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CONTENTS: JANUARY 2017<br />
THE TEAM:<br />
EDITOR:<br />
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16: FEATURE: 2016 MOTUL ROOF OF AFRICA<br />
42: FEATURE: HOLESHOT WHIP<br />
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2 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2016<br />
70: FEATURE: VISORS AND LENSES
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Roof of Africa 2016:<br />
If you were at the Motul Roof Of Africa, you would have<br />
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It was initiated by Motul and our friends from Goscor<br />
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The products supplied by GPP consisted of seven<br />
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each with its own 300 litre water tank and a 400 cc<br />
single-cylinder petrol engine, as well as a 30 metre hose<br />
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Additional equipment provided included a Lutian twoinch<br />
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kW generators to power the air pumps for the inflatable<br />
tunnels and banners at the ‘start’ and ‘finish’ area. A<br />
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any night work needed during the event.<br />
“The washer-and-tank combination offered by Lutian is<br />
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supply are limited, making it an ideal solution for the<br />
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mountainous terrain,” GPP Technical & Training Manager<br />
Wayne Allen comments. Additional applications for<br />
the Lutian high-pressure washers include mobile taxi<br />
operations and car washes, for example.<br />
A total of 600 bikes passed through the Motul/GPP Bike<br />
wash during the three-day event, with 100 pump and<br />
engine stop-starts daily, and not a single failure on any<br />
of the equipment. “It offered exceptional reliability and<br />
economy, even in the heat-wave conditions recorded<br />
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Such was the performance of the Lutian high-pressure<br />
washers that GPP dealer Kevcor – which covers<br />
Bloemfontein, Kimberley, and Maseru in Lesotho –<br />
was able to secure the sale of all the used equipment<br />
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In addition to transporting all the GPP equipment from<br />
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litre tanks for water storage at the remote ‘start’ and<br />
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dealers countrywide, and in most SADC (Southern<br />
African Development Community) countries.<br />
The off-road motorcycles were cleaned in two<br />
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The express wash bay afforded riders the opportunity<br />
to park their motorcycles, which were then subjected<br />
to a quick wash by the cleaning team. Meanwhile, the<br />
self-service lane allowed riders to have personal input<br />
into the cleaning process if need be.<br />
Covering over 425 km of the harshest terrain known to<br />
man in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho, the Roof of<br />
4 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017<br />
Africa is one of the most treacherous and demanding<br />
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49th time, the 2016 event saw 385 competitors, including<br />
13 international entrants, of which only 206 finished.<br />
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Racing. Andreas Hölzl – Rockstar Energy Husqvarna<br />
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6 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JANUARY 2017<br />
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Blazusiak bows out in style:<br />
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The win brings to an end a stunning career that has saw the KTM<br />
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Admitting after the night’s racing in front of 13,000 fans in<br />
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on a high, it worked out for the 32-year-old with a dominant<br />
overall victory backed up with two out of three heat wins.<br />
“No words can describe how happy I am. It’s crazy how things<br />
have panned out for me these past few months. I worked really<br />
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to skip the last round to get my thumb good again. It paid off and<br />
I was able to push 100% in Poland. It’s such an amazing feeling<br />
racing in front of my home fans so I gave it all I had on the track.”<br />
“I have been thinking about this decision for a while now. I have<br />
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Marquez returns to his roots with enduro entry:<br />
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez and brother Alex have<br />
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that Honda say will get you huge mileage.<br />
Extra long-travel suspension and high ground clearance<br />
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L’s fork is replaced with a 43mm Showa unit boasting<br />
longer legs and rally-tweaked settings, and black<br />
Alumite aluminium rims replace plain for the Rally,<br />
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The front-end gets a larger floating front disc – while<br />
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scenery. Whether you’re in Parys or Pretoria, it’s a great<br />
looking beast to be seen on…<br />
returned to their childhood roots by competing in an enduro race<br />
in their hometown of Lleida last month, with the duo competing<br />
off-road for the first time in years at the Enduro del Segre.<br />
Completing the six-hour race out of contention for the win<br />
after first being penalised for entering a control early and then<br />
cracking the sump of his CRF450 Honda, the world champion<br />
nonetheless says it was nice to return to his roots with the race.<br />
“I had raced enduro as a kid and that is precisely what led me<br />
to play in the Enduro del Segre. I am a big fan of off road and<br />
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experience.<br />
“I have had a lot of fun, and it has been a very nice experience. If<br />
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of the MotoGP season, why not repeat?”<br />
Brother Alex also had fun on his outing, admitting that despite the<br />
hard course it was an enjoyable experience.<br />
“It has been a beautiful experience. I have enjoyed and I have<br />
suffered; there have been moments of everything. The important<br />
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Adventure spied:<br />
These are the first decent images of KTM’s next<br />
adventure bike – the 790 Adventure, which isn’t<br />
expected to arrive in dealers until early 2019. KTM<br />
CEO, Stefan Pierer, recently confirmed to press<br />
that this model was under development, but also<br />
confirmed that we would see the 790 Duke roadster<br />
first, which is expected to arrive as a 2018 model –<br />
suggesting that this bike is still two years away from<br />
entering the range.<br />
KTM 790 Adventure – Highlights<br />
All-new 790 parallel-twin<br />
Two new models<br />
Serious off-road ability<br />
Full LCD dash<br />
Twin fuel tanks<br />
The new 790 will extend KTM’s already strong<br />
range of adventure bikes (see below), and is likely<br />
to add two models into the mix, following the firm’s<br />
well-trodden path of offering a road version, and<br />
a more aggressively off-road focused R version.<br />
This test mule looks likely to be the R version, with<br />
a 21” front rim, and 18” rear, as well as a massive<br />
pair of fuel tanks that could see it being capable of<br />
serious distances between fill-ups. It’s devoid of the<br />
trademark orange frame and engine-saving crash<br />
bars, but this is a very early – and very black –<br />
prototype.<br />
What stands out most is how seriously focused this<br />
prototype looks. There’s very little to suggest that<br />
this is a soft small capacity option for those deterred<br />
by the 1090 or 1290, but rather that this is an even<br />
more authentic world-crosser, capable of almost<br />
enduro bike levels of off-roading, while maintaining<br />
enough manners and refinement to tour on tarmac<br />
in comfort over long distances. Think of it more as<br />
an oversized versatile Dakar bike than an undersized<br />
globetrotter. It’s the true spiritual successor to the<br />
640 Adventure that ran from 1997 to 2007 – and<br />
which was possibly a decade ahead of its time.<br />
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Ducati’s baby Multistrada<br />
gets the off-road treatment:<br />
New 950 Multistrada to go off-road with 1200 Enduroinspired<br />
components.<br />
Ducati has held the official world media launch of the new<br />
Multistrada 950 with one of the most interesting things to<br />
come from the launch a spoke wheel variant that’s ready to<br />
go anywhere.<br />
While the 950 with spoked wheels and off-road equipment<br />
won’t be a standalone model in the 2017 Ducati range, it<br />
does show that the new mid-sized machine will be a great<br />
mid-sized option for adventure riders.<br />
“There won’t be wire/spoke-wheel variant, but there will be<br />
the option of either an Enduro accessory kit that will include<br />
the wheels and some other ruggedised components or<br />
purchasing just the wheels as an accessory,” said Ducati<br />
Australia’s Warren Lee.<br />
On the machine pictured those off-road components include<br />
a radiator guard, rear disc saver, chunky footpegs and<br />
levers, bashplate, wire wheels and Pirelli Scorpion Rally tyres<br />
to make it look just like a baby 1200 Enduro!<br />
Ducati offering stylised accessory kits is no new thing with<br />
the 1200 Multistrada range available with Sport, Touring,<br />
Enduro and Urban component packages to better tailor<br />
each machine to different kinds of environs.<br />
Designed to put great performance within everyone’s grasp,<br />
the Multistrada 950 is made for riders who want to get in<br />
some touring – perhaps even two-up – and those who want<br />
an agile fun bike that’s ideal for everyday use.<br />
Set to arrive in SA in the new year, prices, colours and <strong>final</strong><br />
specification for the Multistrada 950 is yet to be confirmed.<br />
For more details on the Ducati range in SA or the location of<br />
your nearest dealer head to www.ducati.co.za.<br />
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Fuel injected<br />
2-strokes a reality...<br />
If you were at The Motul Roof Of Africa, you might have<br />
seen two international stars, Lars Enockl and Andreas<br />
Lettenbichler on board some plain looking KTM 300’s.<br />
On closer inspection, we discovered that the bikes<br />
were missing some vital components such as… errr<br />
carburettors.<br />
Every time we went close enough to get snaps we were<br />
politely distracted until they figured out that it was too<br />
late, images had gone international and we all knew<br />
what was going on.<br />
The bikes ran faultlessly for the duration of the race –<br />
Lars unfortunately had a little crash and damaged his<br />
radiator, but the experienced campaigner Letti achieved<br />
his best Roof result ever.<br />
Why EFI?<br />
It all comes down to emission control laws – apparently,<br />
these bikes run at a 200/1 oil fuel mixture. This means<br />
less than half the oil is used when compared to the<br />
current smoker’s which are running at around 70/1 (70<br />
parts fuel to 1 part 2-stroke).<br />
We chatted to Letti during<br />
the race – he rode<br />
with Gomez for a<br />
while – and even<br />
Gomez was<br />
complimenting the<br />
bikes performance.<br />
“It sounds crisp<br />
and it revs clear”, was<br />
his comment after day<br />
2’s race. Letti was very<br />
complimentary about the<br />
system – “No problems”,<br />
he said in his usual stoic<br />
fashion. “It is very good.”<br />
Here’s the rub. Not only will we soon all be saving<br />
a buck or two on 2-stroke and doing our bit for the<br />
environment – but we’ll be saving a whole whack on<br />
fuel. Looking at the 2017’s which were quite low on fuel<br />
after time trial, the Fuel injected bikes still had about ¾ of<br />
a tank to go…<br />
We live in exciting times, 2018 is going to bring some<br />
very cool technology…<br />
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THE MOTUL ROOF OF AFRICA<br />
ROARS INTO MASERU<br />
JOY,SADNESS,TEARS, BLOOD, SWEAT...<br />
This years Roof sure was fun to<br />
watch. The launching spot was simply<br />
put – one of the best that we’ve seen to<br />
date, FANTASTIC and we could see the<br />
riders for miles as they left and returned.<br />
Round the houses was as spectacular as<br />
ever with some AWESOME dices – and<br />
we were privileged to have some of the<br />
worlds very best enduro riders come and<br />
join the action…<br />
It was South Africa’s KTM pilot “Scotty<br />
B” Bouverie who took the top South<br />
African honours in Gold and third place on<br />
the podium. He has had a fantastic year.<br />
Jarvis was on the top step again – man<br />
that feller certainly is amazing. But one<br />
of the stories of The Roof has to be the<br />
enormous dice that he had with a certain<br />
Mr “Freddie” Gomez. We watched these<br />
two battle it out throughout the race,<br />
switching positions all the time – and a<br />
significant distance ahead of the chasers…<br />
Let’s not forget the other gold<br />
international stars like Billy Bolt, who we<br />
believe will be riding Husky next year as<br />
jarvis’ team mate - we were concerned<br />
that he might succumb to the heat and<br />
hours in the saddle – but he did not, Letti<br />
who achieved his best result ever – on<br />
the new KTM fuel injected prototype<br />
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(more about that…), and French national<br />
motocross champion Marc Bourgeois who came<br />
to visit for the first time. Finally Lars Enockl was<br />
alsoback for another try.<br />
Our boys shone – Trav Teasdale (4th) enhanced<br />
his reputation by stopping his race to help some<br />
silver bronze riders climb a pass after they had<br />
helped him. Blake Gutzeid showed his mettle<br />
literally manhandling his Yammie back onto the<br />
race line after following an unrideable ridge up<br />
Bushmans Pass. Brett Swanepoel was dicing the<br />
whole way he won 2 of the three days but day<br />
2 got the better of him. He came in sixth. Altus<br />
de Wet, Henco Botha, Dwayne Kleinhans, Kyle<br />
Flannagan and Kirsten Landman. Yes, you read<br />
it right, Kirsten, a gal… she has been setting<br />
records at many tough races around the World,<br />
and had now set her sights on a good result in<br />
the Roof. So looking at this lot – it could have<br />
realistically been anyone’s day.<br />
The Roof of Africa never had humble<br />
beginnings. Right from the start 49 years ago<br />
in 1967 it has always been an in your face<br />
challenge of man and machine against the<br />
elements and terrain.<br />
It has always challenged the dare devils, the<br />
adrenaline junkies and the best of the best, once<br />
upon a time in cars, racing off-road specials,<br />
bakkies and later quads. In one of the very early<br />
races, maybe the second or third one, a hard<br />
core motorcyclist, Barry Broady, entered a Honda<br />
350 scrambler. There wasn’t even a class for him<br />
back then, so he just pulled in with the cars. He<br />
did that for two years in a row, and won overall<br />
both times. The rest is history…<br />
C<br />
M<br />
Y<br />
CM<br />
MY<br />
CY<br />
CMY<br />
K<br />
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Fast forward a few years and the Roof of Africa had<br />
already established itself as one of the toughest off road<br />
events on the planet. Cars and bikes raced over the<br />
same route, but eventually were separated and after a<br />
while the cars, bakkies and buggies found it too tough<br />
once the race moved further in to the real mountains<br />
that make up the awesome Maluti range. This was<br />
because the race organisers had to move away from<br />
the roads used regularly by the Basuto people, and also<br />
because the ever-evolving sophistication of off road<br />
racing motorcycles required more and more difficult<br />
racing routes. Riders revelled in the harsh conditions,<br />
and heroes were made over the tracks of the remotest<br />
areas of Lesotho. Over the years names like Letele Pass,<br />
Rampia’s Pass, the T Junction, Blue Mountain and God<br />
Help Me Pass, Baboons Pass and many more first struck<br />
fear into the hearts of competitors, but as time passed<br />
they became part of the modern road infrastructure of<br />
Lesotho, and have been replaced by new challenges like<br />
Snake Bite Pass, Pulane Pass, Bushman’s Spiderman,<br />
Mad Cow, Puke, and many more.<br />
Over the years the fame, reputation and often<br />
notoriety of the Roof of Africa has spread around the<br />
World, and led by the famous Malcolm Smith who came<br />
here in 1975 to give all the South African riders a real<br />
lesson in not only riding skill, but also to show how<br />
real off road racing should be done. His input changed<br />
the race forever. If you don’t know who Malcolm is,<br />
download the best motorcycling movie ever made, “On<br />
Any Sunday” to find out. Malcolm, sponsored by the<br />
then importer of KTM, Italo Lupini, opened the way for a<br />
steady flow of top off road racers coming to Lesotho to<br />
face, and often conquer this magnificent challenge.<br />
So we come to 2016, the 49th Roof of Africa. Quite<br />
recently it has attracted the attention of some serious<br />
sponsors, and this year Motul hitched their name to the<br />
event, assisted by Red Bull and quite a few subsidiary<br />
sponsors, one of them yours truly, Dirt & Trail, who have<br />
been media partners for the past three years . This year we<br />
spread our wings a little, and included the internationally<br />
famous off road racing journalist and super enthusiast<br />
Peter Schluter in our team. He runs two very successful on<br />
line magazines with the most incredible following of over<br />
150 000 members throughout the World. (Catch him on<br />
Zona Enduro and Hard Enduro World)… and he gave the<br />
Roof and all the facets that make it up a good punt.<br />
The field was divided into three groups, as it has<br />
been for several years. In the Gold class all the top<br />
seeded riders as well as over 120 of our fastest national<br />
competitors race over the longest and most difficult route.<br />
The second group is the Silver class, which features a<br />
very mixed selection of fast riders, from up and coming<br />
youngsters to fast national championship riders and<br />
several past top National contenders now riding more for<br />
fun, but still very capable of taking home trophies in this<br />
group. They rode a route almost as long and as difficult<br />
as the Gold class. However the edge was just nipped off<br />
it to make it a little easier than the top class.<br />
Finally there is the Bronze class. This consists mainly<br />
of youngsters riding their first Roof, or weekend warriors<br />
who feel skilled and fit enough to take on the challenge<br />
that is the Roof. Inevitably in both the Silver and Bronze<br />
class there are a few sleepers who should be in one of<br />
the more skilled classes.<br />
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On to the bikes, as usual the bulk of<br />
the field were KTM mounted, including a<br />
few of the new lightweight KTM 150, that<br />
proved itself by winning both the Bronze<br />
an silver classes. See our story on that<br />
bike elsewhere…<br />
Two of the bigger KTM’s were<br />
prototype 2018 fuel injected 2 stroke<br />
300’s for Lettie and Lars Enockl. A<br />
few mentions of them in the social<br />
media covering the Roof sent KTM fans<br />
around the world into a frenzy, and they<br />
became a talking point all weekend.<br />
Then there were a significant number of<br />
Husqvarna’s, including that of Graham<br />
Jarvis. There were a few Beta’s, a pair<br />
of Sherco’s, two Honda’s but sadly no<br />
Kawasaki’s or Suzuki’s. One is left to<br />
wonder just how is it possible that two<br />
companies who have been so prominent<br />
in off road racing in the past can have<br />
fallen of the bus so completely? Yamaha,<br />
now with a good range of excellent race<br />
bikes, some of which were developed at<br />
The Roof, and some of the best riders in<br />
SA, introduced a fantastic promotion for<br />
anyone racing one of their bikes called<br />
the “Blu-Cru” They offered full factory<br />
backing with technicians, parts and back<br />
up. All for just the cost of parts at special<br />
prices. Really impressive.<br />
Raceday 1 loomed scorchingly hot and<br />
sunny, and the weather complimented<br />
the brightly garbed riders and public who<br />
turned out to watch the famous “Round<br />
the Houses” where riders rip around the<br />
streets of Maseru, Lesotho’s capital city.<br />
This street race was originally held to<br />
show the towns people of Lesotho the<br />
vehicles and bikes which would race<br />
over the Mountain Kingdom for the next<br />
three days. It was always used as the<br />
prologue and to set the starting times<br />
for competitors on the first real racing<br />
day on the Friday. More recently it hasn’t<br />
been used for this purpose but more<br />
as a parade event. For this year it was<br />
decided to revert back to the old method<br />
of racing on the city streets followed by a<br />
70k or so mountain loop and combining<br />
the times of the two to count towards the<br />
overall race time as well as determining<br />
the starting positions for Friday morning.<br />
This placed a lot more importance on<br />
each riders overall time, and the racing<br />
was certainly spectacular. This is the only<br />
pure road race in Africa, and it certainly<br />
rivals anything in the Road racing capitals<br />
of the world, Northern Ireland and the Isle<br />
of Man. It certainly takes a very special<br />
rider to win one of these races, and<br />
that is what Frenchman Marc Bougeois<br />
showed when he led the first race from<br />
flag to flag, hurling his Yamaha around<br />
the streets like a speedway bike!<br />
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As soon as the riders finished their<br />
Round the Houses event they had to<br />
head off to the start of the off-road leg of<br />
the prologue, which was set up at the top<br />
of Bushman’s Pass. In fact this site was<br />
to be the start and finish for each days’<br />
leg. The organisers did a great job of<br />
setting up a mini town on the side of the<br />
hill, and it throbbed with excitement and<br />
energy the entire weekend. Each rider set<br />
off at will, and raced against the clock to<br />
set a time for the Friday start.<br />
At the end of a long day the time<br />
sheets showed the top riders pretty<br />
much as everyone expected with Brett<br />
Swanepoel taking just a few seconds<br />
less than Graham Jarvis to put himself<br />
in the lead of the Roof on day one. The<br />
rest of the field roared in pretty much as<br />
in their order on the program. One or two<br />
guys ran out of fuel before the end, which<br />
was worrying, especially as most of the<br />
bikes had very little fuel as they crossed<br />
the line. Perhaps it was the extreme heat<br />
and altitude making the bikes run richer<br />
than expected. An exception were the<br />
two KTM fuel injected prototypes, which<br />
were visibly running superbly and which<br />
finished with more than a half tank of fuel.<br />
It is said their oil to petrol ratio is in the<br />
region of 200:1!<br />
A 6am start had the boys on the road,<br />
well the track really, and within minutes<br />
the Gold class settled into a pattern<br />
which it was to maintain for the next<br />
two days. Jarvis, who normally likes to<br />
pace the leading rider and the pull a lead<br />
over the last half of the race changed his<br />
tactic and took the lead early, chased<br />
very closely by “Freddy” Gomez. At<br />
every reporting post and on the internet<br />
race map they remained glued together,<br />
followed by Teasdale, Bouverie, Gutzeit<br />
and Billy Bolt. Overseas journalists who<br />
follow the overseas hard enduro races<br />
predicted that Billy would, as usual,<br />
hang on to the leaders with his blinding<br />
pace, and then crash. They were wrong,<br />
he hung on doggedly right to the end…<br />
watch him next year now that he knows<br />
what the Roof is about.<br />
A huge crowd of spectators and<br />
helpers spread themselves across half of<br />
Lesotho following the race from the many<br />
service and spectator points provided by<br />
the organisers. No Roof has ever been<br />
followed by as many spectators as this<br />
one, and the event, which has always<br />
been important to Lesotho Tourism,<br />
must now be the single most important<br />
money generator they have. In addition<br />
to actual spectators and service crews,<br />
modern media spreads the events of the<br />
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French visitor Marc<br />
Bourgeois blitzed<br />
around the houses<br />
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weekend to every corner on Earth, with literally hundreds<br />
of thousands of followers soaking up every twist and turn<br />
of this exciting event.<br />
At the end of day one Jarvis had held on to his short<br />
lead by only mere seconds from Gomez, with a pod of<br />
SA’s young “Rat Pack” right behind them, with Billy Bolt<br />
resolutely right in the middle of them.<br />
However, as exciting as the battle between the front<br />
runners in the Gold class was, an even bigger drama was<br />
unfolding out in the Maluti Mountains.<br />
As is always the way, a number of small factors and a<br />
route error led to many Bronze and Silver riders reaching a<br />
pass called “Snakebite” an hour or two before they should<br />
have and finding themselves in a traffic jam of racing<br />
bikes as they struggled up a pass meant for Gold riders<br />
only. Some of them were stuck there for long enough to<br />
run out of light and they had to spend the night out in the<br />
mountains. The leading riders arrived to find their route in<br />
chaos, but somehow most of them managed to struggle<br />
over and around the floundering lower order riders.<br />
Confronted by this unexpected crisis, officials along the<br />
route sent riders back to the start on the tar and started<br />
everyone early the next morning.<br />
The third and <strong>final</strong> day was all about Jarvis and Gomez.<br />
They set off only seconds apart, and that’s how they raced<br />
all day. They treated spectators and on line followers to<br />
an almost 9 hr super-cross race over the toughest terrain<br />
imaginable. No quarter was asked or given, and Freddie<br />
Gomez watched a master class in hard enduro racing from<br />
the best seat in the house… his own KTM only seconds<br />
behind the Roof Master. Even on the run down over the<br />
open hilltops just before the finish, where everyone though<br />
the younger Gomes would find something extra to pass the<br />
forty something year old Jarvis, the Husqvarna rider had<br />
his lead covered, and actually pulled out a few hundred<br />
meters from the flying Freddie... it was one of the the most<br />
spectacular finishes in the history of the event.<br />
Graham Jarvis won by a mere by 22 seconds, to win his<br />
4th Roof of Africa. Only one rider has won it more times,<br />
South African Alfie Cox, who has 11 first place trophies on<br />
his mantelpiece.<br />
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While the drama for the lead was<br />
playing out over the mountains the was<br />
also plenty of action going on behind<br />
them. Two of the stars of the show were<br />
the prototype 300cc fuel injected KTM<br />
two strokes of Andreas Lettenbichler and<br />
Lars Enockl. We weren’t supposed to<br />
know about them, but they were actually<br />
a pretty poorly kept secret. Lars actually<br />
denied knowing what we were talking<br />
about when we asked him about it. He ran<br />
consistently in around 8th place until he<br />
dropped it and broke the radiator. Once<br />
the water became a problem a sensor in<br />
the electronics cut the motor to prevent<br />
any damage and that was his race done<br />
on the last day. Lettie’s bike ran faultlessly<br />
right to the end, with the fuel consumption<br />
being one of the outstanding benefits of<br />
the fuel injection. It seems quite certain<br />
that it will be launched as a 2018 model<br />
during KTM’s traditional launch function<br />
sometime in the middle of next year. Two<br />
of the new 150cc KTM’s each won their<br />
class, one in Silver and one in Bronze,<br />
proving how good these little bikes are<br />
todays’ tough and technical conditions.<br />
History, it seems, is repeating itself.<br />
Remember how successful the under<br />
200cc bikes of the past were? The Honda<br />
XL200, Yamaha’s IT 175 which launched<br />
Darryl Curtis’ career, the Suzuki PE 175<br />
and the indestructible Kawasaki KDX 200.<br />
Kirsten Landman became the first<br />
woman ever to finish the Roof in the<br />
Premier class on her KTM Freeride.<br />
We’ve heard it said that The Roof is only<br />
really about the gold riders. It is a fact<br />
that most of us aspire to be as good as<br />
these guys – and they certainly are very<br />
entertaining. But don’t be fooled, it’s the<br />
bronze and silver lots who spend the most<br />
time in the saddles. Here’s an idea – Jarvis<br />
completed the Roof in 16 hours 15 mins.<br />
According to race Timing, the last bronze<br />
finisher Pascal Oscar Semakula from team<br />
Ikageng was out there for a total of almost<br />
30 hours…<br />
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And the Roof is about the spectators.<br />
They are all over in vehicles and on bikes<br />
of all shapes and sizes. Our trusty steeds<br />
were supplied by Honda, Husqvarna and<br />
KTM in the form of the awesome little<br />
701, the Africa Twin and the big boss<br />
Super Adventure. Spectating on a bike<br />
just makes so much sense – its quick and<br />
easy and you can get to points where<br />
the cars battle… the mountains are full of<br />
people EVERYWHERE!!!<br />
Our lot spent a lot of time walking the<br />
mountains – and we found ourselves on<br />
some of the passes where the Bronze<br />
and silver riders were sent. Guys – it’s not<br />
a haircut. Everyone who completes the<br />
Roof Of Africa is a damn good rider in our<br />
opinion. We watched young Calvin Garvie<br />
obliterate the opposition in the silver<br />
class – he was followed home by Chris<br />
Barnes and Brett Peckham.<br />
Bronze was a very mixed affair,<br />
dominated by a talent in the form of<br />
young KTM rider Heinrich Zellhuber,<br />
who was followed home by BCR Arrow<br />
Yamaha Racings veteran racer Garth<br />
Prost. Husqvarna was taken to the third<br />
step by Paul Van Der Nest.<br />
The problems faced because of the<br />
bottleneck on Snakebite pass on Friday<br />
will certainly be addressed by some very<br />
competent people and next year and<br />
thereafter events should benefit from<br />
lessons learned in 2016.<br />
The Toughest enduro race in the World<br />
turns 50 next year, and looks set to make<br />
off road history, as well as being the most<br />
important tourist event in Lesotho for the<br />
next 50 years. We’ll see you there…<br />
Enjoy the pics… see you at the<br />
racing…<br />
Full results@ www.racecontrol.co.za<br />
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Ending off a fantastic season with a bang, here’s what #BrotherLeaderTreadKTM #RiderScott Bouverie has to say about his Roof<br />
experience, his year so far and what we can expect from him next year - “I had a very consistent roof and felt I rode really well. I managed<br />
to get into 3rd on Friday and maintain it into the <strong>final</strong> day. I lost time on Graham and Alfredo on day 1 but managed to close the gap way<br />
down on the <strong>final</strong> day. Overall it was a tough roof which helped me on the first day. Day 2 was a lot faster so I struggled to get away.<br />
I’ve had a good year with no injuries and by far my best international results. A 5th at Romaniacs, 3rd at Sea to Sky and a 3rd at Roof. To<br />
be on the podium in 2 international Redbull events feels really special. My highlight would be sea to sky because it’s my first podium and<br />
gave me a lot of confidence in what I’m capable of.<br />
I’d like to try be on the podium as much as possible and focus on closing down on the top 2 spots. I’ve had a great year to build on and<br />
learnt a lot having racing a full season. My passion is the extreme races but it would be good to get a championship in national series too.”<br />
#roofofafrica #2016 #extremeenduro #extreme #seatosky #ktmsouthafrica@brothersouthafrica @leader_tread_ @ktmsouthafrica #enduro<br />
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ATV - Yamaha Distributors Southern Africa / Dave Freeman –<br />
Regional Manager – Western Cape – Yamaha Distributors Soutern<br />
Africa / Pascal Tomek – Boss man – Motul France<br />
Alexandre Kowalski – Boss Man of World Enduro Championship<br />
and World Rallye Championships – Yamaha Factory Racing / Torrin<br />
Wainwright – Top mechanic at Linex Yamaha / Nikolay Bogomolov –<br />
Russian Journalist for VIM.<br />
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The Recked Industries Hole Shot<br />
Glory and Big Whip Competition was<br />
held at Zone 7 in Cape Town. For a<br />
first time event it went really well well<br />
with some decent support form the<br />
local motorsport enthusiasts as well<br />
as a few athletes who enjoyed the<br />
event concept and cannot wait for<br />
the next madness in 2017.<br />
Hole Shot is basically like a MX<br />
dirt bike drag race !! Two riders tear<br />
down a straight, around some tyres<br />
and back across the finish line. It’s a<br />
knock out series with the top riders<br />
battling it out for Prize money. Winner<br />
takes all which means high intensity<br />
action which gets you pretty ‘Revved’<br />
up as the intensity increases as the<br />
riders get closer to the <strong>final</strong> rounds.<br />
The Big Whip competition takes<br />
place with the guys hitting a metal<br />
ramp and landing on a dirt landing.<br />
The gap between is around 22m of<br />
pretty much nothing. To the general<br />
rider, this is terrifying. The guys hit a<br />
ramp and whip their bike out as far as<br />
they can before trying to get it back<br />
in line for the landing or face eating<br />
dirt. These guys get it pretty much<br />
backwards. The points are judged by<br />
style as well as how huge the whip is.<br />
Crowd support plays a huge part<br />
as well when it comes to deciding<br />
who wins.<br />
The competition was dominated by<br />
the 3 big guns on the day. Hole Shot<br />
Glory went to Tristan Purdon in 1st,<br />
Caleb Tennant in 2nd and Seth Van<br />
Den Abeele in 3rd.<br />
The Big Whip honours went to Caleb<br />
Tennant in 1st, Seth Van Den Abeele in<br />
2nd and Tristan Purdon in 3rd.<br />
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THE HINDUSTAN<br />
TIBET HIGHWAY<br />
TWO SOUTH AFRICAN EXPLORERS ON<br />
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED… PART 2<br />
Port Elizabeth couple, Harry Pienaar and Linda van der Mey, have<br />
motorcycled across South and South-East Asia on 2 BMW X-Country’s. They<br />
call their trips Pikipiki2 (www.pikipiki2.co.za) which is Swahili for motorcycle.<br />
1.We ride in the agricultural Punjab region of India. Then,<br />
out of the blue, clusters of branches lie across the road.<br />
2. Branches become full-on trees! But other bikes zig-zag along merrily.<br />
So, we follow, although we are double the size and double the weight!<br />
3.It gets busy in places.<br />
4. And it starts feeling wrong. Group after group<br />
of guys halt us and shout for us to go back!<br />
5. Others, a little friendlier, urge us to go<br />
on, but quickly.<br />
6.We duck and dive as quickly as<br />
we can.<br />
7.Once across the bridge, the guys become a<br />
little friendlier and very curious. Harry gets to<br />
hold a sword while they check out his bike.<br />
8.Cellphones come out to snap the bike.<br />
Harry snaps back with the helmet camera<br />
… catching swords and spears and all.<br />
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9. Here they beckon Harry to join me, in the<br />
midst of my own interesting encounter.<br />
11.They tell of their holy book torn up by<br />
enemies. We tell of our visit to their Golden<br />
Temple in Amritsar. We are rewarded with, not<br />
cups-full, but bowls-full of tea!<br />
11. We share stories .And feel Solidarity!<br />
12. Harry gets a turban and I get a shawl with a<br />
proud Sikh sword between us. A boy is summoned<br />
and sings with the zeal of a Sikh warrior.<br />
14.This is the Golden Temple in Amritsar is the<br />
holiest shrine of the Sikhism religion. We visited<br />
it two days before this encounter.<br />
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KTM’s Factory<br />
Rally 450<br />
As preparations for the 39th Dakar Rally near completion, the KTM Factory Rally Team opened its<br />
doors and gave a few journalists a rare chance to test the Factory Rally 450 machines…<br />
A small industrial unit in the back<br />
streets of Igualada, Spain, about an hour<br />
west of Barcelona near the Montserrat<br />
mountain range. It’s an anonymouslooking<br />
housing some of the most<br />
extraordinary motorcycles on this earth.<br />
Inside, the KTM Factory Rally 450s are<br />
sitting up on benches, still scuffed from<br />
KTM Rally Team riders Toby Price, Sam<br />
Sunderland, Mathias Walkner and Laia<br />
Sanz testing the previous day.<br />
Designed solely with the purpose of<br />
winning the world’s toughest motorcycle<br />
race, the Dakar Rally, the Factory Rally<br />
450 is as impressive a motorcycle as<br />
you will see. Compare them to factory<br />
motocross or enduro machines, stand<br />
them bar-end to bar-end with a MotoGP<br />
bike and the Rally bike easily hold its own.<br />
Like few other manufacturers entering<br />
the Dakar, KTM’s Factory Rally 450 is a<br />
thoroughbred. From drawing board up it<br />
is tailor-made for the purpose of winning<br />
Dakar. Like no other race machine it has<br />
to capable of conquering every kind of<br />
terrain. Arguably that means the Factory<br />
Rally 450 can hold its head higher than<br />
a MotoGP or MXGP bike because of its<br />
unbelievable skill set. So much more is<br />
required than just buzzing round a track,<br />
railing berms or hopping over logs. A<br />
Rally bike must do it all and be as hard as<br />
nails too.<br />
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KTM’s Factory<br />
Rally 450<br />
By design, KTM created a<br />
mechanically simple and robust<br />
machine in the Factory Rally 450<br />
because the Dakar dishes out<br />
such a tough test. If a bike can’t<br />
cope with punishment it’s no use<br />
to the Factory, team or rider. At<br />
any pace of rider the Dakar is an<br />
immense test of a motorcycle,<br />
an unbelievably tough test<br />
mechanically at race winning<br />
speeds. For the 2017 Dakar that<br />
test will be 8188 kilometres in<br />
total, over 4000kms of which will<br />
be raced special stages. Rule<br />
changes in recent years means<br />
engine have to be fast but they<br />
have to go the distance reliably<br />
too or they won’t make that 12th<br />
stage finish line in Buenos Aires.<br />
These are statistics no MX or<br />
MotoGP machine can match.<br />
The chassis hasn’t changed<br />
much on KTM’s 450 Rally bike<br />
since conception in 2014.<br />
Though WP have made huge<br />
leaps and bounds in recent<br />
years it’s also true to say the<br />
52mm Cone Valve forks and<br />
Trax suspension are not a<br />
million miles away from the<br />
parts you could fit to your bike.<br />
Sure, suspension is dialed in<br />
to individual rider’s needs and<br />
beefed-up to cope with the<br />
extra weight of the Rally bikes<br />
but there’s nothing too ‘Factory<br />
special’ about this WP kit.<br />
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KTM’s Factory<br />
Rally 450<br />
Dakar terrain varies<br />
massively from hard pack,<br />
rocky desert to flour-like soft<br />
sand, so easy changes are<br />
increasingly important not<br />
just to make the life of enduro<br />
riders easier, but to make the<br />
job of winning races easier –<br />
put like this it is easy to see<br />
how racing feeds production<br />
bike development.<br />
In a sport where the margins<br />
between riders is becoming<br />
seconds and not minutes<br />
being able to manually<br />
change the suspension via<br />
clicker adjusters it going in<br />
importance. On the move or<br />
at fuel stops riders can adjust<br />
the character of the bike as<br />
the fuel gets used up (weight<br />
bias changes dramatically as<br />
the 33 litres of fuel burns over<br />
250kms or so).<br />
Although it is awesome in so<br />
many ways, when you actually<br />
get to sit on a KTM Factory<br />
Rally 450 it actually feels pretty<br />
normal. The fuel to make<br />
the distance and navigation<br />
equipment to find the way<br />
are a huge part of Rally and<br />
therefore a huge part of a rally<br />
bike. Beyond the big fuel tanks<br />
and Nav tower however, the<br />
bike is not so unfamiliar as a<br />
dirt bike, at least not as much<br />
as you expect.<br />
Stability is a key part of<br />
the KTM Factory Rally 450’s<br />
ability off-road. It’s a beast<br />
and obviously needs to go<br />
very fast, but it behaves itself<br />
too, encouraging rather than<br />
frightening the life out of you.<br />
As Antoine Meo puts it, “the<br />
first sensation in the beginning<br />
is strange, but quickly you’ll<br />
get a good feeling with the<br />
bike. She’s an animal, but she<br />
gives you a lot of confidence.<br />
She’s very stable, heavy yes,<br />
but when you’re close to the<br />
limit she’s super aggressive!”<br />
Our test was mostly ridden<br />
on dry, dusty and rocky tracks<br />
– typical Spanish tracks you<br />
might say. Despite being given<br />
a full-factory and incredibly<br />
valuable machine to ride,<br />
the nerves you might expect<br />
to find were washed away<br />
quickly. Truly this is a bike<br />
that rewards confidence with<br />
surprising agility and delivers<br />
a fun-factor you don’t expect.<br />
Check out some of the official<br />
pre-Dakar press images of<br />
Toby Price laying down some<br />
full-on MX moves on his bike<br />
and you can easily see what<br />
we mean.<br />
To cope with the unreal<br />
speeds and the enormous<br />
weight of the full fuel tanks the<br />
Rally 450 is also very stable.<br />
The steel trellis frame is closer<br />
to KTM adventure bikes than<br />
the back-bone type on KTM<br />
enduro and MX bikes, making<br />
it stronger and more stable<br />
naturally at speed.<br />
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KTM’s Factory<br />
Rally 450<br />
That’s not to say it isn’t agile. Our<br />
testing route took us along many<br />
lanes learning the skills of navigation<br />
with roadbooks – no easy task it turns<br />
out. But if nothing else the navigation<br />
training (reading errors!) gave the<br />
journalists chance to practice their<br />
U-turn skills. Again, rather than be<br />
awkward or difficult to whip round in a<br />
tight space, the KTM Factory Rally 450<br />
is eager you treat it just like any other<br />
dirt bike; stick a foot down, spin her<br />
round and crack on. It’s almost like it is<br />
pre-programmed to not waste time.<br />
Factory race bikes are often difficult<br />
for normal humans like us to ride.<br />
Tony Cairoli’s KTM Factory motocross<br />
machine, for example is just that,<br />
awkward to ride because it is set up<br />
in such a specific way that only the<br />
very best in the world can live with. Of<br />
course, it is perfect if you are Tony and<br />
you want to win MXGP motos but for a<br />
mere mortal it feels too much.<br />
You can’t say the same of the Factory<br />
Rally machines. Honestly it was a<br />
surprise how good they feel from the<br />
off. Before I’d left the Rally Team’s yard<br />
I’d grabbed a cheeky step jump off a<br />
footpath down the side of the industrial<br />
unit. It felt eager straight away, like the<br />
Rally 450 was saying, “come on, let’s<br />
go man!” After we hit the dirt and it was<br />
quickly clear this bike is way more userfriendly<br />
than you’d imagine.<br />
The precision of controls helps<br />
constantly too. From the Brembo brake<br />
system pumping 300mm MotoMaster<br />
front brakes (240mm at the rear) to the<br />
throttle drawing on 42mm Keihin carbs,<br />
everything is pin-sharp and packed<br />
with feel. Good feel is exactly what you<br />
need when you’re doing 150kmh across<br />
a rocky desert of course. Consistency,<br />
precision and feel are also just as<br />
important when you’re picking your way<br />
down a rutted ravine or ducking your<br />
way through an overgrown riverbed too.<br />
See a run of rolling jumps, climbing<br />
ahead of you up a lazy hillclimb?<br />
Wind her up and knock it through the<br />
gears and go for it, she’s ready. Turn<br />
the corner and find you’re heading up<br />
a narrow and rocky gully? Again, no<br />
problem, knock it down to first and pick<br />
your way through. Tall gearing? What<br />
tall gearing? Despite that and the long<br />
wheelbase, it still takes on a trials-like<br />
gully with relative ease.<br />
That’s not to say it is like riding a<br />
Freeride. It remains a big bike by most<br />
standards and that means you’ve got<br />
to be confident to get over any barriers<br />
of size, weight or of course power. The<br />
quicker you get over that barrier though<br />
and push a bit harder, the quicker and<br />
easier it is to get a taste of just how<br />
awesome these bikes can be in the<br />
right hands.<br />
Relative Rally new boy (though five<br />
times World Enduro Champion), Antoine<br />
Meo, agrees: “The first sensation in the<br />
beginning is strange, but quickly you’ll<br />
get a good feeling with the bike. When<br />
you’re sliding, everything is moving<br />
together, she’s an animal, but she gives<br />
you a lot of confidence.”<br />
The hand-made Akrapovic titanium<br />
exhaust system is a work of art. By<br />
comparison to other off-road exhausts<br />
it is a whopper, big enough to fit your<br />
arm inside it seems. The extra power<br />
(and noise) coming from this 449.3cc,<br />
4v SOHC KTM motor is stark contrast<br />
to most other 450s you’ll ride. Almost<br />
70hp and 52.5Nm are high numbers,<br />
peak power is high up the range too,<br />
around 7500rpm. That translates to a<br />
progressive delivery with no great steps<br />
of power, to put it simply that means<br />
the more you twist the more it goes and<br />
it keeps pulling strongly through all six<br />
gears. When you’re knocking between<br />
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KTM’s Factory<br />
Rally 450<br />
third and fifth gears, braking,<br />
sliding and power-sliding out<br />
of turns on a trail it is tractable<br />
power as well as an addictive<br />
pleasure.<br />
The biggest positive from<br />
the rider’s point of view is<br />
the standing riding position.<br />
Natural as a walk in the park the<br />
position and bend of the Neken<br />
bars on the various bikes,<br />
plus the super-wide Raptor<br />
footpegs, make a standing<br />
riding position so good you feel,<br />
in principle at least, you too<br />
could ride for six or seven hours<br />
too just like the pros.<br />
In the sport of Rally, at the<br />
Dakar especially, that kind of<br />
accommodation is incredibly<br />
important in terms of rider<br />
fatigue. The longest stage<br />
in the 2017 Dakar will be<br />
977kilometres, the day before<br />
that 892km, of which just<br />
(just!) 492km are special test.<br />
It is no use to anyone having a<br />
difficult bike to ride when riders<br />
are being put through those<br />
distances.<br />
KTM’s continued commitment<br />
to Rally is surely what other<br />
teams and manufacturers<br />
measure themselves against.<br />
To repeatedly come up with the<br />
goods and win the Dakar for the<br />
last 15 years speaks volumes<br />
about the Austrian factory’s<br />
commitment and dedication to<br />
the cause.<br />
Step away from a few,<br />
tantalising and brilliant hours<br />
riding a Factory Rally 450 and<br />
you can’t help but want more.<br />
It’s big and we’re collectively<br />
glad (if not a little intrigued) not<br />
to have been riding the bikes<br />
full of fuel. But it is also a lot<br />
less daunting to ride than you’d<br />
expect.<br />
Multi-skilled, multi-purpose<br />
you could imagine it being the<br />
best trail bike in the world,<br />
capable of taking you across<br />
a desert one day and not to<br />
proud to just be popping to the<br />
shops the next. Does that make<br />
it the best adventure bike in the<br />
world or the best dirt bike in the<br />
world? Quite likely the KTM 450<br />
Factory Rally is the best bike in<br />
the world.<br />
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Visors and goggles.<br />
T i n t e d , s m o k e d , c l e a r , w h a t ’ s b e s t ?<br />
Guys and gals.<br />
This is a much debated topic among<br />
our group of riding friends. What are the<br />
pro’s and cons of a tinted visor or tinted<br />
lenses on your goggles.<br />
A few factors come in to play and we<br />
are quite happy to acknowledge that<br />
nothing looks cooler than a tinted or<br />
smoked visor or goggles, especially at<br />
photograph time when you hit that whoop<br />
or speed bump at Mach 4 by accident<br />
and you don’t want people to see the<br />
fear.... They do have definite value in<br />
terms of sun protection and stopping<br />
glare to some extent, but when it starts<br />
getting dark...<br />
Coloured lenses might look trick, but<br />
they do tint the colour of things you see<br />
through them. For example a blue tint<br />
visor will make red lights look purple etc.<br />
Plain iridium (or carra coated visors)<br />
are basically just a dark tint visor with<br />
iridium coating. The iridium coating<br />
generally doesn’t distort colour too much<br />
(it can even improve contrasts) but it<br />
does reduce light passing through the<br />
visor. This means that an iridium visor<br />
will appear to have a heavier tint than the<br />
tinted visor it was made from.<br />
Clear visors can obviously be a<br />
problem in bright sunlight conditions or<br />
where there’s significant road glare.<br />
Tinted visors are legal in SA but<br />
opthologists have gone on record and<br />
stated that in some circumstances up<br />
to 80% light reduction visors could be<br />
beneficial. Many people who ride with<br />
heavy tinted visors also carry a clear visor<br />
for when the sun starts to set. But it’s a<br />
pain changing - and carrying an extra pair<br />
of goggles with you in the dirt... well.<br />
We’ve found that some tinted goggles<br />
makes it difficult to see markers when<br />
you are out racing and we’ll bet that a lot<br />
of racers out there have experienced this<br />
issue. Some lenses - particularly those<br />
yellow ones can actually enhance certain<br />
colours.<br />
If you want every possible advantage<br />
out there, it is important to know how to<br />
choose the best lens colour and tint for<br />
your eyes. Believe it or not, lens tint plays<br />
a huge role in overall vision and how well<br />
you see the road, track or trail. Choosing<br />
the right lens based on light conditions<br />
can drastically help<br />
improve vision,<br />
increasing both your<br />
speed and safety.<br />
Here are the most<br />
common goggle<br />
lens colours with<br />
descriptions of<br />
what conditions<br />
they are best for.<br />
Manufacturers make<br />
dozens of different<br />
lens colours in order<br />
to give you the best<br />
visibility for each<br />
condition. The type of<br />
lenses you choose depends on when and<br />
where you will be riding…<br />
One general, and somewhat obvious<br />
rule, is to understand that the darker the<br />
tint, the more light the lens absorbs. So,<br />
darker lenses are better on sunny days,<br />
while lighter lenses are better for overcast<br />
days or night time.<br />
Clear lens or visor:<br />
Clear lenses are great all-purpose lenses<br />
because they let in the most amount<br />
of light. Most clear lenses are anti fog<br />
and scratch resistant, yet have no UV<br />
protection. They provide maximum visible<br />
light transmission, and are often just<br />
straightforward plastic lenses. They are<br />
not great in intense sunlight.<br />
Grey Tint: On the opposite side of<br />
clear tint are grey tinted lenses. Grey<br />
is excellent for minimizing light while<br />
still maintaining colours to their true<br />
hues. Grey lenses are best for reducing<br />
glare from direct sunlight. Varying<br />
darkness of the grey hue are sold. The<br />
darker the grey, the more light the lens will<br />
absorb and the less light will hit your eye.<br />
Note that if the conditions become<br />
overcast, it can be hard to pick up on<br />
track lines and ruts.<br />
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Visors and goggles.<br />
Yellow: Yellow increases depth of field<br />
and visual clarity in overcast conditions<br />
with low or flat light. A yellow lens will<br />
cut glare and improve contrast. Yellow<br />
lenses are great for days with minimal<br />
light. They allow you to see better without<br />
needing a lot of light, while also cutting<br />
down on glare and improving depth<br />
perception.<br />
Blue: Blue lenses are unique in that they<br />
help to maximize visual clarity in all light<br />
conditions. Sometimes, you will see<br />
blue lenses used by pros while racing<br />
in muddy conditions.<br />
Rose Tint: A rose lens offers improved<br />
depth perception in all weather<br />
conditions, especially slightly<br />
overcast or flat light conditions. Rose<br />
lenses also give high contrast and<br />
can be ”soothing” to the eyes, while<br />
still providing excellent light and glare<br />
protection. Many pro off-road racers can<br />
be seen wearing rose lenses because of<br />
the varying conditions throughout a long<br />
enduro or hare scramble.<br />
Mirror Coating: Clear lenses with<br />
flash mirror coating are definitely a<br />
popular choice as an alternative to clear<br />
lenses… especially for riders in bright<br />
sunny places like SA. Besides offering<br />
an “super cool” look when all geared<br />
up, mirrored lenses, similar to grey<br />
lenses, offer excellent glare reduction<br />
from direct sunlight. However take note<br />
that if conditions become overcast, it<br />
can be hard to see. One major negative<br />
with mirrored lenses is that they scratch<br />
very easily.<br />
Amber and Orange: Amber and Orange<br />
tinted lenses reduce the amount of blue<br />
light, which is what causes glare. These<br />
lens colors also help to increase contrast,<br />
“brighten” in lower lit conditions, and<br />
enhance detail. Amber lenses are another<br />
great overall-use lens as an alternative<br />
choice to clear.<br />
Brown: Brown lenses cut glare and<br />
work well in variable light conditions.<br />
The darker lens color is suitable for<br />
sunny conditions, as well as “all-around”<br />
riding. They also provide excellent<br />
contrast.<br />
Green: General conditions - enhance<br />
contrast in low light but reduce eyestrain<br />
A green lens will enhances contrast in<br />
low light conditions and will also reduce<br />
eyestrain in bright conditions for great<br />
visual detail. Green lenses are yet another<br />
great “all-around” lens and possibly the<br />
best general purpose lens…. excellent in<br />
the most general conditions.<br />
Transitional: Variable<br />
conditions – automatically adjusts to light<br />
conditions. Pinlock lenses are available for<br />
road and adventure helmets, but pricey….<br />
Pro Grip makes an off-road goggle with<br />
lenses like this. Shoei has visors for their<br />
lids that do this.<br />
Transitional lenses, also called<br />
“Photochronic”, automatically adjust to<br />
the amount of ultraviolet light. They are<br />
specifically designed to adjust, allowing<br />
you to ride from dusk to dawn without<br />
changing the lenses. This is probably the<br />
best solution when choosing a lens for your<br />
lid or goggles...<br />
When UV light is removed, a chemical<br />
reaction driven by ambient heat reconverts<br />
the activated photochromic molecules to<br />
their original, clear form and the lens fades.<br />
The simple fact is it’s your life and<br />
you make your choices. Riding in poor<br />
lighting conditions with a heavy tinted<br />
visor or goggles can be pretty<br />
dangerous.<br />
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the new<br />
pocket Rocket<br />
R I D E R S R I D E - 2 0 1 7 K T M 1 5 0 X C - W<br />
Calvin Hume Silver class winner Motul Roof Of Africa on the new KTM 150XC-W…<br />
we asked him his impressions on the brand new bike from KTM…<br />
“KTM’s 2017 150 XC-W was built with<br />
the serious off-road enthusiast in mind.<br />
144cc of power, a 96.52 cm seat height,<br />
and a price of R89.999 differentiate<br />
this KTM in what has become a highly<br />
competitive segment of the motorcycle<br />
market. Built in Austria but ridden the<br />
world over, the 150 XC-W was designed<br />
to be taken straight off the showroom<br />
floor and ridden away from your bakkie<br />
and into the elements. A nine and a half<br />
litre tank provides fuel for the journey.<br />
Of course, a wide variety of mods for<br />
the 150 XC-W are available through a<br />
number of aftermarket companies in<br />
order to help you fine-tune this KTM to<br />
your exact liking, although some of these<br />
changes may render it a competition-only<br />
machine.”<br />
Calvin has raced the 200 XC-W for two<br />
years and won the national high school<br />
class, as well as the KZN WFO series and<br />
the X-country series. When KTM Durban<br />
asked him to race the 2017 150 for the<br />
Roof, Calvin was worried that the bike<br />
would not deliver with low down torque<br />
and power range...<br />
As they say that’s now history. One<br />
cannot compare the two bikes as the<br />
new 150 is new technology against old.<br />
Calvins first impression from the bike<br />
was how easy it was to ride it feels lighter<br />
than the 200. But it really had a problem<br />
and we felt this at the launch earlier this<br />
year - at low revs it would bog and run<br />
very rich. With that said, Wayne from<br />
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R I D E R S R I D E - 2 0 1 7 K T M 1 5 0 X C - W<br />
KTM Durban spent many hours testing jetting and<br />
power spring settings and <strong>final</strong>ly they got it right .<br />
Calvin raced the bike at a WfO Enduro in the<br />
KZN Midlands and was very impressed with the<br />
performance all round.<br />
Roof setup:<br />
The first changes made was to replace the rear<br />
sprocket to a 52 tooth from the 50, fit a radiator fan<br />
and braces, bash plate and hand guards, as well as<br />
disc brake protection.<br />
Last and most important was the exhaust cage as<br />
this is a weak point on the bike. The pipe and is too<br />
soft for extreme enduro’s. If one is racing off-road<br />
then a carbon guard will do.<br />
Experience on the Roof?<br />
Calvin really enjoyed the bike and compared it to his<br />
last years roof on his 200 XCW.<br />
Once again, he said how easy the bike was to ride<br />
and felt the bike was so light and balanced - easy<br />
to control. It’s also very easy to pivot and pick up<br />
over the rocks. He was impressed with the power<br />
delivery up the hills and did not have to work and fan<br />
the clutch. As far as the acceleration, it is very quick<br />
through the gears and was fun to race in the tech<br />
stuff. He said you don’t get tired and can ride all day<br />
long. The biggest plus Calvin found that the new WP<br />
Xplor suspension is far better than the 2016 model.<br />
He found that he could race down the steep rocky<br />
passes and because the bike is so light (Just on<br />
100KG’s), it flies over the rocks.<br />
As for comfort, the seat is great and all-round the<br />
bike is easy to ride and very comfortable.<br />
To sum it up, the 150 has proved itself at the Roof,<br />
taken top spot in the bronze spot with Heinrich<br />
Zellhuber and Calvin top spot in the silver, and to top<br />
it up it came in amongst the top gold riders.<br />
A true pocket rocket, a serious enduro weapon for<br />
the lighter rider up to 75 kg mark.<br />
The 150 had to fill big shoes from the 200 and it’s<br />
done that with easy margin and from the rider himself<br />
- a better bike than 200…<br />
www.ktm.com<br />
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SAFARI<br />
Zebula Golf Estate and Spa, certainly<br />
one of the most successful golf estates in<br />
South Africa, says that its diverse offering<br />
of entertainment is one of the important<br />
reasons for its sustained success over<br />
the years. “Bush walks and drives,<br />
spa treatments, golf on a world-class<br />
layout, interactions with animals, fishing,<br />
archery, clay target shooting, tennis and<br />
horseback and quad safaris are just some<br />
of the of the entertainment opportunities<br />
available for all members of the family,”<br />
says Zebula’s Carla Groenewald.<br />
She adds that Zebula’s quad safaris<br />
have become one of the most popular<br />
activities at the resort and for this reason<br />
they recently bolstered their fleet with<br />
eight new Linhai Rustler 260 XL 2X4<br />
Quad Bikes, which are distributed in<br />
South Africa by Smith Power Equipment.<br />
“This quad is the perfect entry level<br />
machine. Its light weight and automatic<br />
transmission makes it easy to use, great<br />
to ride and is perfect for our visitors who<br />
aren’t necessarily experienced quad<br />
riders,” says Groenewald.<br />
In fact, it is for these very reasons the<br />
Linhai Rustler 260 XL 2X4 has become<br />
one of South Africa’s most popular quads<br />
says Linhai’s Mark Chittenden.<br />
Located on 1100 hectares of pristine<br />
bushveld in the shadow of the Waterberg<br />
mountains, Zebula commands a<br />
most spectacular setting. Undulating,<br />
indigenous tree-covered hills and wideopen<br />
grasslands are punctuated with<br />
frequent dams and waterholes – a diverse<br />
landscape that supports a wide variety of<br />
game, birds and small wildlife. “Quadding<br />
is a perfect way to enjoy this magnificent<br />
outdoor facility and it is of course very<br />
important for Zebula to choose bikes<br />
that are not only easy to use but are also<br />
efficient, reliable and are supported by<br />
excellent service. These Linhai bikes fit<br />
the bill in every way,” says Groenewald.<br />
Linhai, a manufacturing powerhouse<br />
with expertise and experience dating<br />
back to 1956,<br />
is a leader in the manufacture of<br />
affordable, high quality motorsport<br />
products. “The quality of Linhai<br />
engines has become world<br />
renowned,” says Chittenden.<br />
“Many competing manufacturers<br />
have approached Linhai to use<br />
their engines but, contrary to many<br />
manufacturers, Linhai refuses to<br />
sell engines as they understand<br />
that it could dilute the Linhai<br />
brand. The engine is the heart of<br />
any ATV, and to build a credible<br />
brand, you must have a credible engine.”<br />
The Linhai Rustler 260 XL 2X4 has a<br />
257 cc, 4 stroke, single cylinder SOHC,<br />
liquid-cooled engine,<br />
electric starter, high/low range<br />
transmission with reverse gear and a dry<br />
weight of only 280kg.<br />
Chittenden says that more and<br />
more resort-type operations, which<br />
own multiple machines, are realising<br />
the benefit of the Linhai brand, which<br />
is extremely cost-effective without<br />
compromising on quality. “Zebula is a<br />
good example. It is a highly professional<br />
operation, which doesn’t make capital<br />
investments without proper investigation<br />
and Linhai is their choice for long term<br />
return on investment,” he concludes.<br />
Linhai SA: Tel: (011) 284.2000<br />
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Honda will showcase a “Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem” at<br />
the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next<br />
month with concepts on urban mobility, artificial intelligence<br />
and robotics.<br />
From reducing traffic congestion to new modes of<br />
connectivity, Honda will show technology that it is working on<br />
in its path toward a redefined mobility experience like so many<br />
other manufacturers.<br />
The press conference at CES will feature a keynote address<br />
from Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, president & CEO of Honda R&D,<br />
who will unveil a concept motorcycle demonstrating an<br />
application of the company’s robotics technology.<br />
The exhibit will include the NeuV, a concept automated<br />
EV commuter vehicle equipped with artificial intelligence (AI)<br />
called – Emotion Engine – that creates new possibilities for<br />
human interaction with machines.<br />
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save the<br />
dates<br />
We are going to keep you busy in 2017!!!<br />
Here is the Plan for the first half of the new year...<br />
Save the dates... Social off road rides all over!! All welcome.<br />
Weekend of the 27th of January : Waterberg Mountain Ride.<br />
A firm favourite with fantastic loops through the bushveld and farmlands<br />
in Mookgepong which used to be Naboomspruit. Full package<br />
or self-catering... Bookings are open, drop us a mail, we’ll send it<br />
along.<br />
Day Ride Feb 25th (Saturday) :<br />
On the farms out near Parys. Brilliant mountain loops, fast flowing<br />
Train to win<br />
stuff an awesome day out...<br />
Weekend of the March 31st : Volksrust.<br />
It is spectacularly beautiful, great accommodation, awesome<br />
chows... come join the fun.<br />
April 27th - 30th : Swazi Mangala.<br />
A new trip on the calendar Two and a bit days of riding through<br />
the kingdom of Swaziland. School holidays. travel down on the<br />
27th freedom day. Full days riding Friday the 28th, Sat the 29th.<br />
Travel home on the 30’th and take the 1st to chill at home. You need<br />
passports. An amazing ride, come and join the fun.<br />
Day Ride May 13th (Saturday) :<br />
Mothers day ride - a day in the saddle on the East Rand - going to be<br />
great, then on Sunday you can take the goose out for lunch.<br />
June the 30th : TRI NATIONS.<br />
SA, Swaziland, all the way to the beach in Mozambique... an awesome<br />
trip. Save the date.<br />
October 5th : Durban to JHB in the Dirt.<br />
Raising funds for QASA kicks off on the 5th of October... we’ll send out<br />
details as soon as we are sorted... ONE WAY...<br />
Have a great Christmas break!!!<br />
The Adventure Company (011) 979-1363 / (011) 979-5035 Cell 072-177-0621 / 082-870-6134 / foleyg@mweb.co.za<br />
www.familyadventures.co.za<br />
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