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A biker dude was sick and tired of going to work every day<br />

while his wife stayed home.<br />

He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed:<br />

‘Dear Lord:<br />

I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife<br />

merely stays at home. I ride to work in the heat the cold,<br />

rain and hail.<br />

I want her to know what I go through.<br />

So, please allow her body to switch with mine for a day.<br />

God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish.<br />

The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as<br />

a woman...he arose, cooked breakfast for his mate,<br />

awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them<br />

breakfast, packed their lunches,drove them to school, came<br />

home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners<br />

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the ironing.<br />

At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables<br />

for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh<br />

beans for supper.<br />

After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher,<br />

folded laundry, bathed the kids and put them to bed.<br />

At 9 PM exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t<br />

finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make<br />

love, which he managed to get through without complaint.<br />

The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the<br />

bed and said: “Lord, I don’t know what<br />

I was thinking.<br />

I was so wrong to envy my wife’s being able to stay home<br />

all day!<br />

Please, Oh! Please,<br />

let us trade back.. Amen!’<br />

The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied:<br />

“My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be<br />

here to change things back to the way they were.<br />

But you’ll have to wait nine months, though.<br />

You got pregnant last night”<br />

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20: COVER STORY: 2017 HONDA OFFROAD<br />

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CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 07 - 809* 834 <br />

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ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 08 - 806*<br />

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GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 06 - 806*<br />

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GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 03 788*<br />

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GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 07 - 08 806*<br />

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YZF 1000 R1 98 - 01 634* 733 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 02 - 03 634* 728 <br />

634*<br />

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turns and handle the bike<br />

out of turns.<br />

LS - Sintered Metal<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake occasionally or only<br />

slightly going into turns.<br />

Carbon Tech<br />

Sinter<br />

DC DS RS<br />

RQ LS<br />

* = 2 sets required<br />

= Available compounds<br />

DC - DUAL CARBON<br />

DS - DUAL SINTER<br />

SBS | Kuopiovej 11 | 5700 S<br />

COLD PERFORMANCE<br />

PRICE<br />

DURABILITY<br />

DRY PERFORMANCE<br />

ERFORMANCE<br />

OT P<br />

HO<br />

ERFORMANCE<br />

FADE RESISTANCE<br />

WET P<br />

WET PERFORMANCE<br />

ERFO<br />

DS – DUAL SINTER<br />

Introduced 2007 for World<br />

Superbike, Supersport &<br />

Endurance, winning the<br />

2 sprint Championships<br />

and doing the complete<br />

24 Hour race distance of<br />

Lemans & Bol dór in it´s<br />

1st season.<br />

DS proved already to<br />

be the new standard in<br />

brake pad technology<br />

for World Championship<br />

Racing & Endurance.<br />

Dual Sinter<br />

RACING DUAL SINTER - DS<br />

Compared to RS Racing Sinter and DC Dual Carbon<br />

HONDA<br />

RS 125 / 250 - 566 618 <br />

CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 05 - 06 809* 657 <br />

CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 07 - 809* 834 <br />

CBR 1000 RR Fireblade (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 809* 657 <br />

CBR 1000 RR Fireblade (Rad.cal) 06 - 809* 834 <br />

KAWASAKI<br />

ZX-6R 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 07 - 838* 687 <br />

ZX-6RR 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 03 - 06 788* 687 <br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 04 - 07 788* 687 <br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 08 - 806*<br />

( ) 687 <br />

SUZUKI<br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 06 - 806*<br />

( ) 833 <br />

GSX-R 1000 01 - 02 686* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 03 788*<br />

( ) 765 <br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 07 - 08 806*<br />

( ) 833 <br />

806*<br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 09 - 834 <br />

YAMAHA<br />

TZ 125 / 250 - 624 659 <br />

634*<br />

( )<br />

YZF 600 R6 (Rad.cal) 03 - 657 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 98 - 01 634* 733 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 02 - 03 634* 728 <br />

634*<br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06<br />

( ) 657 <br />

839*<br />

( )( p )<br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal)(4-pad) 07 - 657 <br />

APRILIA<br />

RS 125 06 - 844 747 <br />

762*<br />

, , , y,<br />

RSV 1000 Mille, Nera, R, Factory, Pista 01 - 730 <br />

RSV4 1000 09 - 841* 730 <br />

BMW<br />

S 1000 RR 09 - 762* 742 <br />

841*<br />

1200 HP2 Sport 08 -<br />

p 671 <br />

DUCATI<br />

762*<br />

, ,<br />

749 , S, R 03 - 730 <br />

706*<br />

848 (Rad.cal) 08 -<br />

( ) 730 <br />

916 SPS 97 - 98 706* 519 <br />

D16RR 990 Desmosedici RR 07 - 841* 730 <br />

762*<br />

, ,<br />

999 , S, R 03 - 730 <br />

841*<br />

1098 / 1198 , S, R -<br />

, , 730 <br />

KTM<br />

841*<br />

,<br />

RC8 1190 , R 08 - 730 <br />

TRIUMPH<br />

864*<br />

675 Daytona Triple (Rad.cal) 09 -<br />

y p ( ) 614 <br />

782*<br />

y ( )<br />

675 Daytona (Rad.cal) 06 - 08 614 <br />

RACING BRAKE CALIPERS<br />

785<br />

AP RACING<br />

2-pad Radial Monobloc<br />

p <br />

845<br />

g p yp<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad GP Type <br />

711<br />

BREMBO<br />

Racing 2-pad Monobloc<br />

g p <br />

695<br />

g p p<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad/2-piece <br />

805<br />

BREMBO<br />

Racing 4-pad Monobloc<br />

g p <br />

p ( )<br />

NISSIN 6-piston Monobloc (Z0901) 865 <br />

SBS Racing - Cho<br />

SBS for any level / type of Ro<br />

TRACK DAY CLUB NAT<br />

Compound<br />

DS<br />

DC<br />

RS<br />

SBS ROAD RACI<br />

RS - RA<br />

SBS Road Racing<br />

Detailed applications - see SBS Catalogue or www.sbs.dk<br />

SBS REAR WHEEL<br />

RQ - Carbon Tech<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake to help steer into<br />

turns and handle the bike<br />

out of turns.<br />

LS - Sintered Metal<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake occasionally or only<br />

slightly going into turns.<br />

Carbon Tech<br />

Sinter<br />

DC DS RS<br />

RQ LS<br />

* = 2 sets required<br />

= Available compounds<br />

CE<br />

TANCE<br />

COLD PERFORMANCE<br />

PRICE<br />

DURABILITY<br />

DRY PERFORMANCE<br />

ERFORMANCE<br />

OT P<br />

HO<br />

ERFORMANCE<br />

FADE RESISTANCE<br />

WET P<br />

WET PERFORMANCE<br />

ERFO<br />

HONDA<br />

RS 125 / 250 - 566 618 <br />

CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 05 - 06 809* 657 <br />

CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 07 - 809* 834 <br />

CBR 1000 RR Fireblade (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 809* 657 <br />

CBR 1000 RR Fireblade (Rad.cal) 06 - 809* 834 <br />

KAWASAKI<br />

ZX-6R 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 07 - 838* 687 <br />

ZX-6RR 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 03 - 06 788* 687 <br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 04 - 07 788* 687 <br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 08 - 806*<br />

( ) 687 <br />

SUZUKI<br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 06 - 806*<br />

( ) 833 <br />

GSX-R 1000 01 - 02 686* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 03 788*<br />

( ) 765 <br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 07 - 08 806*<br />

( ) 833 <br />

806*<br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 09 - 834 <br />

YAMAHA<br />

TZ 125 / 250 - 624 659 <br />

634*<br />

( )<br />

YZF 600 R6 (Rad.cal) 03 - 657 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 98 - 01 634* 733 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 02 - 03 634* 728 <br />

634*<br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06<br />

( ) 657 <br />

839*<br />

( )( p )<br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal)(4-pad) 07 - 657 <br />

APRILIA<br />

RS 125 06 - 844 747 <br />

762*<br />

, , , y,<br />

RSV 1000 Mille, Nera, R, Factory, Pista 01 - 730 <br />

RSV4 1000 09 - 841* 730 <br />

BMW<br />

S 1000 RR 09 - 762* 742 <br />

841*<br />

1200 HP2 Sport 08 -<br />

p 671 <br />

DUCATI<br />

762*<br />

, ,<br />

749 , S, R 03 - 730 <br />

706*<br />

848 (Rad.cal) 08 -<br />

( ) 730 <br />

916 SPS 97 - 98 706* 519 <br />

D16RR 990 Desmosedici RR 07 - 841* 730 <br />

762*<br />

, ,<br />

999 , S, R 03 - 730 <br />

841*<br />

1098 / 1198 , S, R -<br />

, , 730 <br />

KTM<br />

841*<br />

,<br />

RC8 1190 , R 08 - 730 <br />

TRIUMPH<br />

864*<br />

675 Daytona Triple (Rad.cal) 09 -<br />

y p ( ) 614 <br />

782*<br />

y ( )<br />

675 Daytona (Rad.cal) 06 - 08 614 <br />

RACING BRAKE CALIPERS<br />

785<br />

AP RACING<br />

2-pad Radial Monobloc<br />

p <br />

845<br />

g p yp<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad GP Type <br />

711<br />

BREMBO<br />

Racing 2-pad Monobloc<br />

g p <br />

695<br />

g p p<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad/2-piece <br />

805<br />

BREMBO<br />

Racing 4-pad Monobloc<br />

g p <br />

p ( )<br />

NISSIN 6-piston Monobloc (Z0901) 865 <br />

SBS Racing - Choice of Compound<br />

SBS for any level / type of Road Racing.<br />

TRACK DAY CLUB NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL WORLD ENDURANCE<br />

Championship Level / Type<br />

Compound<br />

DS<br />

DC<br />

RS<br />

SBS ROAD RACING / CHOICE OF COMPOUND<br />

RS - RACING SINTER<br />

SBS Road Racing<br />

Detailed applications - see SBS Catalogue or www.sbs.dk<br />

SBS REAR WHEEL<br />

RQ - Carbon Tech<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake to help steer into<br />

turns and handle the bike<br />

out of turns.<br />

LS - Sintered Metal<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake occasionally or only<br />

slightly going into turns.<br />

Carbon Tech<br />

Sinter<br />

DC DS RS<br />

RQ LS<br />

* = 2 sets required<br />

= Available compounds<br />

DC - DUAL CARBON<br />

DS - DUAL SINTER<br />

SBS | Kuopiovej 11 | 5700 Svendborg Denmark | Tel.: +45 63 21 15 15 | sbs@sbs.dk | www.sbs.dk<br />

01680999<br />

09996<br />

HONDA<br />

RS 125 / 250 - 566 618 <br />

CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 05 - 06 809* 657 <br />

CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 07 - 809* 834 <br />

CBR 1000 RR Fireblade (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 809* 657 <br />

CBR 1000 RR Fireblade (Rad.cal) 06 - 809* 834 <br />

KAWASAKI<br />

ZX-6R 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 07 - 838* 687 <br />

ZX-6RR 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 03 - 06 788* 687 <br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 04 - 07 788* 687 <br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 08 - 806*<br />

( ) 687 <br />

SUZUKI<br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 06 - 806*<br />

( ) 833 <br />

GSX-R 1000 01 - 02 686* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 03 788*<br />

( ) 765 <br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 07 - 08 806*<br />

( ) 833 <br />

806*<br />

( )<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 09 - 834 <br />

YAMAHA<br />

TZ 125 / 250 - 624 659 <br />

634*<br />

( )<br />

YZF 600 R6 (Rad.cal) 03 - 657 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 98 - 01 634* 733 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 02 - 03 634* 728 <br />

634*<br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06<br />

( ) 657 <br />

839*<br />

( )( p )<br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal)(4-pad) 07 - 657 <br />

APRILIA<br />

RS 125 06 - 844 747 <br />

762*<br />

, , , y,<br />

RSV 1000 Mille, Nera, R, Factory, Pista 01 - 730 <br />

RSV4 1000 09 - 841* 730 <br />

BMW<br />

S 1000 RR 09 - 762* 742 <br />

841*<br />

1200 HP2 Sport 08 -<br />

p 671 <br />

DUCATI<br />

762*<br />

, ,<br />

749 , S, R 03 - 730 <br />

706*<br />

848 (Rad.cal) 08 -<br />

( ) 730 <br />

916 SPS 97 - 98 706* 519 <br />

D16RR 990 Desmosedici RR 07 - 841* 730 <br />

762*<br />

, ,<br />

999 , S, R 03 - 730 <br />

841*<br />

1098 / 1198 , S, R -<br />

, , 730 <br />

KTM<br />

841*<br />

,<br />

RC8 1190 , R 08 - 730 <br />

TRIUMPH<br />

864*<br />

675 Daytona Triple (Rad.cal) 09 -<br />

y p ( ) 614 <br />

782*<br />

y ( )<br />

675 Daytona (Rad.cal) 06 - 08 614 <br />

RACING BRAKE CALIPERS<br />

785<br />

AP RACING<br />

2-pad Radial Monobloc<br />

p <br />

845<br />

g p yp<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad GP Type <br />

711<br />

BREMBO<br />

Racing 2-pad Monobloc<br />

g p <br />

695<br />

g p p<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad/2-piece <br />

805<br />

BREMBO<br />

Racing 4-pad Monobloc<br />

g p <br />

p ( )<br />

NISSIN 6-piston Monobloc (Z0901) 865 <br />

SBS Racing - Choice of Compound<br />

SBS for any level / type of Road Racing.<br />

TRACK DAY CLUB NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL WORLD ENDURANCE<br />

Championship Level / Type<br />

Compound<br />

DS<br />

DC<br />

RS<br />

SBS ROAD RACING / CHOICE OF COMPOUND<br />

RS - RACING SINTER<br />

SBS Road Racing<br />

Detailed applications - see SBS Catalogue or www.sbs.dk<br />

SBS REAR WHEEL<br />

RQ - Carbon Tech<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake to help steer into<br />

turns and handle the bike<br />

out of turns.<br />

LS - Sintered Metal<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake occasionally or only<br />

slightly going into turns.<br />

Carbon Tech<br />

Sinter<br />

DC DS RS<br />

RQ LS<br />

* = 2 sets required<br />

= Available compounds<br />

DC - DUAL CARBON<br />

DS - DUAL SINTER<br />

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Introduced Introduced 2007 for World 2007 for World<br />

Superbike, Superbike, Supersport & Supersport &<br />

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2 sprint Championships<br />

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PRICE<br />

DRY PERFORMANCE<br />

DURABILITY<br />

Dual Sinter<br />

DS – DUAL SINTER<br />

RACING DUAL SINTER - DS<br />

COLD PERFORMANCE<br />

PRICE<br />

RACING DUAL SINTER - DS<br />

HOT PERFORMANCE<br />

COLD PERFORMANCE<br />

WET PERFORMANCEP<br />

Compared to RS Racing Sinter and DC Dual Carbon<br />

DRY PERFORMANCE<br />

Dual Sinter<br />

FADE RESISTANCE<br />

Compared to RS Racing Sinter and DC Dual Carbon<br />

SBS REAR WHEEL<br />

RQ - Carbon Tech<br />

For riders using the rearFor riders using the rear<br />

brake to help steer into<br />

brake to help steer into<br />

turns and handle the bike<br />

out of turns.<br />

turns and handle the bike<br />

out of turns.<br />

LS - Sintered Metal<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake occasionally or only<br />

slightly going into turns.<br />

HOT PERFORMANCE<br />

WET PERFORMANCEP<br />

FADE RESISTANCE<br />

Carbon Tech<br />

SBS REAR WHEEL<br />

RQ - Carbon Tech<br />

LS - Sintered Metal<br />

For riders using the rear<br />

brake occasionally or only<br />

slightly going into turns.<br />

Sinter<br />

Carbon Tech<br />

SBS Road Racing<br />

Detailed applications - see SBS Catalogue or www.sbs.dk<br />

SBS Road Racing<br />

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HONDA<br />

DC DS RS RQ LS<br />

HONDA<br />

RS 125 / 250 - 566 618 <br />

DC<br />

CBR<br />

DS RS RQ LS<br />

600 RR (Rad.cal) <br />

SBS Racing<br />

05 - 06 809*<br />

-<br />

Choice <br />

of Compound<br />

657 <br />

566 618 RS 125 / 250 -<br />

CBR 600 - CBR 809* 600 RR 657 (Rad.cal) <br />

07 - 809* 834 <br />

RR (Rad.cal) 05 06<br />

CBR 600 RR (Rad.cal) 07 - CBR 809* 1000 RR 834 Fireblade (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 809* 657 <br />

CBR 1000 RR Fireblade (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 CBR 809* 1000 RR 657 Fireblade (Rad.cal) 06 - 809* 834 <br />

809* 834 <br />

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SBS for any level / type of Road Racing. SBS for any level / type of Ro<br />

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KAWASAKI<br />

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<br />

ZX-6R 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 07 - ZX-6R 838* Ninja 687 (Rad.cal) <br />

600 07 - 838* 687<br />

ZX-6RR 600 Ninja (Rad.cal) 03 - 06 ZX-6RR 788* 600 Ninja 687 (Rad.cal) <br />

03 - 06 788* 687 <br />

ZX-10R 788* 1000 Ninja 687 (Rad.cal) <br />

04 - 07 SBS 788*<br />

ROAD RACING / 687<br />

CHOICE OF COMPOUND<br />

SBS ROAD RACI<br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 04 - 07<br />

ZX-10R 1000 Ninja (Rad.cal) 08 - 806* 687 <br />

1000 Ninja ZX-10R 08 - 806*<br />

(Rad.cal) 687 <br />

SUZUKI<br />

Compound<br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 04 - 05 SUZUKI 806* 765 <br />

Compound<br />

GSX-R 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 06 - GSX-R 806* 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 833 <br />

04 - 05 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 01 - 02 GSX-R 686* 600 / 750 (Rad.cal) 765 <br />

06 - 806* 833 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 03 788* 765 <br />

GSX-R<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06 806* <br />

1000 DS<br />

765 <br />

01 - 02 686* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 07 - 08 GSX-R 806* 1000 (Rad.cal) 833 <br />

03 788* 765 <br />

DS<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 09 - GSX-R 806* 1000 (Rad.cal) 834 <br />

DC04 - 06 806* 765 <br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 07 - 08 806* 833 <br />

YAMAHA<br />

GSX-R 1000 (Rad.cal) 09 - 806* 834 <br />

TZ 125 / 250 - 624 659 <br />

DC<br />

RS<br />

YZF 600 R6 (Rad.cal) 03 - 634* 657 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 98 - 01 YAMAHA 634* 733 <br />

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YZF 1000 R1 02 - 03 TZ634* 125 / 250 728 <br />

- 624 659 <br />

RS<br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal) 04 - 06 YZF 634* 600 R6 657 (Rad.cal) <br />

03 - 634* 657 <br />

YZF 1000 R1 (Rad.cal)(4-pad) ) 07 - YZF 839* 1000 R1657 <br />

98 - 01 634* 733 <br />

Championship Level / Type<br />

APRILIA<br />

YZF 1000 R1 02 - 03 634* 728 <br />

RS 125 06 - YZF 844 1000 R1 747 (Rad.cal) <br />

04 - 06 634* 657 <br />

RSV 1000 Mille, Nera, R, Factory, Pista 01 - YZF 762* 1000 R1 730 (Rad.cal)(4-pad) <br />

) 07 - 839* 657 <br />

RSV4 1000 09 - 841* 730 <br />

RS - RACING SINTER<br />

APRILIA<br />

BMW<br />

RS<br />

S 1000 RR 09 - 762* <br />

125<br />

742 <br />

06 - 844 747 <br />

1200 HP2 Sport 08 - RSV 841* 1000 Mille, 671 Nera, R, Factory, Pista 01 - 762* 730 <br />

RSV4 1000 09 - 841* 730 <br />

DUCATI<br />

749 , S, R 03 - BMW 762* 730 <br />

DC - DUAL CARBON<br />

848 (Rad.cal) 08 - 706* 730 <br />

916 SPS 97 - 98<br />

S<br />

706* <br />

1000<br />

<br />

RR<br />

519 <br />

09 - 762* 742 <br />

D16RR 990 Desmosedici RR 07 - 841* 1200 HP2 730Sport <br />

08 - 841* 671 <br />

999 , S, R 03 - 762* 730 <br />

1098 / 1198 , S, R - DUCATI 841* 730 <br />

749 , S, R 03 - 762* 730 <br />

KTM<br />

DS - DUAL SINTER<br />

RC8 1190 , R 08 - 841* 848 (Rad.cal) 730 <br />

08 - 706* 730 <br />

916 SPS 97 - 98 706* 519 <br />

TRIUMPH<br />

D16RR 990 Desmosedici RR 07 - 841* 730 <br />

675 Daytona Triple (Rad.cal) 09 - 864* 999 , S, 614 R <br />

03 - 762* 730 <br />

675 Daytona (Rad.cal) 06 - 08 782* 614<br />

1098 / 1198 , S, R<br />

<br />

- 841* 730 <br />

RACING BRAKE CALIPERS<br />

KTM 785<br />

AP RACING 2-pad Radial Monobloc<br />

<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad GP Type 841*<br />

RC8 845 1190 , R 08 - 730 <br />

BREMBO<br />

Monobloc<br />

711<br />

Racing 2-pad <br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad/2-piece p<br />

695<br />

TRIUMPH<br />

<br />

BREMBO Racing 4-pad Monobloc<br />

805 <br />

675 09 - 864*<br />

Daytona Triple (Rad.cal) 614 <br />

NISSIN 6-piston Monobloc (Z0901) 865 <br />

782*<br />

675 Daytona (Rad.cal) 06 - 08 614 <br />

* = 2 sets required<br />

= Available compounds RACING BRAKE CALIPERS<br />

AP RACING<br />

Radial Monobloc<br />

785<br />

2-pad <br />

845<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad GP Type <br />

BREMBO<br />

Monobloc<br />

711<br />

Racing 2-pad <br />

695<br />

BREMBO Racing 2-pad/2-piece p<br />

<br />

BREMBO<br />

Monobloc<br />

805<br />

Racing 4-pad <br />

NISSIN 6-piston Monobloc (Z0901) 865 <br />

Sinter<br />

* = 2 sets required<br />

= Available compounds<br />

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OFF-ROAD CARBON SILVER - CS<br />

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WET DURABILITY<br />

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Bike Tyre Warehouse Opening<br />

in Midrand, 1st September.<br />

Tyres for Road, Adventure and Dirt.<br />

The infamous Bruce de Kock, who is a columnist<br />

for our magazine on a wide range of tyre related<br />

subjects and one of the most experienced tyre<br />

guys (ten years plus BATT Tyre fame), is the man<br />

behind this lot. A multifranchise and one-stop<br />

motorcycle, ATV and SXS tyre and fitment centre<br />

in Midrand.<br />

A very interesting guy, Bruce comes from a road<br />

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motocross outfit in SA. He has loads of experience<br />

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WET DURABILITY<br />

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DRY PERFORMANCE<br />

Compared to SI Sinter and RSI a testament Racing Sinter to the above.”<br />

Compared to CS Carbon Silver and RSI Racing Sinter<br />

With around 4000 tyres in stock, they supply<br />

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Top of the line equipment is on its way for<br />

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In addition to tyres, Bike Tyre Warehouse will<br />

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UTILITY SIDE BY SIDE LEISURE SPORT RACING<br />

Type of use<br />

RSI - RACING SINTER<br />

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SI - SINTER<br />

ATS - Sinter<br />

Compatible front/rear compound for older Arctic Cat and<br />

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WET PERFORMANCE<br />

HOT PERFORMANCE<br />

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SI - SINTER<br />

ATS - Sinter<br />

Compatible front/rear compound for older Arctic Cat and<br />

Polaris models equipped with plain steel brake disc.<br />

ANCE<br />

DRY DURABILITY<br />

DRY PERFORMANCE<br />

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FIRST LOOK<br />

“Both of these models are highperformance<br />

machines that<br />

represent the epitome of dirt bike<br />

engineering. Over the years, each of<br />

the milestone CRF450R models has<br />

been eagerly anticipated, and the<br />

2017 version is the best yet.”<br />

20 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2016


2017 HONDA OFFROADS REVEALED<br />

DOUBLE<br />

TROUBLE<br />

CRF450 RX & CRF450 R<br />

CRF450 RX & CRF450 R<br />

On the 15th anniversary of Honda’s<br />

original 450cc class four-stroke<br />

motocross model, Honda has<br />

announced what they are calling a<br />

revolutionary CRF450R that promises to be<br />

the most powerful, best-handling Honda<br />

motocross machine ever. Honda’s nocompromises<br />

approach to designing and<br />

developing the new bike was intended to<br />

put it at the front of the pack in all areas of<br />

performance, resulting in what Honda is<br />

calling the “Absolute Holeshot.”<br />

Since its 2002 introduction, the<br />

CRF450R has earned an enviable<br />

racing pedigree, and they say that<br />

the 2017 edition is the best yet,<br />

with superior technology and<br />

style. Riders know that the most<br />

important part of any motocross<br />

race is the start, and the new<br />

CRF450R Unicam engine has<br />

been developed to achieve<br />

overwhelming performance<br />

in the first 100 feet of battle,<br />

offering increased power<br />

output but also allowing greatd<br />

traction. And while arriving<br />

to turn one first is significant,<br />

winning requires staying in front<br />

for the entire moto, which is<br />

why Honda engineers designed<br />

an all-new chassis with reduced<br />

weight and centralized mass. The<br />

result is a machine that they say is at<br />

once fast, reliable and forgiving, and<br />

that allows riders to more easily extract<br />

maximum performance, consistently<br />

turning low lap times while simultaneously<br />

taxing their bodies less.<br />

In addition, Honda is, at long last offering<br />

a brand-new model, the CRF450RX, which<br />

is based on the 2017 CRF450R but with a<br />

number of differences that make it perfect<br />

for riding and racing off-road... Like its<br />

motocross-focused sibling, they tell us that the<br />

CRF450RX is designed for maximum agility<br />

and performance, offering owners superior<br />

power along with effortless handling—the ideal<br />

woods-racing combination.<br />

Honda also took the opportunity to<br />

announce the remainder of its 2017 model-year<br />

CRF competition dirt bike model line, including<br />

the CRF250R and CRF150R motocross<br />

bikes and CRF450X and CRF250X off-road<br />

motorcycles.<br />

“We’re very proud to introduce the milestone<br />

2017 edition of Honda’s legendary CRF450R,<br />

as well as the brand-new CRF450RX,”<br />

said Lee Edmunds, Manager of Motorcycle<br />

Marketing Communications at American<br />

Honda. “Both of these models are highperformance<br />

machines that represent the<br />

epitome of dirt bike engineering. Over the<br />

years, each of the milestone CRF450R models<br />

has been eagerly anticipated, and the 2017<br />

version is the best yet.”<br />

The techy stuff on the two new 450’s:<br />

CRF450R. They say:<br />

“Everything about the new-from-the-groundup<br />

2017 CRF450R is designed for the<br />

absolute holeshot. A new Unicam engine<br />

offers increased power and torque across<br />

the rev range, thanks in part to an ultra-direct<br />

downdraft air intake, steeper valve angle and<br />

twin exhaust system with smoother routing.<br />

The chassis boasts new geometry and<br />

packaging that results in a more concentrated,<br />

DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2016 21


lower centre of mass, helping to get the<br />

power to the ground, maximize stability and<br />

improve cornering performance. The lighter<br />

aluminum frame has a narrower crosssection<br />

and a lighter, extruded aluminum rear<br />

sub frame. The motorcycle is equipped with a<br />

coil-spring 49mm Showa fork, while the rear<br />

suspension comprises a lighter swing arm<br />

assembly and a shock with a lower mounting<br />

position. Dunlop Geomax MX3S tires come<br />

standard, and the CRF450R is the first massproduced<br />

motocross bike ever to come with<br />

a titanium fuel tank. Electric start is available<br />

as an option.”<br />

PERFORMANCE<br />

Downdraft Fuel Injection<br />

Part of an entire engine overhaul for 2017,<br />

the new downdraft intake tract and FI body<br />

help and increase both power and fuelmetering<br />

precision. It’s part of the reason the<br />

CRF450R offers such explosive power and<br />

massive torque, especially out of the starting<br />

gate and in the critical first 100 feet of the<br />

race to the first turn.<br />

New Cylinder Head Layout<br />

This year the new 2017 CRF450R uses a new<br />

“in-finger” rocker design. The Unicam cylinder<br />

head remains the most efficient in the MX<br />

world, giving you the design and performance<br />

of a double-overhead-cam layout but the<br />

compactness of a single-overhead-cam design.<br />

Higher, 13.5:1 Compression Ratio<br />

A new combustion-chamber design with<br />

a revising squish area helps boost the<br />

CRF450R’s compression to new heights<br />

this year, an impressive 13.5:1. That means<br />

improved combustion efficiency for more<br />

power.<br />

New “In Molded” Graphics<br />

With the all the time you’ll be spending in<br />

victory circle, you need to look your best.<br />

The new CRF450R has you covered. New<br />

“in molded” graphics look great, and stay<br />

looking good longer.<br />

Skid Plate<br />

A factory skid plate is light and offers the<br />

engine and lower-frame protection that a<br />

racer demands.<br />

22 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2016


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HANDLING<br />

New Showa® Spring Fork: An allnew<br />

49mm Showa® fork features<br />

a conventional spring design that<br />

helps increase the CRF450R’s<br />

front-suspension precision,<br />

handling and feel.<br />

Next-Generation Aluminum Frame<br />

New for 2017, Honda’s Next-Gen<br />

twin spar aluminum frame positions<br />

the new rear shock’s mounting point<br />

lower, opening up the air box area<br />

and contributing to a lower centre<br />

of gravity for more holeshots. The<br />

frame geometry also helps improve<br />

traction, feeling and steering<br />

precision.<br />

Updated Twin-pipe Exhaust<br />

System<br />

The CRF450R’s dual exhaust<br />

system is even more compact for<br />

2017 and positioned closer and<br />

lower in the frame’s center to take<br />

weight off the rear end and bring<br />

more mass to the bike’s center for<br />

improved handling. It also allows for<br />

more air flow, and that equals added<br />

horsepower.<br />

ENGINEERING<br />

Electric-Start Option. Check out the<br />

electric-start kit available for the first<br />

time on the new CRF450R!<br />

Titanium Fuel Tank<br />

Grams and performance count,<br />

and the 2017 CRF450R makes a<br />

big switch to a titanium fuel tank<br />

this year. Light and strong, it’s also<br />

thinner than our previous plastic<br />

unit, while maintaining the same<br />

capacity, freeing up more space and<br />

helping to centralize fuel mass.<br />

Engine Mode Select Button<br />

This new simple handlebar-mounted<br />

button lets you dial in engine power<br />

delivery character with a push<br />

of your thumb. Choose between<br />

Standard, Smooth and Aggressive,<br />

depending on track conditions.<br />

New Scavenge Pump<br />

Deep in the engine, there’s a new oil<br />

scavenge pump. You may never see<br />

it, but it helps keep the CRF450R’s<br />

overall design compact.<br />

COMFORT<br />

Flatter Seat/Tank Junction<br />

The new 2017 CRF450R features<br />

a new, flatter seat/tank junction,<br />

including a new titanium fuel tank.<br />

The improved ergonomics make it<br />

easier to move forward and back on<br />

the bike, increasing your control.<br />

260mm Front Brake<br />

The CRF450R’s large front-brake<br />

disc measures a whopping 260mm.<br />

You get great brake feel and a wave<br />

pattern that cuts down on weight.<br />

Front and rear brake-disc guards are<br />

part of the package too.<br />

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CRF450RX<br />

They say: “As a brand-new model, Honda’s CRF450RX<br />

boasts most of the features of its motocross-directed sibling,<br />

but in a package that’s designed for closed-course offroad<br />

riding and racing. Among the features that distinguish<br />

it from the CRF450R are a smoother ignition map and<br />

standard electric start (with kick-start backup), while chassis<br />

differences include off-road-focused suspension settings, a<br />

revised cylinder-head hanger and changed wheel hubs and<br />

axles. The CRF450RX also comes with off-road-appropriate<br />

components like a larger plastic fuel tank, forged-aluminum<br />

side stand, 18 inch rear rim and Dunlop Geomax AT81 tyres.”<br />

Large Fuel Tank<br />

The CRF450RX’s 8.3 litre fuel tank will give you that much<br />

more mileage.<br />

Electric and Kick Start<br />

The new 2017 CRF450RX comes with both a kick- and<br />

electric-starting system as standard<br />

equipment. Having both options will<br />

ensure faster starts.<br />

Engine Mode Select Button<br />

This simple, handlebar-mounted button lets you dial in engine<br />

power delivery character with a push of your thumb. Choose<br />

between Standard, Smooth, and Aggressive, depending on<br />

course conditions.<br />

Scavenge Pump:<br />

Deep in the engine, there’s a new oil scavenge pump.<br />

You may never see it, but it helps keep the<br />

CRF450RX’s overall design compact.<br />

New Dual-pipe Exhaust System<br />

The CRF450RX’s dual exhaust<br />

system is compact and positioned<br />

closer and lower in the frame’s<br />

centre to take weight off the rear<br />

end and bring more mass to the<br />

bike’s centre for superior handling.<br />

Skid Plate<br />

A factory skid plate is light and offers<br />

the engine and lower-frame protection<br />

that a motocross racer demands. The<br />

smooth contours help keep you from<br />

getting hung up on logs and rocks,<br />

too.<br />

Kickstand<br />

It seems like a small detail, but offroad<br />

bikes can sometimes need a<br />

kickstand. Which is exactly why you’ll<br />

find this light, compact unit added<br />

right from the factory.<br />

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New Aluminum Frame<br />

The twin spar aluminum frame positions the rear<br />

shock’s mounting point low, opening up the<br />

air box area and contributing to a lower<br />

centre of gravity. The frame geometry<br />

also helps give you more traction.<br />

New Flywheel<br />

Off-road riders want smooth power delivery<br />

that gives the engine’s revving character, better<br />

matching it for tougher terrain. That’s why the new<br />

CRF450RX gets a special flywheel tuned for offroad<br />

use.<br />

Cylinder Head Layout<br />

The 2017 CRF450RX uses a new “in-finger” rocker<br />

design. The efficient Unicam cylinder head gives<br />

you the design and performance of a doubleoverhead-cam<br />

layout but the compactness of a<br />

single-overhead-cam design.<br />

Off-Road Suspension with Spring Fork<br />

Designed specifically for the demands of off-road<br />

riding, the CRF450RX’s new Showa Spring Fork<br />

and suspension components are fully adjustable<br />

and chosen to give you the ultimate tunability and<br />

performance in the field for changing conditions.<br />

CRF250R<br />

The bike that Malcolm Stewart took to the 2016 AMA Supercross<br />

250SX East Region title returns for 2017 with a 49mm track-tuned<br />

Showa SFF-Air TAC fork and Showa shock, both of which offer a wide<br />

spectrum of adjustment and are designed to work at the highest level.<br />

With a race-proven chassis and Honda’s exclusive twin-muffler design,<br />

which efficiently centers the mass, the CRF250R is renowned for its<br />

deft handling. The high-compression 249cc Unicam engine provides an<br />

impressive spread of horsepower throughout the entire rpm range, and<br />

the bike comes with an engine-mode-select button that allows for three<br />

different power maps: Standard, Smooth and Aggressive. Custom maps<br />

can also be created with the available HRC tuning tool.<br />

CRF150R/CRF150RB<br />

The only four-stroke machine in the competition mini motocross<br />

category, the CRF150R is what a young racer needs to achieve<br />

the next level. Currently campaigned in the amateur nationals<br />

by Amsoil Honda’s Carson Mumford, the CRF150R features<br />

a powerful-but-compact Unicam engine (based on those<br />

of the CRF250R and CRF450R) and race-tuned, fully<br />

adjustable Showa suspension, packaged in a trackdesigned<br />

chassis, all resulting in the highest level of<br />

performance. This model is available in a standard<br />

version and the CRF150RB, which accommodates<br />

bigger riders with its larger wheels, higher seat and<br />

longer swingarm.<br />

CRF450X<br />

The off-road-focused X-model maintains Honda’s proven<br />

strength and durability. Since its release, the CRF450X<br />

has had much success with a long list of competition<br />

successes internationally. The compact 449cc liquidcooled<br />

four-stroke Unicam engine provides a smooth<br />

power delivery and plenty of low-end torque. Plush,<br />

works-style Showa suspension, a trail-tuned chassis and<br />

superior ergonomics enable impressive handling and feel in<br />

a variety of off-road terrain. The model also features the Honda<br />

Progressive Steering Damper, which aids cornering and helps to<br />

reduce arm fatigue, while the electric start helps ensure trouble-free<br />

starting in almost any condition.<br />

HANDLING<br />

An 18-inch rear wheel is another indication of the<br />

CRF450RX’s off-road heritage.<br />

260mm Front Brake<br />

The CRF450RX’s large front-brake disc measures<br />

a whopping 260mm. You get great brake feel and a<br />

wave pattern that cuts down on weight. Front and<br />

rear brake-disc guards are part of the package, and<br />

are sure to be popular with off-road riders.<br />

CRF250X<br />

Like the CRF450X, Honda’s CRF250X has close ties to the competition<br />

R models and carries the same reputation for performance. The<br />

lightweight and compact 249cc liquid-cooled, four-stroke Unicam<br />

engine, wide-ratio five-speed transmission and push-button electric<br />

start are set up specifically for off-road riding. Plush, predictable<br />

handling from the trail-tuned Showa suspension allows the bike to<br />

tackle off-road terrain with ease. A hit with the off-road crowd, the<br />

CRF250X also features a headlight, taillight, trip meter and 18 inch rear<br />

wheel to further enhance the off-road experience.<br />

No news on costing or date of arrival, but pop down to your local<br />

dealer for the skinny on the new models…<br />

www.honda.co.za<br />

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NEWS<br />

Yamaha Launches bLU cRU<br />

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bLU cRU Yamaha is a massive, nationwide, Dealer and Yamaha SA driven, membership<br />

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purchase a new YZ, WR or FX model via accredited Yamaha dealerships, but is deemed<br />

as highly aspirational to the customer, and has a true sense of “belonging” to the Yamaha<br />

family. Great initiative!<br />

bLU cRU Yamaha membership provides the customer with all sorts of cool stuff:<br />

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* Free Yamalube care pack.<br />

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* Dealer showroom and workshop based support, with great service.<br />

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* Two national major events, one of them being the Roof of Africa, will be selected, and<br />

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on some shuteye. The customer only pays for the parts he uses. All labour, lubes, bike<br />

washes, tyre changes etc. are provided free of charge. Cool huh!<br />

* An invitation to an annual bLU cRU Yamaha weekend, exclusively for bLU cRU Yamaha<br />

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ORANGE<br />

HAZE<br />

THE 2017 KTM ENDURO LINEUP<br />

Dirt And Trail Magazine was the first to bring<br />

you all of the news and info on the 2017 KTM<br />

Enduro lineup. In our July issue, We told you<br />

about all the differences in the range. Late last<br />

month we were invited to the South African<br />

launch of the machines in KZN. This is quite a<br />

long story. Mostly because it has been a long<br />

time since any manufacturer has delivered so<br />

many new models all in one shot.<br />

What a great idea to host the launch in Alfie<br />

Cox’s back yard. This multiple champ and all<br />

round Mr nice guy, was tasked with the chore<br />

(is it a chore?), of putting together a launch ride<br />

that would display exactly what these bikes were<br />

built for. Now if you, like, had visions of Roof Of<br />

Africa type terrain, rest assured that this was not<br />

the case. We were treated to a very cool trail ride<br />

through the mountains.<br />

We gathered at OR Tambo international airport<br />

on a rather chilly Highveld winters’ day to take an<br />

orange (get it?) plane for the short hop and skip<br />

to the Ushaka landing zone just outside Ballito.<br />

Flying down, we were treated to cornflower blue<br />

skies and a vista of snowy mountains as we flew<br />

along the Drakensberg mountains. South Africa<br />

sure is pretty. A quick transfer saw us deposited<br />

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Alfie Cox, Franziska Brandl and Riaan<br />

Neveling, our hosts for the launch...<br />

The Brother KTM racers were on<br />

hand to give us some pointers...<br />

The very friendly Stephan Marais,<br />

KTM’s technical guru.<br />

at the very salubrious Makaranga Garden<br />

Lodge in Kloof, where we met for a Q&A<br />

session on the bikes.<br />

Lurking in the lobby was a 300exc with all<br />

the power parts you can think of attached<br />

and in the conference room we were greeted<br />

with a Six Days 350 four stroke as well as a<br />

300EXC two stroke model. Now we know<br />

how much you KTM Afficionado’s love your<br />

bolt-on goodies and we have to comment that<br />

KTM is one of the very few brands that pay<br />

proper attention to marketing their extras. And<br />

- in our opinion, it pays dividends.<br />

Riaan Neveling is the new - ish marketing<br />

man at KTM and he gave a very informative<br />

presentation on the new bikes. What we<br />

found interesting and entertaining was the<br />

fact that he involved the audience, asking<br />

relevant questions to gauge an understanding<br />

of how knowledgeable the press actually<br />

are. Questions like the difference between<br />

torque and horsepower, what is the meaning<br />

of ergonomics, Centre of gravity, Open and<br />

closed cartridge forks... and quite a few of the<br />

guys on hand came away knowing a bit more<br />

than when they arrived…<br />

We are not going to go in to great detail on<br />

each bike - for that, re-read our July issue,<br />

or you can go online for our electronic copy.<br />

Nevertheless we are still pretty astonished at<br />

KTM’S claims for the new bikes.<br />

Stress was placed on the fact that these are<br />

not updated 2016’s. These are entirely new<br />

models, with emphasis placed on less weight,<br />

smoother power and better handling across<br />

the board.<br />

That’s a pretty tall order, when you consider<br />

just how successful KTM is in the dirt-bike<br />

market across the globe.<br />

We love innovation. KTM has used new<br />

alloys to remanufacture frames. They have<br />

redesigned small items like the pots on the<br />

brakes and the brake levers themselves to<br />

make them lighter and, they say, better. On<br />

the carburetted models KTM has changed<br />

supplier to Mikuni, a company that wants to<br />

continue with two-stroke development - and<br />

they say that the new carburettors are easier<br />

to adjust and work on. They tell us that the<br />

flat-slide design of the Mikuni unit allows the<br />

power to be delivered far smoother and in<br />

a more controllable way (but we are talking<br />

about a two-stroke, that is half the fun). By<br />

changing the batteries to lithium ion dry cell<br />

units, they saved more weight… and so the<br />

list goes on. The end results are astonishing<br />

savings in weight – and they have included<br />

more practical innovations. Here’s something<br />

we like a lot – the bikes shrouds have<br />

been reinforced, made from a hard plastic<br />

compound to act as radiator protectors – the<br />

aftermarket guys might not like that, but for a<br />

stock bike, we reckon that this innovation will<br />

be copied by other manufacturers. Did you<br />

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What’s left of the Hammarsdale track...<br />

know that KTM now makes a plug-in traction<br />

control module for their bikes? Now you do<br />

and they fitted it to the new 350 for us to try<br />

out. It’s an optional engine map switch for<br />

MY17, which gives the rider a total of four<br />

different maps and use of KTM’s intriguing<br />

new traction control system.<br />

For 2017, KTM has refined the plastics<br />

and the overall look of the bike, most notable<br />

for 2017 is the orange surround on the light<br />

fitting, and the light can now be removed<br />

from the bike without the use of tools. KTM<br />

has also added rigidity to the front guard to<br />

help with mud and dirt build up and have also<br />

revised the rear fender with an integrated grab<br />

handle. The handle will help prevent grabbing<br />

a handful of dirt when your trying to move the<br />

back of the bike around logs and rocks on<br />

technical trails. The seat has been reshaped<br />

slightly to improve comfort and provide a<br />

flatter area to move back and forwards on<br />

the bike, the seat has also had up to 10mm<br />

shaved off in some areas.<br />

Once you’re sitting on the bike you will wrap<br />

your hands around some new ODI lock-on<br />

grips and place your feet on some new ‘No<br />

Dirt’ footpegs and a similar shifter. Both aren’t<br />

really improving performance, rather smarter<br />

options included to make your overall ride<br />

hassle-free.<br />

We don’t really enjoy messing around with<br />

glue and grip wire, so these ODI grips make<br />

it really easy when swapping out grips. The<br />

footpegs have been redesigned by KTM to<br />

prevent dirt building up, it’s not every ride that<br />

you are going to think about this, but if you’re<br />

in the middle of some difficult snotty trails,<br />

its one less thing you have to worry about<br />

slowing your ride down.<br />

The fuel tank is again white/opaque giving<br />

you no excuses for not knowing how much<br />

fuel you have left. This might make the excuse<br />

you give to the missus of running out of fuel<br />

on the trail a little null and void as well. The<br />

tank is one litre larger on the two-stroke<br />

EXC than the four-stroke with a new fuel line<br />

connector, which will help prevent any tree<br />

branches snagging on your fuel line.<br />

KTM has also redesigned the airbox with a<br />

smarter multi directional air filter cage, making<br />

it harder to mount the cage incorrectly and<br />

preventing dirt being sucked into the carb<br />

from the filter being installed incorrectly.<br />

At long last, KTM has placed the idle<br />

adjuster on the carburettor models in a<br />

sensible position above the throttle, rather<br />

than buried on the carb under the fuel tank.<br />

Of note, the MY17 range features the all-new<br />

WP XPlor 48 upside-down fork with 300mm<br />

of travel. It’s a split fork developed by WP<br />

in close collaboration with KTM, featuring<br />

springs on both sides and the damping action<br />

is split between the fork legs – compression<br />

is on the left side and rebound is on the right.<br />

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Something we have always enjoyed on the KTMs over the<br />

years has been the Brembo brakes and hydraulic clutch.<br />

But the bad news is that if you are planning to buy a ‘17,<br />

we’re afraid that none of your old spare parts are going to fit...<br />

Riding the bikes, we do understand why it’s all been<br />

done - and please bear in mind that a company like KTM<br />

does not wake up in the morning and simply change stuff -<br />

innovations are tested on race tracks, with input from some<br />

of the best riders in the world over a long time before they<br />

make their way onto production motorcycles.<br />

Most of the rather talented KTM Race team was on hand<br />

to help out - and we got chatting to the guys who raced<br />

Romaniacs on the new bikes. They were quite candid in<br />

telling us that the ‘17’s made the 16’s feel a bit dated... quite<br />

a statement. We were all really looking forward to riding the<br />

bikes the next day.<br />

On ride day, we joined young Kirsten Landman for the<br />

transfer to the Highstakes track in Cato Ridge. Highstakes is<br />

pretty cool – carved into the local hills they have a great MX<br />

track complete with a clubhouse, 4x4 trail and some really<br />

lekker little gnarly hills and things where you can practice your<br />

rock clambering skills. Best of all – a Guy like Alfie knows the<br />

trails in every direction… and that’s exactly what we did.<br />

We arrived to a sea of dark orange – with all of the 2017’s<br />

neatly lined up and ready to race…<br />

A quick briefing - and weapons were selected. We loved<br />

the fact that it was all lekker relaxed and informal. The fast<br />

Jans were free to tear off at a rate and the more sedate<br />

crowd got to watch them and enjoy the fun. An hour was<br />

spent at the track just getting loose and warmed up and then<br />

we headed out into the valleys.<br />

A five odd hour ride saw us take in a bit of – well<br />

everything on these great bikes. Steep hills and valleys were<br />

negotiated, thick bush single spoor, fast-ish gravel sections<br />

– the only thing really missing were Roof type rocks and<br />

step ups. We popped past the old Springfield MX track – I<br />

remember Gary Nilsen sending us stories from that track<br />

years ago. It’s still there, but the facilities are all broken down<br />

– and now its just a great practice track.<br />

Everywhere we stopped the bench racing tales got faster,<br />

bikes were discussed in minute detail and we all chopped<br />

and changed as we went along. To try and remember the<br />

order would be virtually impossible, but each bike was ridden<br />

and assessed by most of the riders. Then it was time for the<br />

highlight of the day – a stop-off at a mighty sand quarry in<br />

the middle of nowhere. This was heaven on a plate – man –<br />

steep climbs, loose ruts, big jumps and drop-offs and a good<br />

hour was spent tearing around and basically goon riding.<br />

Awesome fun.<br />

Watching the top boys and gals messing around was really<br />

cool – we have a lot of talented riders out there.<br />

All good things have to come to an end and out travels<br />

took us back to the track via a mighty hill which was –<br />

awesome… and then down the valley for a late lunch. After<br />

that – we were let loose to enjoy a couple of extra hours just<br />

trying the bikes out.<br />

KTM had three major development targets: Weight<br />

reduction and centralisation of mass for better rideability, an<br />

improved performance and power delivery, plus a new stateof-the-art<br />

appearance. Tick the boxes for all three. They<br />

succeeded.<br />

So here are our initial impressions on the bikes – and we’ll<br />

start with the li’l 125 and our our way up…<br />

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2-strokes:<br />

125:<br />

To be absolutely fair – our large editor<br />

ended up on the 125 kinda by accident.<br />

On a really nasty rutted sections one of<br />

the other blokes was battling to kick all<br />

the time – so he was traded with the very<br />

easy to ride 250 four stroke and our man<br />

took off in a puff of smoke. And guys and<br />

gals – what a jol he had! Sure this little<br />

bike is built for (far) smaller riders – but<br />

the power delivery, suspension and – well<br />

just about everything about this little<br />

dynamo is FUN!!! The 125 is really quick,<br />

right through the gears, really light and<br />

nimble and just so much fun to chuck<br />

around. Steep hills were a challenge –<br />

they needed lots of fast run-ups to lug<br />

100 and odd kilogrammes around, but<br />

the clutch handled it all with aplomb.<br />

What a cool little bike – it kinda makes us<br />

wish that we were teenagers again.<br />

Kyle Says: I have never found the<br />

smaller 2 Strokes enjoyable. However this<br />

little machine surprised me. Twist the grip<br />

a puff of smoke comes out the exhaust<br />

and boom off you go on this little pocket<br />

rocket. Being a 125 you do tend to push<br />

her a bit harder, but having said that, if<br />

you do have a softer approach there is no<br />

doubt she will not let you down. Smooth,<br />

Crisp and an absolute<br />

joll. Ride her like a Mx<br />

bike and away you go.<br />

150:<br />

We thought it a shame that Katoom<br />

opted to discontinue their 200 and maybe<br />

it is – but when we asked the question,<br />

they told us that SA is virtually the only<br />

place where the 200 sells solidly. So enter<br />

the new 150. It’s a full sized bike with a<br />

strong li’l 2- stroke engine. We spent a<br />

short time in the saddle – and will do a<br />

longer review in some really techy terrain<br />

soon – but initial impressions are that this<br />

bike will be a winner. The one we rode<br />

on the day felt a bit boggy down low –<br />

quite possibly this can be solved with<br />

a bit of jetting, but once the bike builds<br />

momentum and starts making power<br />

it was awesome fun to ride. Not motocrossy<br />

at all, steady torque and very<br />

controllable. Without causing insult to<br />

smaller riders – we reckon that this bike<br />

will be a fantastic entry level machine for<br />

young riders and ladies alike<br />

Kyle Says: This little machine had<br />

some big shoes to fill. And it has done<br />

exactly that. After a bit of fine tunning,<br />

Alfie and Stephan got this bike running<br />

like a beaut. Having read a few articles<br />

from the States about this bike I was<br />

really excited to give her a go.<br />

Point and shoot. You don’t need a<br />

rifle, a kattie will do. What surprised us<br />

most was the power delievery this bike<br />

has. Not as snappy as the 125, but more<br />

refined and easier to ride. Would there be<br />

one in my garage… YES<br />

250 2-stroke:<br />

The 250 two-stroke is more of the same<br />

and with ever greater power advances<br />

from KTM’s engine developers it has<br />

become the weapon of choice for many<br />

top enduro riders due to its great spread<br />

of power, manageability and light weight.<br />

Riding around the six-mile loop in the<br />

Spanish mountains there was simply<br />

nothing faster when the going got<br />

technical and fast changes of direction<br />

were needed.<br />

There is something about the sound of<br />

a two-stroke, no matter where you are,<br />

motocross track or bush single track.<br />

It always draws attention, regardless of<br />

how old you are, whenever you make a<br />

motorbike noise it’s always a two-stroke<br />

and movies usually ‘dub’ the two-stroke<br />

bike sound over a four-stroke. Putting<br />

the power to the rear wheel, KTM has<br />

incorporated a six-speed transmission<br />

with the same ratios as its predecessor.<br />

Why mess with something that was spot<br />

on in the first place? The 2017 250 EXC is<br />

either kicked into life with the conventional<br />

kick-starter or via the happy button.<br />

If you’re a fan of two-strokes then we<br />

don’t have to convince you that much,<br />

but the MY17 KTM 250 EXC will make<br />

your weekend. The ability to work on<br />

a bike that is a little less intimidating<br />

compared to a four-stroke is appealing<br />

to many. The overall weight is down by<br />

2.1kgs, the bike feels light, really light – it<br />

begs the question, where will they be<br />

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able to reduce weight from in the future?<br />

We are sure they will find ways.<br />

The power of the 250 EXC is probably<br />

the most exciting part of the bike as<br />

with any 250cc two-stroke, but the way<br />

the power is delivered with the 2017<br />

makes riding the bike that much easier,<br />

smoother and much more usable. The<br />

biggest improvement is the absolute<br />

lack of vibration of the new two-stroke<br />

engine due to the counter-balance shaft<br />

being introduced. This helps with having<br />

positive feeling in the bike, and for us,<br />

how quick I got pins and needles over a<br />

longer ride.<br />

The suspension is plush over the small<br />

sharper bumps while remaining forgiving<br />

and stable over the larger hits on the<br />

rocky terrain. The ease of changing the<br />

clickers for compression and rebound<br />

on the trail on the fly is great. The overall<br />

feel of the bike is comfortable and the<br />

components that KTM have worked<br />

on to make the bike less prone to any<br />

problems on the trail make the bike that<br />

much more enjoyable to ride. A great bike<br />

and we are pretty sure that many riders<br />

will move from the bigger 300 down to<br />

something a bit more manageable.<br />

Kyle Says: This is the bike that<br />

stole the show for me. The power was<br />

incredible. At first I asked my self if I<br />

was on the 300. Way more refined than<br />

last years model and more lively and<br />

enjoyable.<br />

300 2-stroke:<br />

KTM have been building strokers that<br />

defy pre-conceived logic for years and<br />

this year’s model takes another step<br />

and comes complete with an optional<br />

handlebar mounted switchable map,<br />

which softens the power delivery further,<br />

making it supremely capable when the<br />

going gets technical.<br />

KTM’s flagship is the 300 EXC. This<br />

single-cylinder 293.2cc two-stroke’s<br />

low-down torque and usability blows you<br />

away. Long gone are the peaky power<br />

characteristics associated with twostrokes<br />

of old.<br />

New 48mm WP forks provide 300mm<br />

of travel and at the rear KTM continue to<br />

run with the linkless PDS rear suspension<br />

set-up – a system favoured by extreme<br />

enduro riders as there is no linkage that<br />

could potentially get caught on obstacles<br />

hanging down lower than the swingarm.<br />

If you have never owned or ridden a<br />

KTM 300 EXC, then you probably don’t<br />

know what you’re missing out on. Within<br />

minutes of throwing your leg over it, you<br />

wonder how you ever got by without it in<br />

your life. It is easy to see why this KTM<br />

is one of the most popular off-road bikes<br />

on the market. Lightweight, great<br />

handling, a motor that is either happy<br />

to be lugged around using its bucket<br />

loads of torque or revved out on the<br />

fast, flowing trails.<br />

It is really clear why the 300 EXC is<br />

so popular amongst off-road riders –<br />

the bike really performs well on both<br />

tight and open trails. After riding<br />

it for the first time, you can really<br />

notice the lack of vibration.<br />

The 300 EXC has plenty of torque<br />

down low and more than enough<br />

top-end for anyone. We had loads<br />

of fun lugging around in third gear<br />

on the trails and the bike really gets<br />

up and moves on longer straights.<br />

The big-bore two-stroke doesn’t<br />

disappoint, because the more you<br />

rev it, the more you smile. Like<br />

the rest of the EXC range, the<br />

300 is down on weight compared<br />

to the previous years’ model by<br />

2.1 kilograms, which no doubt<br />

improves the handling. Like the<br />

250, probably the most notable<br />

change is the lack of vibration,<br />

again due to the addition of the<br />

new counter-balance shaft. The<br />

general feel of the 300 EXC is<br />

really natural and the components that<br />

KTM has worked on to improve your<br />

riding experience. It’s an extremely clever<br />

package that will no doubt go a long<br />

way toward keeping KTM toward the<br />

top of enduro sales charts in all kinds<br />

of categories. They’re that good and<br />

continue to get better with each model<br />

update…<br />

Kyle Says: What more can one say?<br />

We know why KTM sells so many. Ktm<br />

has done their homework and the general<br />

question we tend to ask is, “How does<br />

one perfect perfection?” Give it to a 30<br />

year old scientist, tell him you want a<br />

lighter and faster bike, and wait. Wait we<br />

did and the wait is over.<br />

Across all the models the main feature<br />

that stands out is by far the suspension.<br />

It is amazing. Whether you are on rocks,<br />

a single track, dirt road our even on a<br />

ride with Mad Man Alfie Cox the KTMs<br />

are on rails.<br />

The power is crisp and smooth, when<br />

you open her up full taps she screams<br />

and everyone behind you eats your<br />

roost,(at least I felt fast until Louw and<br />

the boys came past on the back wheel<br />

#lifegoals), put her in 2nd gear pick a<br />

rock and pretend to be Jonny Walker.<br />

This bike speaks for itself, It already has<br />

a great reputation and it’s only about to<br />

get bigger.<br />

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4-strokes:<br />

250:<br />

The 2017 KTM 250 EXC-F has shed<br />

in total 2.5kgs, the chassis has been<br />

made stiffer and the power output has<br />

increased. Mission complete.<br />

Jumping on the bike for the first<br />

time everything feels in its place and<br />

comfortable, as with the previous<br />

models.<br />

The engine is fed by a white/opaque<br />

8.5-litre fuel tank. The tank is also fitted<br />

with a fuel level sensor.<br />

Firing up the engine is an electric<br />

starter…<br />

The bike feels really feels light and<br />

easy to push around the tight trails,<br />

while having plenty of usable power<br />

from the bottom up. The motor is<br />

responsive and strong, which makes<br />

it really easy to ride as a result.<br />

Suspension-wise it has great feeling<br />

front and back. More specifically,<br />

the feeling of the forks are plush and<br />

give you enough confidence to push<br />

the bike fast. The suspension really<br />

absorbs the harsh, rocky surfaces well<br />

and took the bigger hits without hassle.<br />

The 250 EXC-F is a great bike for any<br />

level of rider – weekend trail warrior<br />

to race-winning professional – and<br />

it’s clear that it is more than capable<br />

of competing in and winning enduro<br />

championships around the world. Part<br />

of the reason the 250 EXC-F is so easy<br />

to ride is the great throttle response<br />

off the bottom and right through the<br />

rev-range, thanks to the advanced fuel<br />

injection system. It uses an all-new<br />

state of the art Keihin engine<br />

management system with a<br />

42mm throttle body, allowing<br />

the injectors to be placed<br />

differently, resulting in a more<br />

responsive and snappier power delivery.<br />

Upon checking out the exhaust of<br />

the 2017 KTMs you will notice the<br />

silencers have been made slightly<br />

shorter and the header pipes have<br />

been moved down to sit closer to the<br />

engine, to help keep the weight more<br />

centralised to the bike.<br />

The 250 EXC-F is without doubt the<br />

easiest bike in the entire range to ride.<br />

It may ‘only’ be a 250 but it has an<br />

incredible spread of power and loves to<br />

be revved. Every horsepower it has is<br />

usable and accessible meaning it’s truly<br />

a bike for any occasion.<br />

Kyle Says: Tight twisty and generally<br />

all round fun. I did not spend much time<br />

in the saddle but, when I was in the<br />

saddle, smiles all round. People tend to<br />

forget that’s why we ride bikes. Good<br />

fun. Smooth power and she wakes up<br />

after a hard roll on the throttle.<br />

350:<br />

When KTM introduced the 350cc<br />

concept way back in 2010, it took the<br />

motocross market by storm before<br />

becoming a hugely popular enduro bike<br />

a year later. The 2017 model delivers<br />

more of the same thanks to its redesign<br />

and in particular its lightweight handling<br />

and brilliant chassis characteristics.<br />

Power is abundant and it only weighs<br />

in one kilo more than its smaller 250<br />

EXC-F sibling, meaning it genuinely has<br />

a bit less power than a 450 with the<br />

handling of a 250.<br />

Mixed feelings surround the 350cc<br />

four-stroke when it comes to the<br />

motocross side of the sport, but when<br />

it comes to off-road, it’s the money.<br />

The 350 feels light like a 250, easy<br />

to throw around in tight single trail,<br />

yet doesn’t have the tiring power and<br />

weight of a 450 that wants to displace<br />

your arms from the rest of your torso.<br />

The 2017 KTM 350 EXC-F shares the<br />

similar design to the 250 EXC-F engine,<br />

yet has vastly more power. The DOHC<br />

engine itself is 1.9kgs lighter than<br />

the previous year’s powerplant. The<br />

throttle response is great right off the<br />

bottom giving you the power you need<br />

with the flick of the wrist.<br />

The KTM 350 EXC-F is one of the<br />

most enjoyable bikes you will ever ride.<br />

We had smiles from ear to ear after<br />

spending time on this bike. The weight<br />

of it allows you to push the bike around<br />

where you want and has more than<br />

enough power and torque to power<br />

out of corners with little input from the<br />

clutch, like you would need to at times<br />

on a 250.<br />

That’s not to say that you wish the<br />

bike had more power. Far from it. You<br />

just feel you’re a little bit more in control<br />

than you would when you open up on<br />

a 450 and you can get away with being<br />

a little lazy on the throttle where you<br />

couldn’t on the smaller 250.<br />

And you save energy on the midcapacity<br />

four-stroke as well. For those<br />

keen on riding for the long haul over<br />

the course of a couple of days or more,<br />

you’ll be forever thankful with the<br />

350cc characteristics. The ergos are<br />

comfy – compact but still plenty roomy<br />

– maintenance simplified and reliability<br />

improves year on year. The 350 EXC-F<br />

was probably the pick of the bunch for<br />

many of the riders. The weight of the bike<br />

and its punchy power really made for an<br />

incredibly fun bike to ride. The addition of<br />

the optional traction control showed its<br />

strengths on slippery, dusty rock surfaces<br />

and on longer fast stints behind the bars,<br />

making it easier to ride for longer.<br />

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KTM’s design targets and<br />

achievements are magnified through<br />

the 350 four-stroke, because its power<br />

and weight combined with the newgeneration<br />

technology is genuinely a<br />

great match. You’d be hard-pressed to<br />

fault it in all kinds of conditions.<br />

Kyle Says: The specific 350 I rode,<br />

had it out for me. Having ridden a lot of<br />

350’s we know why they are the most<br />

popular KTM’s around the world. It does<br />

everything. If you want to go fast you roll<br />

on, if you want to climb rocks you put<br />

her in 1st gear and roll on. With this bike<br />

having lost 3.2kg’s I can see it make its<br />

way in to one of the most popular in SA.<br />

I found it to be the easiest ride by far,<br />

UNTIL she decided nope not having it,<br />

get off. Does that change my mind about<br />

the bike? Not at all…<br />

This is the bike for a person with a midlife<br />

crisis. You don’t know whether you<br />

want to ride fast or ride rocks. Well this<br />

bike does it all. Like Albany says – It’s the<br />

best of both worlds.<br />

450:<br />

Four-fifty enduros have a well-deserved<br />

reputation for being brutish bikes, and the<br />

2017 offering from KTM is no exception.<br />

While I’d love to be able to say it was<br />

the best bike for me, in the real world of<br />

enduro riding I found its almost limitless<br />

capabilities too much. Those ingredients<br />

of less weight and more power feel<br />

particularly noticeable, as does the grip<br />

it generates which makes it a formidable,<br />

and somewhat intimidating prospect.<br />

The overall feel of the cockpit is really<br />

natural, the bike is fitted with Pro Taper<br />

bars, which can be adjusted in the triple<br />

clamps in four different positions.<br />

The KTM 450 EXC-F engine is a<br />

powerhouse, it’s more compact, lighter<br />

and has even more power than 2016!<br />

What is not to like about the new engine?<br />

The single overhead cam engine has<br />

enough power for any rider and can be<br />

tamed down with the mapping/traction<br />

control switch.<br />

In short the KTM 450 EXC-F is a<br />

weapon! It has power to burn and<br />

handling to match. Right from the time<br />

we got on the 450, it didn’t feel like<br />

the bigger ship that we are used to on<br />

any of the big-bore bikes I had ridden<br />

previously.<br />

The 2017 edition feels light and<br />

manoeuvrable in the tight singletrack,<br />

while having as much power as we could<br />

handle on the open trails.<br />

The bike feels like you can move it<br />

around when and where you want, it’s<br />

not like you’re pushing a light two-stroke<br />

around, but its definitely different from<br />

what a 450 felt like five years ago. The<br />

suspension is really plush and forgiving,<br />

there weren’t many really big hits that we<br />

encountered, however the bike floats well<br />

across rough small rocky sections and<br />

was really predicable.<br />

The 2017 KTM 450 EXC-F is an<br />

excellent package, it’s easy to see why<br />

they will do so well in the enduro and<br />

off-road championships globally, while<br />

also appealing to non-competitive riders<br />

as well.<br />

500:<br />

63bhp and monster torque<br />

On paper the 500 appears a fearsome<br />

proposition. A huge 63bhp and monster<br />

torque should mean this is only a<br />

machine for the hardened pro. While<br />

the level of power available is verging<br />

on insane for an off-road bike that<br />

weighs 106.5kg, its delivery is smooth,<br />

predictable and manageable. When<br />

the going gets tough or you run out of<br />

energy you can simply sit down and let<br />

the bike do the work and drag you up the<br />

hills. It’s easier to ride than the 450 and<br />

would make a great trail bike whilst being<br />

seriously potent competition bike in the<br />

right hands.<br />

The 2017 KTM 500 EXC-F is a bike<br />

with some vital numbers at 5kgs lighter<br />

which boasting 63hp! You can twist the<br />

throttle as far as you dare and the 500<br />

EXC-F will keep producing power.<br />

When you step back and take a look<br />

at the horsepower of the 450 vs 500,<br />

you would think that the 500 would too<br />

much. This may have been the case in<br />

year’s past, but with a drastic reduction<br />

in overall weight and the ability to use<br />

the torque of the 500 using a higher<br />

gear, it really is an impressive bike and<br />

surprisingly agile.<br />

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But don’t be fooled – it is a hand-full if<br />

you aren’t careful… there were a couple<br />

of times that we got too cocky and<br />

overshot some of the corners..<br />

The tighter single trail we were treated<br />

to didn’t feel like hard work on the 500<br />

EXC-F like we thought it might be,<br />

however the handling really did shine on<br />

the open, flowing trails using the torque<br />

of the bike in a higher gear that took the<br />

edge off the power. Climbing the hills was<br />

simply awesome.<br />

Kyle Says: The Tractor. Started my<br />

day on this bike and ended my day on it<br />

too. The days of these big bores being<br />

super outrageous and un-controllable are<br />

over. The power is impressive; the low<br />

down torque is enough to spin the earth<br />

around. The top end speed is exilarating.<br />

The weight? Less 5kgs, that’s more than<br />

one can lose after a meeting with the<br />

president. Yes by all means don’t get me<br />

wrong, this bike can get you into serious<br />

trouble but it is so easy to ride and so<br />

much fun. Whats better than doing a<br />

wheelie at 120 kphs – and being able to<br />

use the same bike at a Roof Qualifier.<br />

And these are our impressions. We are<br />

pretty sure we’ll be able to get our Mitts<br />

on to individual bikes over the next few<br />

months and we’ll run a few stand-alone<br />

features on each machine – and maybe<br />

even some comparisons with other<br />

brands. It’s a great time to ride. So many<br />

new bikes. What could be better?<br />

www.ktm.com for your nearest dealer.<br />

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TURBO TECH<br />

WHEN IS ENOUGH -<br />

ENOUGH?<br />

FIRE IT UP CAN AM MOD<br />

Take one of the biggest, baddest fastest<br />

SXS’s on the market - (Turbo Nogal), and<br />

make it - well even more berserk. Fire It<br />

Up claims to have found an extra 28 HP<br />

on the standard 131-HP Rotax 1000R<br />

V-Twin Engine - but you need to drive it<br />

to understand how fearsome it actually is<br />

when you put your foot flat.<br />

We borrowed this one - belonging to<br />

the famous racing couple from Barnard<br />

Vervoer for a day in the bush - and we’ll<br />

say the following...<br />

You already have huge horses. Now<br />

add the extra ponies - and remove the<br />

machines restrictions - best you strap in.<br />

When you put foot, the ass steps out and<br />

away you go to warp speed - in a couple<br />

of heartbeats. The good news is that the<br />

Mavericks stock Fox Suspension is great<br />

out of the box, so we had no issues in<br />

the handling, or, thankfully the braking<br />

department - just - take a bit of care.<br />

But - and here’s the kicker. Despite<br />

the mods, Fire It Up has not made the<br />

Maverick undriveable for day to day use.<br />

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We went rock crawling while we marked<br />

one of the trails South of JHB - she never<br />

overheated, thanks to the aftermarket<br />

fans fitted that cool the radiators and belt<br />

drive system - and you can still happily<br />

use the engines torque to get you through<br />

the tricky stuff.<br />

The conversion that Fire It Up<br />

performed on the Maverick was a stage<br />

3 conversion, 28HP gain.<br />

Basically, The ECU/DME is remapped<br />

to offer maximum performance with the<br />

following additional features:<br />

1. Speed Limiter Removed.<br />

2. Torque Limiter Increased.<br />

3. Fan calibrated to switch on earlier.<br />

4. RPM limiter increased to safe levels.<br />

5. Throttle response improved<br />

6. ECU MAP adjusted for aftermarket<br />

components such as exhausts etc.<br />

Stage 1: 20HP gain on stock vehicleno<br />

modifications R5900.00<br />

Stage 2: 23 HP gain with aftermarket<br />

exhaust system R5900.00 excludes<br />

exhaust system<br />

Stage 3: 28 HP gain with CAT removal<br />

and exhaust system, cooling system<br />

improvements R6900.00<br />

So if you own a performance bike,<br />

quad, side by side, these are the guys<br />

who can make it run even better without<br />

any invasive surgery. Banie and Liesel<br />

have not driven their newly breathed<br />

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with a stop at Linex<br />

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also an ancient Greek term for “The Earth”, and<br />

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Google, although we must warn you it is quite<br />

confusing, with lots of references to Uranus<br />

and other confusing Greek mythological<br />

names. For instance the Titans were born<br />

out of a union between Gaia and Uranus<br />

(pronounce this carefully). If you spend a bit of<br />

time reading all this stuff you will come to the<br />

conclusion that the Greeks obviously spent<br />

lots of time partying with lots of wine, women<br />

and song, not to mention some dubious stuff in<br />

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Anyway, all of this was sort of the subject of one of Linex<br />

Yamaha’s famous entertainment evenings they put on<br />

every month. This particular evening Linex invited Ivana<br />

Colakovska and Manuel Torres, a couple who have spent<br />

the past three years travelling on a journey around the<br />

World, hence “Around Gaia” So far they have travelled<br />

over 120 000 km through 42 different countries.<br />

“Ok, you are telling yourself, so what? Lots of people<br />

have the same dream, and many of them actually manage<br />

to complete the trip. What makes Ivan and Manuels’ trip a<br />

little different is that most people put a lot of planning into<br />

their trip, and probably do a whole lot of research before<br />

they leave. They then set themselves targets of where they<br />

will go, how long it will take and how much it will cost.<br />

Not Ivana, who comes from Macedonia, and Manuel,<br />

who is Spanish. They must have met at one of those old<br />

time Greek parties, and in the aftermath decided travelling<br />

around the World would be a good idea. Their only<br />

planning was to do it on a motorcycle, never sleep in a<br />

hotel, never use a GPS or a map, and spend the very little<br />

money they have on important stuff like fuel for the bike.<br />

How they actually decided this is also shrouded in mystery<br />

as initially Ivana could only speak Macedonian, and<br />

Manuel who only speaks Spanish. They decided to talk<br />

to each other in English, which neither of them speak well<br />

either, but they manage somehow to communicate quite<br />

well. Just before they set out they decided to get married,<br />

hoping Ivana could get a Spanish passport, although that<br />

hasn’t happened yet. The next thing they did was go to<br />

the nearest bike shop, which luckily sold Yamahas, and<br />

bought a 660 Tenere’, a set of panniers and some spare<br />

tubes, and off they went.<br />

After a brief loop through Morocco, when Manuel<br />

learned to ride, they set off Southwards through Europe<br />

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they shipped their bike to South America and crossed the<br />

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airfreighted the bike and themselves to Johannesburg.<br />

Before setting off on the next leg of their trip they popped<br />

in to Linex for a service before setting off for Cape Town.<br />

Danny Mulder, owner of Linex, says the Yamaha Tenere’<br />

was in remarkably good condition considering the distance<br />

it has covered, most of it in pretty tough conditions. “But,”<br />

he says, “that’s actually what this bike was made for”.<br />

What is even more remarkable is that, as Ivana explains,<br />

Manuel has no mechanical knowledge or skill whatsoever,<br />

None. Nada. Even on the few occasions they have been<br />

stopped by a puncture they simply wait until someone<br />

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Of course along the way they have<br />

had many extraordinary experiences,<br />

especially as they are often put up in the<br />

homes of people they meet along the<br />

way. They have even shared barns full of<br />

animals, winter stocks of vegetables, food<br />

for animals and much more.<br />

By far the worst experience was taking<br />

a tumble in Argentina where Ivana was<br />

trapped under the bike when it fell over,<br />

breaking both legs badly. A hospital in<br />

Argentina plated and screwed the bones<br />

together. Even that experience, she<br />

says, had its’ positive side because of<br />

the people they met at the time. Also,<br />

she says, it made them decide that<br />

they needed proper boots and other<br />

protective gear. Fortunately Forma, Rev’It<br />

and Schubert all came to the party and<br />

provided them with the right stuff.<br />

On a slightly downbeat note Ivana<br />

mentioned that the most difficult of the<br />

42 countries they visited when it came<br />

to getting a visa was South Africa. Only<br />

after two solid weeks of visiting the<br />

South African Embassy in New York<br />

did they eventually get the paperwork<br />

sorted for the start of their African<br />

adventure. However Manual went on to<br />

say that once the paperwork was done<br />

our customs and emigration took only<br />

minutes to clear them.<br />

They say a picture tells a thousand<br />

words, so here are some pics of their<br />

journey so far. We look forward to hearing<br />

how they get along in Africa.<br />

Follow their progress on their “Around<br />

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Day 2... “Nothing behind us, everything<br />

ahead of us, as is ever so on the road.”<br />

- Jack Kerouac, On the Road.<br />

Off again, Mark looking a bit bruised<br />

but raring to go – quick breakfast and<br />

back into the Kita traffic we arrived in<br />

the night before.<br />

A very different day to yesterday,<br />

once we left the traffic behind and<br />

2 hours out at a town called Nyeri<br />

where we stopped to refuel. A little<br />

snippet of information, Nyeri is famous<br />

for the Outspan Hotel where Lord<br />

Baden Powell started the “Boy Scouts<br />

Movement”.<br />

Then off through the rift valley which<br />

is really two deep valleys. We saw the<br />

geothermal rigs which are developing<br />

Kenya’s thermal power capacity and we<br />

stopped on the Laikipia Plains with an<br />

absolutely clear view of the magnificent<br />

Mount Kenya. The highest point we<br />

reached on the ride was 9003ft!<br />

Paul ran out of breath and the bikes<br />

out of steam! Then on to Nyahururu<br />

where we stopped for coffee and<br />

visited Thompson’s falls and to the<br />

equator where we had picnic lunch<br />

and took photos.<br />

A relatively easy day, (which Mark<br />

was very grateful for) with beautiful<br />

scenery and pleasant temperatures<br />

and very little traffic after the first<br />

two hours. To finish the day, Malcolm<br />

changed character and insisted he<br />

lead us into Eldoret at below the<br />

speed limit for the last 80km, as the<br />

local police have a reputation of being<br />

particularly vigilant!<br />

We arrived at the Boma Inn at<br />

17h00pm making it another long day.<br />

The team had some time to work<br />

on a few snags that had showed<br />

up on some of the bikes - we are<br />

still struggling with the bike-to-bike<br />

comms and so a few of the techo-<br />

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wizards in the team have been scratching their heads to<br />

try and get everyone connected. All in all another great<br />

day in Africa and tomorrow’s 160km to the Ugandan<br />

border brings a new day and another country.<br />

Day 3 ... the end of the beginning!<br />

Day three is behind us and another 626km and 12.5<br />

hours for Mark, Rob, Quinton, Charles and Paul. Mike<br />

and Rolfe, with Raph and Cyrille who stayed behind to<br />

help, took 14.5 hours after Rolfe’s bike broke down just<br />

outside Lira.<br />

Sheila with Noeleen and Kirsty got in on 13 hours after<br />

stopping off to hand out shirts, caps and soccer balls<br />

to 4 groups of mums and children from the Ugandan<br />

Langi tribe who were internally displaced during the<br />

Joseph Kony war (LRA) which started in 1986 and is<br />

still simmering in parts of DRC and the CAR.<br />

The day started with a quick breakfast and an early<br />

and fresh 6.30 start from our hotel and a 30 minute<br />

drive to Turbo where we were welcomed by the<br />

One Heart Foundation band, staff and children. The<br />

foundation was started during the 2007/2008 election<br />

violence which displaced and orphaned many children<br />

in that region. The foundation houses and schools<br />

75 children and aspires to get to 100. We were spoilt<br />

with the school band and choir, which was amazing<br />

- no music, just beautiful young voices all singing in<br />

harmony. Philippe handed out a donation to support<br />

the securing of further ground and completion of<br />

another school wing. This foundation holds the belief<br />

that “together we can end the poverty cycle…one<br />

child at a time” - I urge to look up their website and<br />

see just what good work is being done at http://www.<br />

oneheartchallenge.org/<br />

Then the Kenya - Uganda border which, supported<br />

by the Freight Forwarders team, was a very smooth<br />

experience. One bit of information - it takes 48 hours on<br />

a good day to get a truck through the border post and<br />

we have approximately 120 a week travelling through to<br />

Kibali from Mombasa!<br />

So we got across the border at 2pm with another<br />

440km to go and that takes character! Anyway, despite<br />

the challenges with Rolfe’s bike, we all got into the<br />

Bwana Tembo lodge on the edge of Lake Albert and,<br />

after a cold Nile Special beer, all went away.<br />

Dinner was a fantastic fillet and great wine - thanks<br />

again to the Randgold logistics team. We were joined<br />

by Robin, another amazing person who joined the<br />

Family Care NGO in 2001. Again it was a privilege to<br />

be able to support the great work being done with<br />

orphans, children of child soldiers and disadvantaged<br />

children. It is run by full-time non-salaried volunteers,<br />

thrilled with the potential of Uganda and working<br />

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comparison to what the children we have met have<br />

been through. We thank you all who have given so<br />

generously in helping us to support those special<br />

people across Africa that work so hard to save our<br />

children and the mothers of our special continent who<br />

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Tomorrow we get through the border into DRC and<br />

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We all arrived at the Kibali mine<br />

safely today after a staggered start,<br />

a border crossing from Uganda<br />

to the DRC and a total of 400km.<br />

Mark, Charles, Paul and Rod left<br />

the Bwana Tembo lodge at 7.00am<br />

and Mike and Rolfe stayed behind<br />

to fix Rolfe’s bike. Paul earned a<br />

pink duct tape award whist still on<br />

the lodge road crossing a “hidden”<br />

railway line which crossed the road<br />

in front of him suddenly! Mike soon<br />

had Rolfe’s bike sorted and they<br />

too were on the road within an hour<br />

after us.<br />

It was a great ride across the<br />

upper regions of Lake Albert<br />

and through the lush greenery of<br />

Central Africa. Lots of roadworks<br />

and even more speed humps – the<br />

Ugandans are certainly speed<br />

hump champions. In one section<br />

we went over more than twenty in a<br />

space of 2km!<br />

We tested the reserve tanks by<br />

running the main tank to empty and<br />

Rob and Paul decided to have their<br />

own rally for a while as they failed<br />

to see that we had stopped at a<br />

petrol station for refuelling and shot<br />

past us getting to the border town<br />

Arua ahead of everyone. Anyway<br />

when we arrived in Arua, we soon<br />

located them and it was coffee and<br />

refreshments at the Golden Court<br />

Hotel whilst we waited for Rolfe<br />

and Mike.<br />

When they were 20km out we<br />

started out to meet them, refuel<br />

and then to the border. It was a<br />

relatively painless experience with<br />

the officials on both sides being<br />

very helpful.<br />

The Territorial Administrator for<br />

Aru was on the DRC side of the<br />

border to meet us with his entourage<br />

and we did not even have to stop<br />

on the DRC side. The passports<br />

and other paperwork were dealt<br />

with between the logistics team and<br />

administration and caught up with<br />

us through the day.<br />

On the DRC side we were<br />

met with great fanfare and lots<br />

of motorbike riders from the<br />

community that accompanied us to<br />

our various engagements blowing<br />

their hooters! We then met up<br />

with Jeanine, one of Randgold’s<br />

members, who has being doing<br />

great work with children and<br />

woman that have suffered under<br />

the various conflicts across the<br />

DRC. She was appointed by<br />

President Kabila with the authority<br />

of engaging and leading the<br />

education of soldiers, and receiving<br />

and dealing with cases of abuse<br />

and other conflict related impact<br />

on the woman and children of<br />

the DRC. One has to commend<br />

President Kabila for this initiative<br />

and by the way it is his birthday<br />

today so Happy Birthday Mr<br />

President. We visited the INPP<br />

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of war, skills that will allow<br />

them to be economically active<br />

and take to place back in their<br />

communities. The skills training<br />

range from computer skills, sewing<br />

and dress making, mechanic’s<br />

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After the visit to the centre and<br />

handing out some well-deserved<br />

diplomas, off we set for the town<br />

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was proud to be able to show off<br />

the 190km road that the Kibali team<br />

had built to join the mine with the<br />

rest of the world.<br />

Despite the quality of the road<br />

Paul had another pink duct tape<br />

moment - two in one day - driving<br />

lessons for him on the rest day<br />

that’s for sure!<br />

5km from the mine we were met<br />

by the community, management<br />

and local motor bikers (this time<br />

well behaved) to escort us into to<br />

the Durba community centre where<br />

we were spoilt with DRC and South<br />

African National anthems sung by<br />

the local orphanage choir - we also<br />

were welcomed by the Durba band,<br />

the Community Chairwoman and<br />

the deputy TA.<br />

After formalities were drove our<br />

bikes to a special compound set<br />

aside for us by Hendrik, the mine<br />

engineering manager, so tomorrow<br />

the team can work on then and<br />

get them fully prepped for the next<br />

encounter which is rumoured not to<br />

be for sissies!!!<br />

Tomorrow Mark has his day<br />

job to attend to and the rest of<br />

the BOYZ need to get things into<br />

shipshape for an early start on<br />

Monday!<br />

Day 5 ... “Sometimes the most<br />

important thing in a whole day<br />

is the rest we take between two<br />

deep breaths.”<br />

Today was our first rest day, (and<br />

well deserved I might say) at the<br />

Randgold / AGA Sokimo Kibali gold<br />

mine in north east DRC.<br />

The team took the opportunity<br />

to get laundry done and make sure<br />

the little niggles experienced wrt<br />

the bikes were addressed. The<br />

damage to Mark’s bike, after his fall<br />

on the first day, was repaired with<br />

the help of the mine’s engineering<br />

team, under the supervision of<br />

Mike. Paul’s handlebars were<br />

straightened after his pink duct<br />

tape event. Oil was topped up,<br />

bikes cleaned and we all worked<br />

on getting ready for the first real<br />

encounter with the DRC roads or<br />

lack thereof.<br />

Mark spent most of the day<br />

working on his day job and then<br />

the afternoon was spent on NVEP<br />

matters. We visited the Association<br />

Feminine pour la Defense des<br />

Droits de la Femme et l’enfant - an<br />

association created in 2006 under<br />

the leadership of Marianne with the<br />

aim of preventing abuse against<br />

women and children and their<br />

rights, especially when side-lined by<br />

society. It was a moving ceremony<br />

and again highlighted the great<br />

work done by individuals to help<br />

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at the centre<br />

of Africa...<br />

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the women and children of Africa. The<br />

association has over the past 10 years<br />

assisted over 200 widows and orphans<br />

in the surrounding regions of Kibali and<br />

received support last time round as well.<br />

The Boyzonbikes also handed out a<br />

cheque to an association of motivated<br />

nurses aimed at assisting pregnant<br />

woman in pre and post natal care.<br />

The team then travelled to Watsa and<br />

spent a few hours with the Dominican<br />

Sisters, a group who run an orphanage<br />

for neglected and abandoned babies.<br />

What an impact it had seeing babies from<br />

a few days to a couple of months old<br />

who have been abandoned or orphaned<br />

as a result of the ongoing LRA activities,<br />

particularly around Farage. It was both<br />

a moving and depressing experience to<br />

witness the great work being carried out<br />

by these special people of faith!<br />

Then back to Kibali to pack and<br />

complete the <strong>final</strong> preparations for the<br />

first day of the ‘real deal’ driving through<br />

the Congo and all the challenges that we<br />

are about to be confronted with.<br />

Day 6 ... Mud, mud glorious mud!<br />

After a hearty breakfast we said our<br />

goodbyes to the Kibali team. A big thank<br />

you to the whole team and in particular<br />

to Hennie, Speedy and Craig for assisting<br />

with the bike repairs.<br />

And off we set with the road<br />

deteriorating rapidly after we passed<br />

Chief Surur village a few kilometres from<br />

the mine. The road was very muddy<br />

in places because of a storm that had<br />

passed through overnight. Mark was<br />

the first to earn another pink duct<br />

tape breaking his windshield off in the<br />

process. And incidentally he went on<br />

to earn two more! Rob went through<br />

one of those enormous pot holes that<br />

became deeper than expected and in<br />

the process hit his windshield with his<br />

helmet breaking the windshield! We did<br />

everything you read about when travelling<br />

Roads. What Roads.<br />

by vehicle in the DRC - we came across<br />

trucks which were stuck - trucks trying to<br />

pass other trucks that were completely<br />

bogged down - it took us 5 hours to do<br />

the first hundred kilometres!<br />

As you can imagine, Mike, Quinton and<br />

Rolfe were in their element!<br />

We were met by the local taxi bikes at<br />

the entrance to the town of Faradji and,<br />

with great fanfare, they escorted us to<br />

the town centre where we met the local<br />

officials and our own Obote who works at<br />

Kibali is the local chief. We were shown<br />

the Assosa Saio monument in memory<br />

of the DRC soldiers who died during the<br />

2nd World War while fighting in Abyssinia<br />

- Ethiopia. After that we visited a teachers<br />

training college built by Kibali gold mine.<br />

Then we met up with Major Mumbo<br />

who lead us on a much improved road<br />

towards our destination but we stopped<br />

in at the Garamba National Park for<br />

lunch. The park is run by African Parks -<br />

it’s a world heritage site and was home<br />

to the last wild Northern White Rhino.<br />

You should check out their website at<br />

https://www.african-parks.org/the-parks/<br />

garamba/about<br />

Lunch was great and then off to Dungu<br />

on a well maintained dirt road (maintained<br />

by the UN) and arrived to another<br />

spectacular reception at the outskirts<br />

of the town. Mark was presented with<br />

flowers and then the well-wishers tucked<br />

the flowers into the front of Rob’s and<br />

Mark’s bikes and we were escorted by<br />

a police contingent and the local taxi<br />

men on motorbikes through town to the<br />

UN guesthouse where we were greeted<br />

by the Territorial Administrator - an old<br />

friend of both Mark and Charles and the<br />

Kibali project. After well-earned shower<br />

Mark and Charles went with Cyrille and<br />

some of our local partners to view the<br />

two charities that would be receiving<br />

donations at the function later that<br />

evening. The bikes were washed and the<br />

team that stayed behind tinkered with a<br />

few repairs that were needed after the<br />

challenging day’s riding!<br />

First stop was Jean-Claude’s APRU<br />

association for the promotion of rural<br />

life which focusses on rehabilitation of<br />

children and families released by the<br />

LRA - some of the victims shared their<br />

experiences with us - it’s hard to believe<br />

what mankind does to each other! Again<br />

Jean-Claude and your team we salute<br />

you for your efforts.<br />

And then we visited and met this<br />

most amazing person - Sister Angelique<br />

CRAD who runs an orphanage with a<br />

focus on tiny tots - it was an amazing<br />

experience - much like Wema but with<br />

very little means - she has 35 orphans<br />

below 3 years old and still more above<br />

that age. They live together in a large<br />

dormitory style dwelling. Clearly sister<br />

Angelique and her helpers do a great job<br />

as everyone is healthy and happy! They<br />

greeted us so very warmly, especially<br />

the tiny tots who came and shook hands<br />

and then just kept holding on - the sister<br />

also runs a clinic for post-natal care and<br />

a school.<br />

Tomorrow’s another tough day so we<br />

have the donations ceremony hosted<br />

by the TA this evening and then early<br />

bed for all. Also a big thank you to<br />

Fennie and IOB who sponsored the<br />

lunch at Garamba and the function and<br />

accommodation for the bikers at the UN<br />

Guest House.<br />

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Day 7 … Some people watch movies<br />

some make movies!<br />

We thought yesterday was a challenge<br />

and had lots of mud but today proved<br />

all that to be wrong. Today has to go<br />

down as the most hectic riding day we<br />

have done and there is no doubt that the<br />

BOYZONBIKES made their own movie<br />

today!<br />

We also visited the Centre of Africa on<br />

the way which is something not many<br />

people do. Mark received an amazing<br />

wood carving from the surrounding<br />

community.<br />

On a regular basis the road was lined<br />

with people cheering us on - looking back<br />

they probably thought we were crazy<br />

doing what were were doing, knowing<br />

what lay ahead of us. Chief Danga and<br />

his whole village of Nanga Zizi including<br />

dancing girls and a band were waiting for<br />

us to drive past. Same with Rungu which<br />

is located 65km from Isiro on a large river<br />

- everyone was disappointed that we<br />

could not stop for too long!<br />

It was a big duct tape day with Paul<br />

and Rob earning three stripes and Mark<br />

one - the pros in the team came close on<br />

occasions but so far have managed to<br />

stay on!!<br />

Some of the “potholes” (hard to call<br />

them potholes - rather very large mud<br />

pits with truck tracks that are up to 12ft<br />

deep) were impossible to navigate - we<br />

all had near miss encounters but Paul<br />

dropped his bike in one of the mega<br />

potholes flooding the bike. Mike Puzey is<br />

an amazing man - he stripped the bike,<br />

cleared the engine of water and we were<br />

back on the road in two hours!<br />

A fifteen hour day all in all of which the<br />

last three and a bit hours entailed driving<br />

in the dark - thank goodness for Mike’s<br />

spotlights that he fitted to the bikes. Poor<br />

Quinton’s lights kept fusing so he had to<br />

ride with the assistance of a headlamp<br />

strapped to his windshield.<br />

Eventually tired but relieved, were<br />

met at the outskirts of Isiro by Colonel<br />

Kadume and a little later by Father Roger<br />

and the Dominican Sisters as well as the<br />

students from Isiro University who had<br />

clearly been waiting for a long time. With<br />

lots of hooting and shouting and singing<br />

we were escorted to the Bomokandi<br />

Hotel where Fennie from IOB and<br />

Jean Claude from DCMS were there to<br />

welcome and get us settled in and also<br />

help in getting some the mud cleaned off<br />

our gear - then a bucket shower.<br />

Clean and fresh we then went to dinner<br />

with the Govenor’s Chief of Staff where<br />

we handed out NVEP donations to:<br />

Institute Sainte Therese - where we<br />

Note the Senke. that<br />

was our guide for a day<br />

or two - what a rider!<br />

are sponsoring classroom furniture and<br />

teaching materials.<br />

Vivre et Soigner En Milieu Rural - this<br />

is an orphanage centre which supports<br />

mostly AIDS orphans and does not have<br />

basic accommodation for the little people<br />

they care for and NVEP are assisting in<br />

building a dormitory.<br />

Dynamic Culturel Haut Uele - a centre<br />

that support woman widowed by the<br />

various conflicts in the province with a<br />

focus on giving them skills to assist them<br />

re-joining society.<br />

Fondation Lola which helps children<br />

from needy families that show real talent<br />

and looks to select special achievers<br />

based on ability and academic results.<br />

It was a challenging night with Mark<br />

having to manage with his French<br />

and Charles and Mark stayed on for<br />

questions, getting to bed at 1.30am.<br />

Cyrille got in with the first vehicle at<br />

3.00am and Raph the next morning after<br />

we had left!<br />

The pictures as always tell a better<br />

story.<br />

Day 8 ... Slip sliding away …<br />

After yesterday’s hectic day, we were up<br />

at 5.30am because some of the bikes,<br />

Rolfe’s in particular, needed attention. We<br />

had a quick breakfast and, while the team<br />

went to fuel up, Mark, Charles and Cyrillie<br />

went to greet the Governor - they had a<br />

great meeting with the Governor and his<br />

team and he very generously, on behalf<br />

of his province, donated full fuel tanks<br />

to the BOYZONBIKES - a big thank you<br />

Governor and Mark says he will donate<br />

the equivalent to NVEP.<br />

After a group photo, we were off to join<br />

the team, fuel up and then off to Nia Nia<br />

some 233km away! The first 60km was a<br />

great dirt road after which we started to<br />

see the odd wheel tracks in the mud and<br />

the road got progressively worse until the<br />

suddenly at Wamba the road turned to a<br />

quagmire with bogged down trucks and<br />

very few “safe” options to get through!<br />

It was hectic and as we got through<br />

one muddy obstacle so the next<br />

appeared - the bikes started running hot<br />

and there was a lot of riding the clutch<br />

and sliding around - we soon worked out<br />

that it was safest to stick in the groove<br />

of the bike ahead on you! There was<br />

one particular stretch where the deeply<br />

incised tracks reached 9 feet below<br />

surface with a narrow “gang plank” type<br />

option to drive between the mess - we all<br />

got through except Charles who miscued<br />

and ended upside down and up to the<br />

chest in mud!!! Quinton renamed him<br />

Charlie Brown!!<br />

Needless to say, there were a number<br />

duct tape awards - Charles receiving the<br />

man of the tour (so far!) and then Paul got<br />

another and Quinton joined the duct tape<br />

gallery as well!!<br />

It was hot, wet and muddy and went on<br />

for more than 30km until things started<br />

to get better. We eventually arrived at<br />

Nia Nia at around 4pm and our scout on<br />

a Chine-moto scurried around to locate<br />

our hotel which was actually a Catholic<br />

Convent run by Farther Roman. We were<br />

made very welcome and some of the<br />

gang got washing done. We had the bikes<br />

washed and Pacific arrived from Bunia<br />

with some great South African red wine<br />

and cheese Goma which saved the day.<br />

The Boyz were shattered and so<br />

everyone had an early night after hearty<br />

meal prepare by Father Roman’s team.<br />

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Day 9 ... Pledges reach the US$ 2<br />

million mark as the boyz overcome<br />

muddy challenges!<br />

We all had a good rest and were up at<br />

5.30am to finish off on some cleaning up.<br />

Some of the team had laundry done. After<br />

two very tough days, it was great to have<br />

a relatively slow start after a breakfast<br />

of omelettes and good old bully beef on<br />

bread with coffee and tea followed by a<br />

farewell to Father Roman and his team.<br />

We had to fuel up and eventually got out<br />

of Nia Nia at 8.50am.<br />

We rode on a good dirt road all the way<br />

to Kisangani stopping three times along<br />

the way. It was great driving through<br />

the forest kilometre after kilometre with<br />

villages dotted along the way.<br />

The last stop was at a little village<br />

called 122 which is the distance to<br />

Kisangani! We stopped for cold drinks<br />

and sat at a little shop taking in the local<br />

village vibe for a while.<br />

Then back on the road and after 100km<br />

with 23km to go, we were met by Robert<br />

and Shabir from DCMS, who are one of<br />

our contractors and partners in Kibali,<br />

and the taxi men in NVEP t-shirts along<br />

with lots of cheering and loud music.<br />

The taxi men lead us into town and<br />

to our hotel amongst much fanfare and<br />

hooting, arriving around 3pm. The hotel<br />

Riviera is pure luxury compared to where<br />

we have stayed since leaving Kibali.<br />

After a very tasty lunch of Lebanese<br />

cuisine we had a shower and the team<br />

started working through the bikes which<br />

had taken quite a hammering over the<br />

past three day. Mark spent the time<br />

catching up on his day job. The bikes<br />

were washed, topped up with oil and<br />

the filters washed and oiled. Some of<br />

the bikes needed Mikes magic touch to<br />

solve circuitry and starter faults. Mike<br />

had been jump starting Charles’ bike<br />

since he earned the name Charlie Brown<br />

yesterday - that problem is now fixed.<br />

We then all jumped into Shabir’s and<br />

his brothers’ car and drove down to<br />

the Congo River to view the Wagenya<br />

Fishermen. The Wagenya tribe have<br />

been fishing the Congo rapids since time<br />

immemorial and still fish with the same<br />

traditional baskets made out of vines and<br />

material that grows naturally in the forest.<br />

Back to the Riviera and, after putting<br />

the bikes back together the team<br />

assembled in the bar for refreshments<br />

whilst waiting for Cyrille and Raph to<br />

rock up with the ’all too precious’ spares,<br />

having spent a night out in the jungle. The<br />

vehicle they were travelling in is still out<br />

there. Pacific, another Congolese partner<br />

of ours, worked out a plan to rescue them<br />

but our land cruisers are still stuck behind<br />

a number of trucks that are completely<br />

bogged down and there is no way round!<br />

Tomorrow is a 335km day similar to<br />

today but with some bad tar portions and<br />

potholes.<br />

Day 10 ... All’s well that ends well!<br />

The day started with a very tasty<br />

breakfast - some confusion over fuel<br />

which proved to be short so they had to<br />

get the petrol station open at 7am to get<br />

the extra 40 litres required.<br />

The first 220km was a mixture of<br />

broken tar and dirt sections but ridable<br />

although the sudden appearance of<br />

muddy patches (in particular in the valley<br />

bottoms) kept us on our toes! As did the<br />

sudden appearance of potholes - and<br />

potholes in tar are very much harder to<br />

ride than in the dirt road. We stopped a<br />

couple of times to catch our breath and<br />

allow Mike to review Charles’ bike, which<br />

has been giving problems, and Mark’s<br />

one spare tank sprung a leak so we had<br />

to drain it into the main tank - all in all it<br />

was technical enough to enjoy and not<br />

get bored. After taking a break with a<br />

‘luke cool’ coke and re-fuelling, we were<br />

off on the last leg to Punia - a change to<br />

the planned route requested by the DRC<br />

security.<br />

We had two spills today, with Rob and<br />

Paul earning additional stripes, - there<br />

were also a number of close shaves with<br />

a few near misses involving pigs crossing<br />

the road and oncoming traffic that<br />

NEVER moves over!!!<br />

Then we crossed the Lowa River on<br />

the Bac Lowa Pont after waiting for just<br />

under an hour!<br />

And then with the change in plan, we<br />

were off to Punia - on arrival we stopped<br />

off at the TA’s office to pay our respects<br />

only to learn that Raph had had an<br />

accident - the Prado was totalled but<br />

fortunately the driver and Raph were<br />

unscathed - the TA (Fracious Omandji)<br />

very kindly sent his land cruiser to fetch<br />

them and most importantly the key<br />

spares all co-ordinated from afar with<br />

the TA’s assistants. It’s amazing how the<br />

Randgold team can ”pull rabbits out the<br />

hat” when things go a little pear shaped.<br />

After some phoning around we were<br />

able to secure 4 rooms at Notre Dame du<br />

Bon Conseil de Kindu at a priests’ centre<br />

called Mater Dai PUNIA and headed by<br />

Father Gabriel. The sisters at Notre Dame<br />

du Bon Conseil de Kindu were so friendly<br />

and hospitable - we all were invited to<br />

dinner along with the TA and it was a very<br />

comfortable and friendly evening.<br />

Another long 11 hour day and, as Rob<br />

points out, there always seems to be a<br />

“sting in the tail” on these trips!<br />

Tomorrow is another challenging day<br />

as we are going to try and pack two<br />

days into one and get to Kindu - we have<br />

some 41 broken bridges to cover and<br />

245km to ride.<br />

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TECH TEST<br />

FLASHED<br />

STANDARD KTM 1050 VS FLASHED KTM 1050<br />

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Last month, we brought you the news<br />

about Fire It Ups flashing solution to<br />

find more non-invasive horsepower.<br />

Then we dropped off our KTM 1050 for<br />

some treatment, along with a Can Am<br />

Maverick Turbo. They sorted this 1050<br />

to stage 1 and found an extra 10 BHP<br />

odd. The Maverick is still undergoing<br />

treatment…<br />

Why did KTM build the 1050?<br />

A less aggressive adventure model, they<br />

built the 1050 adventure to comply with<br />

overseas legislation for young riders – the<br />

bikes have to be under a certain amount<br />

of horsepower. So, although it shares<br />

the RC8 engine, it has be de-tuned to<br />

meet the requirements. A little smaller,<br />

lighter and with lower fuel consumption,<br />

the 1050 Adventure stands proudly<br />

alongside its larger siblings. It is a<br />

supremely competent and well equipped<br />

motorcycle. Traction control with different<br />

modes and ABS come as standard. The<br />

engine is built with the same state-of-the<br />

art technology as the 1190 engine and<br />

even though the engine is a little smaller,<br />

it delivers nearly the same power and<br />

torque up to 95hp (70kW). It represents<br />

the easy entry into the world of KTM<br />

travel enduros. We wondered if this<br />

smaller, nimbler bike it could be made to<br />

run like the 1190…<br />

Clive explains:<br />

Sundays are for riding bikes fast. Well<br />

any day is really, but Sunday, early<br />

Spring, good friends and open roads are<br />

just special.<br />

With the KTM 1050 Adventure waiting<br />

in the driveway, we just couldn’t wait. In<br />

fact we had two brand new KTM 1050<br />

Adventures’ ready to roll. The first was<br />

from KTM South Africa, and the other<br />

an identical bike fresh out of Professor<br />

Craig Langton’s laboratory at Fire it Up in<br />

Bryanston.<br />

First up was the standard KTM 1050.<br />

KTM’s Adventure family has a special<br />

look about them, and can’t be mistaken<br />

for anything else. The orange, silver and<br />

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lack paintwork and big purposeful V<br />

Twin motor just peeking out here and<br />

there give their bikes a magnificent<br />

purposeful presence. Like all KTM’s<br />

the equipment fitted to the 1050 is out<br />

of the top drawer. It’s got some of the<br />

best brakes, suspension and other<br />

bits money can buy, whilst deep down<br />

inside, German giant Bosch and KTM<br />

have installed an incredibly sophisticated<br />

electronic package to control the “go”<br />

part as well as to provide a wonderfully<br />

unobtrusive riding aid package with the<br />

smoothly integrated ABS, traction control<br />

and KTM’s exclusive “Motorcycle stability<br />

control” (MSC). The rider can select three<br />

different riding modes, rain, street and<br />

sport, and can turn the MSC off (although<br />

why anyone would do that is a mystery)<br />

The MSC incorporates the traction control<br />

as well. On this bike there is no “Off road”<br />

mode as it is kind of an out and out sports<br />

touring road bike. We’ve been asking<br />

since its inception that they fit some<br />

spoked wheels and a 21” front end…<br />

The rider can select the different modes<br />

with the flick of a switch on the move<br />

and review a vast amount of information,<br />

including oil temperature, on a very easy<br />

to read dash panel.<br />

Over the past year or so KTM have<br />

managed to move away from their bone<br />

hard seats and now fit one of the most<br />

comfortable units around. Although this is<br />

a road orientated Adventure bike it shares<br />

the design and comfort of the seat with<br />

the rest of the KTM Adventure family. The<br />

rider can move around easily, and there is<br />

lots of space for the pillion passenger to<br />

be comfortable as well.<br />

The 1050, makes almost as much<br />

horsepower as it bigger brother 1190,<br />

and although they share the same V -<br />

twin design, the slightly smaller 1050<br />

is quieter, and much smoother. It also<br />

feels more willing to rev and goes about<br />

its’ business incredibly enthusiastically,<br />

controlled superbly by the ride by wire<br />

throttle. Quite honestly this is one of the<br />

nicest of the big KTM V twin’s to ride.<br />

There isn’t really any mechanical reason<br />

for it to be so, but, as we all find so often,<br />

it’s the overall feel, sound and riding<br />

experience that make riders enjoy one<br />

bike more than another. This is one of<br />

those bikes.<br />

The biggest advances in motorcycle<br />

technology over the past few years<br />

have been the electronic packages….<br />

and before a whole bunch of you start<br />

protesting that you don’t like ABS,<br />

traction control is for sissies and all the<br />

hoary old complaints, take note that<br />

these days your words impress less<br />

and less people. Electronics are here<br />

to stay. In fact as they become more<br />

sophisticated they become more useful<br />

and add a huge positive dimension to our<br />

riding pleasure. They also keep us safer,<br />

and probably save money as well as even<br />

a small fall on one of today’s bikes where<br />

body parts are damaged can be very<br />

expensive. They also help you ride better,<br />

go faster if you like, and above all give<br />

you a better margin of safety.<br />

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– Smoother, faster and<br />

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– Incredible midrange<br />

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Ducati Multistrada 1200<br />

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In Street mode, the Fire It Up 1050 is<br />

significantly faster... through all the gears.<br />

And now to the next part of this story…<br />

One man who has embraced the<br />

electronics on modern motorcycles is<br />

Craig Langston in his new Fire-it-up shop<br />

in Bryanston. That’s part of Sandton if<br />

you don’t already know.<br />

Craig has been in the motorcycle<br />

industry for a long time, and understands<br />

that every rider and bike owner likes to<br />

stand out from the crowd, even if only<br />

a little. In the past Craig has offered his<br />

customers really professional personal<br />

paint jobs on their bikes, custom<br />

accessories and of course a wide range<br />

of personal apparel that is just that little<br />

bit different.<br />

Another avenue that riders like to<br />

explore often in their quest for more<br />

motorcycling enjoyment is to modify their<br />

bikes for more performance. The old<br />

school way is to change the pipe for a<br />

more efficient (usually louder) one, modify<br />

the cams and head, and fit equipment<br />

like a Power Commander to adjust the<br />

earlier electronics. If done properly, you<br />

can end up with the fastest bike around.<br />

Engine mods though, are frighteningly<br />

expensive, often make the bike harder<br />

to ride, more difficult to repair and often<br />

actually reduce the value when it comes<br />

to selling or trading in.<br />

Craig has specialised in a technique<br />

called “Flashing”, where he plugs a<br />

laptop into the latest electronics and<br />

modifies the factory settings. He can<br />

change the fuel mixture, ignition settings,<br />

torque curves and many other features<br />

so that the bike will rev faster, rev a bit<br />

more and have a more responsive throttle<br />

feel. All of this of course isn’t done by<br />

guess work. Craig has perfected his<br />

skill by careful analysis and study of<br />

motorcycle electronics in general and<br />

specific manufacturers and models in<br />

particular, so this is not a hit and miss<br />

procedure. The results can be measured<br />

accurately and recorded. The factories<br />

could of course do all of this as well, but<br />

because of mass production and a host<br />

of other considerations they settle for a<br />

compromise setting which will suit the<br />

majority of riders.<br />

Craig isn’t shy about his flashing results<br />

and was very happy to let us compare a<br />

new KTM 1050 that he has “flashed” with<br />

an equally new standard one. The first<br />

impression was that the bike felt just like<br />

the standard one. It started, idled and<br />

drove just a quiet and as smoothly. Like<br />

the standard 1050 it was smooth as silk<br />

and eager to rev. Riding it on its’ own<br />

you would be hard pressed to tell if it had<br />

been modified at all.<br />

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It also feels more willing<br />

to rev and goes about<br />

its’ business incredibly<br />

enthusiastically, controlled<br />

superbly by the ride by wire<br />

throttle. Quite honestly this<br />

is one of the nicest of the<br />

big KTM V twin’s to ride. “


However, when we met up with the standard bike out on the<br />

open road things changed. The flashed bike absolutely howled<br />

away from the standard one. No matter which gear, or who was<br />

riding the Fire-it-Up bike, it is significantly faster. The top end<br />

however was identical as the rev limit on both bikes was set the<br />

same, and they both peaked out in 6th gear on our remote private<br />

test track just past the Heidelberg N3 Sunday speed trap.<br />

As everything else was stock standard, this could be the ideal<br />

mod for the rider who wants to have the edge on his friends without<br />

them knowing. As we have said before, the beauty is that the bike<br />

doesn’t lose any tractability, has no noise or starting issues and<br />

Craig tells us it will have no influence on the reliability of the engine<br />

or the electronics. It certainly won’t affect the resale value either.<br />

Also, if for any reason (we can’t think of one) the owner would like<br />

to put the bike back to standard Craig could do so in a flash.<br />

Riding these two KTM’s together revealed something else. At<br />

first, like always, we selected the peak performance mode, in<br />

this case “Sport” on both bikes, and rode them most of the time<br />

with this setting. Then just to feel the difference on the standard<br />

bike we selected “Street” To our surprise the bike felt smoother<br />

and seemed to rip through the gears a bit quicker. So we tried it<br />

again against the flashed bike, which we left in “Sport”mode. Sure<br />

enough the gap between the two was less than before. Until we<br />

put the Fire-it Up bike in “Street” mode as well. Then the modded<br />

bike pulled away in any gear even faster than before.<br />

First thing Monday morning we were on the phone to the techies<br />

at KTM SA. We wanted to know what the difference was between<br />

street and sport mode on the 1050. This is what we found out.<br />

This is new generation electronic package, and is capable of<br />

“reading” the average style of the rider. If it discovers the rider is<br />

aggressive on the throttle, brakes and cornering over a significant<br />

period of time it adjusts itself to cope with that style irrespective<br />

of the selected riding mode (excluding the rain mode). Therefore it<br />

was allowing us full power in street mode when we rode it in anger<br />

against the modified bike. The flashed bike wasn’t fooled when<br />

we set it in “street” mode, and provided full power as well. The<br />

only difference once it does this between the two modes is that in<br />

“street” mode the bike will still have more “Traction control” when<br />

accelerating from standstill or changing down and cornering.<br />

This of course gives us a clue to where motorcycle electronics<br />

are going. In future high performance bikes will probably offer<br />

less choice in selecting programs as they will have much smarter<br />

electronics which will read our riding style at the time, and program<br />

themselves accordingly. The wonderful Honda DCT Africa twin<br />

already does this.<br />

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The 1050 is an<br />

awesome little<br />

streetbike and<br />

very comfortable<br />

for a pillion.<br />

Yes Kyle, we know the 1050 felt<br />

better after the flash, you don’t<br />

have to go showing off now...<br />

“Quite honestly in many ways the 1050 is the most enjoyable<br />

bike of the three. It is just a tad smaller and feels less serious<br />

and more manageable for many riders, but the engine is the<br />

smoothest of the three. It is also quieter and just so willing.<br />

It revs out just a bit more and revving it through the slick<br />

gearbox is just so cool. Tackling a twisty mountain pass or a<br />

track day on this bike is the most fun ever. It’s a great bike, go<br />

and check one out.”<br />

Craig Langton probably knows this<br />

already and will lead the way in adjusting<br />

the electronics in future for those riders<br />

who always want more.<br />

Coming back to the KTM 1050. Here<br />

in South Africa this model seems a little<br />

lost in the KTM Adventure bike line up.<br />

Perhaps it’s the little something we South<br />

Africans seem to have inherent in our<br />

nature where “bigger must be better”<br />

That’s why a 1600cc Ford will always<br />

sell better that a 1300, even though it’s<br />

a bit more expensive. When the 1050,<br />

1190 and 1290 KTM’s are lined up on a<br />

dealer’s floor there isn’t a lot between<br />

them in looks or features. When prices<br />

are compared, especially for buyers who<br />

finance their bikes, the monthly payments<br />

are pretty close, so price doesn’t often<br />

come into it.<br />

Quite honestly in many ways the 1050<br />

is the most enjoyable bike of the three. It<br />

is just a tad smaller and feels less serious<br />

and more manageable for many riders,<br />

but the engine is the smoothest of the<br />

three. It is also quieter and just so willing.<br />

It revs out just a bit more and revving it<br />

through the slick gearbox is just so cool.<br />

Tackling a twisty mountain pass or a track<br />

day on this bike is the most fun ever. It’s<br />

a great bike, go and check one out.<br />

What our testing found:<br />

Sports mode: Standard to flashed model<br />

– pretty close, although the flashed model<br />

generally feels better and a bit stronger.<br />

Identical top speeds.<br />

Street Mode: Standard to flashed<br />

model – the flashed bike Blew the<br />

standard off from bottom to top – the<br />

acceleration differences were remarkable.<br />

Flashed 1050 to stock 1190: The flashed<br />

1050 holds the 1190 through first, second<br />

and third, then the big 1190 runs away.<br />

Next test: 1050 stage 2 and stage 3,<br />

then bring on the 1190.<br />

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than the stage 1<br />

1050. We’ll compare<br />

the stage 2 and 3<br />

models soon.<br />

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Written by Mark Sangster.<br />

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by Craig Jarvis<br />

MX 2,Start of the 2nd Moto of the day with Johan<br />

Vogelesang(18) taking the holeshot<br />

A f a s t d a y a t<br />

THUNDERVALLEY<br />

A l l t h e r e s u l t s f r o m P i e t e r m a r i t z b u r g , K Z N !<br />

A cool mist draped itself over the<br />

track, and it was a crisp morning that<br />

greeted the competitors in round 5 of<br />

the Monster Energy TRP Distributors SA<br />

National MX Champs at Thunder Valley,<br />

Pietermaritzburg.<br />

The early freshness did not last long<br />

however, and before they knew it, the<br />

competitors were dealing with a warm,<br />

dry and challenging day on the track.<br />

The track featured a hard pack with lots<br />

of tabletops, and it was a fast but very<br />

unforgiving day of riding.<br />

The day’s competition kicked off with<br />

MX2, and the division stalwarts Kerim<br />

Fitzgerald and David Goosen were both<br />

in it to win it. Kerim proved the onform<br />

competitor and won the 2nd heat<br />

comfortably to ensure the overall win from<br />

Goosen and Ant Raynard in third.<br />

In MX1 there was also a serious 2nd<br />

Heat domination, this time by Sacha<br />

Naude with Fitzgerald and Goosen hot on<br />

his heels, and Raynard not far behind. This<br />

win gives Naude the points lead in MX1,<br />

and earns him the red plate.<br />

MX3 saw some of the fiercest battles of<br />

the day go down! This highly competitive<br />

division saw Ryan Hunt and Ian Topliss<br />

going hard, with neither giving any quarter.<br />

There were a couple of bumps and nudges<br />

going down as they both gave it stick. The<br />

lead switched constantly throughout this<br />

entertaining heat and it was Hunt who<br />

emerged victorious.<br />

Ladies:<br />

After perennial Ladies competitor Toni<br />

Jardine was involved in a crash in heat<br />

one, Brittany Cuthbert and Nanda Clowes<br />

were left in the race and clawing for<br />

victory. After some spectacular racing and<br />

the lead changing many times, Cuthbert<br />

kept her head down on the <strong>final</strong> stretch for<br />

the win.<br />

Jonathan Hubbard owned Senior<br />

Support, with Cameron Odendaal right<br />

behind him.<br />

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The inspirational 125 High School<br />

divisions saw a new rider on the top step.<br />

He has been at the top all season, but<br />

things just haven’t been going his way. In<br />

this event Marco De Vrye had his day and<br />

took over from the regular top runners,<br />

Keegan Hickson Mahoney in 2nd and<br />

Slade Smith in 3rd.<br />

With the track being fast and taxing,<br />

there were a few victims claimed during<br />

the day and a couple of falls. Jason Visser<br />

and Wikus van Sandwyk both had slams,<br />

but managed to get up and bravely finish<br />

their races with heads held high, while<br />

Dylan Donald, who also crashed, was<br />

unfortunately unable to finish his race.<br />

It was an exciting and crazy day, and<br />

the contestants all knew that this event<br />

was absolutely crucial for points in the<br />

second half of the year. As it stands,<br />

several situations are still in the balance<br />

and points can still go either way in many<br />

divisions. It is proving to be one of the<br />

most exciting years for SA National MX,<br />

and the <strong>final</strong> stretch will be a veritable<br />

nail-biter.<br />

The next Monster Energy TRP<br />

Distributors SA MX Nationals will take<br />

place on 17 September at Holeshot Harrys<br />

in Harrismith, Free State.<br />

Hayden Tully (20) in the 65 cc Class followed by Emanual<br />

Bako from Zimbabwe(199)<br />

Jonatthan Mlimi (259) charging after Camdon Mc Lellan<br />

(122) in the Pro Mini class<br />

Cape Town’s Neil van der Vyver leading the way in Moto<br />

2 of the day.<br />

Slade Smith (737) in the 125 cc High School class<br />

Anthony Raynard MX 2<br />

Wyatt Avis doing a Nac nac over a massive talbe top<br />

jump in MX 1<br />

Wesley Du Plooy (226) and Richie van der Westhuizen<br />

(717) on each other in MX 1<br />

Nanda Clowes (244)<br />

Richard van der Westhuizen in MX 1<br />

Ian Topliss in MX 3<br />

FINAL RESULTS:<br />

MX1<br />

1. Sacha Naude<br />

2. Kerim Fitz-Gerald<br />

3. David Goosen<br />

MX2<br />

1. Kerim Fitz-Gerald<br />

2. David Goosen<br />

3. Anthony Raynard<br />

MX3<br />

1. Ryan Hunt<br />

2. Ian Topliss<br />

3. Brett Bircher<br />

HIGH SCHOOL<br />

1. Marco De Vrye<br />

2. Keegan Hickson-Mahony<br />

3. Slade Smith<br />

LADIES<br />

1. Brittany Cuthbert<br />

2. Nanda Clowes<br />

3. Toni Jardine<br />

SENIOR SUPPORT<br />

1. Jonathan Hubbard<br />

2. Cameron Odendaal<br />

3. Mason Buist<br />

85CC JUNIORS<br />

1. Jonathan Mlimi<br />

2. Hayden Tully<br />

3. Blake Young<br />

PRO MINI<br />

1. Camden Mc Lellan<br />

2. Slade Boths<br />

3. Grant Hutton<br />

50CC<br />

1. Neil van der Vyver<br />

2. Jordan Van Wyk<br />

3. Jordan Dewdney<br />

65CC<br />

1. Blake Young<br />

2. Daiyaan Manuel<br />

3. Troy Muraour<br />

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BULWER<br />

ENDURO<br />

Halfway through the series, things are heating<br />

up in the National Enduro Series…<br />

Pics by Nadine Flanagan<br />

Round 3 of the Liquorland National Enduro<br />

Series took place in Bulwer, KZN on Saturday<br />

14 Aug, providing very close racing which the<br />

riders seem to have enjoyed.<br />

At the top of the leader board it was an<br />

extremely close race between overall winner,<br />

Wade Young (Sherco) and Travis Teasdale<br />

(Brother Leader Tread KTM), with close gaps<br />

between the rest of the top 5 too – Blake Gutzeit<br />

and team mate Brett Swanepoel (Proudly Bidvest<br />

Yamaha) and Dwayne Kleynhans (Brother<br />

Leader Tread KTM).<br />

Although Teasdale kept the pressure on Young<br />

all day with less than a minute separating them<br />

at the end, the Sherco factory rider proved too<br />

dominant winning and incredible 12 of the 15<br />

special tests to Teasdale’s 2 and Kleynhans’s 1.<br />

An excellent come back ride by Blake Gutzeit<br />

after being out for 6 months with a knee<br />

injury, saw him put the Yamaha YZ250X on<br />

the 3rd step of the overall and E2 podium.<br />

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championship, 12 points ahead of Altus de Wet<br />

with Richie vd Westhuizen on 52 and Young<br />

47.<br />

Brett Swanepoel took E1 class honours ahead<br />

of Dwayne Kleynhans and Kyle Flanagan<br />

(Sherco) who was delighted with his 6th<br />

overall. Swanepoel leads the title chase 12<br />

points clear of Kleynhans and Bouverie (60)<br />

with Flanagan 2 points back on 58.<br />

Calvin Hume (KTM) took the win in the<br />

competitive High School class with Stefan van<br />

Deventer (KTM) 2nd and Max Jordaan (KTM)<br />

rounding up the podium. With a perfect<br />

season so far Hume (75 points) is hoping to<br />

secure the title but Jordaan (64 points) and van<br />

Deventer (60 points) are not going to make it<br />

easy for him.<br />

Bruce May (Yamaha) took the chequered<br />

flag in the Senior Pro class with Wynand<br />

Kleynhans bringing new old blood to the fight<br />

and beating out William Gillitt for 2nd place.<br />

Just 5 points separate championship leader<br />

May (70 points) from 3rd place Gillitt (65<br />

points), with Kleynhans on 66.<br />

Hilton Hayward could not claim his 21st<br />

consecutive Masters victory after he wrong<br />

slotted and lost too much time, but his trusty<br />

Proudly Bidvest Yamaha team mate Denzil<br />

Torlage sealed the deal on another old come<br />

back rider, Richard Moore (KTM), with<br />

Sherco’s Justin Broughton having a very good<br />

ride to take 3rd. Torlage now leads the title<br />

chase with 69 points to Hayward’s 65 and<br />

Boughton’s 55.<br />

Things were just as close in the Silver class<br />

between Dirk Olivier (Yamaha) and Kirsten<br />

Landman (Brother Leader Tread KTM), with<br />

Olivier taking a narrow win just 52 seconds<br />

ahead. TD Munro put his new KTM in 3rd<br />

place. Landman has a narrow 2 point lead over


Olivier with Sonwabile Mdodane 12 points<br />

back on 51.<br />

The points between the top guys below<br />

represent seconds... just an indication of how<br />

competitive this series is.<br />

1 Wade Young 3850<br />

2 Travis Teasdale 3904<br />

3 Blake Gutzeit 3976<br />

4 Brett Swanepoel 4001<br />

5 Dwayne Kleynhans 4007<br />

“The 13 August 2016 became the turning point<br />

of the Liquorland National Enduro, everything<br />

came to together to make it the Best Event<br />

Ever” - Altus de Wet.<br />

On behalf of Powasol Eventing we are<br />

extremely thankful to those who supported<br />

the journey to almost perfection, although<br />

there were underlying issues here and there we<br />

were extremely Blessed to pull off a successful<br />

National Enduro. Our team consisting of<br />

Motorsport South Africa Officials & Staff,<br />

Landowners, hosts Ashtonvale Guest farm &<br />

Nip Inn, community leaders, Tribal advisors,<br />

sponsors, our families and our TEAM all came<br />

together as one.<br />

This was in fact a Team effort, a special thank<br />

you to Shaun Duckham who invested his<br />

own time, money and experience into this<br />

event. Shaun we can never repay you for your<br />

amazing support. Thank you on behalf of<br />

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What valves do and the different types of actuation in motorcycle engines.<br />

KTM-cylinder-head<br />

When it comes to combustion cycles in<br />

four-stroke engines, there are a few things<br />

that remain constant and one of them is<br />

the need for valves as they are vital to<br />

how the combustion cycle works. Though<br />

most of us have an understanding of<br />

how the combustion cycle works, simply<br />

put valves control the flow of air through<br />

the cylinder head. They allow an air fuel<br />

mixture in, keep the combustion chamber<br />

air-tight on compression and combustion<br />

strokes and allow combusted air out.<br />

Here’s a recap of the four-stroke cycle:<br />

firstly, the inlet valve opens and the intake<br />

of an air-fuel mixture occurs then the<br />

piston continues an upward stroke in<br />

the bore to compress the mixture. The<br />

mixture is then ignited by the spark plug<br />

to kick off the next downward stroke of<br />

the piston and on the upward stroke the<br />

exhaust port opens. This cycle is know<br />

as intake, compression, combustion and<br />

exhaust – the four-stroke cycle.<br />

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Valves also suffer what is called<br />

‘float’. At high rpm in particular, valve<br />

springs struggle to close quickly<br />

enough. However, at the other end of<br />

the spectrum greater technology in<br />

metallurgy has allowed rev ceilings to<br />

rise, but not as excessively as other valve<br />

actuation methods. It’s biggest bonus is<br />

inexpensive cost on a high-production<br />

volume run and simple maintenance, thus<br />

a defining factor why it is the most widely<br />

used actuation method.<br />

A valve is essentially a flat disc of metal<br />

on the end of a stem and looks like a<br />

futuristic dunny plunger. The valve stem<br />

sits in a valve guide that secures and<br />

allows the valve stem to move up and<br />

down smoothly inside the cylinder head.<br />

The valve disc sits in a valve seat. The<br />

valve seat is the surface against which an<br />

intake or an exhaust valve waits during<br />

the portion of the engine operating cycle<br />

when that valve is closed.<br />

The seat is essentially the area that<br />

controls air flow between combustion<br />

chamber and inlet or exhaust port as the<br />

valve opens and shuts. At the top of the<br />

valve stem is where the valve movement<br />

is actuated from. Over the years people<br />

have toyed with many different actuation<br />

methods and at present there are three<br />

main types of valve actuation: Pneumatic,<br />

Desmodromic, and sprung.<br />

Desmo-head<br />

Sprung:<br />

Sprung valves are the most common<br />

type of valve actuation on motorcycles.<br />

By either means of a pushrod actuating<br />

a rocker arm that pushes on the tappet,<br />

a camshaft in the head that actuates a<br />

rocker arm or a camshaft lobe directly on<br />

to the tappet, sprung valves are actuated.<br />

The compression spring sits directly<br />

between the inside of the cylinder head,<br />

above the combustion chamber, and the<br />

collet (or retainer).<br />

The distance between the tappet and<br />

the valves contact surface is referred to<br />

as clearance. Clearance is moderated in a<br />

few ways, none more common than screw<br />

on the rocker arm or by the placement of<br />

shims between the tappet and camshaft.<br />

Its drawbacks are few and easily resolved.<br />

Valve clearances regularly require<br />

adjustment as stems and guides wear.<br />

Sprung-head<br />

Desmodromic:<br />

Commonly referred to as Desmo, when<br />

talking about operation method, this<br />

system employs two mechanical rocker<br />

arms that grasp the valve stem and is<br />

motioned by camshaft lobes to move the<br />

valve up and don – it’s really that simple.<br />

The biggest benefit of this system is that<br />

it allows total control of the opening and<br />

closing of the valves.<br />

Most famously used by Ducati since<br />

the 1960s, the Desmodromic valve<br />

system was said to have been at a<br />

disadvantage to other systems due to the<br />

greater weight the mechanically complex<br />

system required to work but time has<br />

shown it’s operational value and reliability<br />

far outweighs this small drawback.<br />

Pneumatic:<br />

The pneumatic system employs metal<br />

bellows filled with compressed air to<br />

close the valves – replacing valves<br />

springs in a conventional cylinder head<br />

set-up. The pneumatic system takes up<br />

around the same dimensions as a valve<br />

spring, and the air bellows are much<br />

lighter and respond more quickly than<br />

valve springs.<br />

The biggest disadvantage with a<br />

pneumatic valve system is its price. Up<br />

until Suzuki’s use of it in MotoGP nearly<br />

ten years ago, Renault was the only one<br />

to use the system and then it was only on<br />

its F1 cars. The threat of leaking bellows<br />

causing a valve catastrophe is avoided<br />

by regular replacement of the bellows.<br />

It’s not commonly used, but with more<br />

technology and cheaper costs hopefully<br />

it will be.<br />

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