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2 0 1 6 S O U T H A F R I C A B I K E F E S T I V A L<br />
A HUGE SUCCESS!<br />
The inaugural South Africa Bike Festival celebrated huge success at the all new Kyalami Grand<br />
Prix Circuit. Words: Wayne van Tonder - wayneswordblog.wordpress.com and Rob Pics: SA Bike Festival, Rob and Zenon<br />
This weekend of the 27-29th of May<br />
saw the South Africa Bike Festival<br />
hit a newly renovated Kyalami<br />
Grand Prix Circuit, and what an amazing<br />
job they have done with the place.<br />
I remember coming to these bike<br />
weekends with my Dad and brother when I<br />
was younger, watching them go out of the<br />
pits onto the track for a ride around, going<br />
through the pit garages seeing all the latest<br />
models from the top manufactures, seeing<br />
all the latest accessories and all the while<br />
having a great day out with friends and<br />
family with plenty to keep you engaged<br />
and some really great food too from the<br />
food trucks and stalls.<br />
The Singh posing with Julien<br />
They did a fantastic job reignighting<br />
those memories from years gone by,<br />
and made it even better with great<br />
entertainment, live music on each day<br />
echoing through the pits while the sound<br />
of motorcycles flying down the pit straight<br />
brought a real feeling of excitement.<br />
I really enjoyed the day out, going<br />
through on Sunday, the <strong>final</strong> day of the<br />
event. I never ended up going around<br />
on the track, which was a pity (there is<br />
always next year), however I did meet up<br />
with someone who did, and that someone<br />
was Rob Portman, editor of this great<br />
magazine, who has been a massive<br />
influence for me starting my blog and<br />
writing about the things I am passionate<br />
about. The passion and amount of work<br />
he puts into RideFast Magazine is truly<br />
inspiring. It really is a quality magazine and<br />
I never miss an issue. Thank you Rob!<br />
While visting the RideFast stall I picked<br />
up a Brad Binder shirt, Go Brad! Rob and<br />
Ridefast are now also the official supplier<br />
of Brad Binder merchandise, which is really<br />
great because Brad is doing South Africa<br />
proud and we need to get behind him and<br />
support him. I spoke to Rob about Brad<br />
and he says that Brad is truly determined<br />
to win the championship and that riders<br />
like Valentino Rossi are big fans of Brad,<br />
that along with what he has achieved so<br />
18 RIDEFAST MAGAZINE JULY 2016
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