MRW Issue 1

suspension for me. Another big benefit of
being close to the sea, apart from the time
away from the chaos that is JHB, was the
fact that we would have an extra 17-19%
power on hand, courtesy of that sweet sea
air. This would benefit the Ducati’s more
so than the Kawasaki ZH2, which always
has full power activated thanks to the supercharger.
Kit on, key in, time to head off and out
the alluring and massive Fancourt Golf Estate,
through a little part of George and up
to the famous pass, which I had sampled
on the way down in the van and was more
excited than ever to experience on 200hp
beasts of the green and red kind.
It was the Red Dragon up first and instantly
I could feel the extra power available
on tap. My first squirt in anger (ok that
sounded a bit wrong but get your heads
out of the gutter and focus) my arms were
nearly torn from their sockets, but the
brute force exerted from the now intensified
V4 power plant was insane. FML, was
my first reaction, followed by the biggest
ear-to-ear grin imaginable! Let’s just say
all the bodily fluids were activated and just
about in full swing.
Keeping myself, and my now very excited
body and mind in check, it was almost
time to blast the red machine up the pass
for the first time. With Jos at the front,
myself in the middle and Brandon Halasz
from NuHuman at the tail on his Streetfighter
V4S it was time for us to head up.
Being the track rider I am, I tend to find
myself attacking road passes such as this
a bit too much like a racetrack, hammering
on the brakes hard, punishing the gearbox
up and down, physically man handling the
bike. I have learnt that this is not the way
to do it on the road, especially through
the long-beautiful sweeps which presented
themselves on this pass. Smooth is the
name of the game on this pass and Jos
was doing it to perfection and showing off
just how to ride the pass to perfection.