MOTO X VOLUME 2 NUMBER 5

al 

E 

III 

C

CJ) 

15 

z 

~ 

c 

:n 

m 

o 

'TI 

~ 

"'t) 

ï 

(i 

» 

z 

-I 

o 

o oC-e ~ s z 

Cl 

» 

-I 

m 

o 

'TI 

~ 

:n 

-I 

;; 

-I 

m 

ï m 

"'t) 

:I: 

o 

Z 

m 

CJ) 

:I: 

o 

3: 

m 

"'t) 

o 

CJ) 

-I 

» 

ï 

» 

Cl 

Cl 

:n 

m 

CJ) 

~ 

CJ) 

c 

:n z 

» 

3: 

m 

:I: 

o 3: 

m 

» 

Cl 

Cl 

:n ~ 

rn :..... 

~ 

.,., 

o 

e::D 

:E ::t 

m 

r- 

e 

::Ḏ 

 

... 

'8 

:n 

o

MAY/JUNE 1978 

VOLUME TWO ... NUMBER FIVE 

Transvaal 

Series 

41ST ROUND TVL. CHAMPS-Hondas Dominate 

8 LEEUKUIL-Stevenson outshines Maben 

11 1ST ROUND S.A. CHAMPS-A new Brickor. 

31 SYRINGA- Club meeting. 

Natal Series 

35 2ND RD NATAL CHAMPS- See next months issue. 

Cape Series 

25 2ND ROUND S.A. CHAMPS - Stevenson, Brand and 

Du Plessislead. 

Features 

2 THE RECEIVING END - Letters to the editor. 

2 CARTOON - A look at Harry Everts. 

17 BIKE NEWS S.A. - Our free pull out supplement. 

18 YAMAHA - News. 

21 WORLD OF WHEELS - KTM and Kawasaki. 

23 KAWASAKI- News. 

4x4 

club of SA 

35 CLUB NEWS - Hearingfrom PeterAchterberg. 

FRONT COVER:Chris ~rand going for top honours in the 500 Moto (Photo: Glenn Lambrecht) 

PAGE 11:Wayne Jones just ahead of Tony Riddell in the 125 Junior heat. (Photo: George 

Whyte) 

Registered at the G.P.O. as a newspaper. 

Distributed nationally by C.N.A. 

Moto X S.A. is published monthly by the 

proprietors G.W. Publications. 

EDITOR: 

Gary Whyte 

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: 

Peter Achterberg 

SUBSCRIPTIONS and P.R.O.: 

Viviane Whyte 

LAYOUT AND DESIGN: 

Gary Whyte 

PRINTED BY: 

Blesston Printing & Publishing (Pty) Ltd. 

36 Stanley Avenue. 

Auckland Park 2001 

EDITORIAL AND ADVERTISING OF- 

FICES: 

-20 Felix Drive. 

Kibler Park 1872 

AD ENQUIRIES: 

680-2515 (Jhb. 011) Mrs. Whyte 

TYPESETTING: 

Good Graphix (Pty) Ltd. 

CONTRIBUTIONS: 

We welcome any photographs. articles 

and illustrations. They will remain the 

property of MOTO. X S.A.. unless prior 

arrangements are made with the editor 

to return such material. Photographs 

should be 5" x 7" colour or black and 

white prints. Contributors will be 

awarded a fee if material submitted Is 

accepted. 

Copyright reserved. Nothing in this 

magazine may be reprinted In whole or In 

part without the express permission of 

the publisher. All published material 

becomes the sole property of MOTO X 

S.A. 

PAGE 30:Rob Wicks holeshots the 250 moto with Geoff Gray, Mark Daviesand Mike 

OConnor snapping at his heels. (Photo: Glenn Lambrecht) 

Mot~ X S.A. Vol.2 NO.5 

Page1

THE RECEIVING 

END 

Harry Everts : The Man. 

Before Harry Everts v/on his world champf.onahf.p title in 197~ he was relatively 

unknovm outside Belgium. When his trip to South Africa was announced,amongst 

the lesser-informed or newer groups to become interested in Motocross it wa3 a 

case of "Harry Everts, who's he?" Even in the United States, (seemingly the 

most informed of the mota-cross countries outside of Europe), there raged a 

conflict to whether he was Everts or Everst, all due to tailors mistake on 

Harry's leathers. Could such a conflict happen to Gaston Rahier or Roger De 

Coster? It's unlikely. They are too well known. 

Even after his wins at Syringa and Killarny little was known about him. Here 

are some facts:- 

Harry is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He has a wife, Francine, 

and both come from the Flemish section of Belgium, as do Roger De Coster, 

Sylvain Geboers, Jaak van Velthoven and Gilbert De Roover. Harry also has a 

son who is now six and had learnt to ride a mini-bike from the age of three. 

Motorcycle racing seems to be very much a part of the family. Harry's uncle, 

Gef. Teuwissen was in the 60's European 500 cc Champion. 

Harry was all ready an up and coming rider when in 1972 at the age of 18 he 

travelled to America to ride a 125 cc for Puch. Although he did extremely well 

(seven wins out of eight entries) it was not enjoyable as Harry could not speak 

English; he had difficulty in ordering food and other necessities. 

At the age of twenty-one, in 1975, Harry won his first World Championship, 

again aboand a Puch, (pronounced Pook). 

Puch had taken their racing not very seriously, and it was as Harry recalls, 

"a hobby for Herr Puch ", As the team ran on a low budget Harry was told to 

nurse the bike and thus they had a relatively trouble-free season. 

Harry's Puch was a remarkable bike; a twin, carburetor wonder then put out an 

incredible 53 horsepower. 

Dear Editor 

As this is the second time 1m writing to 

you, I just like to say thanks for the 

great mag. At last I have something to 

look forward to each month. I think it's 

time S.A.B.C. spent a little time and 

attention to Motocross and find place 

for Motocross on their programmes. 

Lastly my Edition of Volume 1 No. 2 

has disappeared, if you could let me 

know where I'll get another one I'll 

gladly pay for it and it will be very much 

appreciated. 

Keep up the good work, and oh yes! I've 

converted about 20 of my friends to 

your mag and, Motocross! 

John Pirzenthal Meredale 

Johannesburg 

What a great letter John. We have sent 

you a copy of Vol. 1 No. 2 with our 

compliments. 

Ed. 

Harry looked forward to a repeat victory in '76 but it was not to be. The 

Puch became unreliable in the '76 season and the best Harry could manage was a 

fifth spot. 

At the beginning of 1977 Harry switched to Bultaco when Jim Pomeroy left for 

Honda. 

Although Harry put in some stirring rides,his Bultaco was not up to the highly 

works KTM's and Montessa's. He will be lucky if he can repeat his 1976 position 

of 5th. 

Harry however is only 24 this year and therefore he still has time to repeat 

his '75 World Place. 

In between the 1977 and 1978 seasons Harry visited South Africa. He found South 

African tracks too flat and small. But despite that and the fact that he rode ~ 

stock Bultaco Harry trounced the opposition. 

Harry at the moment is second to Roger De Coster in the Belgium National title 

and ahead of Gaston Rahier so 1978 could well be an incredible year for him. 

Dear Sirs 

I am a very great Moto-X fan and go to 

every meeting at Briekor as it is the 

nearest track to my house. I get your 

Mag every month and think it is great. I 

would like to know if you could send me 

as many posters as possible (mainly of 

Tyrone Stevenson) as I have read and 

heard that you give away posters. I have 

looked high and low but can't find any 

more posters. I have only two posters of 

Tyrone Stevenson and I am looking for 

many more as I have got big walls to fill. 

Keep up the good work. 

Yours sincerely 

Paul Scott 

Benoni Transvaal 

Moto X SA Vol.2 NO.6 Page 2

• •

o ening Round Tv1 

Champs. 

oto A Vol. 2 No.5 Page4 

Look closely. This is how it's done. Maben at Syringa. (Photo: Dave Malen)

Tyrone Stevenson and Geoff Gray in v~rious stages of disgrace. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

EG PARK Sinlown Centre Maud St 

Sandton 

HEALTHSTUDIO 784-2214 

Moto X SA VoI.2 No.5 

Page5

April Fools Day 1 9 78 saw Syringa 

Motorcycle Park host the opening 

round of the Transvaal Champs. 

The weather was perfect for motocrossing 

with 1 or 2 light rains 

dampening the surface of the circuit 

and the spectators got more than their 

money's worth in the form of 18 exciting 

races, a total of which 1 5 were 

championship events. 

Man ofthe day predictably 1 9 year old 

hot-shoe Grant Maben who totally 

dominated the 2 5 0 and 1 2 5 MX 

events on his Castrol Hondas. In both 

2 5 0 Motos he was out in front right at 

the start and then it was just wheelie 

time, all the way to the chequered flag. 

He was hotly pursued throughout the 

day by Geoff Gray, Grant's team mate 

on an identical red rocket Honda and 

Toby Venter on his Shell Suzuki. In the 

second 2 5 0 moto Grant had to step up 

his pace in fear of a superfast Tyrone 

Stevenson on a works Kawasaki. 

Tyrone chased Maben furiously and 

their pace soon took them way ahead of 

the following riders. What was proving 

to be a gut tingIer was ruined when 

Tyrone threw it away screaming up 

towards the Widow Maker and was 

Roy Gardner Riding Well. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

Rob Wicks horizontal on his Honda. {Photo: Seymour Smith} 

Speak to Tom Maben about your MX problems 

in the NEWBiketique and Motocross section 

which has just opened at, 197 Hendrik Verwoerd drive, 

Randburg. 48·5131,48-1937 

It's great to deal with the People 

who Care 

GWADS 

sidelined much to the disappointment 

of the anticipating spectators. 

In the 1 25 event Maben's only competition 

came in the form of Deon du 

Plessis, also on a Castrol Honda, Greg 

Wilson on his Shell Suzuki and Roy 

Gardner on a Texas Suzuki. The first 

heat was rather lackluster as the leaders 

were well spaced out and they remained 

in their original position for the duration 

.of the race. Under a gathering sky 

Maben took the win followed by a seemingly 

effortlessly riding Deon du Plessis. 

Greg Wilson and Roy Gardner took 

3 rd and 4 th respectively. 

Tony Riddell {Yamaha} who has proved 

himself the man to beat in the Highschool 

class had his lead toppled by 

Kenny van der Merwe on a Honda. The 

first was Riddell characteristicaly hold 

first place until the end when he was 

followed closely by van der Merwe and 

then a more respectable distance, 

Geoffrey Nelon his Texas Suzuki. 

In the second moto Riddell was riding 

strongly in 3 rd place when he came adrift. 

This allówed Kenny van der Merwe 

and Wayne Jones {Wolf Castrol Honda} 

to take first and second unchallenged. 

Wayne was unfortunately forced to the 

back of the pack in the first moto therefore 

excluding him from the results. 

Rob Larney on his Draper Plant Hire 

Suzuki put together a strong 4 th and 

3 rd to give him 3 rd overall. 

Top man in the lO 0 cc class was 

Norman Miller. In the first moto he got 

out ahead of Riddell (Yamaha) to eventually 

take the win. 

The second moto saw him end up 

second behind a beautifully riding 

Andy Carr {BPYamaha}. 

Matthews another man to watch in this 

class eventually took 3 rd ahead of N. 

Moto X SA Vol. 2 No.6 

Page6

Riddell. 

The big boy's race i.e. SO 0 cc class, was 

deservedly won by Chris Brand on the 

KS Husky. He held it together throughout 

the day to supercede Butch Hirsch 

(Bultaco) and Ray Patterson (Draper 

yz D). These two were always in 

Brands shadow but were unable to get 

the edge on him. 

SOO Enduro event winner was Chris 

Davies (Yamaha). He was challenged 

throughout the day by Alan Smith also 

Yamaha and Dave Hill (Husky), but 

managed to keep it together plenty 

enough to secure his 1 st place. 

The 2 SO Enduro event produced the 

winner in the form of Strugnell who secured 

a first time win. This put him in 

line for the R2S award. Behind Strugnell 

John Dowling (Honda Special), and 

Darryl Phillips battled it out behind 

with Dowling eventually taking second. 

The Minicross class was taken by an 

elated Donavan Kotze. He has tried to 

the best of his ability for months and 

has eventually been rewarded for his 

concerted efforts. Charlie Bezuidenhout 

was 2 nd and J. Dingle, a man (?) to 

watch was third. 

That wraps up the first round of the 

Tv1.champs and judging by the quality 

of the racing we can look forward to 

what promises to be an exciting series. 

KX250-You expect it 

from Kawasaki 

Craig Whyte. 

Deon du Plessis is certainly putting the pressure on Grant. (Photo: Dave Malen) 


Page7

A warm, breezy day saw the Leeukuil 

circuit come back to life with the first 

club meeting of the season. On the 

banks of the Vaal river, where the sandy 

conditions. remind one of tracks like 

Port Elizabeth and Cape Town,the top 

Transvaal riders turned up for final 

race practice before going on to Killarney 

for the second round of the 

Nationals the following Saturday. 

Apart from the Minicross and Junior 

riders, competitors were split up into 

categories rather than classes, so we saw 

Novices, Intermediates and Experts 

racing on machines of varying power, 

with some very interesting results. Star 

of the 12Scc Class. Grant Maben, was 

mounted on a 2S0cc Honda. competing 

against the likes of Tyrone Stevenson on 

the 2S0cc Kawasaki, Peter Hill (2S0cc 

Husqvarna), Toby Venter (2S0cc 

Suzuki), Marthinus Briers (2S0cc 

Yamaha), Chris Brand (SOOcc 

Husqvarna) and Butch Hirsch (SOOcc 

Bultaco) as well as a host of top riders 

on 12Scc machines. 

Maben hole-shotted the first heat ahead 

of Stevenson, Venter and Hill, but as 

the riders came around to complete the 

first lap, it was apparent that Maben 

must have taken a tumble somewhere 

Brian Attwell took his plush new KX125 to 2nd in the Intermediates. (Photo: Gary 

Whyte) 

Andre Steenkamp having a friendly chat with his RM. (Photo: Gary Whyte) 

Moto X SA Vol.2 NO.5 Page 8

R200.00 

al 

HONDA 

CITY 

20 K..uls SI 

21-9"61/6 

out of sight, as Stevenson was in the back to second however, with du Plessis spectacular prang at the start of the 

lead ahead of Peter Hill and Deon du riding very bravely on his 12Scc Honda second heat saw Peter Hill scrambling 

Plessis. Maben soon worked his way to fill third place with Hill fourth. A at remarkable speed for safety, as the 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

rest of the field thundered down the 

~r~ght t~ards_him. Maben ~ r 

the 

Tyrone Stevenson finally got his works Kawa cooking and managed to snatch the lead, escaped the shambles, but Stevenson 

win from Maestro Maben. (Photo: Gary Whyte) 

in particular was badly hampered. 

Moto X SA Vol.2 No.5 Page9

Vic Kulikowski getting hurried on by D. Klaver. (Photo: Dave Malen) 

They say the front binders work better with your weight up front, but this IS 

ridiculous. (Photo: Dave Malen) 

Peter Hill complete with his zoot Hi-Point boots managed 3rd in the 2S0's (Photo: 

Gary Whyte) 

Once he got going, he rode like a demon 

to take second place with Toby Venter 

riding well into third. The final heat 

was a great dice between Stevenson, 

Maben and Hill with the 12Scc riders 

du Plessis, Gary Keyser (Honda) and 

Nicky Milosovich (Suzuki) all putting 

up a good show against the bigger 

machines. 

Feature of the intermediate class was 

the battle between Robert Isherwood 

(2S0cc Yamaha) and Brian Attwell 

(12Scc Kawasaki), who during the 

course of the three heats swopped 

positions constantly. Victor Kulikowski 

(SOOcc KTM) lead the first heat for 

most of the race, but came off on the 

last lap to aIJow Isherwood and Attwell 

through. Brian Bekker (Suzuki) rode 

well in two of the intermediate heats. 

but was excluded from the final results 

as he had entered the Experts class and 

had in fact, competed in the first 

Experts heat. 

Stars of the 1 25 cc High School class 

were Wayne Jones (Honda), Kenny van 

der Merwe (Honda) and Russell 

Campbell (Suzuki) with Gary Goosen 

and Dean Muter showing up well on 

occasions. Kenny van der Merwe did 

particularly well in coming second 

overall after coming off in both the first 

and third heats. The 1 00 cc Junior 

event was won by Andrew Carr 

(Yamaha) with Gary Beuthin (Suzuki) 

second, followed by Grant McCleery 

(Suzuki). 

Novice class went to AIJan Phillips, who 

certainly looked a lot better than a 

"novice" on the track, while Dave 

Hoffman and Kevin Rodgers fiIJed the 

minor placings. In the Minicross John 

Hardiman came to prominence and 

rode very well to take first place from 

Bezuidenhout and Campbell. 

Minicross: 

1. John Hardiman (Suzuki) 

2. Charles Bezuidenhout (Suzuki) 

3. Gary Campbell (Suzuki) 

lOOccJunior: 

1. Andrew Carr (Yamaha) 

2. Gary Beuthin (Suzuki) 

3. Grant McCleery (Suzuki) 

12Scc Junior: 

1. Wayne Jones (Honda) 

2. Kenny van der Merwe (Honda) 

3. Russel CampbeJJ (Suzuki) 

Novices: 

1. Allan Phillips 

2. Dave Hoffman 

3. Kevin Rodgers 

Intermediate: 

1. Robert Isherwood (Yamaha) 

2. Brian Attwell (Kawasaki) 

3. Victor Kulikowski (KTM) 

Experts: 

1. Tyrone Stevenson (Kawasaki) 

2. Grant Maben (Honda) 

3. Peter Hill (Husqvarna) 

Buddy Attwell. 

Moto X SA VoI.2 No.5 Page 10

Martin Jones (222) and Geoff Gray in glorious stereophonic sound. (Photo: Glenn 

Lambrecht) 

The 1 9 7 8 Motocross season moved 

into top gear at Briekor on Sat. 25th 

March with the opening round of the 

Sportsman Lager sponsored S.A. Motocross 

championships. The organising 

club TMX, have quite obviously put a 

tremendous amount of work and money 

into improvements both on and off the 

track, but unfortunately a lot of the 

spectator facilities were still incomplete 

on raceday, and proved inadequate with 

the very large crowd that turned up, one 

of the biggest seen at Brickor. 

The racing itself was a very high 

standard indeed with machines even 

quicker than last year, and' the riders 

more determined than ever to make the 

grade. So many of the competitors have 

changed machines, sponsors, numbers, 

and even classes, that it is going to take 

quite a few meetings before one will be 

able to recognise most of the field without 

the help of a program. 

The first championship heat of the 

meeting was the 500 MX class, and 

what a treat it was to see a good sized 

field with Chris Brand on the Team 

Kolbenschmidt Husqvarna taking an 

immediate lead in the first heat, closely 

attended by Butch Hirsch (Off Road 


BuItaco), Ivor Keppler and 10b Painter 

(Maico). As the race progressed Brand 

held his lead with Painter in second 

place, Hirsch third and Ray Patterson 

(Draper Plant Hire yz D) moving into 

fourth. 

Cape Town's Bunny Shandler took a 

heavy tumble coming over Jacks and 

this put paid to his chances in the first 

heat, and apparently for the rest of the 

meeting, as he did not feature in the remaining 

two heats. After his win in the 

first heat, Chris Brand came in second 

behind Barry Falconer (Team Terra- 

Move Shimwells Yamaha) in the next 

heat with Graham Green filling third 

place. Obviously encouraged by his ride 

in the second heat, Falconer took the 

lead in the third heat with Tommy 

Trefz (Ride High with Yamaha) immediately 

behind him, but Trefz disappeared 

temporarily from the scene, to 

emerge later well down the field. Brand 

Painter and Hirsch were prominent in 

this heat with Graham Green closing 

the gap all the time as leader Falconer 

appeared to be tiring. 

Green eventually overtook Falconer to 

win, with Brand third, Painter fourth 

and Hirsch fifth. 

First heat of the 100 cc Juniors 

provided an exciting dice between Neil 

Riddell (Yamaha) and Gary Beuthin, 

who has moved up this season from If you were leading the 125 Class by that far you'd also be laughing. Grant Maben. 

Minicross. with the two of them (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

The Kawasaki Winners 

The KX12S-A4 is fast and you'll love it! 

Beat out the other 12S'ers with a 6.8 lb. 

power-to-weight ratio. 

The KX250-A4 takes over wlth the 

best power-to-weight ratio motocrosser 

you can buy! Only 5.2 Ibs. 

per horsepower. Designed for competitive 

handling. 

TYRONE STEVENSON (KX 

250) IS NOW LEADING 

THE 250 S.A. CHAMPS. 

CONTACT: ROWAN LAMBSON 

KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES SA 

PO BOX 9951 JOHANNESBURG 

PHONE: 838-6071 

Moto X SA Vol. 2 No.5 Page 13

swopping the lead throughout the race. 

Riddell managed to be in front when 

they passed the chequered flag, followed 

by Beuthin, Norman Miller, Patrick 

O'Keeffe (B.P. with R.B.S. Yamaha) 

and Geoffrey Larney (Draper Plant 

Hire Suzuki). 

Neil Riddell took the second heat comfortably 

from Andy Carr (BP Yamaha) 

with Miller again filling third position 

and Beuthin fourth. 

A feature of the start of the 1 2 5 cc 

Juniors was the fact that the first four 

riders came off the start-line in numerical 

order, 1 ,2,3.4. Number 1 being 

Wayne Jones (Wolf Honda Castro!), 2 

being Kenny van der Merwe (Payless 

Honda), 3 being Symm Grobler, and 4 

being Tony Riddell (BP Yamaha). 

Riddell changed the sequence when he 

overtook Symm, who dropped his 

machine in front of the control tower. 

He then proceeded to challenge Wayne 

Jones and moved into the lead by the Riddell (226) and Beuthin in close combat. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

fourth lap. At this stage of the moto 

Wayne Angilley was showing up very 

well. 

Riddell eventually went through to win 

from Wayne Jones and Kenny van der 

Merwe. 

Riddell was once again out in front in 

the second moto, which he won by a 

wide margin. Gary Goosen (Yamaha) 

and Dean Muter (Super Steel 

Kawasaki) rode well to fill second and 

third places respectively, ahead of 

Grobler, Jones and van der Merwe. A 

multiple pile-up just before the entrance 

into Triple Jump spoiled the 

chances of a number of competitors 

including Nils Forssman, Randolph 

Whitehead, Roger Beckley and Stephen 

Cook. 

250cc motos prod uced real drama, as 

well as a new star in Geoff Gray (Sports 

man Lager CastroI GP Honda), who 

was always prominent last season in the 

125 class. In the first moto, Robbie 

Wicks (Castrol Payless Removals Chris Brand at Brickor. He took his Husky to 1st overall in the 500's. (Photo: Gary 

Honda), Mark Davies (Draper Plant Whyte) 

Hire Honda) and sped into the lead, Geoff Gray with his Red Rocket in perfect control. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

creating incredibly dusty conditions for 

those behind them along the straight in 

front of the new grandstand, forcing 

them all to slow down appreciably. 

Gray moved into a comfortable lead 

from Davies and Mike O'Connor 

(Bultaco) while a little way back a 

mighty battle was being fought out 

between Tyrone Stevenson (Castrol 

Kawasaki), Peter Hill (Kolbenschmidt 

Husqvarna), Garth Gwillam (Durity 

KTM) and Rod Bergstrom (BP 

Yamaha). 

Stevenson was cutting through the field 

as he moved up to third place behind 

Gray and Davies, while Martin Jones 

and Rod Bergstrom finished fourth and 

fifth. While Jones had a tremendous 

start in the second moto, Gray soon 

took the lead from Martin with 

Moto X SA Vol.2 No.5 Page 14

Bergstrom and Peter Smith pushing 

hard. Robbie Wicks became a crowds 

hero by working through from fourth 

place to second on the last lap, with 

brilliant sustained riding. 

The most spectacular pile-up at thë 

meeting occured at the start of the third 

250 heat, leaving a rather battered 

and bewildered Horace Bergstrom 

(Texas Suzuki) almost a lap behind the 

leader, Tyrone Stevenson. Stevenson 

was obviously determined to show his 

class, and this he did by winning with 

his old dash from Robbie Wicks and 

Rod Bergstrom. 

The start of the 1 25 cc Senior class was 

delayed while attempts were made to 

dampen down the dust, and the delay 

became even more prolonged when the 

watercart sank to it's axles in mud. 

After several unsuccessful attempts to 

extricate it, it was decided to modify the 

'track, cutting out the section in which 

the watercart was stuck. The 125 competitors 

then set out on one lap to have 

a look at the new track, and when the 

first heat was eventually started, 

champion Grant Maben on his incre- 

'dibly fast Honda Super TT went into an 

immediate lead followed by Gary 

Bergstrom, Greg Wilson, Deon du 

Plessis (Castro! Sportsman Lager 

Honda) and Roy Gardner. Deon du 

Plessis wasted no time in pulling up to 

third position with Gardner lying 

fourth. After five laps Maben had already 

started lapping the slower riders, 

and established an unbeatable lead. 

Bergstron filled second place with du 

Plessis, Gardner and Darryl Werner 

(BP Racing with Yamaha) finishing in 

'that order. The second moto was virtually 

a repeat of the first, except that 

Bergstrom was suffering with mechanical 

trouble, so du Plessis and Gardner 

each moved up one place. Gary Draper 

(Draper Plant Hire YZ E), who must be 

the most improved 1 2 5 cc rider this 

year, showed up extremely well as did 

Robert Campbell, and Shahn Rowe 

(Wolf Super TT Honda), both having 

their initiation into Senior championship 

racing. 

The surprise of the third moto was provided 

by another ex-junior Gary Keyser 

(Payless Movers Castrol Honda) who 

got the holeshot with Roy Gardner hot 

on his tail followed by Maben, Greg 

Wilson, Deon du Plessis and Gary 

Draper. In spite of a game battle, 

Keyser was unable to hold onto his lead 

and was overtaken by Grant Maben 

and Gardner, with Deon also taking 

him by the third lap. With Maben once 

again in a commanding lead, real interest 

wás in the tussle for second place 

between Gardner and du Plessis, with 

Deon eventually gaining the upper 

hand. 

The non-championship Minicross 

events saw Gary Campbell take top 

" Dadd~, Dadd~ , . I want an KM80, 

its onl~ K6oo·00 at 

Continental Motore~eles" 

·Old priee K7J;·00 

We offer special privileges 

For your Suzuki requirements 

to all RM riders. 

come to 

ONTINENTAL 

MOTORCYCLES 

171 ELOFF STREET EXT JOHANNESBURG 833-6960 

GWAds 


honours from Gary Butcher, Deon 

Koekemoor, Andrew Butcher (Honda), 

John Hardiman and Dale Pheiffer (BP 

Yamaha). 

Buddy Attwell. 

The Hare and Hound. Wayne Jones slightly ahead of Tony Riddell. (Photo: Glenn 

Lambrecht) 

Gary Bergstrom Berm-Building. 

(Photo: Gary Whyte) 

Moto X SA VoI.2 No.5 Page 16 

When you see that the first turn is only 15 feet wide, it's no wonder that 

Mama's can't bear to look. (Photo: Gary Whyte) 

the

~ 

[MQjij@~ 

8S0LBMJ,\NS 

1f.i'r-'GFlAI.. .FlAKE 

th4rnt,;1~~1)t

Also available is the 

exciting GS range 

For your Suzuki 

requirements 

GS550 

come to 

ONTINENTAL 

MOTORCYCLES 

Yamaha international and South 

African motor cycle sales roaring into 

top gear. 

According to figures recently made 

available in Japan, Yamaha was the 

only motor cycle manufacturer to 

show a gain in itsshafeof the Japanese 

export market in 1977 while, in South 

Africa, the company was up 45.8 per 

cent on sales by the end of October. 

"The figures for January - December, 

1977, are not yet availabl~ but, by the 

end of October last year, the total 

motor cycle market in this country had 

increased by 18.4 per cent in comparison 

with the same period in 1976," 

said Yamaha's Bruce Johnstone. "At 

the same time our sales were up 45,8 

per cent!" 

In Japan Yamaha exported 1 280 953 

motor cycles in 1977, compared with 

795 34 1 in 1976 and its share of the 

Japanese export market rose from 

27.2 per cent to 32,7 per cent. In 1978 

the company has set its sights on total 

export sales of more than two million. 

In the same period Honda's share of 

the Japanese export motor cycle 

market was 39,8 per cent compared 

with 42,1 per cent in 1976, Suzuki went 

to 19,6 per cent in 1977 from 21,7 per 

cent the year before and Kawasaki to 

7,9 per cent from 9,0 per cent in 1976. 

Yamaha figures did not include 'exports' 

to Taiwan and Korea as the 

company maintains a manufacturing 

facility in Taiwan to which eKO 

(completely knocked down) motor 

cycles are sent. If these production 

figures are added to the Yamaha export 

total, the company believes it is 

now 'neck and neck' with Honda in the 

international sales race. 

"We have high hopes of being No. 1 

internationally in 1978," said Mr. Johnstone. 

"In South Africa we are pushing 

ahead with our sales drive and believe 

that our 1977 growth can be attributed 

to our recently expanded and now exceptionally 

good model range, the 

incredible co-operation and support 

we have received from Yamaha, 

Japan, who are vitally interested in our 

market, and our solid dealer network. 

"The expansion of our dealer network 

with key new dealers in important 

areas and the knowledge that we place 

so much importance on our customer 

technical service and parts availability, 

has played a major role. 

"On thlsthema we are running, during 

1978, a continual series of dealer orientated 

service seminars. We will also be 

showing new bikes during the year and 

171 ELOFF STREET EXT JOHANNESBURG 833-6960 so we feel confident that 1978 should 

I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~proveto be a mo~ exc~ng year for 

• us." 

GWAds

Yamaha's new XS Eleven, the fastest 

motor cycle made in Japan, has been 

given rave reviews in the international 

motor cycle press. 

The XS Eleven - so called because of 

its 1 100cc capacity and its standing 

quarter-mile time of 11 seconds - is 

due for general release in South Africa 

in April. 

Typical of the pr.inted comments made 

about the new Yamaha superbike is 

this extract from the authoritative 

American magazine, 'Cycle Guide'. 

"Yamaha's new XS Eleven is not only 

the King of Superbikes but also the 

Prince of Touring. Start up this four 

cylinder, re-arrange the roads if you so 

wish, venture into the valley and fear 

not (any other bike) . . . this is the 

meanest motor cycle in the valley." 

Added 'Cycle' - another famous 

American publication: 

"It has now become clear that in 

Yamaha's fight for a larger share of the 

highway market, the XS750 triple was 

only a left hook. Now they've delivered 

a genuine knock-out: their new 

XS1100 four and in this mode we have 

the new King of Super bikes .... with 

the Yamaha Eleven's arrival we have 

an expanded standard by which such 

machines henceforth must be judged." 

The all-new XS1100 is now undergoing 

road tests in Britain and early reports 

are exceptionally favourable. 

"It seems obvious that our new top 

bike has taken the overseas motorcycle 

critics by storm," said Yamaha's 

Bruce Johnstone. "Since our announcement 

that we intended irnporting 

the machine into South Africa 

we have been innundated by queries 

and even firm orders 

~",.. 

lU®i]@) oomJ 

ROMA GUZZI (PTV) LTD. 

71 End Street, Johannesburg. 

Please note new 

Tel. No.: 

25-9571 

EVEREST HELMETS 

are made from 

Owens/Corning 

fibreglass the 

best in the world. 

SASS approved and 

German DIN 4848 

specification. 


Page19

YAMAHA 

• 

With the arrival of the new Yamaha XS 

Eleven, the SS750 and the SR500 - all 

due in South Africa early this year - 

Yamaha will have completed an important 

phase in their switch to a 

completely new superbike range. 

"For years Yamaha has been an acknowledged 

leader in two-stroke motor 

cycle technology," said Yamaha's 

Bruce Johnstone. "But the company 

foresaw the immense changes that 

would be necessary to meet the varying 

demands of the international 

motor cycle market. 

"To meet the challenge head on we 

had to create what boiled down to a 

complete new range of super bikes - 

something virtually unprecedented in 

the history of the Japanese motor 

cycle industry. 

"And, unlike many large industrial 

giants, Yamaha was firmly committed 

to the precept that our new bikes 

would be designed and engineered to 

suit the users' exact requirements 

rather than dictating what we thought 

he wanted. This involved an immense 

amount of research before even the 

initial development work could be 

started. 

"This necessitated a change to fourstroke 

technology for many of our new 

road bikes. Many people believe that 

this is a new field for Yamaha but what 

is not generally known is our company's 

long history of advanced fourstroke 

know-how which includes the 

manufacture of special sports engines 

built for Toyota over the past decade." 

The phased introduction of the totally 

new range of four-stroke Yamaha road 

bikes in South Africa was planned to 

complement the expanded and improved 

Yamaha range in a field in 

which the company has long been preeminent 

... the two-stroke commuter/ 

off road bikes and the 50cc schoolboy 

market. 

The programme kicked into high gear 

in 1976 with the lntroductlon of 

Yamaha's XS500 and XS750, followed 

in rapid succession, in 1977, by improved 

versions "of the already well 

YAMAHA 

•LINEX 

MOTORS 

63 Hans Strydom Ave. 

Cnr. Central Rd. 

Linden Ext. 

46-7075 

46-4767 

YOUR YAMAHA DEALER 

INTHENORTH 

See Danny Mulder for the best 

Yamaha deal, and get a free T- 

shirt with every bike purchased. 

accepted newcomers, the new XS , 

Yamaha's answer in the mid-range 

market and now, in 1978, the mighty 

XS Eleven, afready acclaimed by the 

international motor cycle press as the 

new 'King of Superbikes', the SS750, 

South Africa's first production Easy 

Rider and a return to the popular fourstroke 

single-cylinder 'Road Thumper' 

in the new SR500. 

"We are aiming at the most integrated 

and advanced road bike range in the 

world," said Mr. Johnstone. "We believe 

that in Yamaha's new range, if 

you can't find a motor cycle you want, 

you just don't want a motor cycle!" 

Buy the4 that's streets ahead 

and win tha & that's vaars ahaad. 

• _ '7I.St, •• rthanlUI'. 

9384 

Moto X SA Vol. 2 NO.5 Page 20

~eat~~ 

~~~KL-IJ;~~~~/7~ 

and' ~~ m ~fZ?1A'U}(_~ ••• 

Johannesburg distributors of 

Kawasaki motorcycles 

and spares. 

Sole South African Importers 

and Distributors of KTM 

motorcycles and spares. 

250Enduro 

Moto X SA VoI.2 No.5 

Page21

~'REST 

Crash 

Helmets ... 

• 

Stock Clearance 

RUSH TO NAGINGTONS 

We are clearing: 

TS125C 

TS250B TS400B 

Suzuki Street Scramblers 

Phone Neville Johnston for your Suzuki bargain. 

The Pheiffer family of CapeTown must 

be one of the fastest around. Not 

content with having former racing 

driver Henry Pheiffer in the family, his 

son, Adrian Pheiffer, former Western 

Province RacingChampion, has got his 

three sons into the act too. 

The bays, Dale, Roy and Earl, are the 

only three brothers to simultaneously 

participate as a team in a single sport 

in South Africa. They have don exceptionally 

well in almost every motocross 

race they have entered. BP Southern 

Africa, in conjunction with Yamaha 

will sponsor them as part of the BPI 

Yamahateam for 1978. 

Although Dale, 10. is prepared to take 

tips from his older brothers, he is no 

novice when it comes to motocross 

racing. He won ten races on his 80cc 

Yamaha in 1977 even though he has 

beenracing for only two years. 

Dale occasionally demonstrates his 

riding skill at minicross - motocross 

for under-twelves - at Goodwood, 

Cape.Although not as experienced as 

his brothers, his performance in the 

past two years makes him a strong 

contender for the South African 

Championships. 

Roy, 15 and Earl, 17. have been riding 

for six years. Roy, the 1977 Western 

Province 100cc Junior Champion, won 

every race he finished last year.'He will 

be riding a 125cc Yamaha this year to 

qualify him for the senior races. 

The brothers are determined to make 

it to the top. It was only a broken wrist 

that put Earl out of motocross action 

for eight months last year. He too, will 

be riding a 125ccin 1978. 


Kawasaki 

Kawasaki has introduced a supersports 

version of their successful 

Z1000 bike, the new Z-1 R. 

The new model is supplied complete 

with special components, including 

aluminium wheels, 4 into 1 exhaust 

system and special performance rear 

shock absorbers included in the delivery 

price. 

The engine capacity has been increased 

by 7 hp over that of the Z1000, to 

put out 90 hp at maximum torque of 

7000 rpm. 

The Z-1 R's intergrated design concept 

has increased both performance and 

handling precision. 

The body styling of black, ice blue and 

silver is as dramatic as the Z-1 R's roadhandling 

capabilities. 

The Z-1 R will be available from 

Kawasaki early, in January. 

OUR 

SUZUKIS 

r::'f:'i:i::lAAE 

FACTORY 

FRESH 

PERFORMANCE 

Maximum horsepower: 90 hp/8,000 

rpm 

Maximum torque: 8.7 kg-m/7,000 rpm 

(62.9 ft-lbs/7,000 rpm) 

Acceleration: ss 4 00 m (~ mile): 11.8 

sec. 

Climbing ability: 30 

Minimum turning radius: 2.5 m (98.4 

in.) 

383 Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, Randburg 

P.O. Box 51445, Randburg,2125 

Telephone: 48-2464 

Engine oil: SE class SAE 1OW 40 

Carburetor: Mikuni VM28SS x 4 

Spark plug: NGK B-8ES 

ENGINE: 

BRAKES 

Type: 4 -stroke, 41-cylinder, in-line, transversely 

mounted, air-cooled, DOHC 

Front: Dual disc brake, effective disc dia. 

250 mm (9.84 in.) 

Displacement: 1,015 cc (61.92 cu. in.) 

Rear: Single disc brake, effective disc dia. 

Bore and stroke: 70 x 66 mm (2,76 x 2.60 

250 mm (9.84 in.) 

in.) 

Braking distance: 12.5 m at 50 kph 

Compression ratio: 8.7: 1 

(4 1.0ft/at31 mph) 

Ignition system: Battery and coil 

Ignition timing: 10 /1,4 40 - 4 0 /2,350 , ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 

BTDC 

Battery: 12V 14 AH YB14 L-A2 

Starting system: Electric starter and kick Head Lamp: 12V 60/55W 

Lubrication: Forced lubrication (wet Tail/brake lamp: 12V 5/21W 

sump) 

DIMENSIONS 

GWAds 

Length, overall: 2,160 mm (85.0 in.) 

Width, overall: 800 mm (31.5 in.) 

Height, overall: 1,295 mm (51,0 in.) 

Wheelbase: 1,505 mm (59.3 in.) 

Ground clearance: 125 mm (4 .9 in.) 

Dry weight: 24 6 kg (54 2Ibs.) 

Specifications subject to change 

without notice. 


Second Bound 

S. hamps 

. '. 


Page15

For weeks the behind-the-scenes activity 

had become more and more 

intense as the stage was prepared for 

the big day. Well the big day arrived- 

April 15th, and so had all those who 

were to perform on the stage, which 

took the form of Killarney off-road 

raceway in Cape Town. The occassion 

was the second round of the Sportsman 

Larger S.A. Motocross championships. 

The list of entrants read like the 

"Who's Who" in motocross, and they 

were all here to contest the points for 

the championship. 

The usual time/distance regulations of 

20 minutes plus one lap applied to the 

senior classes and 15 minutes plus one 

lap for the juniors. 

Walking around the track it was 

evident the organisers were intent on 

making this not only a day of races but 

a test of skill and endurance of both 

men and their machines. The track was 

ideally damp after a few days of rain 

which had been blown away by the good 

old south-easter in time for the race 

day. This was good because there was 

little chance of the track becoming a 

dust-bowl, yet it was at the same time 

not going to be a mud-bath for the 

riders. 

Practice showed us nothing we didn't 

already know. The only real drama was 

with Deon du Plessis' bike which had 

Deon's father doing a major modification 

to the chain tensioner which had Bunny Shandler in complete control (Photo: Viv Zimmerman) 

broken. 

As the time' drew near for the first race 

of the day - the SOOccMX for seniors 

- so the tension grew greater and it 

was all released in an explosion of 

sound and a blur of colour as the riders 

left the start line after the elastic 

tension had been released for the start 

of the race. 

MOTO ONE - Coming into ,the first 

bend the pack was led by Ian Mac- 

Millan, Bunny Shandler and Mike Hermanson. 

The crowd immediately came 

alive with the two local riders up front 

with the leaders. Chris Brand wasn't 

particularly keen on this arrangement 

and set about catching and passing 

Hermanson. Shandler, who was riding 

with a sore knee, was in the meanwhile 

making an erstwhile, yet unsuccessful 

attempt, to get close to MacMillan. 

With Brand now in third Shandler 

came under pressure from him. Lap 

after lap positions changed and the 

local riders seemed unable to hold on to 

their positions. 

After 10 minutes tommy Trefz had 

worked his way up to third position, 

with no change up front where Mac- 

Millan was circulating ahead of Chris 

Brand. After 15 minutes Graham 

Green made a run for high points. This 

added to the general excitement as he 

passed rider after rider, never slowing 

for even the slower riders who could 

Moto X SA Vol.2 No.5 Page 26 

Natalian Tommy Trefz astride a YZ400. Photo: Bill Rosenberg)

have baulked him. 

Barry Falconer had also nosed in front 

of Hermanson and Shandler by this 

time. Thus, at the chequered flag the 

first five riders across the line were 

MacMillan, Brand, Green, Trefz and 

Falconer. 

MOTO TWO - First off the line were 

Tommy Trefz, Ian MacMinan, Chris 

Brand, Mike Hermanson, M. White 

and B. Shandler. 

Graham Green and Barry Falconer 

pulled out of the bunch and began to 

pressurize Shandler. The three leading 

the race were beginning to pull away 

from the rest as they each challenged 

for a better position. 

Just as eight minutes went up Green 

passed Shandler and continued his 

chase after the leaders. Hermanson now 

came under pressure from Green. Chris 

Brand forced himself passed Trefz. 

Three laps later Green had got in front 

of Hermanson and Shandler had 

slipped back a place as Falconer got in 

front of him. 

Green was having a fantastic race. 

Nothing seemed able to go fast enough 

.to keep. him at bay for he hauled in 

third man, Tommy Trefz. 

The pressure from Brand caused 

MacMillan to make one of his rare mistakes 

and as he went wide Brand went 

through to first spot. This was not for 

long as Mac recovered\ quickly and 

rode well to once more recover first 

place. Green kept going and now had 

Brand in his sights. Riding superbly he 

got himself into second place and then 

made MacMillan his target. With no 

more than three minutes 'Ieft he shot 

passed MacMillan and even managed 

to increase his lead. 

Hermanson, after riding well, parted 

company with his bike in the esses 

which put him out of contention for 

high points. The race closed with Green 

across the line first followed by Mac- 

I MilIan, Brand, Trefz, Falconer and 

Shandler. 

MOTO THREE - Forty odd minutes 

of hard riding had begun to tell on the 

riders of the big bikes, for as they came 

out for the last 20 minutes they all 

looked slightly weary, yet none could 

afford to let up and allow the other an 

easy win - points were vital to all. 

MacMillan, Green and Beattie were 

first away. As they entered the first 

bend Beattie had come up into second 

and the way he was riding had no intention 

of giving it tip. No doubt the 

body-weariness MacMillan had confessed 

to just before the start of the race 

was a contributing factor to his falling 

heavily on the back section of the 

circuit. One immediately noted a 

slowing down and as the laps reeled by 

he dropped lower and lower down the 

field. 

Hermanson was another to take a 

tumble after a jump - only his race 

was over. The muscles in his shoulder 

and arm had been torn. M. White was 

another participant in this event to take 

a spectacular tumble. 

While all this was going on Graham 

Green and Chris Brand were fighting it 

out for first place and 15 points which 

eventually went to Brand as Green 

began to slow up. At the chequered flag 

we saw Brand, Falconer, Beattie, Trefz 

and Green come in for the lion's share 

ofthe points. 

Overall placings for the three heats: C. 

Brand. G. Green. I. MacMillan. B 

Falconer. T. Trefz. 

SENIOR 250cc MX - MOTO ONE- 

As the time came around for the start of 

this series of races, the question being 

asked was "How will Mike Hopkins 

fare on his home-track after his poor 

showing at Brickor? We were pleasantly 

surprised. 

A bunch of riders got away from the 

line in this race and as they went into 

the first bend and toward BP jump 

there just did not seem to be enough 

room for all of them. What transpired 

Tyrone Stevenson (206) passes Mark Davies (203) on his way to taking the 

chequered flag. (Photo: Bm Rosenberg)' 


must surely be rated as the most spectacular 

prang seen at Killarney. In the 

rush over the jump Geoff Gray and Pete 

Smith collided in mid-air, crashing to 

earth in front of the crowd in the clubhouse 

stand. The nett result of this was 

Smith's left leg had both bones broken 

and Gray's elbow was dislocated. A 

spectacular prang, but it put out two 

riders bound to have made things 

tougher for the others to score points. 

Robbie Wicks had a poor start but with 

his immaculate riding it wasn't long 

before he was in third place and challenging 

Hopkins. After 10 minutes he 

passed Hopkins only to have second 

snatched back by Hopkins. Once more 

Wicks worked his way passed Hopkins 

only to be held up by a slow bike on a 

bend for Hopkins to go past never to be 

headed again. What a dice! 

What happened to Tyrone Stevenson? 

He had won by some 15 seconds riding 

out front from the start. 

MOTO TWO - Robbie Wicks and 

Mike Hopkins continued their exciting 

duel in this race, thrilling the crowd 

with some fine riding. 

Where was Stevenson? He was lying 

eighth after a bad start. Slowly - 

actually not so slowly - but surely he 

worked his way up to third. 

Robbie Wicks was trying everything he 

knew to get passed Mike Hopkins. He 

finally made it by keeping his throttle 

wide open on the Texan take-off and 

outjumped Hopkins. This was really 

spectacular stuff! So we saw Stevenson 

now trying to catch Hopkins. He failed 

Arnold Burton making ready. 

(Photo: Viv Zimmerman) 

Box stock and FAST! 

Kawasaki KX125 moves out ahead on the motocross 

circuit. Power-to-weight ratio of 6.8 Ibs. of 

motorcycle per horsepower. Special alloy-steel 

frame and magnesium wheel-hubs for 

strength. It's waiting for you at ... 

KAWASAKI MOTORCYCLES S.A. 

PO BOX 9951 JOHANNESBURG. 

CONTACT: ROWAN LAMBSON 

PHONE: 838-6071 

- so the race ended with Wicks home 

first, Hopkins second, Stevenson third. 

Rob Bergstrom doing a lonely stint in 

fourth. 

MOTO THREE - Stevenson didn't 

like coming in third in the last race, so 

he did the hole-shot and that was where 

he stayed - out front. 

Hopkins was the one to get away badly 

in this race. After five minutes he had 

got up to third place putting Rob 

Bergstrom and Jones behind him in the 

process. 

Halfway through Rob Bergstrom got 

the better of Hopkins and moved back 

into third, where he stayed, leaving 

Hopkins to worry about Jones and 

Gwillam who were pressing for higher 

positions. 

Stevenson picked up the 15 POINTS, 

Wicks 12, Bergstrom the lO, Hopkins 

the eight and Jones the six. 

SENIOR 12Scc MX - MOTO ONE- 

44 riders and one other -t-r- Grant 

Maben. This man is no rider - he is a 

phenomenon. I don't think anyone has 

ever' told him he is allowed to throttle 

off now and then. 

Anyway Maben didn't get away first, 

but it wasn't long before he was in 

front. Going very well he suddenly 

became one of those who parted 

company from his bike as his chain 

came off. With bike coming to a sudden 

halt, Maben became a projectile. That 

ended his race. 

Gary Bergstrom was now in first place 

and Deon du Plessis in second. There 

wasn't much change thereafter and 

Bergstrom came home first followed by 

S. Rowe. N. Milosevich. 

MOTO TWO - Arnold Burton along 

with Mark Connelly were the local 

hopes in this class and in the previous 

Maben airborne at 

Killarney. (Photo: Viv Zimmerman) 


heat Connelly had filled eighth position, 

Burton ninth and Peter Claxton, 

another local, tenth. However, in this 

heat Burton's big end seized, Connely 

seemed unable to get all the power he 

needed and Claxton was well down the 

field. 

Maben was doing his usual thing and 

going very fast. Only this time 

Bergstrom and du Plessis seemed to 

have found a few more "horses", 

because they kept a lot closer to Maben. 

Fast, spectacular racing was being witnessed. 

Fast spectacular stops were also 

seen as Maben's chain parted company 

with his bike again. Consequently 

Bergstrom took over the front position, 

again followed by du Plessis, Darryl 

Werner and G. Keyser. 

MOTO THREE - Third time lucky 

for Maben? He was certainly circulating 

very fast seemingly intent on getting 

as far in the front as possible. After 10 

minutes he had already put 15 seconds 

between himself and Gary Bergstrom 

who was having his work cut out to hold 

off Deon du Plessis. 

The spectators watched Maben increase 

his lead and saw him come off "the wall 

of death" to stop right in front of them 

at this vantage point. His chain had 

come off for the third time. 

Deon du Plessis had in the meantime 

been passed by Keyser who had improved 

with each ride. Result: 

Bergstrom, Keyser, du Plessis, D. 

Werner and G. Wilson. 

Overall results of the day: G. 

Bergstrom; D. du Plessis; D. Werner; 

G. Keyser; G. Wilson. 

JUNIOR l00cc MX - MOTO ONE ~ 

Neil Riddell had won pretty comfor- 

.tably in the first round of the Nationals 

at Briekor and showed us why as he 

rode away from the rest of the field. It 

was left to Gary Beuthin and Norman 

Miller to make a race of it for second 

place, which Beuthin filled. Solomon 

was fourth and A. Carr fifth. 

MOTO TWO - Riddell was out front 

again this time but was under constant 

pressure from Gary Beuthin. 

These yound riders were now having to 

contend with a far rougher track than 

in the first moto and the field became 

strung out. Riddell and Beuthin rode 

well to finish ahead of A. Carr, P. 

O'Keefe and D. Solomon. 

JUNIOR 12Sec MX - MOTO ONE - 

Here was a demonstration of some fine 

riding from these young men. The 

competition was between all the Transvaal 

riders with none of the local entrants 

showing up very well. 

Kenny van der Merwe, Tony Riddell 

and 'Wayne Jones were up front with 

positions alternating constantly. Lower 

down the field there were many good 

dices going on as well, which added to 

the general excitement. 

Wayne Jones was the one to cross the 

finish line first, followed by Tony 

Riddell, v.d. Merwe, de Jager and 

Goosen. 

MOTO TWO - Again it was the first 

three in the first moto who were contesting 

the lead, this time joined by van 

Straaten. His bid didn't last long as the 

other three pulled away with their 

superior riding. 

While lying in fourth spot van der 

Merwe did something silly and lost two 

places. Stung by this set-back he set off 

after the front six. One by one he reeled 

them in. Riding an outstanding race he 

got up with the leaders and eventually 

put hir-self in front to be followed home 

by W. Jones, Tony Riddell, Grobler and 

de Jager. 

MINICROSS - Eleven riders came 

under starters orders but there was 

really only one rider in it. Gary Butcher 

rode away from the others in both heats 

of this event. 

Coming in second on both occassions 

was D. McClaughlin, while Gary Campbell 

took third place overall for the day 

by riding into a fourth and a third 

position in the two heats, which consisted 

of three laps of the circuit in each 

heat. 

VIV ZIMMERMAN 

The only Montesa workshop 

see our Montesa Range. 

in town, 

Big bike tune-ups and repairs 

Sales, service and spares. 

Repairs attended to immediately. 

CHAIN & SPROCKET 

199 Main St, Johannesburg 

TEL.: 23-6894 


Mark Davies reading an Archie comic to phsych him out for the start. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 


Page31

Syringa 11 th March, '7 8 

Winning is a mysterious thing. What 

makes a winner is even more mysterious. 

Its not all equipment and ability 

although these are definitely prime 

factors. 

Maybe it's just a screaming desire to be 

out there in front. A desire so strong 

you can almost taste it. 

Whatever it is, Grant Maben's got lots 

of it. This has been clearly showed in 

the way he swept the last season as was 

again displayed in the Syringa Club 

meet. on the 11 th March. 

Maben made a clean sweep of both the 

125, 250 MX classes riding his fiery 

Red Sportsman Lager Castrol Hondas. 

The 1 st 1 2 5 moto Grant led from 

start to finish his only opposition 

coming from Roy Gardner on a Texas 

Watches Suzuki. Deon du Plessis 

(Sportsman Lager Castrol Honda) who 

seems to be following in Grants footsteps 

was unfortunately involved in a 

pile up at the start but still managed to 

fight his way back to 3 rd place behind 

Gardner. Gary Keyser also put in a 

good ride on his Wolf Honda, challenged 

du Plessis for his third place. 

Maben again walked the 2 nd moto but 

this time Deon remained unhindered, 

managed second ahead of Gardner who 

had to settle for third. Further back in 

the field Brian Becker (Mazista Slate 

Suzuki), Tommy Maben and Nicky 

Milosevich had tremendous battles 

which kept the spectators more than entertained. 

Grant again won both motos of the 

250 class aboard .one of the potent new 

Red Rocket Hondas. Quite a few of the 

big names did not put in an appearance 

with Horace Bergstrom and Chris 

Brand still nursing their leg injuries, 

Charlie Tissen with his smashed wrist 

and Tyrone Stevenson still awaiting his 

new works Kawasaki. 

In the first heat it was Davies (Draper 

Plant Hire CR2 5 0 R) in 2 nd Place 

behind Maben which was quite an 

achievement as his hand injury was not 

100% healed and still gave a few problems. 

He held onto second until the last lap 

when he was surpassed by Jones (Shell 

Suzuki). 

The second saw Jones and P. Hill 

(Kolbenschmidt Husky) have a tremen- 

.dous tussle for 2 nd place - behind 

Grant of course. The place eventually 

went to Hill with Martin Jones 3 rd. 

Toby Venter and Henri Steyn also put 

up some excellent rides. 

The 500 class combined with the 

250 's was dominated by Butch 

Hirschon a Bultaco. He was followed in 

by Hallsworth, also Bultaco and W. 

Henning on a Shimwells Honda. 

Wayne Jones led the 1 st moto of the 

1 25 Highschool wire to wire on his 

Wolf Honda. He was hotly pursued by 

It took many hands to move Peter Smith's Suzuki, after he disappeared 

undergrowth ..... (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

into the 

"Gee, a whole 25 cents. I must do this more often." Smith walks away from the 

carnage. 

"Come Hell, or High Water ... " S. Murlough. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 


the boy wonder Tony Riddell (Yamaha) 

but managed to grimly hold on to his 

leading position. Rob Larney was unfortunately 

sidelined by a pile-up at the 

start and 3 rd eventually went to Symm 

Grobler. 

In the second heat Riddell made no 

mistake and soon passed Kenny van der 

Merwe for the win. Geoff Nel and Gary 

Goosen had a great battle for third with 

Goosen proving the victor. 

The 100 Juniors was totally dominated 

by Neil Riddell (Yamaha). Second place 

went to Andy Carr ahead of Beuthin, 

Leon Matthews rode well to eventually 

take jth on 'his Suzuki. Riddell had to 

fight for his 2 nd moto win as he was 

challenged strongly by Beuthin. 

Matthews again went all out to clinch 

third spot. 

The Enduro class was taken by Dennis 

Casey (Can Am), Anthony Phillips was 

2 nd and Dowling 3 rd. Strugnell who 

missed the 1 st heat, won the second on 

a PE2 5 O. This time Dowling was 

second. Dowlings consistent placings 

gave him first overall. 

Gary Butcher easily took the win in the 

1 st Minicross heat on his kitted Suzuki. 

Charlie Bezuidenhout was 2 nd and 

John Hardiman 3 rd. The second heat 

was won by Bezuidenhout after Butcher 

came down. Hardiman was again third. 

The first moto of the Highschool 

support was won by Alan Taylor on his 

Mugen kitted Honda. Peter Hills on the 

draper Yamaha was second after falling 

off with Hayward third. 

Daddy du Plessis at work on Deon's mount. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

Topic under discussion: Rear suspension (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

Wayne Jones. "Heck, I could have sworn I had a back wheel when I started."(Photo: 

Seymour Smith) 


Hills is definately going to be a kid to 

watch. Remember the name. 

3 rd round of the Star Inter-school 

challenge was taken by Deon du Plessis 

riding for Linden High. Gary Keyser 

sneaked past Wayne Jones after he fell 

to take 2 nd for Sandown High. Charlie 

Cramer was third for Damelin, all were 

mounted on Hondas. 

Rule 1.wear boots before kick starting your MX-er. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 

"Whoa there Black Beauty, easy boy." S. Oliver emplores his mount not to attack the other woefuls. (Photo: Seymour Smith) 


Branch of The Sports Car Club of South Africa 

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE CLUB OF 

SOUTH AFRICA. 

ADDRESS: 7th Floor, Standard Bank Gallerys, C/r. Eloff and Market Streets, 

Johannesburg. P.O. Box 3085, Johannesburg, 2000. 

TELEPHONE: (011 - JHB.1 22-2463 

TEL. ADD.: 'MOTOR SPORT' 

COMMITTEE 

Chairman: 

Austin Friend 

672-3736 (H) 

Vice Chairman: 

Robin Hood 

48-9500 (B) 

Secretary: 

Liz Herron 

016-64781 (H) 

Treasurer: 

Chris Roos 

48-7408 (H) 

Editor: 


836-3601 Ext. 174 (B) 

672-5198 (H) 

Organising Secretary: 

Robin Hood 

48-9500 (B) 

Technical Information Officer: Peter MounsearWilson 609-2713 (H) 

Radio Officer: Joe Davy 826-1036 (H) 

Committee: 

Herbert Foschetti 

972-1307 (Hl 

Brian Eldridge 

763-5656 (H) 

Vic Herron 

016-61638 (B) 

Mark Bowden 6754480 (B) 

Ivor Karan 

0151-5028 (H) 

Gavin Riley . 

All the above are Johannesburg Telephone numben unless shown with a dialing code 

Editorial Address: The Editor, 4 x 4 Club of S.A., P.O. Box 659. FLORIDA 1710. 

WBAT 

DICK MORLAND 

doesn·. know about 

Land-Rove ..s 

Isn'. wo...h knowing 

~ 

PAUL MAHER 

25a Angle Road 

New Doornfontein 

Johannesburg 

Phone: 23-2327 23-1381 

.& 

29/31 Height Street 

Doornfontein 

Johannesburg 

Phone: 725-1413 725-1476 


EDITORIAL 

Tbis edition of Moto X SA brings 

you the 9th newsletter of our club 

with only one edition being missed, 

that of last month, due to a change 

in the publishing date whilst I was 

on holiday. People are beginning to 

show more interest in the newsletter 

and its contents (and hence its influence) 

due to the regularity of the 

release of the magazine, as weU as 

its high quality. Its national distribution, 

too, is causing our club to 

become better known throughout 

the country, a big plus as far as 

membership is concemed. 

The Four Wheel Drive Club of 

South Africa section of this 

magazine is now only just being 

sponsored by the advertisers appearing 

in tbis section of the 

magazine. I would like to thank 

them, on behalf of the club, for their 

support. We need these advertisers 

to keep appearing in this space so 

please support them. 

I would Uke to thank Gary and Viv 

Whyte for having supported us for 

aD the past editions. We reaDy 

appreciate it and we wish you 

strength and success with the future 

of Moto X SA. 

Having spent a pleasant month's 

holiday, in February, down in the 

Cape, I had the opportunity of 

meeting the members and committee 

of the newly formed Westem 

Cape branch of our club. Jenny, our 

chUdren and I were warmly received 

by aUin the club and I would like to 

thank Roy van Schoor, in particular 

for his hospitality. Whilst 

down there I attended a social outing, 

an evening noggin and a special 

committee meeting. The noggin as 

weU as the special committee 

meeting were extremely interesting 

and the soclal eutlng is reported in a 

seperate article in tbis edition. 

Tbis month's edition also sees the 

start of a new series of personality 

sketches, a report from Vic Herron 

on the 1978 Merkat and Wildgoose 

500, a report on the Motorbike 

Grand Prix at Bapsfontein (an event 

on which our club assisted), some 

cartoons from Martin Potgieter in 

Pietermaritzburg and a report on 

the social outing on Sunday, 23rd 

May, organised by Ivor Karran. 

With bikes definitely on for this 

years Total Transkalahari Road 

Race "Trans" fever is hotting up. 

Tm next time, go well, 


Editor 

PERSONAL SERVICE 

OF 

JOHN DOUBELL 

Your specialised vehicle needs specialist 

attention. John Doubell will 

personally do your work in 

our fully equipped "Vorkshops 

which carry a full 

range of factory spares. 

The formation of the Western Cape 

branch of the 4 x 4 club took 2 years to 

materialise, starting at first early 1976 

with outings with buggies (see photographs) 

and later four wheel drive 

vehicles. In August 1977 Roy, Chris, 

Tony and others decided to form a club 

and at this stage Tony mentioned the 4 

x 4 club in Johannesburg. It was realised 

that the formation of a club (constitution 

etc.) was quite a task and so 

they considered becoming a branch of 

the Four Wheel Drive Club of South 

Arica. I am pleased that they did 

because, after having met them and 

having gone on an outing with them 

they are decidedly a credit to our club. 

Their inaugural meeting was at the 

Holiday Inn (Bellville) in December 

1977. 

SOCIAL OUTING - TRANSPORT 

MUSEUM - HEIDELBURG 

An extremely good turnout for this 

outing with 28 four wheel drive vehicles 

and 5 cars being in attendance. 

After meeting on the main Durban 

Road at 9,30 we set off for the museum. 

Extremely interesting, with many old 

vehicles but great disappointment for 

Jeep owners as there were no Jeeps in 

the museum. 

After this to Ivor's farm for a braai and 

after lunch an hilarious obstacle course 

through the trees with the driver being 

blindfolded and the navigator having to 

place bottles over pegs planted il) the 

ground (without leaving the vehicle). 

Poor John Friend had his radio mike 

held "on" by an elastic band, and 

everyone was treated to running 

commentary over Austin's P.A. of the 

instructions (?) being bandied about 

Curfin leyland. 

171 Eloff Street Ext.• 

Johannesburg. 

Telephone: 833-6960. 

between John and Leslie as they tried to 

traverse the obstacle course. Liz Herron 

was the first person through the course 

whilst Oigen Nick, with his wife driving, 

ended up IO'miles off course. 

After this river crossings were attempted 

with Peter M. Wilson's winch 

working overtime as conditions were 

extremely muddy. 

Thanks to Ivor for a well organised 

event. 

PERSONALITY SKETCH 

Over the next few months I will be presenting 

a series of personality sketches 

of people who are of interest to us as 

members ofthe SCc. 

Who better to start with than the chairman 

of our Western Cape Branch, Roy 

van Schoor. He was born in Cape Town 

in June, 1950 and grew up in the apple 

area, Elgin. He attended schools in 

Grabouw, Rondebosch, Hottentots 

Holland High School and Cape Tutorial 

College. From the age of 17 he yearned 

for a 4 X 4 vehicle and 1970 found him 

in the Army in the Transport section 

(playing with Bedfords and Land 

Rovers). He also served in the Signals 

section and after a spell of border duty 

he was discharged from the Army and 

he joined Burroughs Machines, 

working on mechanical as well as electronic 

machines, and is at present involved 

in computer engineering. 

He was a member of the Hottentots 

Holland Dramatic Society and served 

on that committee for 3 years. At 

present he is a member of the Mountain 

Club of South Africa and is in the 

rescue _squad for the Hottentots 

Holland Section. His hobbies include 


electronics, ~;photography, combat 

shooting, conservation, outdoor living 

and, of course, 4 x 4 club. 


MEERKAT AND WILDGOOSE 500 

Those wild farmers at Barberspan don't 

give you much time to recover. Just a 

few months after their last bush bashing 

session up it comes again and 

Austin's "Major Domo" or to be more 

accurate "Enforcer", Brian Elridge 

calls out the names of the volunteers 

from amongst the ranks of the faithfull, 

promptly informs us in the nicest way 

that we should' be at the Elgro Hotel at 

not later than llh30 on Friday 24th 

Feb. 

At llh15 after an expidition from the 

wilds on the Free State with my assis- 

.tants Frikkie, Ian and Tony, one of 

whom was seriously ill (hangover) we 

arrived at the meeting place. Trembling 

in my boots, I looked around, nobody 

there. Half past eleven and up rolls 

Gordon and Pierre, so we all sit down 

and discuss the remarkable similarity 

between the Four Wheel Drive Club 

and the Army, you know "hurry up and 

wait". Anyway to cut a long story short, 

at 12 o'clock on the dot up rolls Austin 

and Brian, Keith and Kevin, Franscois , 

Chris (it's always good to see Chris, at 

least we know he has not skipped the 

country with the Club overdraft) Peter, 

Clive and Carrol. 

Exactly 12h30 Brian has persuaded us 

to get organised and follow him to the 

golf club, which we promptly do, 

arriving there from three different 

directions. We are then parked about 

10 metres from the start/finish line of 

the round the golf course circuit which 

gives us a good view of the action as well 

as a few minor heart attacks when some 

of the competitors, under or over estimate, 

and drive rather close to us. We 

were then called together and given our 

instructions, and introduced to our 

guides who were to take us into the 

wilds of Boputhaswana and abandon 

us. We were the last to leave as our 

guide was also running a refuel stop for 

the motorbikes, and had to round up all 

the precious liquid before we could 

leave. 

Arriving al our marshalling point about 

150 km from the start we had just 

enough daylight left to set up camp, unfortunately 

we could not have a campfire 

as there was a difficulty in finding 

dead thorn trees amongst the live ones, 

so we had to be civilised and cook by 

gas. We also had to guard the fuel 

dump as our guide had a much more 

comfortable place to spênd the night. 

On Saturday morning when the jackals 

went to bed, we got up and struck 

camp, and moved across the road to 

where our marshal's point was to be. 

RANGE ROVER - LAND ROVER 

WE ARE THE EXPERTS IN PARTS & SERVICE. 

ALSO 

LAND CRUISER, CHEV, '10-20, FORD F250, JEEP, INTER- 

NATIONAL NISSAN PATROL. 

MODIFICATIONS: Tanks, Roll bJrs, Bodywork, Roof Carriers 

et 

CONVERSIONS: Land over to Rov 'q, Chev 6, Ford V6. 

Land Cruisen. hey V ct Perkins Diesel. 

hev 8- Ford t vê & Perki 

ACCESSOFUÊS: Hi"lift ,I r.k, r t el 

Winches, Spotlam 

SERVICING. 

SADAN & co. (Pm LTD. 

THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SPECIALISTS 

2&8 Angle R08.L~ew Doornfontein, Johanne, br. 

Telephone:23.... 7,21-'381 

There we would provide a double function 

of being marshal's and also 

stopping the competitors immediately 

before they crossed the public road. At 

about five past ten the first vehicle 

arrived. It was Bobby Olthoff in the 

Nomad, and from then on we were kept 

quite busy. Thanks to the organisers the 

competitors were pretty well spread out, 

very few of them were less than one 

minute apart. The first motorbikes 

came past just after 12 o'clock, most of 

them heaving sighs of relief when they 

heard that they could get fuel a hundred 

metres down the track. When the 

competitors reached us the general 

opinion was that this year the route was 

quite difficult and this was borne out by 

the number of people who did not 

finish. 

Wehn four o'clock in the afternoon 

came around we closed our marshalling 

point, and the gate to the main 

road, then started to sweep back along 

the route, where we collected half of 

someone's exhaust system and inspected 

a dead Toyota Landcruiser to make 

sure no none needed assistance. On 

reaching the position of the marshal up 

route from us, we headed back to 

DelaryviIle at high speed, where we 

found Peter, Gorden and Pierre who 

looked as if they had just stepped out of 

a lovely hot bath, also my wife Liz who I 

was doubly glad to see as she had 

brought the money for the beer. 

After a quick run down to the golf 

course, where I gave all the reIevent 

documents to John Salters (who was 

cooking the books), we returned to the 

hotel and straight to the showers where 

we added our quota of sand to the 

sewerage system. When we were nice 

and clean we went outside where we met 

Brian and Austin who looked as if they 

could do with a bath, even though it was 

dark. 

Later we all went down to the prizegiving/dance 

and braai which was up to 

the usual Baberspan standard, Le. the 

food was delicious and the refreshments 

flowed like water. At various intervals 

all the other marshals rolled up, and we 

met all our old friends and made some 

new ones, listened to all the hard luck 

stories, and at a disgraceful hour on 

Sunday morning collapsed into bed. 

The Barberspan was over for another 

year and thanks to the hard work put in 

by Chris Mattie and Ian. it turned out 

to be an enjoyable event. most probably 

the fun event ofthe year. 

Vic Herron 

NEWS 

FOR SALE: CJ. 7 Engine, 258cu. in. 

Done 9000 Km's. Complete R500 ono. 

Tel. Ray 22-4850 (home) 43-5528 (work) 

Congratulations to Urshela and Kevin 

Redmand on the birth of their little boy, 

as well as a belated congrats. to Ray 

and Rosslynd Cohen on the birth of 

their little boy. (2 more potential 

members). 

Moto X S.A. Vol.2 No.5 Page37

OUTING: FISH HOEK TO KOMME- 

TJIE, OVER THE DUNES. 

At the social outing which I attended on 

Sunday, 12th February, the aim was to 

cross from Fish Hoek to Kommetjie 

(False Bay to the Atlantic Ocean coast) 

over towering dunes. It was overcast 

and cold and throughout the day we 

were to have showers. At the gathering 

point at Fish Hoek there were 32 

vehicles ranging from buggies, nomads, 

2 wheel drive VW 181 (NATO staff car 

with removable body panels) Land 

Rovers, Jeeps, Landcruisers, Range 

Rover, Fords and Chevs. Most of the 

vehicles were very slick indeed with 

wide rims and tyres, V6 and V8 motors 

etc. 

The large 4 x 4 badges on most of the 

vehicles looked very smart. The event 

was run with the 2 wheel drive vehicles 

going first as they are the faster, followed 

by the 4 wheel drive vehicles. The 

terrain that we passed through before 

getting to the big vegetation - free 

dunes is very similar to that of Botswana. 

The tyre pressures on most 

vehicles was reduced to O,S - 0,7 kPa (7 - 

10Ib/sq.in.). 

The first major obstruction was a steep 

descent and at the bottom through 

slush and reeds in which first a Jeep and 

then a Land Rover got stuck but dozens 

of willing hands soon had them extricated 

and on their way again. The 

comradie between the club members 

was fascinating to watch and it was to 

continue throughout the day with 

people on the scene as soon as anyone 

got stuck. 

The person who had the toughest time 

of all on this outing was a chap driving 

a Nomad which insisted on spinning its 

rims inside its tyres, causing them to 

blow-out. Through a process of elimin- . 

ation four good tyres were eventually on 

the vehicle (tyres having been borrowed 

from another Nomad owner) and we 

were soon trying to get on our way 

again. I say "trying" because no matter 

what, everytime the clutch was let out 

the vehicle would bury it's back wheels 

to the axle. Once again radio communication 

proved its worth and soon 

we had another crew back and after 

much towing, grunting, cursing and 

pushing the Nomad was on its way but 

for the rest of the outing it got continually 

stuck. 

We dropped off the dunes and went 

into a wilderness of 3 metre high dried 

reeds. After much chaos here we arrived 

at the midday braai spot. 38 vehicles 

surrounded a single large fire and after 

a pleasant braai, chin wag and display 

of driving technique by Chris we lined 

up and set off for the coast. As we left 

the rain came down again, reducing visability 

to approximately 100m. The rain 

caused the upper surface of the sand to 

Moto X S.A. Vol.2 NO.5 Page3S

This is worse than a b...... y rollercoaster. Dune bug gliding. 

firm up and good cross-dune speeds 

were established. 

After reaching the coast we set off 

towards Kommetjie stopping off at the 

romantic wreck of the KAKAPO. This 

ship was wrecked in the year 1900 when 

the captain, seeing the lights of 

Kommetjie, mistook them for the lights 

of Cape Town, turned to starboard and 

beached his ship. 

Once at Kommetjie, pumping tyres was 

the order of the day and every conceivable 

type of pump came out. After this 

we set off home on an extremely enjoyable 

days outing. 

Your Natal 

Jeep 

Dealer 

Moto X S.A. Vol.2 NO.5 

Page39

BAPSFONTEIN GRAND PRIX 

15-THAPRIL 1978 

On the 15th April the Transvaal 

Marshalls Association held this Elsinor 

type event on the farm of Ralph 

Velcich. The idea was for motorcycles 

to do 8 laps of a 30 kilometre circuit on 

this farm, and 4 x 4 club members were 

asked to assist with marshalling and 

radio communications. 11 members 

attended and despite maps which 

marked tar, roads arrived at the farm 

with the assistance of radio directions! 

They were given maps of the farm 

which indicated various marhsalling 

points (and radio control) with Shannon 

Dunn operating main control. 

On the way to showing one member 

where he was going to marshall, the 

road went around the edge of slightly 

greasy pan and this member found the 

only hole in the.road. 

Because of the slippery surface, he 

could not get himself out but luckily 

there were 2 other members close by 

who were able to winch him out. Other 

than this there were no problems except 

for the pulling out of an ambulance 

which had decided to go and have a 

look around the farm and promptly got 

stuck. 

The race itself started at 2p.m. with a 

"one-line" mass start the bikes being 

kick started at the drop' of a flag. It was 

a fantastic sight to see 100 bikes plus 

streaking across the field and left turning 

onto theroad. At the road the dust 

came up, but apart from a minor 

coming together after the 3rd corner, 

one bike began breaking up in half on 

the outside of the pan. No problems 1st 

lap, until the riders came around the 

inside of the pan where bikes were engulfed. 

One the next lap more got 

bogged down in the same place, the 3rd 

lap even more, the organisers decided to 

alter the route cutting out this section. 

In organising this ORRA radios proved 

invaluable, and without them would 

have made the job almost impossible. It 

was at this stage that Francois 

Rosseoux offerd his services to drag the 

bikes out of the goo! I think he thought 

this was going to be easy, but he took on 

more than he bargained for and had 

himself a ball wallowing in the mud. 

With changing the course, bunting was 

put across the old route and indicator 

arrows put up, but some competitors 

ignored this and rode over the bunting 

with the result that Malcolm Pickard at 

the T junction had bikes coming at him 

from 2 directions at once. Then some 

competitors realized that they had 

missed out a section of the course, pas 

the lap scorers and so came back. This 

meant that Malcolm had bikes coming 

at him from all 3 directions. Anyway it 

all sorted itself out in the end (and the 

mud). 

BRODER 

I 

Contact Pat Whitehead at: 

Broderick Motors Distributors (Pty) Ltd. 

Cnr. Kruger & Union Streets 

Vereeniging 

Tel: (016) 22-1611 

The race was stopped after 7 laps, 

mainly due to bad mud conditions. The 

4 x 4 guys were then a tremendous help 

to the organisers by collecting up the 

bunting, arrows and markers as well as 

reporting stranded bikes so that trailers 

could pick them up. In some cases 

the guys towed bikes in for competitors. 

The finding of bikes which had gone 

into the mealies sometimes proved interesting 

as riders thought they had left 

their bikes "somewhere in there". This 

meant searching the com with a line of 

helpers to help find the bikes. Everyone 

and their bikes were brought in but 

not until well after dark. Only then did 

the 4 x 4 members lager and have themselves 

a very enjoyable braai. 

On behalf of TMA I would like to thank 

all those who came out and helped us so 

much. I hope you also enjoyed the 

outing. 

Roger Manton 


Ian't dUs what 

every 2-stroke 

'(f"'II,;;;z;..-=:::aI motor cycle 

owner has been 

waiting for - new 

performance, 

new convenience? 

BP has the 

answer in a big way. Both answers. 

A super 2-stroke oil- and a unique 

squeeze pack specially designed for 

the simplest, surest, time and 

money saving filling up. Just pull 

out the spout and squeeze in the oil. 

No spilling. No wasting. No left 

overs. You get every last drop - all 

the oil you pay for. And if you haven't 

used all the oil the pack is simply 

recapped for further use. 

BP Super 2-stroke oil has been developed 

specifically for modem 2-stroke 

motor cycles - both those with oilinjection 

systems and pre-mix systems. 

BP Super 2-stroke oil is blended from 

high viscosity index base oils. It also 

contains special additives to minimise 

deposits in the combustion chamber, 

plug-fouling, lacquer build-up on piston 

skirts, rings and ring grooves, exhaust 

port blacking and silencer deposits - as 

well as providing corrosion protection 

throughout the engine. 

All this, BP have squeezed into one 

bottle. Go for it. 

Graham, Barfield, Bosch & Appleby BP3B

MOTO X VOLUME 2 NUMBER 5

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?