In this issue

What’s
inside?
Pg 4 - Trade News
Pg 8 - Bike Friendly Places
Pg 10 - KTM 890 Duke Reveal Pg 12 - Mike Scott MotoGP
Pg 14 - Honda Dakar
Pg 16 - State of the Nation
Pg 20 - Peter Williams
Pg 26 - Engineering Dead Ends Pg 30 - Interview Timur Sardaro Pg 36 - Mike Hailwood
Pg 40 - Think Bike
Pg 44 - Magni MV
Pg 48 - Builders Customs
Pg 52 - Technical
Pg 60 - The Franskraal Tour
Pg 62 - Great Bikes - Vmax
Pg 64 - Birds Eye View
Pg 66 - Charley’s Chat
Pg 68 - Book Reviews
Pg 70 - Zontes 310V
Pg 72 - Arter Matchess
Pg 76 - Social Summaries
Pg 78 - Classifieds

KTM 890 DUKE

You can’t say that KTM isn’t prolific but, when motorcycles are as good as they generally always are from the Austrian manufacturer, who are we to complain?

2 mins

27/08/1939 – 20/12/2020 PETER WILLIAMS Obituary

Britain’s Peter Williams, often acclaimed as the finest GP racer/engineer of modern times, passed away quietly on December 20 in his sleep, after a long illness. He was 81 years old.

4 mins

Peter Williams Engineer

Williams and the magnesium alloy wheeled ‘Arter’ Matchless. Note the front and rear disc brakes that Williams also helped develop for motorcycles. Despite the front one being tiny by today’s standards, it was still an improvement over drum brakes.

2 mins

MV Agusta's Timur Sardarov Russian Relaunch

Exclusive interview with MV Agusta’s russian owner, its president/ceo timur sardarov, who purchased 100% of MV Agusta equity in december 2019

9 mins

Think Bike Giving Back To Biking

[I’m always ready to acknowledge those among us who give of their time freely to help others. I’ve been aware of the ThinkBike initiative for many years but never really understood how it worked. So, when Quinton van Eeden reached out to me and asked if I would like an article explaining ThinkBike, the work they do and the volunteers who do it, it was the perfect opportunity to learn more about this body of men and women who do so much to make motorcycling safer for all of us. Ed]

6 mins

Magni MV Italia Yesterday Once More

There’s certainly no company more entitled to produce a retro model using current MV Agusta hardware than Moto Magni, whose founder the late Arturo Magni was the architect of the historic Italian marque’s remarkable haul of 75 road racing World Championships in 26 years.

5 mins

The Custom Builders - Part 3: Reconstructed

I first became aware of Theunis from Reconstructed custom workshop a few years ago, when he arrived at a Triumph Day in Modderfontein with his radical Rocket 3 custom. It drew a lot of attention and comment, which was exactly what Theunis was aiming for from his first build.

7 mins

The Franskraal Tour

Much selling and buying of motorbikes happened in the Yell household over Christmas. It was with great sadness that I finally decided to sell Sir Galahad (my 30-year old Honda Africa Twin XRV750) and buy a half share in a bike more suitable for Annette to ride as well. We’d been talking to her ex editor’s husband, De Wet, about the possibility of buying his tricked-out 2008 Suzuki DR650 for some time, and struck the deal as soon as Sir Galahad was sold.

10 mins

Great Bikes? Yamaha V-Max

Some bikes earn reputations, be it for speed, looks, wayward handling, whatever. Some bikes are spoken about in hushed tones, generally tones of awe or fear. Some bikes achieve greatness, some have it thrust upon them! Some we forget.

2 mins

ZONTES 310V

A while back, we covered the Zontes ZT310-X1 as part of the small bike feature. There was no way we could not help but be impressed by nearly every aspect of the bike, be it equipment, performance, frugality, price, comfort, looks or quality. It was clearly a bike that was punching way above its weight.

3 mins

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