Bike SA Magazine - May 2020

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Bumper issue. Combining April and new content for May. Loads of motorcycle tests, info and tours. The No1. in South Africa.

KTM 890 DUKE R THE SUPER SCALPEL

KTM REVEALS THE NEW 890 DUKE R TO THE WORLD VIA ONLINE VIDEO PRESENTATION

2 mins

ApriliaTuono V4 1100RR

It is easy to run out of superlatives very quickly when writing or talking about the genus motorcycle in all its modern forms. We have reached such an unprecedented pinnacle in design, technology, performance, dynamics, reliability, variety, and any other measurable parameter, both physical and aesthetic, that the only criticism one can make is often purely subjective.

6 mins

BMW R18

BMW is getting rather good at this sort of thing; showing us a concept and then following through with a production model that is extremely close to the concept.

4 mins

KTM 390 ADVENTURE - THE GAME Changer

Small-Capacity Adventure Bikes Just Got Very Serious.

8 mins

The Pre-Lockdown Tour

The Koppies road through Hammanshof offers spectacular mountain views.

10+ mins

Mick Doohan - The Unstoppable Aussie

The 1990’s in 500cc Grand Prix racing belonged to one man; Mick Doohan. We take a look at his amazing career.

6 mins

Alex Briggs : WORKING WITH THE ICON VR46

Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP mechanic Alex Briggs knows what it means to work with champions. He was a former motocross rider who wanted to work in Europe as a motocross mechanic, when he met Peter Luczkowski, who was a mechanic for Mick Doohan. In 1993 Jeremy Burgess (Doohan’s chief mechanic) offered him a job in road racing for Darryl Beattie and Rothmans Honda.

4 mins

Giancarlo Morbidelli - AN APPRECIATION

Last month, we published Alan Cathcart’s story about the sale of Giancarlo Morbidelli’s incredible motorcycle collection. As we went to press with that issue, news came through of the death of the man himself, after a long illness, at the age of 85. Here, Alan pays tribute to the remarkable life-story of one of motorcycling’s greats.

7 mins

BMW R1250GS On The Aspoestertjie Rally 2020

Verneukpan is an alien and inhospitable place. This massive barren wasteland, approximately 50km west to east and 20km north to south, is home to nothing.

10 mins

Gone But Not Forgotten - Part 1 The Vincent

I intend this to be an infrequent series on a selection of the hundreds of motorcycle manufacturers that have long since disappeared, whether they had been in production a year or two or a few decades. Some possibly deserved to wither and die, while some were very successful but still went out of business; some have faded from memory but many are remembered. They are all part of the rich tapestry of the history motorcycling.