In this issue

Pg 4 - Trade News
Pg 10 - Bikers For Mandela Day Pg 12 - Suzuki Katana : Update
Pg 14 - Son’s of Speed Race Series
Pg 16 - Mike Hailwood’s Ducati Pg 24 - Local Launch : KTM Adv.
Pg 32 - Triumph TE-1
Pg 38 - The Collectors
Pg 42 - Charley’s Chat
Pg 44 - KTM Super Adv. S
Pg 54 - Birds Eye View
Pg 56 - The Windpump Tour
Pg 62 - The Custom Builders
Pg 66 - MotoGP Pit Lane
Pg 72 - State of the Nation
Pg 76 - Tales from the Hood
Pg 78 - Classifieds & Events

KTM 890 & 1290 Adventure Models Flowers In The Dirt

How many times in your life do you have the perfect ride? A ride when the weather is just right, the roads just right, the scenery beyond belief, the traffic thin, the right bike under your bum and - the cherry on top - the destination at the end one of anticipation and in an environment that one feels totally at ease and amongst equals?

10 mins

TRIUMPH TE-1 PROJECT E-SPEED TRIPLE

There isn’t a single manufacturer in the world today which isn’t working on a future range of Electric motorcycles (rather than E-scooters or E-bicycles), but so far only two models from any of them have made it to the marketplace: Harley-Davidson’s Livewire E-Cruiser, and KTM’s Freeride E-XC off-roader.

9 mins

The Collectors Malcolm Theron

Collectors draw their passion from many different sources. It is surprising, however, how many are inspired in their early love of motorcycles by a sporting hero. In the case of Malcolm Theron, that hero was Kevin Schwantz aboard his Lucky Strike or Pepsi Suzuki RG500 in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

7 mins

KTM 1290 Adventure On A 4000km Odyssey

Saturday… It was a horrible start to the day. There was carnage just past Pinehaven. A truck and a car had collided head-on and the road was strewn with wreckage and bodies. The collision had happened just minutes before and already there was a gaggle of people directing traffic and trying to help the survivors. I had no ghoulish need to stop and continued towards Tarlton contemplating the fleeting nature of existence, determined to have a safe day on the road.

10+ mins

THE WINDPUMP tour

Chatting to my Karoo farming mate, Jaco Loots, the other day I lamented that I’m seeing less and less “windpompe” in the Karoo these days. He told me that most farmers in his region are turning to solar-powered pumps as the old steel flowers of the Karoo are getting harder to fix and that their virtually maintenance-free solar replacements, with their almost indestructible plastic piping and sun harnessed energy, are the way of the future.

10+ mins

The Custom Builders

Flying Spanner Workshop

7 mins

Michael Scott MotoGP -PIT LANE

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

4 mins

Micheal Scott Pit Lane Pan Roddi At Your Peril

Want to become unpopular for no good reason? I am already an expert, but now I refer you to Marco Lucchinelli.

3 mins

All The Leaves Are Brown

So far in the season there have been plenty of club and regional events but now the nationals have come to life as autumn leaves start to fall

5 mins

Tales From The Hood

Mathapelo’s birthday

5 mins

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