298cc, four-cylinder

engine. The ‘Busa was

good for 195mph

With its down-swept nose

and bulbous fairing, the

Hayabusa was ugly in a

swaggering, purposeful

kind of way

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78 Rockets from the Crypt

1999 SUZUKI HAYABUSA

FAT BUT FAST: Although long and

relatively heavy, the ‘Busa handled

almost like a proper sportsbike

was. The morning’s speed-testing at Brunters

was an anti-climax but the

thrash along Leicestershire

lanes and A-roads to the

lunch stop was brilliant. The

engine was as grunty as it was

powerful, and I was surprised

by how well the Suzuki handled

and stopped.

In a way, that’s the Hayabusa

in a nutshell. The launch hype

was all about small birds and

the double ton. But what we

“The

Hayabusa

became a

cult hero in

the US”

actually had here — two years before the

arrival of the GSX-R1000,

don’t forget — was a sporty

big Suzuki that was quicker

and more comfortable than a

GSX-R750 yet light enough to

go round bends almost like a

sportsbike.

Its 1,298cc engine was based

on the smaller Gixxer’s, and

used ram air to produce a hefty

173bhp. A new balancer shaft

kept it smooth enough to be

mounted solidly in a twin-spar alloy frame

that was rated 15 per cent stiffer than the

GSX-R’s. Fully adjustable suspension and sixpot

Tokicos contributed to a decent chassis

spec. And that fairing was almost as efficient

at protecting the rider from the elements as it

was at provoking speeds likely to lead straight

to jail.

Suzuki deserved a break for developing

such a rip-snorting bike and having the balls

to put it into production. Even they couldn’t

have dreamed things would pan out so well,

starting soon afterwards when the Hayabusa

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just about held off Kawasaki’s ZX-12R to

remain the fastest bike on the block.

The Japanese manufacturers’ agreement to

limit top speeds came around this time, and

helped maintain the Hayabusa’s status. But

that didn’t guarantee its success, and I’m not

even sure how much benefit Suzuki got when

the 16-valve engine’s power and strength

saw it adopted by speed demons like Rocky

Robinson, who bolted two ’Busa motors into a

slipstreamer and ripped to almost 350mph at

Bonneville.

But it was surely the Hayabusa’s reputation

for speed, along with its unique look, that

made it a

cult hero

in the

US. Your

typical

owner isn’t an autoroute-bashing Brit or a

crusty veteran of the Salt. He’s a big-armed

bro’ paddling down Main Street, Daytona

Beach on a ’Busa modified with fancy paint,

nitrous oxide bottle (empty), extended

swingarm, 300-section rear tyre and

surgically enhanced pillion wearing a thong.

Which might be a bit silly, but let’s not

complain. After all, it was selling more than

100,000 Hayabusas by 2008 that encouraged

Suzuki to release an updated model with

a 1,340cc, 194bhp motor and revamped

suspension. So what if its barely changed

bodywork looks no better than the original’s

did 13 years ago; I for one am used to it now.

And even on a wide airport runway, there’s

lots to like about any bike that tries, when you

yank its throttle with 150mph on the clock, to

dislocate your shoulders.

Rider moments

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

Exactly 10 years after the late, Shoya Tomizawa

won the opening round of the first ever Moto2

Championship race, Tetsuta Nagashima repeated

history with a new bike and new team.


Rider moments

“I HOPE TO CONTINUE IN 2021” -

ROSSI ON HIS MOTOGP FUTURE

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Valentino Rossi has

given his biggest hint yet that he will continue racing

in MotoGP beyond this year. During an interview with

teammate Maverick Viñales and MotoGP commentator

Matt Birt, the nine-time World Champion admitted that

the current situation is not the way he would want his

illustrious MotoGP career to come to an end, so he is

hopeful of continuing with Yamaha in the 2021 MotoGP

World Championship.

Rossi won’t have a seat in the factory team from next

year onwards with Fabio Quartararo moving up to partner

Viñales, meaning the possibility of seeing Rossi in the

Petronas Yamaha SRT squad is starting to look more and

more likely. The Italian says he has the motivation to continue

but won’t get the ‘five or six’ races he had initially

hoped for to make a decision on his future.

“I am in a difficult situation because, like I said, my first

option is to try to continue,” said Rossi. “I have enough

motivation and I want to continue. It’s very important to

understand the level of competition because especially

in the second part of last year we suffered very much and

too many times I was too slow and I had to fight outside of

the top 5. In my mind, I had another year with the factory

team and I needed time to decide and for me, I need like

five or six races, with the new chief mechanic, and some

modifications in the team to understand if I can be strong.

“The problem is that there’s no racing. So with the virus,

we cannot race. So I will have to decide before racing

because in the most optimistic situation we can race in

the second half of the season, so August or September we

hope. But I have to make my decision before. But anyway

I want to continue but I’ve had to make this decision

without any races.

“It’s not the best way to stop because the situation is that

maybe we don’t race in 2020. So it’s fairer for me to do

another championship and stop at the end of the next, so I

hope to continue in 2021.”

Sourced from www.motogp.com

Rider moments

CAREER FIRST WIN

Alex Lowes jumped the Yamaha ship and joined the

KRT team for 2020. Known as a rider who uses a

lot of leather suits and bike fairings in a season,

he started 2020 off in style showing his potential -

with a career first win. It isn’t easy to win on a first

outing, as the new bike and team take some time

getting used to. This just goes to show how good

the combination of rider, bike and team are at KRT.

Photo sourced from www.worldsbk.com

86 JACK MILLER INTERVIEW

MOTOGP COLUMN BY MAT OXLEY

THRILLER: DUCATI’S NEXT BIG HOPE

Jack Miller is getting faster all the time – no wonder Ducati are

starting to take the Aussie youngster very seriously indeed

Jack Miller is enjoying his best season

in MotoGP, building speed and consistency

with every outing aboard his

Pramac Ducati GP19. The 24-year-old

has found a comfortable set-up with

the bike that’s turned him into a regular podium

challenger, which hasn’t gone unnoticed at

Ducati.

The Italian factory sees something special

in ‘Thriller’. MotoGP riding technique changes

according to regulations and technology – currently

a more aggressive, more muscular style

works best.

“I think we have a rider like this in Jack,”

says factory Ducati team manager Davide

Tardozzi. “Also, now I see Jack [is] more focused

on important things, whereas before he

was focused on enjoying the slides out of the

corners! Now, he is thinking more [and] he has

become more professional. When he finds his

own way, he will make another step and soon

he’ll be with the top riders. I expect a lot

from him next year.”

In 2020, Miller will continue with

Pramac and there’s little doubt that

Ducati wants him for its factory team

from 2021…

Jack, you often punch yourself

in the chest right before the

start of a race – what’s that

all about?

I don’t know – just trying

to pump myself up a bit.

When you’re sort of

doubting yourself or

you’re thinking a little

bit too much, it’s just

telling yourself: hey,

let’s go! It’s a bit of

motivation. But it’s not

really a habit because I’m not

really good at remembering to

do it all the time!

Do you talk to yourself during

races?

Yeah, a bit. Sometimes in my

head and sometimes out loud; I

don’t really know which because

there’s that much going on! Let’s

say you’re going good and you’ve

had a few moments, so you just tell yourself:

you’ve got to tidy it up here because you’re going

to lose some positions, or they’re coming

and you’ve got to pull your finger out. Talking

to yourself is like having a mate out there, I

guess.

On the bike you look more hunched down than

ever, like a Moto3 rider trying to keep the

bike slippery…

Yeah, I’m a sort of a mix between old-school

and coming from Moto3 where I always had my

head behind the screen.

And you look tidier than you used to…

I think that’s because I’m not pushing crazy

over the limit because I don’t have to try to

make up for the five tenths I was always losing

on the straights. My riding is developing and

changing day by day. Also, I feel more mature

in general.

This year you’re on a factory bike,

so do your compare your data with

Andrea Dovizioso’s?

I look at his data quite a lot, because

you can find out stuff. Dovi is so

strong at some of the points where

I’m weaker, like in the way he

controls his speed a bit better

in corner entry, so I learn off

him in those areas. Also, you’re

looking for things like where he

short-shifts or does something

different to save the tyres, so

you study that kind of thing. At

Aragon I followed him in the race

and got to understand what to

do in a few corners where he was

getting a lot more grip coming out

and using a heap less torque.

Is tyre management the biggest

thing in MotoGP now?

Definitely, it’s one of the key things.

Even if you’re the fastest guy on

the grid, you’re screwed if you can’t

manage the tyres. A lot of people

don’t understand the situation with

the tyres, because sometimes you

can be unreal fast and doing consistent

laps, then the next session you

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can’t. You’ve got to learn each tyre, not just by its number,

but each tyre individually. Like at Silverstone, I was doing

good lap times in FP4: bang, bang, bang, no dramas. Then

the track temperature was different for the race and you’ve

got to read the tyre again because you can’t get close to the

times you were doing in practice.

Is that frustrating?

It’s just part of it, another challenge. For sure it was

frustrating at Silverstone: you’re sitting on the front row,

feeling like you’ve put in the hard work all weekend, then

you can’t do anything in the race and you end up fighting

way off where you expected to be.

Smoothness is the key, so are you getting smoother,

because your style can be a bit wild?

Yeah, I’m getting smoother. I’m not the smoothest guy out

there by far, but neither is Marc Marquez and he makes it

work. I feel you need to have this finesse of knowing when

you can get a bit out of shape and when you need to control

it.

The Ducati and Honda are point-and-squirt bikes, unlike

the Yamaha and Suzuki, so you use the edge of the tyres

less…

Yeah, that’s a good thing, but then the way we work the rear

tyre we rely more on the drive area of the tyre, whereas

those other guys use more of the whole of the tyre.

We’re using a smaller area of the tyre for a longer

time, whereas they’re using more of the tyre and

wearing it more evenly.

Which Australian rider are you most like

as a person: Casey Stoner, Mick Doohan,

Wayne Gardner or Troy Bayliss?

That’s a hard one. I’d like to think Bayliss.

Troy is a legend, plus he’s always

a really good bloke. Nobody’s got a

negative thing to say about him,

except maybe a few of his rivals,

because he was such a fierce

competitor. Plus Troy had a very

unorthodox riding style, which I

feel I do. I don’t think there’s any

other guy on the grid that rides a bike

like me. I ride quite strangely. I look at

myself and say, ‘that looks weird!’ I wish I

could change my style to look cooler. I look at

photos of Pecco [Bagnaia, his Pramac teammate]

with his shoulder on the ground and I

get jealous!

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Like Bayliss you seem laidback when you’re off the

bike and wild when you’re on the bike. How does

that work?

I’m quite laidback, but I’m not chilling out all day

watching movies on the couch. I like to get out and

do sh#t. I’d ride motorbikes every day of the week

if I could. When I get home on the farm during the

offseason I’m flat-out on the bike from sunup to

sundown. We’ve got thousands of acres of Crown

land behind the farm, so I’m just flat-out through

the bush, trying not to hit any kangaroos. Then I’m

working on cars, working on this, working on that,

just having fun.

You used to be known as a party guy, have you

calmed down?

Yeah, quite considerably. Don’t get me wrong, I still

enjoy a beer here and there, but I knew I couldn’t live

that kind of lifestyle and be a successful motorbike

rider. When I go home for summer, I’ll be out riding

bikes and when it comes to three or four o’clock I’ll

crack open a beer with the boys and chill, but I don’t

go to the parties. None of that interests me anymore.

Plus I’m useless at staying up late. I don’t know why,

but 12 o’clock comes and I’m out of there.

this paddock, no one’s big on loyalty, but I like to be

known as the guy that is. If I give my word, I’ll stick to

it. I’d like to continue with Ducati. I think the factory

team is great. I got caught up in more of an internal

company thing; I was collateral. You can’t take these

things personally, but you’ve got to know where you

stand. I don’t want to be put in that situation again,

that’s for sure.

Have things gotten better again since then?

I feel like the struggles we went through are behind

us and have made us a bit stronger. I’m getting more

support from Ducati every weekend, so it’s getting

better and better.

During a MotoGP weekend you probably do more

stoppies and wheelies than anyone…

I only do stoppies; we can’t do wheelies because of

the anti-wheelie.

Can’t you turn off the anti-wheelie?

No, Yamaha has got the switch but we haven’t. I’m

going to have to ask for a switch because it sucks

when you can’t even do wheelies.

Are the stoppies just for fun or are you destressing?

Nah, it’s just because I’m having fun and giving

the fans something to clap. I’m just playing around

because that’s all I did as a kid – riding around

doing stoppies and wheelies. I still enjoy it. If I have

to go from point A to point B, I’d rather do it on one

wheel… just to make it interesting.

You used to be Jackass, now you’re Thriller. What

happened?

Jackass was what my pop and everyone used to call

me; probably because I was a little ##shole when

I was a kid. Then Crutch [Cal Crutchlow, Miller’s

best mate in the paddock] and Lucy [Mrs Crutchlow]

started calling me Thriller. That’s a bit me

– I’m here for shock value, that’s for sure.

When you got your Ducati contract you

must’ve looked forward to a long and happy

future with the factory, then you nearly lost

your ride in August, so has that changed your

outlook?

For sure. It definitely makes you think about

what’s on the cards. It made me take a step back

and assess the whole situation. You think everything’s

happy and then you’re almost out of

a job, which ain’t ideal. Loyalty isn’t huge in

You’ll be on a GP20 next year, do you think you’ll

get more back-up in the back of the garage?

I’ve asked for as much as they can give me. Like

I’ve said before, I’m here to get paid but I’m not

here chasing stupid money, it’s more to do with the

technical support. We’ll have to wait and see if we

get more next year. If not we’ll have to start looking

somewhere else. In fact, it’s that time of year already

– negotiations [for 2021 and beyond] are already

kicking off, so Aji [Ajo, Miller’s manager and Red Bull

KTM Moto2/Moto3 team owner] has been doing the

rounds and putting pressure on the guys. We don’t

want to miss out – we need to get in while the doors

are open.

Aussies have been getting on boats to head to Europe

for the TT since the 1920s – I reckon you must

be the last guy to put bikes on a boat to Europe,

whereas now kids do it via the Red Bull Rookies and

Asia Talent Cup…

We tried the Rookies. I’d won nearly every Aussie

dirt track title and I’d just swapped to road bikes and

won the junior 125cc championship and I’d won the

last five senior championship races, so we put in a

Rookies application but we didn’t even get accepted


WE HAD

TO PAY A LOT

OF MONEY TO

RACE IN MOTO3

FOR TWO

YEARS

for a try-out. My dad thought if we sat in

Australia for another year we’d go nowhere,

so he said, we’ve got the bikes and

all this stuff, so let’s send it over. He had

the means and the nerve to build a trailer

that went inside a container. But it was all

a bit of a nightmare – just trying to get the

container out of customs in Spain was an

absolute disaster.

What was it like being a gypsy in Europe?

I think there’s easier ways of doing it, but

we did it that way because we didn’t have

many hours on road bikes, so we’d turn

up at tracks to do track days – pay a few

bucks and ride the track all day. My dad’s

theory was that we’re not going to spend

big money for you to go ride a fast bike

and finish last, you’re going to ride a piece

of shit and actually use the bike to get

faster and faster. We’d park up at Almeria

[Spain] and do three or four days riding

there. Then after the racing we walked

around behind the garages and collected

all the used tyres, which dad and I would

fit so I could do laps and laps and laps,

just to get some seat time. It was cool. We

went our own way about it.

What about when you went to Moto3 in

2012?

We had to pay a lot of money to race in

Moto3 for two years because the first

year we got ripped off by the team, which

wasn’t ideal.

You’re probably also the last bloke on the

grid who’s had a proper job!

When I went home for the offseason in

2010/2011, 2011/2012 and 2012/2013,

I worked all summer because I wasn’t

earning any money racing. My dad has

boilermakers working for him, so I

worked as a boilie. It wasn’t much fun,

especially when you’re doing welding in

35 degrees and 90 percent humidity. But it

was good training!

Testing at Thailand in pre-season

Miller holding off Dovi at Aragon

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CDBA Cape Dual Bike Adventure weekend 22/23 February 2020

Article by Clinton Pienaar

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If the flame of adventure riding is

burning in your soul and you just

do not have the time to disappear

for a month to two, this is an ideal

trip for you, albeit concentrated.

If ever you have attended

one of Rika De Bruin’s Dual Bike

Adventure rides that she hosts

around the country you will know

what I mean that her trips are top

dollar. The level of detail she goes

into from setting out the different routes

that caters for all levels of riders to little

boards she puts on the gates that you

need to close or not. You can take it from

me that has attended a few of her trips, if

you just want to ride in some of SA’s best

and unspoilt regions, you need to book a

trip with her. I think what makes Rika’s

trips quite unique is that she works with

the communities from different regions

and gets the farmers to work with her

and open up routes that you and I could

not ride on with out these special permissions.

My trip this time was a little different,

as Ashley Baud the owner of KTM

Cape Town was the main sponsor, he

invited me to fly down to Cape Town and

ride with him and two of his customers

from Cape Town to CDBA which this time

used LouVain Guest farm (www.louvain.

co.za) near George as their base. What a

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Sidecar GS fliping over for a rest

Louvain Guest farm www.louvain.co.za was our base

and it’s run by Morne Jonker, son of Saag Jonker who

absolutely involve the whole community with farming

and building a better future for all.

Awesome views

Diesel and cream on route there

Actual original ox wagon routes

beautiful setting for an event like this. The

fully functional farm is a wedding venue so

it has a fantastic hall in which all the talks

and meals happened which was ideal.

Also all meals were done from the farm

with using the local ladies helping with the

catering which was real “boere kos” most

of the time. Ashley gave me a brand new

790R as my ride for the weekend and this

turned out to be the ideal bike for this trip,

good for open road riding and because

some of my other friends were there

(Andrew Katay and Veron) and changed my

mind to the black route over a few beers

from green, I was very happy I was on the

790R and not something heavier.

Routes were set up this time by Chris

Meyer, Nico Bester en Sean Schulz. Some

of the highlights that we did is we rode the

Karatara pass, Homtini pass, Phantom

pass, Kom se Pad, Price Alfred’s pass,

Die Ou Wa Pad, Eselwagpoort pass and

Various pricing options on cdba

Bertus, the famous medic

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Forgotten roads

Glenn Foley of Dirt & Trail Mag

and Dieter from ADA getting

down and dirty

Ox Wagon routes, that were used

in the 18th and 19th century

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Die Help turn-off

Clint with Celia from

Doornkraal Padstal, a

must stop just outside

De Rust

Ray Faber, and Martin

Jones from Cape Town

Doornkraal padstal

Lidiikwe pass to name but a few. A stop

that we all made was at Doorn Kraal

Pad stal where Celia from ex Country

Trax fame has set up a wonderful place

just outside De Rust. Here we ate lunch

which was rooster brood with jam and

others with mince. She has a shop full

of interesting things to buy with all the

local treats on offer, prepare to spend

money because it’s all delectable.

On day two we again had interesting

routes but this time we stopped at the

famous Angie’s G spot for lunch. It was

nice to see her and her partner Harold

getting this special place together

again after the local municipality gave

them such a hard time to close shop

over plans and paper work things not in

order. These are lovely people and for

sure a good stop over for a sleep and

food, seriously in the middle of nowhere.

Angiesgspot@worldonline.co.za

or 0813099272 on whatts app only as

reception is terrible.

The final evening is the big event

and Rika manages to get a lot of spies

out there and the final evening of prize

giving sure gets a lot of surprises for

all, you never know who is watching and

it actually turns out to be a lot of fun for

everybody, some even with photo proof

on the big screen.

On closing, I can say no more, if you

like your adventure biking, no matter

at what level you at, green is for sure

an easy option even for new riders but

Black route

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Harold and Angie from

Angie’s G Spot

very scenic, red will keep you honest and

black will not bore the hardest riders out

there, Rika’s trips are for you. Contact

her directly (0833954747) if you’d like to

be put on her mailing list because her

trips are very special and she tries to

host them right over the whole country.

She together with Mark Taylor from

Adventure Riders fame are working on an

interesting next trip, they just waiting to

see what happens with lock down before

they choose another date, but watch this

space, we for sure want to be involved

with her on her next trip.

Rika, as someone who puts trips

together and know’s what goes into it, I

salute you, job well done.

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Once a year something magical happens in the Northern Cape in the town of

Kuruman, and unless you see it with your own eyes you would not believe it.

It’s the annual Desperados Bike Club event and

it’s been going for 12 years now. First off, why

Kuruman specifically, it’s 500kms away from

JHB and if I must be honest, not a fantastic

road (scenic) to get there and once there the

town does not offer too much, or so it would

seem seen from the outside?

Let me start at the beginning and that will

explain it a little better. Desperados is a bike

club within the RAMBO (Rainbow Mzansi Bikers

Organisation) clubs framework. Each Club hosts

an event a year which the other clubs are expected

to attend and visa versa. Some events are

bigger than others but mainly because the guys

working behind the scenes (read club members

of the various clubs) put their heart and soul into

each event. This specific Kuruman run started 12

years ago where there were a few members from

Kuruman who invited their fellow club members

and other bikers to Kuruman and as they did this

they thought it would be good to do something for

the community and hence this now charity drive

has just grown and grown to where if you are a

biker or not in Kuruman, when the circus comes

to town you want to be part of it.

So the program is basically arrive on Friday

afternoon and set up your camp, party till

late Friday night with bikes revving all the time.

Saturday morning and get your mass ride shoes

on and here I was very impressed. They give

about R500000 (half a mil) away to charity, from

food parcels, to blankets for the old, to school

clothes and wheel chairs, the generosity of the

biking world is something to behold. When the

guys get back to the camp site games with or

without bikes begin. Slowest rider, loudest bike,

strongest club and so on and so on carries on, it’s

very entertaining to watch. Saturday evening is

the big party with prize giving and bike give away,

this year it was a brand new Suzuki Boulevard

endearingly known as a “Boully” within this

biking world.

Crowd starting to filter to the main stage

where all the partying happens

DJs playing to the crowd

Ready,

set, Roadtrip

Harley fan testing the fit of a KTM

Tug-of-war under the

Michelin arch

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Law and order ensuring

the safety of our riders

Grab a mag

Different gathering

spots at the venue

Loads of visitors have never

ridden before, Suzuki took

care of that!

Start of the slow race

Indian

Motorcycles

are

becoming

more

popular

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visitors

getting

approval

from the

wife

Stuart

Baker of

SuzukiSA

parking the

main prize

on the stage

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For just R200 per person, you get

yourself a weekend pass at 2nd Eye

Resort and you’re free to come and go as

you like or camp for the duration. There

are food stalls, music and even bikes on

display brought to you through SuperBike

Magazine. We’ve been trying to get the

industry to get more involved with this

growing market and this year we even

brought Stuart Baker from Suzuki SA and

new man Arnold Olivier from AMID with

us. What’s interesting is they brought a

bunch of scooters with them and built a

track where non bikers could have a go

on a twist and go and basically have a ride

on a motorcycle for the first time ever.

This was a hit and young and old participated.

In Arnold’s words, if we can replicate

this over the whole of SA we might

ignite a whole new commuter market.

To give you an indication of how big this

event has become, last year they had over

8000 people though the gate, this year

unfortunately bad weather kept a few

away but it was still fairly full. The quality

of the stage set up is nothing short of

a rock concert level and the sound and

music for that matter is top class cutting

Desperados MCC member

edge new stuff. With a line up that had

Micasa, Black Motion, Mafikizolo, Kwesta,

Lamiez Holworthy, Malumz On Decks, DJ

Finzo, Sedie K, Cundas, Matude, Tswaka,

Stevonic, Taj Mahal and many more, you

can see what I mean.

The highlight of the weekend must be

the prize giving towards the end of Saturday

evening. With over 40 prizes given out

to all participating clubs and then the live

draw of the motorcycle takes place. This

year Zack Mojalefa known as SakaNyuka

was the lucky winner and what a deserving

man he was. He had just sold his bike

Desperados MCC members

Trophy for the most

beautiful cruiser

Trophy for the biggest

supporting club

SUZUKI M109R

WINNER

ZACK MOJALEFA

“SAKANYUKA”

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a little earlier in the year and

was wondering when and how

he was going to enter the biking

world again and then, viola

his ticket got called up.

In any case, if you’d like to

get involved, the date towards

the end of Feb is already set

for 2021 and we as SuperBike

Magazine will for sure again

get involved, it’s quite a party.

Scooters pitch up in

their numbers

Locals welcome the

bikers

Voodoo of Desperados giving riders’ briefing

INTERESTING FACTS: THE EYE OF KURUMAN

The history of Kuruman

is a fascinating

one. Apparently, the

name of the town is

derived from the Chief

who lived in the area, named

Kudumane. In 1826, Robert

Moffat, a worker of the London

Missionary Society at the time,

established the Moffat Church

near the spring known as ‘The

Eye’ of Kuruman.

This mission station went

on to become the most famous

in Africa, becoming the venue

for the marriage of Moffat’s

daughter and the son of the

world famous explorer David

Livingstone.

The strong spring surfacing

at Kuruman has attracted

people for thousands of years.

The early Tswana inhabitants

named it Gasegonyane, or

‘little water calabash’. With a

daily flow of 20-30 million litres

of water, Die Oog (The Eye) -

as it is known locally - is the

biggest natural spring in the

southern hemisphere.

Kuruman is a bustling

town, which boasts as the

largest cattle ranching and

dairy farming district in the

country. The town has made a

name for itself as one of the

major hunting areas in South

Africa. Kuruman is also known

to mine asbestos, manganese,

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I

know we are a bike magazine but when a bike

manufacturer adds a turbo to one of their 4

wheeled products, we were bound to give it a go.

We recently had the opportunity to test drive

the 3rd generator of the Suzuki Swift Sport to Sun

City and back and grabbed at the opportunity. I’ve

always been a fan of the little Jimny and have only

heard good things about the Suzuki Swift cars but

have never actually driven one myself. So this was

a good opportunity to see what all the fuss was

about, especially when it did so well in CAR magazine’s

sports car shoot out in December.

So first off, appearance. It’s bigger than what

I expected and from the outside you can easily see

the difference between this one being the Sport

and the other models. It’s got a deeper honeycomb

grill spoiler up front with the “splitter” at the bottom

making it took more sporty, it’s got day time

running lights with LED projector headlights and

it even has a splitter at the back with twin chrome

tipped exhausts on top of 17 inch alloy mags. The

brakes have been upgraded from the standard

model as well as the suspension. When you get in

with the red accents everywhere and the sporty red

stitched steering wheel, the sporty atmosphere

gets carried through quite well was my impression.

As a matter of fact, my initial thought was

that this car offers more value than most of the

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accents and red

stitching throughout

The car comes standard with a

4 year 60000km service plan

opposition, and that’s before

I even turned it on. It has not

got leather seats but they are

sporty bucket cloth seats, that

fit with the image. Everything

else is standard and included.

Electrically adjustable and folding

side mirrors, cruise control,

automatic night lights, 4.2

inch dash screen between the

speedo and rev dials that offers

a myriad of information through

the onboard computer. A huge 7

inch screen right in the middle

for the radio, reverse camera

and navigation. For sure stuff

like electric windows, aircon,

power steering and the rest

are all standard and even the

pedals on the Sport are drilled

metal race car ones, but what’s

it like to drive?

First up, on the spec sheet,

top end HP is very close to the

outgoing motor, but it’s in the

torque where the honey lies. We

were in the automatic 6 speed

version (6 speed manual is also

available). Straight from pull off

as low as 2500 rpm this 1373cm

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like in 40% more. The

gear changes are not unlike the

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but this system is proven and

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in traffic. For the rest,

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120 BIKERS MATTER


BIKERS

Breaking News,

MEC of transport Mr

Jacob Mamabolo

arranges a meeting

with Bikers and Cyclists

of Gauteng.

MATTER

Two day workshop was arrange and paid for by the Gauteng Government.

Mec Jacob Mamabolo with

Washer representing Pretoria

Bikers Council.

Bellindah from SuperBikeMag with

some of the presidents of RAMBO.

Mec Jacob Mamabolo with

Arnold Olivier director of AMID.

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We often feels as we do

not feature in decisions

made about

transport and using

the roads but with a

pleasant turn of events, the actual

MEC of transport arranged to have

a meeting with all of us bikers and

cyclists of Gauteng to try and see

if there was a way for us to move

forward and work together to make

a safer and more “user friendly”

environment for us all to operate in.

So key people within the industry

was contacted to attend and it varied

from Arnold Olivier Director of AMID

representing the importers to Club

presidents, cycling clubs, shops,

solo riders to hopefully everyone

else that uses public roads.

It was a very interesting two days

that was a real workshop environment.

In the end, our main objective

was to be able to let every person

who owns a valid car license be able

to ride a motorcycle (scooter, has to

be automatic) of 250cc and smaller

as a learner license holder. Our

second point was to be able to ride

within the right-hand side emergency

lanes during peak traffic hours

in the morning and the afternoon.

Third point was to say that the process

of obtaining a license is full of

corruption and that the actual K53

was outdated and not very affective.

Toll fees and size of number plates

were also discussed.

I have attached a short excerpt

from the document, for the full document

please go to www.superbikemag.co.za

to read it.

Bikers/Cyclists Workshop 7/8

March 2020 with Gauteng Roads

and Transport MEC Mr. Jacob Mamabolo.

Program of action for Bikers. Challenges:

Law Enforcement:

• Review of the K53 with inputs from

bikers.

• Toll fees for bikers pricing changes

or wave toll fees for bikers in totality

to encourage motorist to ride, helping

congestion.

• Move focus away from income

generation to the focus on law enforcement.

Not hiding in the bushes

to catch speeders on highways but

concentrate on danger areas.

• Clear marking of speed restrictions

to encourage speed calming.

• Enforcement of road worthy vehicle.

• Grading of issuing of licenses for

competency of motorbike riders

e.g. an 18-year-old with a learners

license should not be allowed to

ride a superbike by just producing

his/her learners as done in other

countries.

• A fully licensed motorist can ride

a motorcycle of up to 250cc engine

capacity (automatic scooter) as done

in other countries.

• Smaller number plates for motorcycles,

150mm width.

What totally did catch me offsides

was that the actual MEC sent me

a personal mail afterwards saying

that he will take me up on my offer

to take him riding in JHB traffic. I

enclose his and my correspondence.

Dear Clinton

Thanks for an offer to ride a bike.

This will definitely be a life changing

experience as I definitely have a

bike-phobia. It will be a freedom of

a lifetime.

Let’s stay in touch. Theo and Melita

will contact you for a date and time.

Thanks a lot

Can’t wait for the game-changer

moment.

Regards

MEC Mamabolo

Good day Mr Mamabolo.

Thank you very much for your mail, I

will stay in touch with Theo and Melita

and make sure we do this ride. I

would like to invite Deputy Director

Lesley Mdingane to join us. It’s a

fantastic opportunity for us to do an

article in the magazine and show

that you put your money where your

mouth is, I think it will generate a lot

of momentum towards this drive of

yours.

I have copied Arnold Olivier (AMID)

and Stuart Baker (Suzuki SA) as I’d

like them to be riders on this ride as

well, they can help ferry the pillion

riders.

This will be life changing for you, I

cannot imagine a world where everybody

does not ride a motorcycle,

it just makes so much sense.

Regards

Clinton

In closing:

Who knows what will happen in the

future about these ideas but in all

the years of dealing with issues like

this, this was the very first time that

an actual MEC contacted us and

showed an interest. I will keep you

informed, and I will make work of

taking him for a ride as soon as lock

down is lifted.

SuperBike Magazine May 2020

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