SuperBike Magazine June 2020
Lockdown has slowed down our ability to test motorcycles for you. However, we have had a recent gap to be able to get leg over a few. Enjoy.
Lockdown has slowed down our ability to test motorcycles for you. However, we have had a recent gap to be able to get leg over a few. Enjoy.
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So Gen 1’s at around R140k offer really good
value for money.
2017 arrived and so did Gen 2 with TFT
dash, upgraded suspension, keyless starts,
LED lights, updated electronics and speed
control with quick shifter and auto blipper,
heated grips and different power modes. A
little more refined but still a track weapon.
The one thing that we moaned about was
the lack of wind protection but that was
just because the bike was so fast. The one
thing which was in it’s credit was that the
seat was so deep and great the headlight
almost formed a funnel to push the wind
past most of your upper body only leaving
the top of your shoulders and head in the
wind. They had gone a far way in controlling
the Beast and giving it some manners, also
the TC in Sport mode made for enthusiastic
riding without curbing the power too much.
I remember being at the launch in Cape