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Multistrada 950 S 

Fun and versatile 

The Multistrada 950 is the ideal motorcycle for experiencing and enjoying the beauty of travelling 

every day thanks to the mix of Ducati riding pleasure and versatility that make it perfect for every 

use. The low weight, reduced seat height (840 mm) and 19” front wheel ensure agility and ease of 

riding, while advanced technology ensures maximum safety and comfort in all conditions. 

For the 2021 Model year, the Multistrada 950 S introduces the new “GP White” livery inspired by 

the MotoGP racing bike, which joins the classic Ducati Red version. 

Based on a colour scheme that alternates between white and grey while maintaining the 

distinctive Ducati touch with some red accents on the frame and in the graphics on the alloy rims, 

this new version adds a sporty flair to the 950 S Multistrada, making elegance, flow and balance 

of the lines one of its strengths.

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PANIGALE V2 

The Red Essence. 

In White. 

The colour range of the Panigale V2 consists of the classic, sporty monochrome Ducati Red and the 

new White Rosso livery where the purity of Star White Silk is interrupted by the energy of Ducati Red 

on the rims, the front air inlets and the deflector on the upper half fairing 

The twin-cylinder Panigale has a completely new look and refined electronics thanks to the use of the 

Inertial Platform, and is even better performing and safer on the track, not to mention fully exploitable 

and enjoyable on the road thanks to a more comfortable seat and revised suspension setup. 

Its name lets the lovers of Borgo Panigale twin-cylinders know that the model is powered by the 955 

cm³ Superquadro.

WELCOME TO THE JULY ISSUE 

Life is slowly getting 

back to normal and 

surprisingly the biking 

world has had two months of 

good sales. It could be a thing 

of “stop dreaming and go buy 

that damn motorcycle” where 

guys that were at home during 

lock down that were teetering 

on the edge of buying a bike or 

not now got prompted to just 

go out and do it. You live once 

and you must live it well. Let’s 

hope like Miguel from RAD 

says, it’s not like a dam wall 

breaking, it’s a big flood now 

but then nothing afterwards? I 

don’t think he is right, us South 

Africans are resilient people 

and we are survivors and it’s 

actually great to see how communities 

have stood together. 

As I type this I’m getting ready 

to go and drop off blankets with 

the guys from FAST to needy 

people we see in and around 

JHB. We just all need to do our 

part and being a sympathetic 

human is a good start. And you 

know with some adversities 

comes other opportunities 

which got me thinking. 

Is this not the start we have 

all been waiting for, I have 

spoken about it many times 

before, but why is everybody not 

commuting on small motorcycles 

like they do in Asia and the 

rest of Africa for that matter? 

And is this Covid epidemic not 

the exact force majeure we 

have all been waiting for? Think 

about it, by far the biggest part 

of our working economy travels 

to work and back in a taxi, 10 

to 20 people sitting in a close 

proximity to one another, and it 

would seem quite often without 

masks, so the question has to 

be asked. If you could for the 

same amount of money that 

you are spending on a taxi every 

month (R700 would seem to be 

the average), spend on a HP 

with the bank on a motorcycle. 

Are you not making it safer 

for yourself and your family? 

I mean from your home (you 

don’t have to walk down to a 

taxi rank) you put on your helmet 

(mask), cut through traffic 

and voila, you are at work in 

a fraction of the time it would 

of taken you previously and in 

a much less exposed manner 

to the virus as what you did 

before. Add to this that you pick 

someone up that lives close to 

you and give them a lift to and 

from work also in safety and 

charge them the normal fee 

they would of paid the taxi and 

you pay off your little bike in no 

time. I really think this is our 

opportunity to get the population 

riding. Just look at how 

many more Uber Eat and Mr D 

little bikes you see on the road, 

there is a new industry starting 

and we should ride this wave. 

It’s inevitable and it’s coming, 

we just need to make sure we 

are on it and feed it. 

On that matter, once a biker 

always a biker, and by that I 

mean, I have spoken to so many 

people who rode a little while 

they were younger than got 

married and had kids, put bikes 

on the back burner and now all 

of a sudden are back into it so 

sorry for the years they have 

lost. What I’m meaning with 

this is that us as the people 

living and feeding off the industry 

need to get more bums on 

seats just to try it again a little, 

never mind about selling the 

same person a bike every two 

years, let’s rather have a concerted 

effort in getting people 

who have not been riding for a 

while back on the bikes again. 

Spending time on a bike riding 

around experiencing the freedom 

is therapy for your soul. 

You will never see a bike parked 

outside a Psychiatrists office. 

On that point, we have a 

few interesting articles in this 

month’s issue. Starting off with 

some road tests, Yamaha MT09, 

KTM 1290 GT, BMW R 1250RT and 

then some interesting Turbo bikes 

from Fast by Neels. We then introduce 

a new contributor on our MotoGP side 

going forward, Simon Patterson. He 

has unbelievable access to riders and 

background stories so have a read 

on his Lorenzo interview, we are very 

excited to have him on board. As July 

was going to be our Isle of Man month 

story and it did not happen, we bring 

you the history of the Southern 100 

also run on the island two weeks after 

the IOM. The difference is it is a mass 

start, the pics we got were very old so 

we have made it look like an old story 

book. It’s a fascinating read. 

For all you guys who are avid 

MotoGP and WSBK lovers, we include 

the new calendars for you to follow 

for the rest of the year, it’s going to be 

busy. I can’t wait. 

So till next, go out there and ride that 

damn motorcycle. 

Clinton Pienaar 

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NEWS

The Hypermotard 950 RVE is characterized by a 

livery called “Graffiti” that is inspired by street 

art. The bike builds on the success achieved in 

2019, especially on social media, by the Hypermotard 

950 Concept presented at the prestigious 

Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. 

Wanting to transfer the same manufacturing 

quality of the concept bike from which it derives 

to the production motorcycle, it was necessary 

in the painting phases, to employ highly skilled 

labour, use very low thickness decals and adopt a 

particularly long and complex process. The result 

is comparable to that of an airbrushed bodywork. 

Not only graphics, but also a standard equipment 

upgrade for this new version. The electronic 

package of the Hypermotard 950 RVE is enhanced 

by the Ducati Quick Shift (DQS) Up and Down 

EVO, which is added to the components already 

present in the standard version, namely Bosch 

Cornering ABS with Slide by Brake function (in 

setting 1), Ducati Traction Control Evo (DTC EVO) 

and Ducati Wheelie Control (DWC) EVO. 

The Hypermotard 950 is the fun-bike par excellence 

of the Ducati range and is designed to 

guarantee a high level of fun and control while 

riding. The aggressive design of the bike, inspired 

by the motard look, revolves around the twin 

exhausts under the seat and the smaller superstructures 

that leave the mechanical components 

visible, including the trellis rear frame that 

communicates lightness and essentiality. Ergonomics 

ensure the rider maximum responsiveness 

in all conditions. The seat is flat, particularly 

tapered to ensure wide movement and allows you 

to touch the ground with ease. 

The Hypermotard 950 RVE is powered by the 

twin-cylinder 937 cc Testastretta 11° engine, 

which with its 114 hp at 9,000 rpm and 9.8 kgm of 

torque, of which over 80% is already available at 

3,000 rpm, is the perfect engine to offer maximum 

fun both in sports riding on the track or 

on roads full of curves and in everyday riding on 

urban stretches. 

At the top of the Hypermotard 950 range is 

the Hypermotard 950 SP with racing graphics 

and Öhlins suspension with increased travel, 

Marchesini forged rims and Ducati Quick Shift 

(DQS) Up and Down EVO.

NEWS 

Braam Smit new General 

Manager at Ducati South 

Africa 

The winds of change have been blowing 

at Ducati during this Covid 19 shut down, 

and one of the most notable is the appointment 

of Braam Smith to the General 

Manager position. Braam is known for 

is absolute passion for all things two 

wheels although we here at the Super- 

Bike office know his blood has always 

been BMW blue. He has in fact worked for 

that brand for the last 19 years. Speaking 

to the man his feeling was that the timing 

for where he is in his life is spot on and 

that he is up for the challenge. Exciting 

news is that they are close to finalising a 

premises in Cape Town as well so things 

are looking good for Ducati. 

On a side note, Braam’s reputation for 

customer satisfaction and relationship 

building within the biking world precedes 

him, he is a straight up bloke with many 

deals done on a hand shake, much like 

boss man Jos Matthysen. The future is 

looking bright for Ducati and these tw 

make a formidable team. 

Two more appointments are Inge 

Scheepers for all Ducati events and 

marketing exercises and Michael Powell 

who will concentrate on 2nd hand motorcycles 

at World of Motorcycles which 

is based on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the 

same premises in Centurion.

MotoGP Holeshot 

device 

Holeshot Device. 2019 saw an old technology 

make its way to #MotoGP. Holeshot 

devices have been used in racing for 

years but on dirt, not on tarmac! In Grand 

Prix racing they've only become common 

since the tail end of 2018. But what is a 

holeshot device? 

Holeshot devices help a rider to get a 

better start by changing the bikes geometry! 

In MotoGP there are two different 

systems in use, those that change the rear 

end of the bike and those than change the 

front end of the bike. 

Ducati was the first to use one of 

these devices, with their device lowering 

the rear end of the bike so that it squats 

lower, allowing the rider to accelerate 

harder off the line. It's activated by a 

small wing nut on the triple clap, whereas 

Aprilia, who brought there device next, 

push a small lever under the handlbar. 

However, their device changes the front 

end. They hold the front suspension down, 

much like in motocross, bring the bikes 

centre of gravity down, again allowing the 

rider to accelerate harder. 

Holeshot devices are not the be-all 

and end-all of getting the perfect start. 

While they help to reduce wheelie off the 

line and get a faster start, they only reduce 

it and do not stop it entirely so rider 

control with the clutch, throttle and body 

position is still extremely important! 

Something for the 

Southern 100 fans 

With the absence of Road Racing this year, Greenlight Television 

with support of The Southern 100, will be broadcasting their 

first Live King of the Roads chat show “Southern 100 Champions 

and Moore” on Friday 10th July at 7.00pm. The event will be 

broadcast live on The King Of The Roads and Southern 100 Facebook 

pages as well as the King of the Roads YouTube channel 

and their website: www.kingoftheroads.tv/southern-100 

The event will be hosted by Dave Moore and will feature 

guests such as Southern 100 stars Dean Harrison, Dominic Herbertson 

and Jamie Coward as well as Sidecar champions Pete 

Founds and Jevan Walmsley. Dave Moore and guests will revisit 

races from over the years as well as answering questions from 

the fans. 

Southern 100’s Press & Media Liaison Officer, Phil Edge 

commented “The decision to cancel the 2020 Isle of Man Steam 

Packet Company Southern 100 Road Races left a massive void 

not only in the organisers calendar, but also the many thousands 

of fans who travel to the Isle of Man annually to watch 

the friendly races each July. 

We are extremely grateful to Greenlight Television for 

offering us the opportunity to bring some of the Southern 100 

atmosphere to the many friends and fans of the races to try 

and fill the gap left with no racing on the Colas Billown Course 

this year and we look forward to welcoming friends old and 

new back in 2021.” 

Greenlight Television’s Rob Hurdman has said “We always 

love working on the Southern 100 and its absence has left a 

huge hole in the calendar this year, so we’re extremely happy 

to be able to bring this show to the dedicated fans of the event. 

We also hope to bring Road Racing fans a live chat show from 

other events that should have featured in King of the Roads 

2020” 

Clarens Bike Fest postponed in 

accordance with Disaster Management Act 

On Sunday, 15 March 2020, president Cyril Ramaphosa addressed 

the nation regarding COVID- 19, announcing that a National State 

of Disaster has been implemented. As a way to minimise the 

spread of the disease, all gatherings of more than 100 people 

have been cancelled. 

In accordance with the Disaster Management Act and current 

lockdown regulations, the organisers of Clarens Bike Fest 

together with all the sponsors and our partners, after extensive 

discussions with the relative government departments have 

been forced to announce that the event, scheduled to take place 

in Clarens from Friday, 24 to Sunday, 26 July, shall be postponed 

until further notice. 

Vicky Wentzel, owner of Wozani Africa Events and co-founder 

of Africa Bike Week & South Coast Bike Fest, stated: 

“It is unfortunate that this highly-anticipated event has to be 

cancelled, but, in light of the global pandemic, it is undoubtedly 

the right decision. The 

priority for all our events is the health and safety of the attendees 

and participants”. 

We have also made the difficult decision to cancel the 

Ballito Bike Fest ( 4-6 September) & Langebaan Bike Fest ( 

23-25 October) for 2020, and fully concentrate all our attention 

and efforts on making our postponed Clarens Bike Festival 

happen in 2020. 

Currently refunds will not be made to any ticket holders of 

Clarens Bike Fest, but all tickets will be valid for the postponed 

show which we are hoping will take place later this year. The 

event program having already having been finalised, with the 

hope that the event would have taken place in July 2020 is ready 

to be rolled out as soon as we can get the required government 

permission to go forward with the event. For any enquires, contact 

hello@bikefestsa.co.za. 

We would like to thank all Sponsors, Guests, Vendors and 

Partners for their understanding and support during this difficult 

time, which unfortunately has hit the entertainment industry the 

hardest almost crippling it. We promise to be back bigger, better 

and stronger than ever before and looking forward to delivering a 

world class event as soon as possible. 

Please visit www.bikefestsa.co.za or ‘Bike Fest SA’ Facebook 

and Instagram pages for all the latest updates.

NEWS 

Fire It Up moves to new 

Bryanston store 

Fire It Up Motorcycles, South Africa’s 

largest-selling motorcycle dealership, 

has made the long-awaited move 

from Fourways to its new home on 

Main Road in Bryanston between 

Sandton Clinic and Grosvenor Crossing. 

The new store offers a unique buying 

experience starting with a larger 

floor space that increases from the 

previous store’s 1600 square metres 

to 4000 square metres distributed 

throughout three storeys. The main 

Fire It Up showroom has more access 

to motorcycles and more comfortable 

browsing. At the same time, sales 

desks are a thing of the past with 

showroom staff instead using iPads 

to formulate the best deals while 

customers relax on couches and 

cocktail-style tables. 

Fire It Up also remains South 

Africa’s largest buyer of motorcycles, 

and the buying process has also seen 

a revamp with a smoother, more 

streamlined experience for sellers 

bringing their bikes to the store for a 

valuation. Fire It Up’s famous “same 

day cash in your account” policy is still 

proudly in effect. 

For buyers or sellers who are not 

able to visit the store in person, the 

successful Fastrack facility is available 

whereby entire deals are handled 

remotely through phone calls and 

online communication. Call or email 

the store for more details. 

Like the showroom, the new 

accessories department has been expanded 

with a greater variety of goods 

for an even more extensive range of 

rider needs, especially off-road riders 

who can now enjoy a far more comprehensive 

range of gear. 

The new restaurant with an eat-in 

area is serving cooked food with a 

house barista offering a range of 

quality coffees. To add to the social 

experience, the restaurant will feature 

screens that will show MotoGP 

rounds, workshop evenings and movie 

nights. 

There’s more good news coming 

soon for the off-road fraternity – a new 

off-road and adventure demo track 

next to the store is coming where customers 

may test ride the performance 

of dirt bike and adventure machines. 

This is an exciting prospect for dirt and 

adventure enthusiasts who usually do 

not have that option when buying their 

off-road capable machines. 

All services and repairs will happen 

in-house thanks to the new, larger 

Fire It Up workshop with more staff 

and even better equipment. The Performance 

Technic facility is moving 

from its Kyalami premises and will be 

incorporated into the Bryanston store, 

including the famous dynamometer 

facility and the range of Rapid 

Bike and Sprint Filter performance 

products. 

The new Fire It Up boasts a larger 

parking area for customers, plus an 

outside area that will be used as a 

Sunday Motorcycle Market. Anyone 

wishing to sell motorcycles, spares, 

products and other motorcycle 

merchandise will be able to display 

their goods to the public every Sunday. 

Details about the Sunday Motorcycle 

Market will be coming soon. 

The Bryanston store will serve as 

the new home for the popular Fire It 

Up Club. It will be the starting point 

for Club rides and will be the venue for 

various other club social events. Keep 

an eye out for updates and more good 

news from the Fire It Up Club. 

The new store is already up and 

running, but there will be a Grand 

Opening event on 1 August that will include 

several huge prizes to be given 

away on the day. To be eligible, make 

your way to the store and take a photo 

with Berto in front of the MotoGP Wall, 

then post it on Facebook or Instagram 

using the hashtag #FireItUpBryanston. 

The winners will be announced at the 

launch event. 

Keep an eye on Fire It Up social 

media platforms for more good news 

from the new store. 

Fire It Up contacts: 

Tel: 011 467 0737 

Web: https://www.fireitup.co.za 

Email: info@fireitup.co.za 

Facebook: https://www.facebook. 

com/FireItUpMotorcycles/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram. 

com/fireitup4ways/ 

New address: 

1 Halifax Street 

Bryanston 

Sandton

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NEWS 

First Look 

ALL-NEW KAWASAKI 

CROSS COUNTRY MODELS 

The championship-proven technology 

of KX race machines has now been 

purposely tuned for offroad competition. 

Kawasaki is proud to announce 

allnew race ready off-road KX XC 

models with the allnew 2021 KX- 

250XC and KX450XC models. 

As a brand that has a rich history 

in off-road racing with more than 25 

championships in WORCS, National 

Hare & Hound, GNCC, and Endurocross 

over the past 20 years, there’s no 

denying the all-new KX XC models are 

powered by technology that hails from 

a legacy of champions. 

The KX250XC and KX450XC share 

many winning traits with their motocross 

counterparts including the engine, 

frame, chassis, and styling, paired 

with unique cross-country tuning and 

settings such as suspension settings, 

gearing, off-road 21”/18” wheel combination, 

Dunlop Geomax AT81 tires, 

brake components, skid plate, and 

kickstand. The softer suspension settings 

and shorter gearing ratio help to 

create the optimal handling off-road 

race package for the KX XC lineup. 

Developed to dominate off-road 

racecourses in both the forest and the 

cross country, the KX XC lineup offers 

riders an arsenal of factory-style features 

along with the dominant engine 

and chassis performance right off the 

showroom floor. 

We hope these machines arrive 

in SA quite soon as the cross country 

market in SA needs a bit more green 

thrown in the mix.

Photo Credit: 

Markus Berger 

Red Bull Content Pool 

MotoGP 

A QUICK CATCH UP WITH 

BRAD BINDER 

Q: How have you kicked back into 

gear training-wise and how does your 

current training differ from what you 

were doing in Moto2? 

A: The training never really stopped at 

all, the only thing that was challenging 

was the riding obviously. So, at 

the moment I’ve been trying to ride as 

much as possible, to try get as much 

time on the bike as I can, just to try to 

get into that real riding fitness that I 

had before and that’s all come back 

already and I feel quite comfortable 

on the bike. 

For the MotoGP bike, I’ve been trying 

do a little more strength work, try pick 

up a little bit more weight and get a 

little bit stronger. So far, I’ve picked 

up almost 4kgs from the end of the 

Moto2 season last year. I find the 

MotoGP bikes to be super physical 

compared to the Moto2 and it’s going 

to take some getting used to.

NEWS 

WorldSBK 

VAN DER MARK 

SIGNS FOR BMW 

Innovative 

THE NEW BMW MOTORRAD 

ACTIVE CRUISE CONTROL (ACC) 

Relaxed cruising with active cruise 

control, without having to manually 

adapt to the driving speed 

of the vehicle in front – already 

available in cars now for many 

years, but not the standard in motorcycles 

to date. However, with 

the Active Cruise Control (ACC), 

BMW Motorrad will soon offer this 

type of rider assistance system, 

thus providing motorcyclists with 

a completely new, comfortable 

riding experience. 

The new BMW Motorrad Active 

Cruise Control (ACC). Cruise control 

with distance control for maximum 

comfort and best possible 

safety when riding a motorcycle. 

ACC is a novel rider assistance 

system that was developed in cooperation 

with the partner, Bosch. 

The many years of experience with 

passenger car driver assistance 

systems of both companies could 

be applied selectively here and 

used for motorcycle applications. 

The new ACC provides maximum 

comfort for the demanding touring 

motorcyclist by automatically 

regulating the speed set by the 

rider and the distance to the 

vehicle driving in front. The system 

automatically regulates the vehicle 

speed when the distance to 

the vehicle in front is reduced and 

keeps the distance defined by the 

rider. This distance can be varied 

in three stages. Both the riding 

speed as well as the distance to 

the vehicle in front can be set 

conveniently using a button. The 

individual settings are displayed 

on the TFT instrument cluster. The 

new BMW Motorrad ACC has two 

selectable control characteristics: 

comfortable or dynamic, in which 

the acceleration and deceleration 

behaviour is changed accordingly. 

The distance control can also be 

deactivated in order to be able to 

use the Dynamic Cruise Control 

(DCC). 

When cornering, the speed 

is automatically reduced by the 

ACC if required and a comfortable 

lean angle is aimed at. With an 

increasing lean angle, however, 

the braking and acceleration 

dynamics are limited in order to 

maintain a stable rideability and 

not to unsettle the rider by abrupt 

braking or acceleration. The BMW 

Motorrad ACC is a rider assistance 

system that leaves the responsibility 

with the rider and allows 

him to intervene at all times. That 

is also because the new ACC only 

responds to moving vehicles. 

Stationary vehicles – like at the 

end of a traffic jam or at traffic 

lights – are are not considered. In 

such cases, the rider has to do the 

braking. 

Having confirmed his departure from the 

PATA YAMAHA WorldSBK Official Team at 

the end of the 2020 MOTUL FIM Superbike 

World Championship season, Michael van 

der Mark’s future is secure as he readies to 

join the BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team from 

2021. The Dutchman has previously raced for 

Honda and Yamaha and now looks to bring his 

versatility to the German manufacturer, who 

returned to the Championship as a factory 

effort in 2019. 

Michael van der Mark’s career has been 

illustrious already and the 27-year-old from 

Gouda has plenty to look forward to. His first 

major success came in 2012, when he was 

the FIM European Superstock 600 Champion. 

A podium in his first WorldSSP race in 2013 

confirmed his potential, before he took the 

Championship a year later; both Championships 

achieved with Honda. He stepped 

into the WorldSBK class for Pata Ten Kate 

Honda in 2015 and took a first podium at 

Assen, before going on to build on that form 

in 2016, taking his first – and so far, – only pole 

position, six podiums and fourth overall in the 

standings. 

2017 welcomed a new challenge however, 

as he joined the Pata Yamaha squad, taking 

a first podium at Portimao and sixth overall 

in the Championship. 2018 was his best 

season however, with his first wins coming 

in astonishing fashion; securing the double 

at Donington Park, the 2014 World Supersport 

Champion became the first Dutch WorldSBK 

race winner and ended Yamaha’s seven year 

wait for victory. Third overall coming into 

2019, van der Mark took another win at Jerez 

before finishing a solid fourth overall, narrowly 

pipped by teammate Alex Lowes. In 2020, 

he’s already been a race leader and vows to 

continue to fight for wins and ultimately, the 

2020 crown.

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BMW RACE HELMET - CIRCUIT 

The BMW Race Helmet is available in two colours, is 

suitable for all riding styles but is particularly focused 

on track riding with it’s large spoiler for maximum 

stability, double-D fastener and the clear visor supplied 

complete with one set of tear-offs. 

Price: R11,130.00 

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OXFORD HOTGRIPS EVO 

Oxford Hotgrips EVO come with new Thermister 

controlled heat setting technology, which intelligently 

scans and maintains temperature automatically. The 

innovative intelligent heat setting memory function, 

stores the previous heat setting and defaults to this 

at power-up, saving time when in regular use. Five 

heat settings give increased control for the perfect 

operating temperature with LED lights to indicate the 

temperature setting. The grips are 123mm but can be 

trimmed to 114mm if required and have open ends so 

that bar end weights can be fitted. The kit includes all 

needed parts: set of grips; heat controller; mounting 

bracket; wiring loom; cable ties and grip glue. 

Price: R2,250.00 

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BERIK TORINO TEXTILE 

JACKET 

The Berik Torino is the ideal jacket for any weather 

conditions, with its waterproof and breathable membrane. 

The front of the jacket has two waterproof 

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and two zip air vents on the back. This jacket also 

comes in multiple colors. 

Price: R2,700.00 

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Price: R1,600.00 

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Designed for South Africans by South Africans, this helmet comes with 

a dark tinted visor when purchasing this helmet. The helmet is easy to 

keep clean with removable washable liners. Double D ring chin straps 

make sure the helmet is fitted comfortably to your head, closable chin 

vent for those cooler morning out on the bike as well as a double visor 

lock. 

R1,895.00 

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HUSQVARNA GOTLAND VEST 

This versatile softshell is a functional jacket, with several outer 

pockets. This jacket also comes with TPR hose routing for a drinking 

system as well as a large cargo pocket on the back. 

Price: R1,950.00 

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Article by Clinton Pienaar • Pics by Yamaha SA Press, Beam Productions 

DELIGHT 

With the world going either bigger or smaller, the MT09 

might just be the sweet spot.

Upon its introduction in 

2014, the MT-09 instantly 

became one of the most 

acclaimed motorcycles 

on the market. Powered 

by an exciting 847 cc 

three-cylinder engine, the popular 

naked sport roadster features fully 

adjustable suspension, three riding 

modes, traction control, slipper 

clutch, standard ABS and aggressive 

“twin eye” LED headlights. Experience 

the thrill of riding every time you hit 

the road. Fast forward 6 years and 

Yamaha have refined it even further 

but stayed true to its core. 

The MT-09 features an aggressively 

styled twin-eye headlight assembly 

that gives this good selling naked 

sport a more menacing look. The 

slanting dual headlights are equipped 

with four LED bulbs, accompanied by 

dual LED positioning lights. 

The bike we had for testing was 

from Linex Yamaha Randburg and 

was fitted with a slip on Yoshimura 

exhaust. I mention this because I have 

never heard a better triple sound, and 

with the standard fitted quick shifter 

up only the “puff/bark” at every gear

change was absolutely addictive, I even 

purposely did more gear changes just to 

hear it. This bike also was fitted with the 

official Yamaha front fly screen fairing, 

it’s hardly big but it is big enough to 

shed off a little wind. I had the bike at a 

Red Star test session and yes with the 

road tyres we actually got to the limit 

of the tyres during a fast track session 

quite quickly, but what I did find astounding 

was the confidence with what 

it just lay into the corners and rolled 

in. On my road riding stint this exact 

feature shone even brighter with normal 

slow road bends that one needs to take 

at intersections and suburban slow 

corners. The TC has 2 settings and off 

(you have to be stationary for this) for 

some wheelies and with this low down 

torque and straight up riding position, 

the wheelies came quick and easy. For 

daily commuting the 14 litre tank should 

be fine but on lengthy out of town rides 

the 14 litre stank with 3 litres reserve 

might cramp your style a little. 

I was thinking on what made this 

bike so nimble and sure footed and 

wanted to look at the suspension set up 

and chassis upgrades. 

•Fully adjustable, 41mm inverted fork 

offers 137mm of wheel travel. 

•Spring preload, compression & rebound 

adjustability. 

•Separated adjustments; compression 

adjustment in right fork, rebound in left 

fork. 

•Inverted design benefits include, reduced 

“unsprung” weight & reduced fork 

flex since the larger diameter tubes are 

gripped in the triple clamps. 

•Adjustable design allows the rider to 

tailor suspension settings to match 

rider weight, road conditions & riding 

style to optimize handling & suspension 

performance. 

•Adjustable link-type Monocross rear 

suspension with 130 mm of wheel 

travel. 

•Rear shock adjustments include: 

7-steps of spring preload & 3 turns of 

rebound damping. 

I mention this in detail as the owner 

of this bike can truly set this bike up 

Dash is unfortunately not TFT, 

which we would of liked.

100% for his/her weight and 

riding style. 

In Summary, the MT-09 

is a nimble, versatile and 

fun bike which is sensibly 

priced at R169950.00 (ABS) 

and available in two colours: 

Blazing Orange and Race 

Blu (Yamaha must have 

dropped the ‘e’ to save time). 

These bikes (MT10 and MT09) 

are often referred to as the 

ultimate “Hoon” bikes as 

they are inspired from the 

dark side of Japan. If you a 

young hearted commuter 

who likes a funky bike that 

can do basically everything, 

look no further. But do fit a 

Yoshi exhausts even before 

you take delivery, you will be 

happy you did. 

Striking styling no matter what 

angle you loot at it from. 

1440mm wheelbase, 25 degrees of rake & 103 mm of 

trail, makes for a short nimble bike.

Article by Clinton Pienaar • Pics by Beam Productions 

DOES THE GT TAKE THE 

“BEAST” 

If ever there has been a bike that has crept in under the radar into SA it must be the 

1290 GT, and No! the GT does not make it loose any of the charm that the R has, it’s just 

packed in a more comfortable user friendly package. 

Hindsight is a 20/20 vision and 

I’m sure nobody has a crystal 

ball with them when they order 

bikes (especially when you 

order bikes that did not sell well 

in their precious incarnation, but blimey, 

this GT is quite a bike and we need more 

of them. 

Let’s start with the engine, I have been 

quite outspoken about this 1309cc V Twin 

LC8 engine, in my opinion it could represent 

the finest engine in the whole of the 

motorcycling world. The move up from 

OUT OF 

THE R? 

the 1190 to the 1290 was staggering in the 

adventure bike form and now they have 

even tweaked that engine a little more 

with lighter titanium inlet valves which 

in turn raise the rev ceiling up by 500 rpm 

and now the bike delivers a whopping 175 

Hp, up 2 from 173 previously. Software 

updates also see a broader flatter torque 

curve which is simply put “staggering” just 

off idle. 

On the ergonomics side, the seating 

position is a little more friendly on the 

arms from the Super Duke R. The handle-

MODEL HISTORY 

2016: GT introduced as a sports-tourer 

based on Super Duke but with fairing 

and luggage options. Phenomenally 

potent and well-equipped. 

2019: Updated version gets new fairing 

with revised adjustable screen, new TFT 

display, revised switchgear (now with 

cruise control on left bar, LED lights, 

subtle engine and electronics improvements 

and more.

The TFT Dash is a 

welcome addition 

to this new GT. 

bars are a little more up right but it’s 

the screen and fat tank that really make 

the difference. The handlebars are also 

movable through 4 different positions to 

find your exact sweet spot. You immediately 

feel like its a man’s bike, sorry if 

I’m offending any of the ladies here but 

just sitting on the bike makes you want 

to flex your muscles. The big TFT dash 

and nice new switch gear also make 

a welcome addition. The bike has GT 

specific hand guards and heated grips 

are standard. There is a list of over 50 

“ optional” parts which can be ordered 

for the bike with things like hard saddle 

bags, heated seat and and and…... 

There are 3 rider modes settings 

Sport, Road and Rain, the first two 

deliver the full 175 Hp but in Road it’s 

a smoother delivery, in Rain it gets 

dropped down to 100 Hp. 

The uprated 1290 GT also features 

a revamped version of WP’s semi-active 

suspension, with three different 

riding modes available for selection by 

the rider—Comfort, Street and Sport. 

These are obtained via an SCU/Suspension 

Control Unit which, according 

to feedback from accelerometers and 

stroke sensors front and rear, adapts 

the damping rates of WP’s 48mm upside 

down fork and rear monoshock to best 

suit the properties of the road surface, 

as well as the rider’s style. To give you 

guys an indication of the improvement 

on the suspension from the previous 

model, the hardware has stayed the 

same but the software is so up graded 

that the accuracy is now three times 

greater in monitoring the street surface 

and analysing the result than it used to 

be before. So in touring Comfort mode 

it is very soft and smooth and almost 

telepathic. 

I went out on track with the bike set 

in Comfort, after a few laps the owner 

of the bike Lyle Fraser stopped me and 

set the suspension and the riding mode 

to Sport . What a completely different 

bike, the “Super Duke R” was back. The 

difference was quite staggering, like 

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. On a touring ride 

this must be a very nice option to have 

I thought to myself, it’s truly like having

two motorcycles wrapped in 

one. The electronics package is 

also upgraded and now features 

9 different levels of TC to really 

test your levels of courage. I 

only had a few laps on the bike 

so did not play around with 

this option too much, but what 

I can say is that the complete 

package with the dynamic grip 

offered through the chassis, its 

very nice to know that with that 

amount of forward propulsion 

that you do have a parachute on 

your back should you get over 

eager with the throttle. Like a 

little guardian angel who actually 

likes you. 

What do you do with the suspension 

should you want to take 

your partner along and carry 

luggage? With the semi-active 

suspension customers can 

electronically choose via the 

dash the appropriate rear preload 

adjustment according to 

the load they have, whether rider 

only with or without luggage, 

or two people with or without 

luggage. 

On the braking side it has 

twin radially-mounted four-piston 

Monoblock calipers gripping 

320mm front discs with 

a large 240mm rear, incorporating 

switchable Bosch 9ME 

combined ABS (so, including 

cornering ABS) with four modes: 

Street, Sport, Rain and—Supermoto! 

Well, this is a tourer done 

the KTM way so you can back it 

if you so want. 

Thanks to Lyle Fraser for the 

use of his 1290 GT bike, he 

absolutely loves it. 

The balance between Sport 

and Touring is sublime, done 

the KTM way of leaning on 

“sport”. 

In conclusion: 

The new Super Duke GT is even 

more fun to ride than before, it 

is a sharper, stronger and more 

refined version in every way to 

its predecessor. Let’s hope KTM 

brings in a few more, because 

as I opened this report, this is 

quite a bike. And people who 

think that the Super Duke R is a 

bit too wild for your liking, you 

might have just found your ideal 

bike. Chat to any owner and they 

will all say, this must be one of 

the most underrated bikes in 

the country. 

Since its 2015 launch the GT has provided its owners with the dazzling 

performance and benchmark handling of the take-no-prisoners 1290 

Super Duke R streetfighter, coupled with everyday practicality and user 

friendly convenience. It’s a successful marriage of opposites.

Article by Clinton Pienaar • Pics by BMW SA Press, Beam Productions 

RIDE 

If Aladdin was a biker, this would be his bike of choice! BMW have now 

put in their new shift cam boxer motor in this well known tourer with very 

pleasing results. 

BMW R 1250 RT 

BMW actually present this 

bike as their light weight, 

dynamic sport tourer. At 

279kg ride ready with a 

full tank of gas I’d hardly 

call it light weight. But 

considering that they also produce 

the 1600 GT and GTL I can see where 

they are coming from. Something 

which is very apparent and this is for 

all RT models but especially this one, 

once the bike starts moving, the front 

para-lever system magically makes 

weight disappear. The total permitted 

weight for riders and payload is 

505kg, that’s a heavy weight for a 

bike, no matter what angle you are 

coming from but it hides it very well. 

The demo we were given was the 

Mars Red option but there are 5 options 

available, Blue Planet Metallic, 

Sparking storm which is brownish 

gold, Carbon Black Metallic and Alpine 

White. The pannier case lids are 

all colour coded and are a standard 

fitment with this bike. They are also 

remotely locked from your key and 

handle bar. 

Staying on the looks of the bike, 

it’s basically the same as before but

We even took a few laps at 

Red Star Raceway... not bad 

Easy buttons to navigate 

settings 

Both DTC and ABS Pro are lean-angle sensitive. 

Heated seats 

The front brake calipers 

on the RT are now manufactured 

by Hayes and are 

branded as BMW units. 

the lights up front now have daytime 

running lights, very much like the cars 

which I loved. The dash is a mix of old 

and new with the revs and speedo 

still analogue but the centre piece full 

colour TFT. I was split on this, suppose 

I like an old school dash but it’s fairly 

easy to use. One glitch is that I did not 

like them moving the heated handlebar 

switch to somewhere in the electronic 

menu on in the dash. 

I had a trip down to the Northwest 

province planned and decided to take 

the long route there to a little town 

called Hartbeesfontein through Magaliesberg. 

It was a cold wintry day and I 

almost decided against it but looking at 

the wind protection of the RT, I actually 

thought it the perfect test. Truthfully it 

was the heated seat that actually sold 

me on the plan and BMW’s always standard 

fitment heated handlebars. 

So dressing up properly for winter 

actually takes the sting out of it completely. 

I let the bike idle a little while I 

familiarised myself with the dash and 

push buttons and left hand scroll bar 

which normally drives the GPS (an optional 

extra). Riding out of JHB through 

the foggy smokey haze nearing the 

Cradle of Human Kind the air clears, the 

roads open up, my bum really getting 

toasty to the level where I switch it 

down 2 levels and I’m cocooned in what 

must be the most protected from the 

wind state you can be on a motorcycle. 

The electrically adjustable windscreen 

you can millimeter perfectly set to 

where you have it just 100% right for 

protection and lack of buffeting. From 

where I was in a lack lustre mood for 

the ride I was all of a sudden in a happy 

space and flying along at a pace. All of a 

sudden dynamic sport tourer marketing 

seems spot on. 

If you’re not familiar with the new 

1,254 cc Boxer Twin, please feel free 

to read any of our previous tests on 

bikes with the same engine where we 

gave a in-depth look at the new engine. 

What you need to know is that BMW is 

now claiming 136 Hp (100 kW) at 7,750 

rpm and 105 foot-pounds (143 Nm) of 

torque at 6,250 rpm. What does this

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motor proud is the smoothness and the low 

down torque, it’s meant to be in a bike like 

this. Quick shift up and down is standard 

but again (call me old school) I could do it 

smoother with a slight dip of the clutch. The 

automatic blip on the downward change 

is nice but this is not a race bike. The tank 

capacity is 25 litres including the 4 litres 

reserve. I did try it a little for the sake of the 

article at 120km’h and got 4.2 litres /100 but 

at my pace I got it to 9 to the 100. But I was 

Aladdin. 

The electronics package on the RT is 

nearly identical to the GS, as well. The 

newest feature is BMW’s “Hill Start Control,” 

which allows the rider to stop on a hill and 

have the bike hold itself in place until they’re 

ready to accelerate. The base version is activated 

by tapping the front brake twice when 

stopped, while the Pro version can automatically 

sense that the bike is on an angle. 

This is part of the Ride Modes Pro package, 

which adds a third Dynamic rider mode 

to the RT’s Rain and Road modes. The selected 

rider mode controls throttle response 

as well as the level of engagement from 

Dynamic Traction Control (DTC). Dynamic 

offers the most sporting performance and 

I preferred the throttle response in this 

setting. 

Both DTC and ABS Pro are lean-angle 

sensitive. Adding Ride Modes Pro also 

includes BMW’s new Dynamic Brake Control 

(DBC). DBC will automatically roll off the 

throttle in panic stop situations in case the 

rider accidentally keeps the throttle on while 

grabbing a handful of front brake. 

As with the GS, the front brake calipers on 

the RT are now manufactured by Hayes and 

are branded as BMW units. Dual, four-piston 

calipers up front clamp down on floating 320 

mm rotors. The rear brake is a single Brembo 

dual-piston caliper paired with a 276 mm 

rotor. As with the GS, braking is phenomenal. 

The RT is equipped with Next-Generation 

Dynamic ESA with Auto-Ride Height 

Adjustment and AutoDamper settings. This 

is different from earlier versions of BMW’s 

active suspension in the fact that the 

preload adjustment can also be automated. 

You can choose to maximize or minimize the 

setting, but if you want nothing to do with 

suspension tuning you can set the system 

to automatic and it will determine preload 

settings based on the amount of rider weight 

and luggage it senses. 

You can then alternate between Road 

and Dynamic settings for the damping. Road 

features fully automatic damping tuned for 

Electrically 

adjustable 

from screen 

makes it 

easy finding 

the happy 

spot. 

•1,254 cc 

•136hp 

•143Nm 

•805 mm - 825 mm 

seat height 

•279kg full of fuel 

ready to ride. 

•25 Litre fuel tank 

comfort and Dynamic offers a sportier 

ride with stiffer damping. The front 

suspension is a BMW Telelever unit 

with a 37 mm central spring strut and 

4.7 inches of travel and the rear BMW 

Paralever single-sided swingarm 

features a WAD strut with 147 mm of 

travel. 

Summary: 

In summary on the new 1250RT, the 

motor has found its perfect home. I’m 

a big fan of the GS models but they 

do not consume kilometres like this 

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TO 

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OR NOT TO 

BLOW 

Clint recently had the opportunity to take two very 

special motorcycles for a ride, at first glance, what’s so 

special about them? a Triumph 1050 Speed Triple and a 

Suzuki B-King. But look a little closer and see what Turbo 

plumbing is around the engine and then ask the same 

question again. 

By Clinton Pienaar Pics by Beam Productions 

First off the question of why has to be asked, well in 

these trying economic times to upgrade to a new 

bike fairly often and taking the value depreciation 

into account, can’t you just spend a little more cash 

on your current bike that you love and make it even 

better? And will you be making it better if you ad 

something so intrusive as a turbo to an already nice 

to ride bike, can you make it better and what about reliability 

or are you going to have a temperamental two wheeler in your 

garage? 

Well Neels Geldenhuis from fast by Neels, one of SA’s most 

well know motorcycle racing mechanics reckons for not too 

much money, you can turn your normal bike into something fun 

to ride. Just look at the world of the 4 wheel guys, most cars now 

offer turbo’s with variable blades and twin scroll turbos, so why 

so few in the biking world? 

First off I was on the 1050 Speed Triple, with a sure amount of 

trepidation I filtered into the track but I should have not been so 

fearful, the power was smooth and progressive I started to accelerate 

harder and harder, the sound on over run together with 

the triples exhaust is just magical. Neels has not made it wild, 

he can if he wants to but he wants the guys to spend money with 

him for a long time and does not want to scare them he says 

laughing. As I put a little more heat into the tyres I started going 

faster and faster. I got to tell you, this is a welcome addition to 

any motorcycle and to this Triumph it just made it into such a 

fun motorcycle. The whole ride was much more engaging and 

not once did it intimidate me. Dyno figures are impressive, 192 Hp 

and 154 Nm, compression ratio is down to 8.5 but Neels reckons 

he can get it up to 300 Hp but then it becomes a widow maker. 

The price for this is about R60k. 

They then started the B King, immediately this sounded 

different, never mind the 350 cc capacity enlargement, this just

Imagine arriving at a bikers pub with one of these! 

The plumbing on the two bikes are 

pieces of art. 

Suzuki B-King Turbo 

sounded more Beastly. Neels did say that this 

one was a little more wild. This one has read 

on Neels’s dyno, 280 Hp and 227 Nm of torque, 

it can be tuned up to 500 Hp. This too had a T3 

T4 septet waste gate and a high pressure fuel 

pump to come with the added air. Again the 

plumbing was neatly done. I could see by his 

smile as I left the pits that this experience was 

going to be different. He did warn me that the 

feeling has not been mapped properly. Well 

a B King in standard form is a Beast already, 

a naked street bike with the 1300cc Hyabusa 

motor in was always going to be special, blow 

some air onto the pistons and Good Golly 

Miss Molly, things come alive at around 4000 

rpm. Yes it splutters a bit but once it clears its 

throat, you can feel your arms stretch and your 

neck muscles firm up. I did a few laps and was 

blown away with the surge but in truth the Triumph 

stole my heart . Talking to Neels he said 

that he had not got it 100% right yet but that 

he would have it sorted by the next day. I got 

the phone call to come and ride it again and I 

would of but I ran out of time for this month. 

I’m sure that on the normal roads in a 

neighbourhood these bikes will feel even 

faster as a track many times hides a bikes 

power, but what this experience has taught me 

is that in the back of my mind since I rode a 

turbo Hyabusa all those years ago, I’ve always 

thought that I would like one and now I’m 

more convinced. Think that’s why I like that H2 

and H2R’s so much. It’s nice to have that little 

extra. 

Boost control 

Triumph Speed Triple 1050 Turbo 

Neels Geldenhuis from Fast By Neels can be contacted on 0784809438.

SOUTHERN100 

HISTORY OF Prior to the 1954 Manx Grand Prix success of Derek Ennett, George Costain and Sid Mizen, the Southern Motorcycle 

Club held their race meetings at Andreas Airfield. 

Article by 

George Costain, Derek Ennett and Sid Mizen 

carried shoulder high in Castletown Square 

with the Mayor of the town 

As a result of double win at 

the Manx, the Southern club 

decided there should be a race 

in the south of the Island and to 

hold a meeting on what was to 

become known as the Billown circuit. 

In the early 1950s, the Isle of Man 

Government decided to build a by-pass to 

avoid the town centre of Castletown, and 

whilst traffic was minimal compared to 

today’s motorised Island, the by-pass provided 

an integral part of the new course. 

The first meetings to set up the organisation 

were held in the Station Hotel, now 

the Viking, in Castletown, which is where 

the Ennett family lived. This band of gentlemen 

with foresight also used to meet on 

a Sunday morning in the Control Tower at 

Ronaldsway Airport, with Theo Watterson. 

In between landing planes, the time was 

taken up planning the Southern ‘100’! 

Amongst the first committee were, 

George Costain and Joe Mylchreest, who 

officially measured the circuit, using the 

official ‘chain’ measure (22 yards) and 

walked around the course measuring down 

the centre line of the road. The total official 

distance was, and still is 4.25-miles. 

Tynwald and the Southern ‘100’ 

The organisers of the proposed new event 

approached Tynwald, the Island’s Government 

for assistance in running this first 

venture in the south of the Island. The reply, 

after consideration by the Tynwald Race 

Committee was surprising to say the least, 

the report is shown below: 

The Tynwald Races Committee Report 

on the 1954 major sporting events was 

presented to the April sitting of Tynwald on 

19th April 1955. 

The Southern Motor Cycling Club 

had also approached the Committee for 

financial support for a Motorcycle Race to 

be held in the South of the Island on 14th 

July 1955. The Committee, however, was 

not prepared to recommend Government 

financial assistance to the race. 

Despite this set back, the club persevered 

with organising the first Southern 

‘100’ and local business man T H Colebourn, 

stepped in and put up £100 to secure the 

races on 14th July 1955. 

Happily, since that initial rebuff, the Isle 

of Man Government, via the Department 

of Tourism have given their full approval of 

the Southern ‘100’, along with tremendous 

support over the years and continue to do 

so.

1955: A race is born 

Summer frocks and shirtsleeves 

were the order of the day as thousands 

of spectators crowded the 

vantage points around the course 

to witness what was described as 

an ambitious three-race programme 

for a first ever meeting! 

Manxman Derek Ennett took 

the honours of winning the first 

ever race, the 350cc over 12 laps 

of the 4.25-mile course, after a 

race long tussle with Manchester’s 

Dave Chadwick. Despite grabbing a 

20-yard lead from the starting grid, 

Manxman Ennett was continually 

challenged by Chadwick throughout 

the 12-lap race and only just 

managed to pip Chadwick by four 

lengths at the flag. 

Start of the first ever race at 

Billown - 350cc 14th July 1955

The six-lap 250cc race was a benefit for Dave 

Chadwick on Reg Dearden’s Special, leading 

from start to finish. A five second advantage at 

the end of lap one increased to 39 by the end of 

the six laps, over runner-up John Patrick, Velocette. 

The remarkable 56-year-old Frank Cope 

finished third on his Norton, only 11 seconds 

behind Patrick, despite overshooting Alexandra 

Bridge on the opening lap. 

Castletown man Ennett made a great but 

vain attempt to achieve the “double” in the Senior 

race, over 24 laps of the rectangular circuit 

a distance of 100 miles, from where the meeting 

takes its name. His bid failed on the final lap 

when a piston on the twin cylinder Matchless 

collapsed. At the time he was 100 yards behind 

the ultimate winner, Norton mounted Terry Shepherd 

who had taken the lead on lap eight. 

Second was Alastair King 

whilst Derek ‘toured’ in to take 

third place. Liverpudlian Shepherd’s 

race time was 1 hour 18 

minutes 11.8 seconds; an average 

speed of 78.26 miles per hour, 

whilst on his ninth lap he set the 

fastest lap of the race taking 3 

minutes 9 seconds to lap the 

course, which equates to 80.95 

mph. 

A further ding-dong contest 

between locals George Costain, 

Norton, and Jackie Wood, BSA, 

lasted ten laps until Costain 

missed a gear and was forced to 

retire with a protesting engine. 

The first Southern 100 Road 

Races was described by some 

journalists of the time as an 

ambitious three race programme, 

however not content with organising 

the races, the Southern (IOM) 

Motorcycle Club put on a Motorcycle 

Gymkhana at Castletown 

Stadium to round off the day! 

Such was the success of the 

first meeting that plans were put 

in place for the following year 

with a similar programme of three 

races, which continued through 

to 1960. 

Four races on the programme & 

a Dead Heat! 

1961 saw the introduction of a fourth race to 

the programme for 125cc machines. This race 

was to introduce diminutive Gary Dickinson, the 

smallest man in road racing, to the Southern 

‘100’ spectators who naturally took him to their 

hearts. 

During that first 125cc race, try as he might 

Dickinson could not catch winner Dan Shorey 

from Banbury, on a Bultaco. Dickinson led a 

host of pursuing Ducati’s to take second place 

ahead of Fron Purslow, Alan Dugdale and Arthur 

Wheeler. 

1955 Terry Shepherd (Norton) Winner 500cc Race 

1961 - John Hartle on the 250cc ‘works’ Honda 4-cylinder 

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The year had much to commend it, Luton ace 

Phil Read became the second rider to do the double 

and there was the one and only appearance of 

another legendary rider – John Hartle. 

The Junior race provided its own bit of history as 

Alan Shepherd and Phil Read crossed the finishing 

line together. The pair had kept close company 

throughout, Shepherd breaking Chadwick’s 

long-standing class record sixth time round, only 

to see Read reduce the time still further on the 

final lap. By mistake no official was on the line 

to see the riders finish and a judge’s decision 

declared a dead heat verdict, which proved to be 

slightly unpopular with spectators on the grandstand, 

many of whom had their own opinion as to 

who had won. 

The previous year’s victor Ron Langston was 

first away and led until lap three when Read and 

Shepherd took over and he had to content himself 

with third ahead of Dennis Pratt and Fred Stevens 

on Norton’s. 

Once again, the Island’s Governor set the 45 

riders off at the start of the Senior race, with Alan 

Shepherd leading Langston and Read clear of the 

field. 

By the end of lap three Shepherd had put 

some space between himself and Read, who 

had displaced Langston for second. Shepherd 

smashed the lap record with a time of 2 minutes 

55.8 seconds, 2 mph inside the old time, but failed 

to appear at the end of lap four. As Read confirmed 

his lead, news came through that Shepherd had 

braked too hard at Cross Four Ways, locked the 

rear wheel and been thrown off. Read maintained 

his advantage to the end, Langston too finishing 

well clear of Fred Stevens and Norman Storer. 

A devastating display of high-speed riding gave 

John Hartle and his Honda-4 a predictable victory 

in the 250 race. His ride, however, was not without 

incident as 30 riders had got away before the red 

and silver machine burst into life. At the end of lap 

one Hartle was third behind Arthur Wheeler and 

Brian Clark. On lap three, the former TT winner was 

ahead and on lap four he smashed the lap record 

by 14 seconds. When on lap six the Honda began 

firing on three cylinders his lead was such that 

Wheeler on his Italian Guzzi and Dan Shorey, now 

third on his NSU, could not overhaul him. 

1961 - John Hartle on the 250cc ‘works’ 

Honda 4-cylinder machine 

1969 - Charlie Freeman 

1962: Sidecars enter the Southern 

The first Sidecar race in the Southern ‘100’ turned 

out to be an exciting affair with Charlie Freeman 

and Fred Wallis disputing the lead to the very 

end of the nine lap race, Freeman took the lead 

on lap six and held it despite a neck and neck bid 

from Wallis to regain it. E Peacock finished third, 

two and a half minutes in arrears, having taken 

over the position from Stan Nightingale who had 

crashed without injury. 

1968: Championship introduced 

1968 saw the introduction of what is now the 

premier race of the meeting, the Solo Championship, 

for which at the time, the first 15 riders from 

the three races held on the Wednesday evening

1975 - Ray McCullough leads Mervyn 

Robinson at Ballakaighan, 350cc race 

qualified. 

Large crowds in brilliant sunshine witnessed 

Steve Jolly in his first full year as a professional 

road racer carry off the Championship 

title. Jolly beat second place finisher, TT star 

Selwyn Griffiths, also on a Matchless, by 

nearly half a minute, with the ever-popular 

Keith Heckles third. Rising star Stan Woods 

brought a 250 Yamaha into a highly creditable 

fourth spot ahead of Brian Steenson on 

a 350 Aermacchi. 

1969: Sidecar Championship Added & British 

Championship comes to Billown 

Charlie Freeman gave notice of his intention 

to win back the Sidecar Championship after 

a two-year absence by capturing the opening 

six-lap race. Freeman, a great respecter, and 

admirer of the course had little to spare at 

the finish over Bill Currie, Triumph, second 

1976 - Joey Dunlop - Ballabeg on 

his way to the Solo Championship 

and Peter Williams, BSA, third. 

In the Championship race Freeman 

grabbed the lead before the first corner 

followed by John Patrick, Triumph, Williams, 

Currie, Robin Williamson, Triumph, and Roy 

Hanks, BSA. For two laps Williams and 

Currie hotly disputed second but neither 

could threaten the supremacy of Freeman. 

A slipping clutch ousted Williams’ 

chances and at the halfway stage a bent 

valve relegated Currie to a final fifth spot. 

Hanks moved up to second but was nearly 

a minute down on Freeman at the end, with 

Williams third and John Worthington, who 

bravely pushed the Scitsu the last quarter 

mile, fourth. 

During the all-important 350 British 

Championship round a lap scoring error 

saw the chequered flag shown a lap 

early to race leader Derek Chatterton and 

second placed Bill Smith, both on Yamahas. 

Martin Carney, Padgett Yamaha, Selwyn 

Griffiths, George Fogarty, and John Graham 

however all raced on to complete the 12 

laps. Chatterton though was able to breathe 

a sigh of relief after a meeting of the ACU 

stewards decided to base the results on 11 

laps. 

1975: McCullough goes into the 90s 

It was to be one of the Southern ‘100’s 

favourite visitors, Ray McCullough, who in 

1975 was to become the first man to lap the 

Billown Course at over 90 mph. 

The Sidecar Championship race was to 

be the 100th race of the Southern 100 since 

the first race in 1955, misfortune followed 

Hilditch and Littlemore into the Sidecar 

Championship, after leading for eight laps 

they were again side-lined, this time by a 

burnt out clutch. During the early stages 

Mick White and Philip Oliver, 850 Westlake, 

pressed the leaders hard but an argument 

with a pavement coming out of Church 

Bends on lap four curtailed their progress 

and they didn’t seem the same again, finishing 

down in seventh spot. Hall and Minion 

took over the lead vacated by Hilditch to 

beat R Philpott and M Buxton, Weslake, by 

18 seconds, they also pipped third finisher 

Mick Worltey and Ralph Crellin, 956 HDW, 

on the final lap. A domestic scrap for fourth 

place between Keith Griffin and Malcolm 

Sharrocks, 850 Weslake, from George Oates 

and John Molyneux, 680 Konig, ended with 

the former pair gaining a split-second 

advantage. 

1976: Joey winning debut 

Diminutive Ulsterman Joe Dunlop, on his 

first visit, proved the sensation of the 1976 

series with two second places and a third 

in Wednesday’s qualifying race, then most 

important of all, a magnificent victory in the 

Championship race, shattering both lap and 

race records.

1980: Silver Jubilee year 

Londoner Dave Dean lead from start to 

finish to win the Solo Championship, riding 

a 750cc Yamaha, he had a comfortable 

win over Steve Cull on his 500 Suzuki, with 

fellow Irishman Conor McGinn, 351 Yamaha, 

taking third spot. 

Lowry Burton and Martin Murphy aboard 

their Yamaha won the Sidecar Championship. 

They lead from start to finish, setting 

new lap and race records. John Evans and 

Tony Smith on a Yamaha took second place 

with Arthur Baker and John Tindell, also 

Yamaha mounted, third. 

1983: Ton barrier broken! 

Twenty-eight years after Terry Shepherd 

won the first Southern ‘100’ and set the 

first-ever fastest lap at 80 miles per hour, 

Brian Reid, from Banbridge, Northern Ireland, 

finally broke the 100 mark on the last 

lap of his winning ride in the Unlimited race. 

1987: Changes in Programme 

1987 saw a re-vamp of the race programme, 

firstly the two sidecar heats were dropped 

and replaced with a two leg Championship, 

and both over nine laps, the first leg of 

which was the 200th race in the Southern 

100 history. The 250cc and 350cc races 

were run concurrently. Classic machines 

were introduced to the Billown course, 

which was to prove extremely popular. Most 

important, though was the introduction of 

‘Match Races’, comprising of teams from 

England, Ireland, the ‘Rest of Britain’ and 

of course the Isle of Man. These races, 

sponsored by the Steam Packet Company, 

were to be run over two, 12-lap legs. Nine 

races in all, which included the established 

1300cc race, the Solo Founders and the 

‘blue-riband’ event of the meeting the Solo 

Championship. 

The Pre-TT Classic Road Races came 

into being in 1988 at the request of the 

then TT organisers, the then Auto Cycle 

Union, Classics having first appeared on the 

Billown course twelve months earlier at 

the popular Southern ‘100’ Road Races.’ The 

first TT Classic Races were held on the 31st 

May 1988, the meeting consisting of four 

races, 250cc/350c; 500cc; Unlimited and 

Sidecars and attracted 115 entries in all. 

1990: Leach Dominates! 

The new decade saw a revamp of the race 

programme, the Match Races, were no 

more in the 11-race programme, which now 

included an additional Sidecar Championship, 

for Formula 2 machines. The 125cc 

class returned after an absence of 25-years 

– to this class was added the new 400cc 

Supersport class, plus the 600cc Supersport 

category, whilst the Solo Founders 

race was now split into two races, one for 

Junior, the 125/400 and 350cc machines; the 

1995 - Bob Jackson leads Simon Beck 

and Paul Hunt on the way to winning 

his first Solo Championship 

Senior catering for the 600s and unlimited 

machines up to 1300cc. 

A new race in the 1992 Southern ‘100’ was 

the Regal 600cc Championship Race, part of 

one of the main championships, which had 

been running a number of years in the Motor 

Cycle Union of Ireland (MCUI), events. Phillip 

McCallen played a ‘cat and mouse’ game, 

turning up the wick in the latter stages of 

the race to ensure victory over rival Johnny 

Rea in the only round of the ‘Regal’ Championship 

outside Ulster, pipping Rea by just 

under a second at the chequered cloth. 

Bob Jackson, always a good man on a 600, 

finished third, with Derek Young a superb 

fourth after being last in the early stages of 

the nine-lap race, setting a new lap record 

at 99.73 mph in the process. Cheshire’s Tim 

Poole was fifth and Kenny Harrison sixth, on 

a one off 600 ride. 

1991 saw a new event added to the annual 

TT Festival, which effectively extended the 

competitive TT period by one day. The “Isle of 

Man Steam Packet Company National Road 

Races’ were introduced to provide entertainment 

for enthusiasts who were staying 

on the Island after the end of the TT Races, 

as it was at the time proving impossible to 

‘evacuate the many thousands of bikers in a 

day or two’, as once was the case. 

So what better way to keep the fans of road 

racing occupied, than to promote an event 

that would achieve this aim, along with 

providing the chance for the competitors 

who had pitted their skills around the most 

famous 37.73 mile ribbon of road in the world 

for the past two weeks, to attempt to recoup 

some of their expenses with a generous 

prize fund. 

The Steam Packet Company requested 

the organisers of the Southern ‘100’ Races 

and the Pre-TT Classic Races, held on the 

4.25-mile Billown Circuit, in the south of the 

Island, if they would be prepared to run an 

extra meeting. The discussions resulting in 

the inaugural event being run on Saturday 

8th June 1991. 

1995: 40th Anniversary 

The fortieth running of the Southern ‘100’ 

brought many past champions back to the 

Billown circuit to celebrate the occasion, 

however the weather played havoc with the 

first evening’s racing – a complete washout – 

caused the abandonment of the programme, 

leaving the officials the task of re-scheduling 

the Wednesday races. Conditions were a 

whole lot better, 24-hours later and the 40th 

anniversary meeting got off to a cracking 

start. 

Bob Jackson on the McAdoo Kawasaki 

won his first Solo Championship. 

1999: Joey’s sixth Solo Championship! 

Plumping for the identical compound rear 

Dunlop tyre as Jim Moodie did in the Senior 

TT, Joey Dunlop almost suffered the same 

fate as his Honda Britain team-mate when

1999 - The rear tyre 

of Joeys Honda 

at the end of the 

Championship 

Race 

rubber from the centre of the 

slick started to peel away in the 

latter stages of the Solo Championship. 

The tyre was in fact 

the very same spare Moodie 

had in the pits on Senior day but 

never used, fitted to a smaller 

than standard 161/2-inch wheel. 

‘The tyre works superbly for 

about 40 miles, then it just 

starts to rip up,’ said Dunlop, 

after his sixth championship win 

in 23 glorious years at Billown. 

He hadn’t realised the tyre 

had almost worn through until 

he stepped off the bike in the 

winner’s enclosure. After winning 

three titles in a row from 

1976-1979, Dunlop only contested 

the Southern on a couple of 

occasions in the 80s during the 

peak of his F1 and Honda Britain 

career, but he bounced back 

with another win in 1991 and 

another two years later. Such 

is his experience and supreme 

confidence of the 47-year-old 

that he never seems to panic. 

Even when it appears to be 

out sprinted by riders 

almost half his age in 

the early stages of a 

race. It happened in the 

Senior Founders race 

on Wednesday evening 

when he appeared to 

be slipping off the back 

of the leading trio for a 

few laps, then suddenly 

there he was at the 

sharp end. It was much 

the same on Thursday 

in the main race of the 

week when Blair Degerholm 

made the early 

running, with Adrian 

McFarland and Jason 

Griffiths both elbowing 

for space alongside 

the 23-times TT winner. 

Two laps into the 

race, though, and Joey 

was out in front, and 

charging. From thereon 

in he was in full control. 

Ready to up the pace 

when necessary but demoralising 

the opposition 

in the meantime as 

he continued to steam 

away into the distance. 

McFarland broke free of 

the similarly R1 Yamaha 

mounted Griffiths after 

1999 - Ian Bell and Neil Carpenter on 

their way to making history in the 

Sidecar Championship 

1999 - Joey Dunlop on his way to 

winning his sixth Solo Championship 

three or four laps, eventually reeling in 

Degerholm’s Wilson & Collins Kawasaki. 

He was in front of the New Zealander 

with four laps to go, but Blair finally 

got back ahead as McFarland suffered 

problems from of all things, tennis 

elbow! 

2000 - Blair Degerholm first Kiwi to 

sin the Solo Championship 

2000: First Kiwi Solo Champion 

Blair Degerholm became the first antipodean 

to win the Southern ‘100’ Solo 

Championship title in the 32-year history 

of the race. But the New Zealander 

had to smash the outright Billown lap 

record on his 12th and final circuit of the 

main feature race of the week to deny 

an equally determined Welshman, Ian 

Lougher, what would have been his first 

championship. 

The race was a fitting climax to the

2003 - Ryan Farquhar sweeps through Church Bends on his way to the Solo Championship 

first Southern ‘100’ of the millennium, sponsored 

as a whole by the Isle of Man Steam 

Packet Company. 

2001: No Southern ‘100’ 

November 2000 and the Southern 100 committee 

were well ahead with planning the 

2001 Southern ‘100’ Road Races, scheduled 

for 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th July 2001. Then early 

in the New Year came the news of the foot 

and mouth epidemic in the UK. The TT races 

were the first meeting to be cancelled, only 

the third time in their illustrious history that 

they would not run. After much consultation 

with competitors, government officials and 

the like, the Southern ‘100’ committee made 

the decision to postpone the July event until 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 14th, 

15th & 16th, after emergency legislation had 

been passed in Tynwald. New Regulations and 

Entry Forms were sent out and other preparations 

put in place. 

Then in July, ironically during the week 

that the ‘Southern’ should have been run the 

decision was made to call off the 2001 meeting. 

Club officials met Department of Agriculture, 

Fisheries and Forestry, prior to the 

monthly Committee meeting and the decision 

was made to cancel the Southern ‘100’ Road 

races for 2001. Club Chairman, at the time, 

Derek Nicholson said; ‘It is regretted that 

we, as a club, have had to call off this year’s 

events, especially so with all the efforts put 

in by the committee to safeguard racing on 

the Billown Circuit ‘But having due regard for 

all the cooperation the club receives annually 

from the farmers, land owners, as well as 

the government agencies and in the best 

interests of the Manx community as a whole, 

to lose one year for their continued long term 

support is a small price to pay.’ 

2002: Back in Business & It’s Lougher 

again! 

From the outset of this year’s Southern ‘100’, 

only one rider looked like getting his hands 

on the main solo championship trophy. Such 

was his dominance of the big bike classes on 

the Temple Auto Salvage 1000cc Suzuki, Ian 

Lougher was always the red-hot favourite. He 

duly won the 11th and final race on the calendar 

at a canter from Ryan Farquhar, with Jason 

Griffiths completing a carbon copy 1-2-3 

of the other two superbike races. Surprisingly, 

it was the joyous Welshman’s first ever-Solo 

Championship race. 

Ryan Farquhar came to within seventh 

tenths of a second of the first ever 110mph 

lap of the Southern ‘100’ circuit, when he 

scorched to victory in the Ronaldsway Shoe 

Co Solo Championship race. The race was 

initially halted at the end of the first lap 

following an incident at the Iron Gates corner 

in which star newcomer Guy Martin broke an 

ankle. He had made a strong start and was 

attempting to go underneath early leader 

Farquhar at the tight right hander when he 

ran out of road, sat upright and went straight 

into the straw bales lining the solid stone 

walls on the left. Martin’s 750cc Suzuki 

bounced back across the track, but mercifully 

hit none of the following riders. Nevertheless, 

with the rider requiring immediate attention 

and wreckage from the bike and bales strewn 

right across the road the decision was made 

to red flag the race. 

At the restart, 25 minutes or so later, 

Farquhar again forged his way to the front on 

Winston McAdoo’s GSXR. The only rider ever in 

any real contention was Ramsey’s Jason Griffiths 

on the Yamaha Motor UK R1 entered by 

Road & Track Motorcycles. He admitted being 

very lucky not to have been caught up in the 

initial incident at the Iron Gate and had purposely 

taken a tight line on the right hand 

side to avoid the machine which he knew 

was likely to bounce across the road in 

front of him. But to say he settled for second 

place would be a misleading statement 

for he indeed began to make inroads 

into the Ulsterman’s lead as the race 

drew to a close – in much the same way 

as he had the previous evening. Farquhar 

knew that Griffiths was on a late charge 

and he ran wide at Cross Four Ways on 

the final lap as he came under increasing 

pressure, but the young Dungannon ace 

held on to record what he admitted was 

his best ever victory. He smashed the 

absolute course record on lap eight with 

a time of 2 minutes 20 seconds precisely 

(109.285mph), 0.9 of a second inside the 

standard set by Ian Lougher last year but 

equalled by Jason Griffiths in Wednesday’s 

Total Oils Senior race. Griffiths also went 

inside the old record with a time of 2.20.3 

on that final lap and admitted to being 

pleased with second place on the day. 

Newcomer Martin Finnegan finished a 

fine third, having started the week on his 

backside following a fall during practice. 

Maughold’s Gary Carswell rode a solid 

race on his near standard GSXR 1000 to 

finish a good fourth after a close initial 

dice with Victor Gilmore, Ian Lougher and 

Chris Palmer. Lougher had opted to ride 

the Manton Honda he rode to victory in the 

600 race instead of Mark Johns’ big 1000 

Suzi, which had simply refused to behave 

itself over the bumps and jumps of the 

‘Southern’ course. Mark Parrett made up 

for the disappointment of a non-finish in 

the Senior race by getting the Wilson & 

Collins Kawasaki home in sixth place. 

Newtownards man Bertie Payne, a 

long time 250cc sponsor of the late great 

Joey Dunlop has donated a new trophy to 

be presented annually at the Southern 

‘100’.The Joey Dunlop Trophy, together with 

a cheque will be awarded to the fastest 

competitor at the Southern. Bitmac 

contractor Bertie explained: “The Billown 

Circuit was one of Joey’s favourites and 

one where he achieved some of his most 

memorable successes, breaking lap records 

on many occasions. The trophy is a 

fitting tribute to the man himself and to a 

great meeting – one he was always proud 

to be associated with.” 

2003 - Bertie Payne presents Ryan 

Farquhar with the Joey Dunlop Trophy

2005: Ian Retains Solo Championship! 

Ian Lougher electrified the Golden Jubilee 

Southern ‘100’ by winning the opening race 

and setting the fastest ever lap around the 

Billown Circuit. 

Ian Lougher (Honda) and Guy Martin (Suzuki) 

staged a repeat of Tuesday evening’s record-breaking 

tussle when they re-joined battle 

in the Total Oil Senior race. Time and again 

they shattered the outright lap record set by 

Lougher less than 24 hours earlier, as they 

fought for supremacy on the Billown Course. 

At the end Lougher pulled away to win, with 

Martin backing off as it again dawned on the 

youngster that he still has a thing or two to 

learn from the old master. Lougher won by 

nine seconds and kept his name on the ultimate 

lap record at an amazing 111.83mph as 

he broke Martin’s challenge on lap eight. The 

pair raced wheel-to-wheel thrilling a large 

crowd gathered in perfect conditions. 

It took a record last lap for Ian Lougher to 

beat Ryan Farquhar in the S&S Motors 50th 

Anniversary race. Farquhar led on six of the 

eight laps but Lougher led when it mattered 

– as the chequered flag came down on a very 

close race with the top three averaging more 

than 105mph. 

Precisely 50 years to the day since the 

running of the first Southern ‘100’ the Welshman 

from Northern Ireland, Ian Lougher, won 

his third Southern ‘100’ Championship by 10 

seconds at record lap and race speeds. For his 

efforts he won the Ennett Memorial Trophy, 

which was fitting as Derek Ennett, in whose 

memory it is named, won that original Southern 

‘100’ race. It was Lougher’s fourth win of 

the meeting and proved once again there is no 

substitute for experience. 

Younger contender, Guy Martin challenged 

for half of the 10-lap distance but again had 

no real response when Lougher upped the 

ante. Lougher (Honda) tailed Martin (Suzuki) 

for three laps before slipping past and putting 

four seconds between them by lap seven. 

Next lap Lougher lapped at 111.688mph, which 

completely destroyed Martin’s challenge. 

In fact, it was not quite as fast as Lougher 

had gone the previous evening when again 

repelling Martin’s brave attempt. That had 

established a new outright course record of 

111.883mph, the difference being just over a 

fifth of a second. Ryan Farquhar (Kawasaki) 

ran third for three laps before being overtaken 

at Stadium Bend by Jason Griffiths (Yamaha), 

but two laps later the Irishman was back in 

place. Griffiths again got his nose in front on 

the penultimate lap and held it to the final 

corner on the last lap only for Farquhar to 

snatch it back in a demon move, including 

weaving away down the finishing straight. 

2006 Cameron Donald becomes second 

Newcomer to win Solo Championship 

Wizard of Oz Cameron Donald left his stamp 

on the Isle of Man for the second time in a 

month when he won the Southern 100 Solo 

Championship at the first attempt. 

2006 - Cameron Donald 

2005 - Ian keeps Guy at bay rounding Ballabeg Hairpin 

in the early part of the Solo Championship Race 

Just a few short weeks after setting the TT 

alight with a blistering 128 mph lap on his 

way to second place in the Senior behind 

John McGuinness (his second TT but his 

Senior race debut) the fast-learning Australian 

did it again. 

This time he repelled a two-pronged assault 

from Billown regulars Ian Lougher and 

Guy Martin to chalk up a further debut win 

on the back of his Tandragee and Skerries 

successes in Ireland. 

2007 Southern 100 gains ‘International’ 

Status 

Lougher regains Solo Championship 

Chalking up his 36th success on the Billown 

Course, Ian Lougher won the Southern 100 

Solo Championship title for the fourth time 

in six years by a surprisingly comfortable 

margin. 

In a week of considerable highs and 

lows the likeable Welshman crashed twice 

at the same corner in separate races on different 

bikes, broke down while vying for the 

lead in the lead 250cc race and celebrated 

his 44th birthday. 

Nick Crowe and Dan Sayle won the 

Sidecar Championship by a country mile. 

It was Crowe’s fourth consecutive 

title; the previous 

three coming with 

Darren Hope, but 

his ambition of 

becoming the first 

drive to circulate 

Billown at 100mph 

on a three-wheeler 

were scuppered by 

the damp conditions, 

having lapped 

at 99.778mph in the 

dry the previous 

evening. 

2009 Southern 

100 Solo Championship 

Race 

Arguably Best-Ever! (At that 

time) 

Not many short circuit races 

finish with less than four 

fifths of a second blanketing 

the top four riders, so when 

0.777 of a second covers the 

top four in a road race it must 

be something special. 

The 2009 Southern 100 

Solo Championship race over 

nine laps of the 4.25-mile 

Billown Course was one such 

race – arguably the most 

exciting in the 54-year history 

of the event on the outskirts 

of the Isle of Man’s ancient 

former capital of Castletown.

Little more than metres 

separated Ryan Farquhar, Guy 

Martin, Conor Cummins, and 

Michael Dunlop over the entire 

race, but it was Martin who had 

the all-important edge on the 

others when it mattered most. 

And boy was he a happy guy! 

After six years of trying to 

win the big one, the popular 

Lincolnshire ace was overflowing 

with joy, embracing his 

fellow podium men Farquhar 

and Cummins and blurting out 

his usual priceless comments 

to everyone in earshot: “I was 

pretty gutted after finishing 

second in the other two big 

races so I sat down with the 

lads over a couple of shandies 

last night and we came up with 

a few changes. 

“We’ve not exactly reinvented 

the wheel, just a few 

tweaks here and there. 

” I’m really pleased for the 

Hydrex team; they’ve worked 

really hard for this.” 

Ian and Carl Bell became 

the first father and son combination 

to win the Sidecar 

Championship when they led 

the main three-wheel event 

virtually from start-to-finish, 

with Ian becoming the first 

Southern 100 competitor to 

win both the Solo and Sidecar 

Championships, having won 

the solo championship in 1987. 

2009 Guy Martin 

for the 55th annual event on the 

outskirts of Castletown in the 

south of the Isle of Man. 

It was a complete turnaround of 

fortune for the tough youngster 

of the best-known family dynasty 

in road racing, who crashed 

heavily in the early stages of the 

2010 race at Iron Gate. 

There were no such worries on 

this occasion and Dunlop’s riding 

improved as the week wore 

on as his general strength and 

fitness recovered from a bout of 

shingles. 

2012 Birchall bros bag Sidecar 

feature win… 

Hot foot from the Sachsenring, 

three former world champions 

made a lasting impression on 

the Southern 100. 

In the 50th year of sidecar 

racing at the Billown Course and 

30 years after a certain Steve 

Webster (in his only appearance 

at the event) set a lap record 

2011 Michael Dunlop Follows 

in Uncle Joey’s Winning 

Wheel Tracks 

Michael Dunlop put his name 

on the Southern 100 Solo 

Championship title precisely 

35-years after his illustrious 

uncle Joey first did in 1976. 

Joey went on to win the feature 

race at the annual Billown 

event a record six times and 

there is no reason to suggest 

that Michael won’t achieve 

similar success if he displays 

similar skill and determination 

over the coming decade or 

more to that which he showed 

in the latest edition. 

Up against stiff opposition 

from the likes of former winners 

Guy Martin, Ryan Farquhar, 

Ian Lougher and Cameron 

Donald, 23-year-old Dunlop 

showed them all a clean pair 

of heels in perfect conditions 

2011 - Michael Dunlop

2012 - Ben & Tom Birchall 

of 94.79mph that stood for a decade, Ben 

and Tom Birchall won the main three-wheel 

championship race at the first attempt. 

The Mansfield pair, having won the German 

GP four days earlier, showed their all-round 

versatility by winning the hard-fought eightlap 

feature race. 

All eyes were initially on current Sidecar 

World Championship leader Tim Reeves who 

had won his maiden race on the 4.25-mile 

course two days earlier with Dan Sayle. 

They had a three-second lead after the 

opening 10 miles, but the Nick Crowe Racing 

LCR Honda suddenly started to cut-out. 

By Church Bends on lap three, their 

lead had been hacked back to less than two 

seconds and their race ended at Castletown 

Stadium seconds later with a suspected 

electrical malfunction. 

Father and son, Ian, and Carl Bell 

champions in 2009, took over the reins, but 

they were ousted by the Birchalls a lap or 

so later. 

The two LCR’s were nose-to-tail for the 

next couple of circuits before the GP stars 

edged their way clear on the Cofain-sponsored 

Honda to win by 6.87 seconds at an 

average speed of 96.474mph. 

Greg Lambert and Dicky Gale were a 

lonely, but very happy third, in front of Wayne 

Lockey and Kenny Cole. 

2013 World Champion Reeves secures 

maiden Southern 100 title 

Tim Reeves and Dan Sayle won their 

first Southern 100 Sidecar Championship 

together in a tragedy-hit race on Thursday 

afternoon. 

The pair initially trailed Ben and Tom 

Birchall by 0.3 of a second, but once they got 

ahead of the Mansfield brothers, they always 

looked favourites to clinch the title. 

Reeves and Sayle blasted their LCR Honda 

past the similar machine of the Birchalls 

early on lap two and were 1.96 s clear by 

half-distance in the reduced six-lap event. 

Ben and Tom upped their ante in the latter 

part, reducing the lead to 0.7 of a second 

with one lap remaining. 

They got closer still on the final run-in 

but were unable to find a way past the SMT 

Racing outfit and the defending champions 

were forced to settle for second best at the 

finish, 0.118s in arrears. 

The Manx Gas/Klaffi Racing pair had the 

small consolation of setting the fastest lap 

of the race on the final tour at a speed of 

98.856mph – still some way short of the first 

100mph lap by a sidecar. 

2014 Twin race decided by 1,000th of a 

second 

The joint second-closest Southern 100 of all 

time saw Dean Harrison beat James Cowton 

by 0.001 of a second on Thursday afternoon. 

The pair were virtually inseparable for 

the whole of the Ocean Ford-sponsored 

650/250 race. 

The furthest apart they were throughout

2014 - Dean harrison & James Cowton 

the six-lap race was 0.3 of a second, but at 

the finish line the two 650cc Kawasaki’s 

were even closer. 

Initially there was some confusion as 

Manx Radio’s man-on-the-spot, Chris Kinley, 

interview Cowton – congratulating him on 

his first Billown success. 

But then it was announced that, following 

a stewards’ meeting, the line judges gave 

Harrison the win. 

It is quite possible that Cowton had his 

electronic timing transponder fitted close 

to the front of the bike and the ruling is the 

first front-wheel spindle to cross the line. 

Harrison’s elder brother Adrian rounded 

out the podium in third, with Dean Osborne 

of Douglas again beating John Barton for the 

best local in sixth spot. 

There have been two dead-heats on the 

Billown Course – the 1961 350cc Southern 

100 between Phil Read and Alan Shepherd, 

and the 1988 Classic Southern 100 between 

Alan Dugdale and Alan Smith, but they were 

before the days of electronic timing. 

2015 Guy Martin Equals Joey’s Record! 

Guy Martin has become only the second 

rider in the history of the Southern 100 to win 

the solo championship title three years in 

succession. 

In a thrilling and somewhat dramatic 

finale on Thursday, the ever-popular Lincolnshire 

ace equalled the feat of another 

charismatic character, Joey Dunlop, when 

he won the title back-to-back three times 

between 1976 and 1978. 

It was a fitting climax to the IoM Steam 

Packet-sponsored diamond jubilee meeting 

that started in miserable wet conditions and 

ended in blazing sunshine. 

The final two days of racing were packed 

with superb action and nostalgia, to crown 

one of the best meetings in the history of 

the great Billown event. 

The Tyco BMW was pushed hard in the 

main nine-lapper, not by Michael Dunlop, 

as perhaps many had expected, but by Manxman 

Dan Kneen who produced a terrific ride 

on the Valvoline Racing by Padgett’s Honda. 

Dunlop’s afternoon ended with a visit 

to hospital after he was low-sided from his 

BMW exiting Ballabeg Hairpin on lap three. 

2016 The Southern 100 has witnessed 

some exciting sidecar races over the decades, 

but arguably none more thrilling than 

last week’s encounters. 

The calibre was top drawer, with the four 

leading crews from this year’s TT all going at 

it hammer and tongs. 

It was no surprise then that the lap

ecord was smashed in Thursday afternoon’s 

Manx Gas championship event, with the first 

three crews lapping in excess of 100mph for 

the first time in history. 

The scene was set in Wednesday evening’s 

Ace Hire & Sales race, even though it 

was staged on wet roads. 

Tim Reeves won the shortened race by 

seven tenths of a second from Dave Molyneux 

and Dan Sayle, who had made up from 

a poor start to narrowly edge out Ben and 

Tom Birchall and John Holden/Andy Winkle. 

Conditions were near-perfect for championship 

event 19 hours later on Thursday, 

when Reeves/Farrance again got the best 

start. 

Ben and Tom Birchall were right on their 

rear-wheel, with Molyneux/Sayle and John 

Holden/Andy Winkle a close fourth. 

Four seconds covered the first six at the 

end of the first circuit, with Wayne Lockey/ 

Mark Sayers and the second local crew 

of Karl Bennett/Lee Cain completing the 

leaderboard. 

There was no change on lap two, but by 

then the lead four had distanced themselves 

from the rest. 

The Birchalls edged past Reeves/Farrance 

into Ballakeighan at the start of lap 

three, and seconds later Molyneux executed 

a late-braking manoeuvre up the inside of 

Reeves/Farrance into Iron Gate to move up 

to second place. 

Moly and Sayle were lining up a similar 

move on the Birchalls when the head gasket 

on their Honda-engined outfit blew; caused 

when a stone kicked up from another 

machine pierced the radiator releasing the 

coolant. 

Reeves and Farrance close the gap back 

up on the Birchalls, with Holden/Winkle still 

well in touch in third. 

The leading two crews lapped at a 

smidgen under a 100mph lap on the next two 

circuits, then on lap six all three crews went 

over the magic ton for the first time. 

It was the proverbial waiting for a bus 

scenario - Nick Crowe and Dan Sayle lapped 

within a narrow margin of a 100mph lap in 

2007 with a speed of 99.778mph, but then - 

nine years on - three crews did it within one 

second of each other! 

Ironically, it was Reeves and Farrance 

who went quickest, but they were still in 

second place. 

That all changed in dramatic fashion 

entering Iron Gate corner on the final circuit 

when the six-time world champion powered 

up the inside of the Birchall brothers on the 

brakes. 

2016 - First 100mph laps in Sdecar Race

With few re-passing opportunities remaining, 

the Birchalls were forced to settle 

for the runner-up spot. 

‘That’s the best race I’ve had in my life,’ 

beamed Tim after retaining the title. 

His passenger, Farrance, was making his 

first appearance on the course since he 

was a ‘kid’ of 17 in 2002. He turned 32 last 

Wednesday. 

2017 

The 2017 Southern 100 had just about everything 

- perfect conditions, a quality entry, 

superb racing, and record speeds. 

The four-day Isle of Man Steam Packet 

Company-sponsored International meeting 

all came to a spectacular finale on Thursday 

afternoon with the two main solo and sidecar 

Manx Gas championship events. 

From the change of lights, Michael Dunlop 

got off to a flier on the Bennetts Suzuki 

and had a narrow lead over Dean Harrison 

and Dan Kneen at the bottom of Ballakaighan 

straight. A couple of bike lengths 

behind the leading trio were James Cowton, 

Derek McGee, and Jamie Coward. 

The gap between Dunlop and Harrison 

was considerably tighter at 0.475 of a 

second after two laps and hammering down 

Castletown Bypass another lap on the three 

leaders were virtually side-by-side. The official 

margin was 100th of a second between 

Dunlop and Kneen. 

Dunlop continued to lead, but then Harrison 

jumped to the front with his first 115mph 

lap on the next circuit to grab the lead. 

He held the advantage for the next two 

circuits before Kneen got his nose in front 

on laps seven and eight. All the time, the 

speeds were continuing to increase. 

Harrison and Kneen looked the likely 

contenders coming into the closing stages, 

with Dunlop biding his time behind them on 

the Suzuki. Harrison led for half a circuit on 

lap seven, but Kneen nipped back ahead of 

him on the brakes into Cross Four Ways. 

On the final lap it was all change again 

with Harrison leading into Iron Gate from 

Dunlop, with Kneen third. 

Harrison held on this time, and Kneen 

managed to edge Dunlop out of second 

place to cross the finish line a bike-anda-half 

length behind winner Harrison. The 

official margin was 0.131 of a second. 

Amazingly, despite finishing third, Dunlop’s 

final lap was the fastest of the race, a 

new absolute lap record of 115.707mph in a 

time of 2min 12.231sec. 

2018 & 2019 Dean Harrison Takes Command 

Bradford rider Dean Harrison, riding the Silicone 

Racing Kawasaki machines continued 

where he left off the previous year, retaining 

his Southern 100 Solo Championship crown. 

In addition he won the two ‘big bike’ races 

on Wednesday evening, the repeating the 

exercise on Thursday morning. 

2019 saw Dean take all five 1000cc and 

600cc races and once again lifting the 

coveted ‘Derek Ennett’ Trophy for winning 

the prestigious Southern 100 Solo Championship 

race, making it three in a row, only 

the third time this has been achieved since 

the races started in 1955. Dean Harrison take 

the accolade alongside Joey Dunlop, 1976, 

1977 & 1078; Guy Martin 2013, 2014 & 2015, and 

himself 2017, 2018 & 2019. 

All was looking well for 2020, until the 

Covid-19 pandemic took over the world and 

the 65th running of the Isle of Man Steam 

Packet Company Southern 100 Road Races 

were officially cancelled. 

Southern 100 Racing, the organisers are 

now in the throws of planning for 2021 and 

look forward to welcoming friends, old and 

new to the Colas Billown Course on Monday, 

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 12th, 13th, 

14th & 15th July for the Isle of Man Steam 

Packet Southern 100 Road Races. 

2019 - Dean Harrison Podium After 3rd Solo 

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as I prepared to ride the NSR500 on which he’d 

just won a third straight world championship. 

“If it spins at 8,000rpm you’ll be over the bars 

for sure.” 

Er, thanks Mick. It’s a Monday 

morning in Sydney, a day after the 

last GP of 1996, and I’m feeling 

slightly far from home as I contemplate 

the Eastern Creek circuit 

I’ve never ridden before, from the 

barely-padded seat of a factory 

V4 two-stroke that makes roughly 

200bhp and weighs 130kgs (so, 

slightly less than a CBR125R). 

Jerry Burgess points out the 

rear brake lever alongside the 

clutch lever, invented by Doohan a 

few years earlier after the Assen 

crash that almost cost him his 

right leg. That’s a first for me, 

obviously, though I’m not planning 

“MY FIRST EVER RIDE ON THE LEGENDARY NSR 

WAS INTIMIDATING TO START WITH BUT MOSTLY 

IT WAS JUST FANTASTIC FUN.” 

on touching the thing. There’s quite enough 

Words: Roland Brown Pics: Gold & Goose 

unfamiliar stuff on this bike already, thanks very 

much. Like the carbon brake discs, and the 

then novelty of a quick-shifter for the already 

confusing down-for-up raceshift 

gearchange. 

“Keep the throttle open 

and tread down to change,” 

Burgess yells above the 

cacophonous crackle of 

four expansion pipes. “And 

if you crash it, get up and 

run!” 

My first ever ride on 

the legendary NSR was intimidating 

to start with but 

mostly it was just fantastic 

fun. Over the years, Honda’s 

single-crank V4 always was 

the horsepower nutter bastard 

even among that fiendishly elite 

group of factory 500cc strokers. 

After I’d paid my way half-way 

round the world for five laps on one, 

it didn’t disappoint.

Probably the closest a Frank 

Thomas boot ever got to an 

NSR500 V4 gearchange...

“AT LEAST I DID BRING IT BACK IN ONE PIECE, UNLIKE DOOHAN, 

WHO THE DAY BEFORE HAD CRASHED OUT OF HIS HOME GP” 

BREATHLESS 

Coming on to Eastern Creek’s downhill main straight 

for the first time, I held my breath and flicked the throttle 

open. Instantly the monster went on the rampage. In third 

gear at over a ton the front wheel snapped off the ground, 

then did the same thing in fourth as I trod through the box. 

As the straight disappeared in seconds it was as much as I 

could do to hold on and pull myself forward to keep some 

weight over the front wheel. 

If the NSR’s acceleration was blood-draining, the 

stopping power provided by those carbon discs and the 

Michelin front slick was barely less so. And in the bends its 

control, balance and ease of steering made every road bike 

I’d ridden feel rough by comparison. No matter how hard I 

tried, the NSR refused to twitch. Its rigid frame and stateof-the-art 

suspension simply meant it reacted perfectly 

to every command. And then tried to rip its bars from my 

hands all the way down that long straight. 

From about 298km/h I brake at the 120-metre board 

for Turn One: a long, sweeping fourth-gear left-hander, the 

Honda was the only outfit to make a single-crank 

V-4 two-stroke work. No-one outside HRC knows 

how they did it, even 17 years on. 

Gull-arm swinger, quad-spannies, HRC sticker: we’ll 

never see the like again 

200bhp 

Max power for a weight 

barely more than 130kg 

SB 

fastest corner on the track and a great place to overtake 

if you get it right. The front Michelin slides quite a bit here, 

then on the way out of the turn the bike’s wheelspinning 

as I’m back on the throttle and heading towards Turn 

Two... 

Er, or not. Sorry, got a bit carried away there. That 

last bit was not me but Mighty Mick, explaining what he 

did during a hot lap of Eastern Creek. I used up some 

knee-slider through that frighteningly fast and bumpy 

Turn One, but I sure as hell didn’t get either tyre out of line 

during my short but intense five laps on the NSR. 

At least I did bring it back in one piece, unlike Doohan, 

who the day before had crashed out of his home GP after 

clashing with team-mate Alex Criville. The Aussie tamed 

the NSR again to win two more titles before Honda’s brilliant 

but brutal V4 flicked him off again, at Jerez in 1999, 

and this time even Doohan didn’t come back.

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and turning into a complete disaster when injury after injury saw him walk away from Repsol Honda 

and retire from MotoGP at the Valencian Grand Prix in November, it’s fair to say that he’s taken a beating 

in the past twelve months. 

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pressures of competing 

for world championships 

was lifted from his shoulders and 

making a triumphant return to 

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And, sitting down with The 

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the events of last November, 

Lorenzo says that despite all the 

highs and lows of the rollercoaster 

ride he’s been through, he’s 

happy with the choices that have 

led him to where he is today. 

Can you explain how you made 

the decision to retire at the end 

of 2019? 

Before winning in Mugello with 

Ducati, I had a difficult time. I 

couldn’t get the results I wanted, 

Ducati wanted to sign another 

rider and I had to find a solution. 

I was in a good moment of my 

career, I was fast, I was still sharp 

- but for some reason, I couldn’t 

get the results and I couldn’t stay 

in Ducati. We found the option of 

going to Petronas Yamaha and it 

was almost ready to sign - then 

the opportunity at Honda arrived 

and I couldn’t say no to them. 

One of every rider’s dream is to 

race for Honda at least once in 

your life, and I was lucky that in 

three weeks I was able to have 

the chance to do what no rider 

did in history and win with three 

different bikes. 

But things started wrong with 

the injury to my scaphoid, and 

the 2019 bike was difficult to ride. 

Injuries came to play a big role 

and it turned into a big mess. I 

was never competitive, I never 

got good results, and especially 

the injury at Assen helped make 

my decision for me. Without that, 

I would probably have stayed and 

tried another year, but it changed 

my way of thinking a lot and retirement 

became a real thought. I 

tried to come back at Silverstone 

and see what happened, and if 

I had found the motivation and 

the confidence it might have 

changed things, but I didn’t have 

the patience to stay without 

them. 

If I’m not able to win then 

I’m not happy, because the only 

thing that keeps me going in 

this profession is the possibility 

of winning. There are so many 

negative aspects of it; the travel, 

the events, the pressure you feel 

at races, the possibility of getting 

injured. They aren’t compensated 

for unless you’re able to win. I 

struggled and suffered a lot at 

Honda, and there was no compensation 

for it. 

In the end, does that mean it 

was an easier call to make? 

It wasn’t easy to make the decision, 

because I wasn’t able to 

repay the trust that Honda and 

Alberto Puig put in me. But it’s 

also true that another year like

2019 was something that neither Honda 

nor I could afford because both of us are 

winners, not people who finish tenth or 15th. 

I was suffering there, and life is for enjoying, 

not suffering - especially when you’ve won 

so much. 

I don’t have regrets, because there’s 

no sense to regret things that you can’t 

change. But there will always be the question 

of what would have happened if I had 

won one month before at Ducati. Probably 

we wouldn’t be here talking. But when I look 

at my career, I can only consider myself a 

very lucky guy and lucky sportsman. I’m 

proud of it, and I can’t be unhappy. Most 

importantly, my wrist is OK and I have no 

problems with my back. I had some doubts 

about the pain in my back, but it’s been fine 

so far. 

How did the deal with Yamaha happen? 

Suddenly when I announced my retirement, 

Yamaha came to me very interested. It 

looked like the perfect role because I’m able 

to do what I love and ride bikes, and I can 

feel part of a project and the feeling of improving 

things, which has always been nice. 

But it’s without the travelling, without the 

people in the paddock during a Grand Prix, 

the pressure that comes with it. I thought 

‘why not?’ because it gives me the best of 

my career without the worst. Of course, I’ll 

miss the feeling you can only get as a racer, 

to win a MotoGP race, but you can’t have 

everything in life. 

I don’t know how I always seem to be 

in the eye of all the attention, because it 

happens a lot - when I buy a new car, when 

I announce my plans! It sometimes creates 

a lot of expectations, but I’m just doing what 

I love - and I feel like at Yamaha now I can 

have the good things without the bad things. 

The feeling is already very familiar again in 

the team. It’s not that they treated me badly 

at Ducati and Honda; it’s quite the opposite 

because they treated me well and gave me 

their best. I have friends in both teams. But 

in Yamaha, there’s a different feeling, and 

the bike is very familiar-feeling too, especially 

for my riding style. 

You’ve always been a controversial 

character, but is it fair to say that that’s 

changed a little in recent months? 

I think the main reason that I’ve always had 

bad comments directed at me is because 

I’ve been racing against Valentino, especially 

after the polemic of Malaysia 2015. But 

time is a great healer; humans forget both 

negative and positive feelings very 

quickly, and maybe as time has gone 

on fans have started to understand 

me a little better or maybe because 

I’ve changed as a person. I think 

maybe some people were touched by 

my press conference at Valencia last 

year too, and the response has been 

popular. 

Now that I’m not depending so 

much on being an official rider or 

working with sponsors, I can show 

more or less whatever I want on social 

media too. I can show the real life that 

I live. It seems that people appreciate 

it, even if there are some that are a 

little against it because my real life is 

about travelling and enjoying myself. 

Some people have some envy, but I 

think they’ll get used to it because 

that’s how my life is going to be now, 

at least for the moment. All humans

anyone could dislike him - he’s very easy 

to love. Yamaha has a very exciting team 

for the future now. I think it’s the first time 

I’ve ever wanted someone apart from me 

to win! I couldn’t win last year so I liked it 

when Marc was able to for the team, but 

now I really want to see Valentino, Maverick 

and Fabio winning. Hopefully, Franco 

can make the last step as well. 

How is your relationship with Valentino 

now? 

It’s very difficult to be friendly with a direct 

competitor, especially when we’re all 

killers in MotoGP. Marc is a killer, Valentino 

is a killer, I’m a killer; we all want to 

win and we never want to give anything to 

the others. That makes it hard to communicate, 

to spend time together, or to 

have empathy for the other. You don’t hate 

them, but you want them to go as slow 

as possible and to be able to beat them 

every time. When something as emotional 

as Sepang in 2015 happens, the friction 

causes a fire and the relationship is even 

worse. I’ve always said that with Valentino, 

the further apart we are the better the 

relationship we have, at least until now! 

The best relationship we had in the past 

was when he was at Ducati or when I was 

at Ducati. But we’re closer than ever now, 

maybe because our shared interest is to 

see Yamaha winning. 

are haters at least a little bit, because 

envy is a human feeling - and you 

need to live with it. 

Are you excited to be working with 

Yamaha and especially with Fabio 

in 2020? 

Right now, Yamaha is the only team 

that has three riders that can win 

races and fight for the championship. 

Honda only has Marc for the moment, 

Suzuki only has Rins because Mir still 

has to score his first podium. Ducati 

maybe has three, but Yamaha has 

more chance to win with their three. 

If you know Fabio as a person you 

know that he never fights with anyone 

and he’s always smiling. He changes 

a lot when he’s in race mode and 

becomes very electric with a lot of 

energy, but when he takes off his helmet 

he’s a very cool kid. I don’t think 

Do you have a plan to make some wildcard 

appearances in 2020? 

For the moment nothing is confirmed, 

although people have been speaking a lot 

about Montmelo. I’ll be there to see the 

winners of my helmet giveaway, but I don’t 

know if I’ll be there as a spectator or as a 

rider. It’ll depend a lot on my feeling with 

the bike, because if I’m quite competitive 

and if I have the pace to finish a race then 

maybe. It’s not the same thing to be fast 

and to have race pace. 

Would success in them tempt you back 

to racing full time? 

For the moment I’m happy with the role 

that I have because I can enjoy life in a 

way I haven’t for twenty years. I’ve got a 

lot of things I want to do, other projects 

and new things. But in life you never know. 

After Valencia it was 99% no, and now it’s 

maybe 98%. If it’s grown 1% in two months 

maybe it’ll keep growing in the future, but 

for now it’s a no.

Reader 

LETTERS 

IN ASSOCIATION WITH 

THE LETTER 

OF THE MONTH 

WINS A HJC 

HELMET. 

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Dear Clint, 

I’ve been struggling for 4 and a half 

months in some serious pain since 

January with complications from my 

“camel crash” racing in Mauritania. 

Finally after numerous MRI scans, dye 

injections and different specialists I 

think we have a long and difficult, but 

proper solution going forward. 

So this week we kicked off 

with a right shoulder op to repair 

the torn tendon, shave the 

bone and add the new anchor 

points. It’s gonna be six weeks 

in a sling and then a good few 

months of rehab to get it back 

to 100%. 

Once that’s done then my 

left wrist gets fused between 

the scaphoid, lunate and capitate 

bones as well as a cartilage 

repair. So all in I’m “man 

down” for most of the year. 

They can’t do them together 

as it’s right shoulder and left 

wrist and Meredith refuses to 

wipe my butt for me....so much 

for team work!! 

Jokes aside, crashing bikes 

and getting injured really 

sucks and I certainly believe 

there’s no “bragging rights” when it 

comes to how you’ve damaged your 

body. For some people who don’t ride 

they see posts like this and think how 

mental and foolish guys are who ride 

bikes or participate in extreme sports. 

I fully get that and I can see how it can 

be perceived that way. The truth is I 

hate getting injured or seeing other riders 

injured and I do all I can to reduce 

the chances of injury by wearing the 

proper protective gear and calculating 

all the risks vs reward moments when 

riding or racing. The only way to fully 

eliminate injuries is to avoid all risks. 

Some people will choose this path 

and live a “safe life” avoiding all risk, 

injury and chance of failure but in my 

opinion they will miss out on the very 

essence of what this incredible life 

has to offer. For me I will choose the 

package deal where there will be times 

like this of pain and healing but also 

a constantly growing list of incredible 

adventures, far away places, friends 

like brothers and squeezing every last 

drop out of this awesome life! 

PS. This might just be the meds 

talking. 

Joey Evans 

Hi Joey 

I totally get where you are coming 

from. Our lives although very different 

have quite often intertwined at 

different times. Some of them life 

changing events for us personally and 

for our families. We were at the same 

event when you hit that cow on the 

Pongola 500 while you were training for 

the Dakar a few years back. You were 

shipped off to hospital and I 

can clearly remember your kids 

and Meredith in a panic back at 

the hotel. For sure we put our 

families through a lot. On my 

side a few years back my wife 

just gave birth to our little girl 

one week before and there I was 

unconscious for 10 days in Milpark 

because I got it wrong on 

a Kawasaki H2R. The aftermath 

of that is that I was so blessed 

to make it through that situation 

and that has also shaped 

me into the person I am today. 

In essence all things we have 

gone through and experienced 

make us who we are today and I 

would not change it at all. I wish 

I could have saved the agony 

I put the close people around 

me through but for the rest, I’m 

happy where I am now and I’m glad to 

see you feel the same. Go and and live 

it, you only get once shot at it. 

By the way, you’re our winning letter of 

the month. If you don’t want the helmet 

as a prize, please feel free to nominate 

a person who would love to receive it 

from you. 

Cheers, 

Clint

BUDGET READING 

Hello Clint. 

Firstly I’d like to say your bike magazine 

is the best, as a pensioner I can 

afford to buy it every second month. As 

my wife always says 6 are better than 

none. 

Someone placed your magazine on our 

WhatsApp group which indicated free, 

well I had to show the wife that her “You 

Magazine” doesn’t do that which pissed 

her off for two days. 

Thanks once again for both a great bike 

magazine and during this “lock down” 

situation we can still get SuperBike 

Mag. 

One month later Adam contacted us 

again. 

Good morning Clint and SuperBike 

team: I’ve looked on the magazine 

racks, well, where there are still racks, 

most have being removed due to no 

new paper backs coming in (CNA, Spar, 

Checkers, P&P and convenience shop at 

gas stations). Are we going to be blessed 

again with a free electronic copy this 

month? You’ve whetted my appetite last 

month. 

My wife now reads her “You Magazine” 

articles on News 24 $%&^#@$%. 

Thanks for helping us all get our fix 

during lock down. 

Regards 

Dave Adam 

Hi Dave 

Thanks for your mails, it’s much appreciated. 

Truthfully we are just true lovers 

of all things two wheels. I hope you 

are still riding and if so, what bike? My 

Dad is 83 and is still an avid rider and I 

totally blame him for my addiction to it. 

I find my helmet time some of the best 

time I can spend with myself and I do it 

a little every day. 

On the digital magazine, we are desperately 

trying to go back to print right now 

but we need the support of the industry 

and although most seem to have had a 

good re opening of their business, everybody 

is still feeling the effects of not 

doing any trade for almost two months. 

You can make sure that you will get the 

free digital every month, go onto Yumpu. 

com and you will find all of our issues 

there. Our plan is to only make the free 

digital magazine available on the 10th of 

every month. We are doing this to make 

sure guys at least buy the hard copy 

first in the shops. Maybe I’m just old 

school but I do prefer a magazine in my 

hand to page through. 

Take care Dave 

Clint 

RANTING A BIT 

Hi Clint 

My rant for today! Does anyone have 

access to Zuckerfucker? I want to lay a 

shovel into his face. Yes, I know Facebook 

is free and we have to be grateful 

for his awesomeness having us all eat 

at the biggest advertising media in the 

world, and we have to grovel at his feet 

for connecting us all. 

But seeing an advert every 5th post and 

then the new spam is these sponsored 

posts. This one is now the 6th with 

different spammers posting the same 

shit coming over my feed. It is spam, 

promoted by one person with different 

accounts. Try and report it? Nothing 

happens. 

If it was not to follow 

friends and family doings, 

I would dump this cesspool 

of shit social media 

thing in a heartbeat. 

Regards 

Michnus 

Hi Michnus 

You should see it from 

our side, it’s like a never 

ending wave that we have 

to do otherwise you loose 

out and get dumped. It 

for sure is the buzzword 

nowadays. Shocking thing 

is that so many of our 

readers are not on facebook, websites 

and instagram. They just have had 

enough, and funny thing is, they all read 

the magazine and are “gatvol” of exactly 

the same thing. Remember when we 

all got spam sms’s, can you believe it, I 

wish I could turn the time back on that 

one because my email box is full of new 

spam messages every day and it does. 

To matter to put it in the spam folder, 

they just find a new way. Bastards. 

Cheers, my rant also over now 

Clint

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PANIGALE V4R- R679 000 

PANIGALE V2- R255 000 

SUPERLEGGERA V4- R1 690 000 

SCRAMBLER DUCATI 

SIXTY2 - FROM R122 500 

DARK- FROM R137 900 

ICON - FROM R148 500 

FULL THROTTLE- R176 400 

CLASSIC - R164 900 

DESERT SLED- R191 700 

CAFE RACER - R191 700 

1100 PRO- R209 900 

1100 SPORT PRO- R239 900 

HARLEY-DAVIDSON 

STREET® 750- R112 500 

STREET ROD®- R122 500 

IRON 1200- R154 500 

SUPERLOW®- R149 000 

IRON® 883- R153 000 

1200 CUSTOM®- R165 500 

SUPERLOW® 1200T- R170 500 

FORTY-EIGHT SPECIAL- R164 500 

FORTY EIGHT®- R164 500 

ROADSTER- R173 000 

STREET BOB®- R192 500 

LOW RIDER®- R220 000 

LOW RIDER®S- R264 500 

DELUXE- R278 400 

SPORT GLIDE- R243 000 

FAT BOB®- R231 000 

SOFTAIL® STANDARD- R182 000 

SOFTAIL SLIM®- R240 900 

FAT BOY®- R282 000 

BREAKOUT® 114- R317 500 

HERITAGE CLASSIC 114- R309 500 

ROAD KING®- R330 000 

ROAD KING® SPECIAL- R357 500 

STREET BOB- R192 500 

STREET GLIDE® SPECIAL- R383 000 

ELECTRA GLIDE- R333 000 

ROAD GLIDE® SPECIAL- R387 000 

ROAD GLIDE® LIMITED- R389 500 

ULTRA LIMITED- R396 500 

CVOSTREET GLIDE®- R511 000 

CVO ROAD GLIDE- R525 000 

CVOLIMITED- R545 000 

FREEWHEELER®- FROM R415 000 

TRI GLIDE® ULTRA- R522 000 

FXDR114- R269 500 

HONDA 

ACE 125- R25 500 

ELITE 125- R25 000 

NC750X- R114 480 

NC750X DCT- R123 120 

2019 AFRICA TWIN- R185 000 

2019 AFRICA TWIN DCT- R197 499 

2019 ADV SPORT- R205 000 

2019 ADV SPORT DCT R217 490 

2020 AFRICA TWIN- R210 000 

2020 AFRICA TWIN DCT- R222 499 

2020 ADV SPORT- R236 000 

2020 ADV SPORT DCT- R269 000 

XR190- R52 100 

XR150L- R34 500 

XR125L- R32 150 

CRF250L- R74 999 

CRF250 RALLY- R77 999 

CBR1000RR- R228 600 

CBR1000S- R300 000 

GL1800 GOLDWING M- R367 000 

GL1800 GOLDWING DCT- R449 500 

HUSQVARNA 

FS 450- R125 699 

401 VITPILEN- R84 699 

401 SVARTPILEN- R84 699 

701 ENDURO- R169 699 

701 ENDURO LR- R185 699 

701 SUPERMOT0- R169 699 

701 VITPILEN- R146 699 

701 SVARTPILEN- R146 699 

INDIAN 

FTR 1200- R209 900 

FTR 1200 RACE REPLICA- R269 900 

SCOUT SIXTY- R169 900 

SCOUT 1133- R229 900 

SCOUT BOBBER- R229 900 

CHIEF DARK HORSE- R319 900 

CHIEF® CLASSIC- R419 900 

CHIEF® VINTAGE- R399 900 

SPRINGFIELD- R389 900 

SPRINGFIELD DARKHORSE- R369 900 

CHIEFTAIN DARK HORSE- R399 900 

CHIEFTAIN - R399 900 

ROADMASTER - R449 900 

KAWASAKI 

Z300- R59 995 

Z400 ABS- R72 995 

NINJA 400 ABS- R86 995 

Z650- FROMR110 995 

Z900 ABS- R155 995 

Z1000R- R179 995 

Z1000SX- R179 995 

NINJA 650 FROMR122 995 

VERSYS-X 300- R85 995 

VERSYS 650- R115 995 

ZX-10R- R275 995 

H2 SX SE- R289 995 

Z H2- R329 995 

ZZR1400 ÖHLINS- R259 995 

KIDEN 

KD 125-V- R28 900 

KD 125-Z- R27 500 

KD 125-J- R21 900 

KD 125-K- R19 500 

KTM 

KTM 125 DUKE- R63 999 

KTM RC125- R66 999 

KTM 390 DUKE- R79 999 

KTM RC390- R84 999 

KTM 390 ADVENTURE- R93 999 

KTM 690 SMC R- R168 999 

KTM 690 ENDURO R - R168 999 

KTM 790 DUKE- R159 999 

KTM 790 ADVENTURE- R195 999 

KTM 790 ADVENTURE R- R209 999 

KTM 790 ADVENTURE R RALLY - R294 999 

KTM 890 DUKE R- R189 999 

KTM 1290 SUPER ADV S- R259 999 

KTM 1290 SUPER ADV R - R269 999 

KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE R - R265 999 

KTM 1290 SUPER DUKE GT- R269 999 

KYMCO 

AGILITY RS 125- R22 950 

LIKE 125I ABS- R44 950 

G-DINK 300I- FROM R59 950 

XCITING 400I- FROM R119 950 

AK550- R159 950 

MOTO GUZZI 

3 YEAR / 60 000KM MAINTENANCE PLAN 

AUDACE CARBON - R430 895 

CALIFORNIA 1400- R465 785 

MGX 21 FLYING FORTRESS E4- R575 

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V85 TT- R209 000 

V85 TT EVOCATIVE- R234 850 

V85 TT TRAVEL PACK- R249 850 

V7 III STONE S- R228 420 

V7 III STONE- R183 750 

V7 III STONE LED OPTION- R207 662 

V7 III ROUGH- R201 780 

V7 MILANO- R220 463 

V7 III CARBON- R210 750 

V7 III RACER- R224 750 

V7 III RACER 10TH ANNIVERSARY- R248 140 

MV AGUSTA 

DRAGSTER RR- R319 900 

DRAGSTER RR SCS- R359 888 

DRAGSTER RC LTD- R379 900 

DRAGSTER WHITE- R299 900 

F3 675 RC- R299 900 

F3 800 RC- R329 900 

BRUTALE 1000RR- R499 900 

BRUTALE RUSH- R599 900 

TURISMO VELOCO LUSSO R299 900 

SUPERVERLOCE 800- R399 900 

SUZUKI 

UR110- R19 100 

UB125- R21 300 

UH200AL- R52 950 

UH200AM- R53 750 

TF125K- R33 550 

DR200SE- R54 000 

GSX150F- R33 850 

GSX250R- R44 900 

GSX250FR- R49 900 

SV650- R131 500 

DL650XA L9- R172 950 

DL1050RC - R221 950 

GSX-R750 L9- R161 950 

GSX-R1000R- R273 900 

GSX-S1000F- R173 500 

GSX-S1000A L9 - R163 500 

KATANA- R188 900 

VZR 1800 - R196 900 

VZR1800BZ - R209 800 

GSX1300RA- R211 900 

SYM 

XS125 K- DELIVERY- R18 995 

NHT125- R29 995 

XS200 BLAZE- R19 995 

XS 200 TRAIL BLAZE- R17 995 

CITYCOM 300I- R59 995 

GTS 300I EVO- R63 995 

MAXSYM 600I ABS- R121 995 

CROX 125- R19 995 

FIDDLE II 150- R20 995 

JET14 200- R26 995 

ORBIT II 125- R16 995 

SYMPHONY 150- R19 995 

X-PRO 125- R21 995 

TRIUMPH 

STREET TRIPLE RS- R180 000 

MOTO 2 DAYTONA- R279 000 

SPEED TRIPLE RS- R229 000 

STREET TWIN- R152 000 

BONNEVILLE T100- R154 000 

BONNEVILLE T100 BLACK- R154 000 

BONNEVILLE T120- R179 000 

BONNEVILLE T120 BLACK- R179 000 

BONNEVILLE T120 BUD EKINS- R181 000 

BONNEVILLE BOBBER- R179 000 

BONNEVILLE BOBBER BLACK- R192 000 

BONNEVILLE SPEEDMASTER- R189 000 

SCRAMBLER 1200 XE- R219 000 

STREET SCRAMBLER- R179 000 

THRUXTON 1200 R- R199 000 

SPEED TWIN- R192 000 

TIGER 800 XCX- R186 000 

TIGER 800 XCA- R205 000 

TIGER 900 RALLY PRO- R229 000 

TIGER 900 GT PRO- R215 000 

TIGER 1200 DESERT EDITION- R259 000 

TIGER 1200 XCX- R226 000 

TIGER 1200 XCA- R275 000 

ROCKET R- R316 000 

ROCKET GT- R332 000 

YAMAHA 

T110C- R18 950 

N-MAX 155- R49 950 

XTZ125- R43 950 

YBR125G- R31 950 

TW200- R59 950 

XT250- R69 950 

X-MAX 300- R94 950 

T-MAX 560- R214 950 

XT1200Z- R224 950 

XT1200ZE- R249 950 

MT-07 ABS - R134 950 

MT-09 ABS - R169 950 

MT-07 TRACER - R144 950 

MT-09 TRACER - R179 950 

MT-09 TRACER GT- R199 950 

YZF-R3 - R84 950 

YZF-R6 - R219 950 

YZF-R1 - R329 950 

YZF-R1M- R424 950 

NIKEN- R275 000 

FJR1300- R229 950 

ZONTES 

ZT250-R - R44 900 

ZT310-R - R66 900 

ZT310-X- R72 900 

ZT310-X1- R82 900 

ZT310-T- R77 900 

DIRT BIKES 

HONDA 

CRF110F - R35 800 

CRF125F - R44 600 

CRF250R - R98 999 

CRF450R- R121 000 

CRF250RX - R116 600 

CRF450RX - R122 100 

HUSQVARNA 

TC 50- R52 699 

TC 50 MINI- R50 699 

EE 5- R67 699 

TC 65- R65 699 

TC 85- R79 699 

TC 125- R102 699 

TE 150 I - R119 699 

TC 250- R116 699 

FC 250- R127 699 

TE 250 I- R140 699 

FE 250- R142 699 

TX 300 I- R145 699 

TE 300 I- R146 699 

TE 300 I ROCKSTAR EDITON - R154 699 

FC 350- R132 699 

FX 350- R143 699 

FE 350- R144 699 

FC 450- R134 699 

FC 450 ROCKSTAR EDITION- R150 699 

FX 450 - R146 699 

FE 450- R147 699 

FE 501- R150 699 

KAWASAKI 

KX 65 - R41 995 

KX 85 BIG WHEEL - R54 995 

KX 250 F - R115 995 

KX 450 F - R119 995 

KTM 

KTM 50 SX - R43 999 

KTM 65 SX - R52 999 

KTM 85 SX - R65 999 

KTM 125 SX - R85 999 

KTM 150 SX- R89 999 

KTM 150 XC-W TPI- R104 999 

KTM 250 SX - R97 999 

KTM 250 SX-F - R106 999 

KTM 250 XC TPI - R121 999 

KTM 250 XC-F - R122 999 

KTM 250 XC-W TPI- R122 999 

KTM 250 EXC SIX DAYS TPI- R130 999 

KTM 250 EXC-F - R122 999 

KTM 250 EXC-F SIX DAYS - R129 999 

KTM 300 XC TPI - R126 999 

KTM 300 XC-W TPI- R127 999 

KTM 300 XC-W SIX DAYS TPI- R136 999 

KTM 350 SX -F- R110 999 

KTM 350 XC-F - R124 999 

KTM 350 EXC-F - R124 999 


KTM 450 SX-F- R112 999 

KTM 450 SX-F FACTORY EDITION- R126 999 

KTM 450 XC-F- R127 999 

KTM 450 EXC-F - R127 999 


KTM 500 EXC-F - R129 999 


SHERCO 

SE 125 RACING 2T- R99 000 

SE 125 FACTORY 2T- R109 900 

SE-F 250 RACING 4T - R130 600 

SE-F 250 FACTORY 4T - R141 100 

SE-F 300 RACING 4T - R132 500 

SE-F 300 FACTORY 4T - R143 300 

SE 250 RACING 2T - R127 400 

SE 250 FACTORY 2T - R135 400 

SE 300 RACING 2T - R130 800 

SE 300 FACTORY 2T - R137 900 

SEF 450 FACTORY 4T- R146 700 

SEF 500 FACTORY 4T- R147 700 

ST 125 RACING - R81 999 

ST 250 RACING - 

POA 

ST 300 RACING - R113 900 

YAMAHA 

PW50 - R34 950 

TTR50E - R34 950 

TTR110E - R46 950 

YZ 65 - R66 950 

YZ85 - R79 950 

YZ125 - R84 950 

YZ125X - R89 950 

YZ250 - R99 950 

YZ250 X - R99 950 

YZ250 F - R129 950 

YZ250 FX - R129 950 

YZ450 F - R144 950 

YZ450 FX - R144 950 

WR450F- R149 950 

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