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EXCLUSIVE LOCAL TEST: <strong>2020</strong> SUPABETS BMW S1000RR RACER<br />
Words: Donovan Fourie | Pics: Beam Productions<br />
LETHAL<br />
WEAPON 3<br />
After 15million messages and 10million calls we finally got the chance<br />
to test the Supabets BMW S1000RR. The new one that is, the <strong>2020</strong> M<br />
sport version. But on arrival at the track top tech Dean Ferreira rolled<br />
out both Lance Issacs 2019 and <strong>2020</strong> machines for Rob to test back-toback<br />
to feel first hand the big difference between the two.<br />
I had tested the 2018 version of the<br />
Supabets race machine and was<br />
keen to see the progression made<br />
by Dean and Lance on the 2019<br />
machine, and now with the new<br />
<strong>2020</strong> bike. It’s been a frustrating<br />
time for Lance as he has had the<br />
<strong>2020</strong> bike for sometime now but<br />
has not been able to unleash it<br />
due to all the drama with the stock<br />
bikes and all the recalls. So finally<br />
Lance was given the go ahead to<br />
use the new M Sport bike literally a<br />
week before the first SA SBK Series<br />
race of the season at Zwartkops.<br />
Lance rolled out the new <strong>2020</strong>,<br />
which had not had 1 lap of testing<br />
prior, but also had the good old<br />
faithful waiting in the wings if<br />
needed. The 2019 bike was properly<br />
sorted and helped Lance to 2nd<br />
overall in the 2019 championship,<br />
missing out by only a few points at<br />
the final round.<br />
For <strong>2020</strong>, Lance is determined<br />
to go one better and with the new<br />
machine is confidant of doing so,<br />
even at the tender age of 238...<br />
just kidding, think he’s around 42<br />
but no one actually knows for sure<br />
as it seems he has been around<br />
for decades.<br />
Lance was one of the first<br />
people to call me after the world<br />
launch of the new bike last year,<br />
asking if it truly was this amazing<br />
machine Zie Germans made it out<br />
to be. I sung nothing but praise to<br />
him about the new beast and he<br />
was eager to get his hands on it.<br />
But alas, he has had to wait a full<br />
year to finally race the new bike,<br />
but is now more ready than ever<br />
to take the fight to Clint Seller and<br />
the rest of the SA SBK boys.<br />
40 RIDEFAST MAGAZINE MARCH <strong>2020</strong>
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