1.5MB - BMW Motorcycle Club of Pretoria, South Africa

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BRAMLEY - LET’S TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
A group of members recently visited Bramley on their 50th birthday and took
to the party bags and boxes full of donations made by our members.
Our Club has ’adopted’ Bramley Children's Home as our
responsibility to charity more than a decade ago.
Many members, such as Richard Hussey, Dorothy
Prinsloo and Corlia Cilliers arranged visits, donations
and fundraisers over the years and we are proud of our
members for opening their wallets and hearts to the
more than fifty Bramley kids.
Pikkie du Plessis initiated more
fundraisers in the form of raffles and
we invite members and friends to
bring to Club Nights whatever you
can. Wish lists are available on the
forum and will also be distributed via
the Triple R.
Pikkie was recently
co-opted to the Committee
- Congratulations!
2010 RFS ECONORUN
MIKE WRIGHT
Well done to members, Mike Wright, Tobie Beetge and
Thys Fourie with great results in this year’s Econorun!
Mike summarises this weekend as follows:
“I always wanted to do the Bike Econorun, but could
never find time for it. This year, with a fair bit of persuading
from Bobby and Grant Scott, I entered Class
H for Adventure motorcycles over 1000cc on my trusty
1150 GS. The weekend prior to the event, the contestants,
organisers and sponsors had a meeting where
we were provided with our route schedules and a short
briefing on the event.
The start of the event was on 13 August at Aventura
Loskopdam with the first bike leaving at 07h30. With
competitors leaving in one-minute intervals, and my
number being 44, my departure time was at 08h14.
There were a total of 55 bikes participating.
My route schedule was in its box on the tank and my
stopwatch was synchronized with the Official Time Keeper
- I was ready to go! Taking “advice” from some experienced
participants, I made up time before reaching Middelburg!
Being competitive negatively influenced my fuel consumption.
Lesson learned. I went easier on the second and
third sections of the day, but the damage was already done!
– 5.68l/100km for the first day of ±505km.
The group I rode to Loskop with: 13-Andre Schoeman, 44- myself, 28-
Grant Scott, 30-Stuart Bekker and 49-Darryl Berman.
It was a real challenge to keep the speed down when encountering
a set of mountain twisties, but they are still very enjoyable
at a more sedate pace.
Fuel economy really becomes the
centre of your universe during this run!
Armed with a different approach,
the second day went a lot better!
I averaged 5.12l/100km over ±390kms,
giving me an average of 5.40l/100km for the two days.
That put me 4 th in Class H,
much to my surprise!
The RFS Econorun ran like clockwork. The accommodation
and food was great, even the fuel stops were organised chaos!
I also made a bunch of new friends, who willingly shared
their experiences and advice with a “newbie”, and that made
the trip unforgettable. I’m definitely going again!”
Reg Gurnell, (KTM 690 Duke -1st overall and 1st in class A -
up to 700 cc) completed the 900-km two-day event
with a fuel consumption figure of 3,22 l/100 km.
Tobie Beetge (BMW R1150GS) was the Category winner in
Class L (bikes older than 10 yrs) with 5,78 l/100 km.