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SIMON PATTERSON INTERVIEWS 

BRAD BINDER 

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WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE 

Imagine you are 

the parents of 

Brad and Darryn 

Binder watching the Chech 

MotoGP alone in your house 

in Krugersdorp. Normally 

you are at trackside with the 

boys but with the Corona 

pandemic halting movement 

around the world, flights 

out of here are impossible 

to get. It was hard enough 

getting Brad (International 

World Champion) back after 

lockdown in any case. 

So the two of you alone in 

front of the telly, he’s qualified 

in a fantastic position in 

7th but then the race starts 

and he starts moving up and 

up and up till he eventually 

passes 2nd placed star man 

and championship leader 

Quartararo, then closes 

the gap to Morbidelli and 

all of a sudden, your son 

is leading the Moto GP and 

pulling away in front of the 

best of the best in the world. 

Can you imagine being the 

Binder parents, what an absolutely 

beautiful moment. 

Well turn to page 58 and 

and read about my interview 

with them directly after his 

win. Also you can go to our 

website and hear the whole 

interview on our pod cast, it 

gives some good insights to 

the family. I’m honoured to 

say I have known them their 

whole motorcycling racing 

life. Bliksem, those BOYS 

are fast! 

This issue is a MotoGP 

issue, from Mat Oxley on 

the Spanner Man, to Simon 

Patterson on Brad to the 

“Porra” Oiviera with also his 

maiden win also on a KTM. 

This Austrian Company is 

going places! 

We at least do some other 

things as well, we do SA’s 

launch of the Tiger 900 and 

BMW’s XR 900 and Roadster. 

We put The latest Fireblade 

on Noddy’s dyno and it 

makes the most HP of any 

standard 1000cc Superbike 

ever! Peter McBride from 

Hi-Side Saloon gives us his 

take on the Corona Riders of 

which we can all relate to. 

So in a nutshell, we loving 

being back in print, please 

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live this life of motorcycling. 

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is a bit age inappropriate, 

look at the Super Stuff pages, 

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as James Hunt. 

Till next time, ride safe but 

ride lots. 

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BINDER WINS HIS FIRST MOTOGP 

MONTHLY REGULARS 

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74 BIKE BUYER’S GUIDE 

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42 BACK IN THE DAY - ROSSI’S RC213V 

48 SAGP FAN HUB INTRODUCTION 

58 TALK WITH BRAD BINDER’S FOLKS 

60 NORDKAPP ADVENTURE 

66 APOCALYPSE YAMAHA R1 

68 SPANNER MAN BY MAT OXLEY 

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PETRONAS REPLICA 

YAMAHA YZF-R1 

Race replicas are nothing new in the 

motorcycle industry. Take your street 

model, slap some paint and sponsor 

graphics on it, and call it good. Easy 

peasy. The folks at Yamaha Motor Europe 

didn’t get that memo, however. 

Teaming up with the YART GTYR 

Pro Shop, these stalwarts of the tuning 

fork brand have created a unique 

YZF-R1 that pays homage to another 

of their sister outfits, the Petronas-backed 

Sepang Racing Team. 

At first glance, it is easy to miss 

the fact that you are not looking at 

the MotoGP-bred Yamaha YZR-M1, 

as YME and YART have created a new 

front fairing for the R1, which incorporates 

a large winglet design. 

On top of that is the traditional 

turquoise and black livery from SRT 

Yamaha, complete with the sponsor 

graphics you would expect from a 

replica machine. 

Completing the package is a bevy 

of GYTR parts from the Yamaha parts 

bin, as well as some tasty high-spec 

bits that you would normally see on a 

race bike. 

This includes Öhlins FGRT front 

forks, an Öhlins TTX rear shock, and 

a Öhlins steering damper, as well 

as Brembo GP4-RX calipers, mated 

to a 19mm Brembo RCS Corsacorta 

master cylinder and Brembo 320mm 

T-Drive discs. 

You will find forged aluminum 

Marchesini wheels in the package as 

well (shod with Michelin race slicks, 

obviously), along with a bevy of tita-

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nium bolts, carbon fiber bodywork 

pieces, and a GYTR ECU. 

All-in-all, it is a pretty spicy track 

build for a Yamaha YZF-R1 in its 

own right, with YME and YART then 

going the extra distance to make it 

something unique for the 46 potential 

buyers (helping to commemorate 

46 years of Petronas in motorcycle 

racing). 

“We are delighted to be introducing 

this exclusive PETRONAS Yamaha 

SRT MotoGP replica, which includes 

a variety of upgrades to bring near 

MotoGP performance to our customers,” 

said Mandy Kainz, owner of 

YART GYTR Yamaha Pro Shop. 

“It’s a timely launch, as it coincides 

with the 20th anniversary of 

the foundation of the Yamaha Austria 

Racing Team and the opening of 

our new GYTR Pro Shop. Everyone 

at PETRONAS Yamaha SRT, YART 

and all of our partners have done a 

fantastic job putting this project together 

and I’d like to thank everyone 

involved in producing what is, without 

question, a magnificent bike.” 

Along with the replica YZF-R1 

itself, each customer will receive 

an exclusive package comprising a 

KYT Helmet, a Petronas Yamaha SRT 

polo shirt, and the future opportunity 

for a VIP guest pass for the MotoGP 

round of their choice. Pricing is set at 

around R927,000.


MARC MARQUEZ: 

WE FOLLOWED 

DOCTORS’ 

ADVICE, TIME TO 

FOCUS ON 100% 

Marc Marquez explains why he will likely sit 

out the remainder of the 2020 MotoGP season 

as he continues his recovery from injury 

Marc Marquez has given 

more details into his decision 

to focus on returning 

to full fitness after Honda 

confirmed he is set to miss the next 

two to three months recovering from 

his injury. 

The Spaniard has been out of 

action since the second round of 

the 2020 MotoGP World Championship 

season when he attempted to 

compete just days after undergoing 

surgery on the arm he fractured 

during the closing stages of the Jerez 

opener a week earlier. 

However, when it was discovered 

the titanium plate that had 

been inserted into his arm had been 

damaged, a second operation was 

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necessary to fix the issue. As a result, 

Marquez was forced to sit out the 

most recent triple-header, even if 

there was hope he’d be back in action 

at Misano next month prior to the 

most recent announcement. 

Speaking in an interview with 

Spanish broadcaster DAZN, Marquez 

says he followed the advice available 

to him when he returned to action 

so soon after surgery, but the latest 

complication ultimately sets him 

back to the extent he will cede his 

World Championship title. 

“It’s hard to watch MotoGP from 

the sofa and I would like to be there, 

but in the career of athletes we take 

a lot of risk and it’s normal,” he said. 

“It is my eighth season in MotoGP, 

taking risks to achieve goals and 

unfortunately this strange season 

has been difficult for me because of 

the injury. 

“The first time I am following what 

the doctors said to me and gave me 

the confidence to ride the bike, do 

some gym because the plate was 

strong enough, so I did what they 

recommended. 

“Now I will do the same, I will 

follow their recommendation and 

they say it is much better to stay 

calm, pass this month, fix well. It is 

the right arm and I struggled in the 

winter with the shoulder, so now it is 

time to put everything in the correct 

way and come back 100%.”


MOTUL EMPOWERS WOMEN ON TWO WHEELS – AN ICONIC 

EXPERIENCE FOR #ICONICWOMEN 

On Saturday 22 August, Motul 

South Africa demonstrated 

its commitment to the ideals 

of Women’s Month and the 

#IconicWomen campaign. In partnership 

with Honda South Africa, the 

Motul team hosted a LEARN TO RIDE 

A MOTORCYCLE day at ADA Training 

and Outdoor Centre. 

This event was a natural follow-on 

to the nomination of Motul’s own 

Mercia Jansen as part of the #IconicWomen 

campaign developed and 

managed by Shelby South Africa and 

Road to Race. 

“As part of this campaign, we 

have each created an opportunity 

for women to participate in something 

that we’re passionate about. 

My love of riding is something that 

I have always wanted to share with 

other women – hence the LEARN TO 

RIDE A MOTORCYCLE day’” explained 

Mercia Jansen, Motul Area Manager 

for Southern and Eastern Africa. “I 

have loved seeing all the videos and 

photos from our day – the ladies’ 

beaming smiles made it clear how 

much fun they were having, while 

the pride and encouragement from 

their partners and families made the 

experience even more special,” she 

added. 

Adilia Joubert, one of the participants, 

reported that she was excited 

to have had the chance to learn to 

ride machines that had previously 

seemed too intimidating. “I was 

inspired by Mercia revealing that 

she had only started riding bikes 

at 40. Since I have also recently hit 

that milestone, and in the spirit of 

life beginning at 40, I wanted to try 

something new and more daring than 

my other hobbies. My husband is a 

keen motorcyclist, and this has been 

something I’ve wanted to share with 

him, but until now the fear factor was 

just a little too much for me,” admitted 

Adilia. “Now that I’ve had this 

great experience, he can look forward 

to some company on his weekend 

rides,” she added. 

Throughout the day, the ADA 

Training and Outdoor Centre in 

Hartbeespoort, North West Province, 

echoed to whoops of joy as the lady 

riders grew in confidence and began 

to experience the feeling of freedom 

that motorcyclists often refer to. 

There was a real sense of camaraderie 

between the women and their 

partners, while the atmosphere at 

the venue contributed to a successful 

day for all the novice riders. A big 

thank you to Honda SA for supplying 

the bikes and allowing the attendees 

– the riders and their partners - to 

test out all the different models! 

Legendary motorcyclist Brian 

Capper was on hand to assist and 

support the ladies during their 

training, as were the professional 

trainers supplied by ADA Training and 

Outdoor Centre. The children who 

had come along to watch their Moms 

in action also got to enjoy the pedal 

cars provided by Motul. The sight of 

women riding bikes while husbands, 

brothers and uncles pushed the kids 

up and down the grass in the pedal 

cars was exactly the kind of role-reversal 

moment that the #IconicWomen 

campaign aims to inspire. 

The training session was followed 

by lunch, with sparkling wine supplied 

by the Boschendal Wine Estate. 

“As a racing car driver, I was 

delighted to have the chance to swap 

my usual four wheels for just two,” 

enthused Shelby SA/Road To Race’s 

National Marketing Manager Paige 

Lindenberg – the lady who first conceived 

the idea of the #IconicWomen 

campaign. “The professionalism 

and patience of the trainers meant 

that we all felt comfortable enough 

to push ourselves a little more each 

time we got onto the bikes,” added 

Paige. She also urged women to 

look out for forthcoming experiences 

including a hot lap with Lindenberg in 

her racing car. 

Both Mercia and Paige reflected 

on how successful the #IconicWomen 

campaign has been in 

building women’s confidence and 

inspiring them to break down stereotypes 

that may previously have discouraged 

them from trying the kind 

of new experiences that have traditionally 

been seen as “male-dominated.”

TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES 

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Triumph South Africa 

officially announces 

the opening of Triumph 

Cape Town on 1 August 

2020. “The dealership 

is situated in the Cape 

Town city centre in the “premium 

motorcycle” precinct and offers 

the full range of Triumph products 

and services, including motorcycle 

sales, apparel and accessory 

sales, parts sales and motorcycle 

service,” said Bruce Allen, Triumph 

South Africa CEO. 

“While Triumph has always 

offered aftersales support in Cape 

Town, it is now time to ensure that 

our motorcycle brand is represented 

in the manner that we had 

planned 2 years ago when Triumph 

South Africa became the official 

distributor of Triumph motorcycles. 

We need to ensure that our dealerships 

represent the Triumph brand 

in a way that ensures a comprehensive 

and premium customer 

experience, which Triumph Cape 

Town will now be able to deliver” 

says Allen. 

After a bit of teasing, the new Honda 

CBR600RR is finally here, and with it 

comes a few surprises. 

Because of Honda’s teasers, 

we already knew that this machine 

would be an overhaul of the current 

model, using the same chassis and 

basic engine architecture as the 

American-sold Honda CBR600RR. 

Photos and video though confirmed 

that the bike would get a 

facelift, most notably with winglets 

installed to the front fairing, and that 

a robust electronics package would 

be added to the mix, to help things 

feel modern on this aging beast. 

The biggest change is the power: 

120hp (89 kW), which is a sizable 

bump off the outgoing model’s peak 

power figure, and puts the Honda 

CBR600RR squarely in the range of 

the class-leading Yamaha YZF-R6. 

Honda makes this leap by increasing 

the 599cc inline-four engine’s 

redline, which is now 14,000 rpm. 

Sadly it seems that this model 

will not see our country as it is likely 

to be a Japanese-only model. You’re 

not allowed to purchase a 1,000cc 

motorcycle for the road in Japan so it 

makes sense.


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Honda Motor Southern Africa is 

proud to announce its support for 

Riding for a Limb, the South African 

non-profit organisation which raises 

funds to provide prosthetic limbs to 

amputees in need. 

The organisation, founded by double-amputee 

Gerda du Toit and Charl 

Beukes in 2014, has provided 54 

artificial limbs, costing more than R9 

000 000, to 18 children and 8 bikers 

during the past 6 years. 

Riding for a Limb raises funds by 

organising sponsored bike and car 

drives, including Gerda’s own 4431 

km bike ride on a Honda Integra in 

2016, less than 2 years after losing 

both of her legs due to diabetes. 

“I went from a wheelchair to a 

bike in 2 years, and it completely 

changed my life,” says Gerda. “Riding 

for a Limb is about more than just 

giving amputees mobility – it transforms 

lives, families and communities. 

Giving amputees access to 

prostheses allows them to dream as 

big as they want to.” 

A basic prosthesis can cost anything 

from R80 000. An above-knee 

amputation is a minimum of R120 

000. This excludes re-fits, which cost 

anything from R60 000. 

“Most amputees do not have the 

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their homes and workplaces where 

we assist with their rehabilitation 

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Because a child grows, they 

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Amputees therefore require new 

prostheses as their bodies change. It 

can take up to 5 years for the stump 

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it is therefore imperative that 

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Riding for a Limb is committed to 

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Honda is providing Riding for a 

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“Even limited support can make a 

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Govender, General Manager of 

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our power as human beings to make 

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Imagine the transformative power of 

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This month RAD are collecting goods and essential 

supplies for The Haven Care Centre based in Benoni, 

Gauteng. 

The Haven Care Centre has been helping destitute families 

for the past 17 years, and have assisted hundreds of 

families as well as single men, women and children. 

They will ride out on the 12th of September 

Meet at RAD_KTM, 9:30 for 10:00 

Maximum of 25 people , please RSVP for the ride 

Marketing@radmoto.co.za 

THE BMW R18 

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IN SOUTH 

AFRICA 

At the SA launch of the BMW XR900 featured in 

this magazine, they had a surprise for us journalists, 

under the cover new Motorad Manager 

Penelope-Ann Sterley pull off the covers of 

the first R18 Cruiser. Wow, what an impressive 

looking bike! This new range of 1800cc Boxer 

bikes is going to go straight after the American 

cruiser boys, watch out Harley and Indian, BMW 

is coming for you. 

You can join us for a lunch after the ride at Tsunami 

Beach Bar in Benoni. 

For this charity drive we are looking for: 

Canned food 

Towels 

Blankets 

Macaroni 

Soya Mince 

Please drop off your donations at our branch: Address: 1 

Wall street, Corner Rivonia & Witkoppen Road, Sandton. 

All donations go towards helping the families, including 

men, women, the elderly and children who The Haven 

Care Centre looks out for. These people are destitute 

and without the help of others, would be unable to 

survive. In these tough times, its in coming together 

and doing something good that will make the biggest 

difference.

Analysis and data as Viñales 

dodged disaster in Austria 

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Maverick Viñales was once again 

fortunate to escape serious injury in 

the Red Bull Ring in Austria after his 

Yamaha bike’s brakes failed coming 

into turn one of the BMW M Grand 

Prix of Styria. 

The Spanish rider narrowly avoided 

disaster thanks to some quick 

speed of thought, where he jumped 

off his malfunctioning bike seconds 

before it went crashing into the safety 

fence and burst into flames. 

Since the incident, Alpinestars 

have broken down 

the data of the incident which 

thankfully saw the 25-yearold 

come out unscathed. 

Looking at the information, 

we can see that Viñales 

was travelling at 218 km/h 

when he made the split 

second decison to leap from 

the bike, as the suits built-in 

airbags deployed milliseconds 

before initial impact to 

protect the Catalan as he hit 

the tarmac at well over 20g. 

The Monster Energy rider 

felt the maximum impact with 

the ground just over a second 

later, where he registered 23.45g 

while sliding along the asphalt. This 

was quickly followed by another 

heavy impact at just over 20g, as he 

continued to slide for another 4.8 

seconds before slowing down into a 

tumble for 1.9 seconds. 

Thanks in large to the airbag 

safety technology in the suit, Viñales 

was able to immediately get back 

to his feet but the same could not 

be said for his factory Yamaha, as it 

caught alight, causing the race to be 

red flagged. 

It was the second scary incident in 

which the Catalan was involved in in 

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WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR 

CHILD A DIRT BIKE 

Hi Clint, 

I just want to share this with you, taken 

off Facebook but it rang so true for me, 

but I would not change a thing. 

If you give your child a motocross 

bike, they will want to ride. You’ll buy 

them the best bike you can find, followed 

by some kit, helmet and boots. 

You look for local tracks to ride at 

weekends, where you start to socialise 

with the MX community…………And then 

life as you 

know it, will 

end. 

Before you 

know it, they 

want to RACE 

so you find a 

CLUB…..There 

will be no more 

lazy weekends 

watching tv. 

You will see 

more sunrises 

than you ever 

thought possible. 

Every spare 

minute of your 

time will be spent hauling campers, 

caravans and bikes and enduring a crazy 

addiction to practice for the race. 

Your house may be a mess, and your 

car will be dirty. All because you gave 

your child a motocross bike. Your weekends 

will be spent freezing or burning 

to death on a fold-up chair. And their 

weekends will be spent gaining confidence 

and friends, learning new skills 

and having fun and getting dirty! 

You will be there the day he or she 

makes there first hole shot , first podium, 

first win. And they will make you SO 

proud. Other parents will congratulate 

you, but you feel weird saying thank you 

because it’s not you on the track, it’s 

your child. It’s everything that they did, 

they achieved. And right before your 

eyes, your little boy/girl will be transformed 

from the baby who spun around 

on their Pee-Wees into an expert. 

When you give your child a motocross 

bike , you give them more than 

just something to ride. You give them 

a sport, a talent, hope and dreams. 

Friends, a new family, a place to learn 

about life, room to grow as a person 

where they can push their limits, and 

bravery, and courage, and build memories. 

They will have all of these things, 

simply because you gave your child a 

motocross bike. 

Because you gave your child a 

bike, you too will develop new/lifelong 

friendships, developed solely from the 

same passion for the sport. You will 

have a motocross family because you 

gave your child a motocross bike. 

Then one day, many years from 

today…they will be in their room and a 

certain trophy will catch their eye. And 

they will pick it up and realise instantly 

that when you gave your child a bike, 

you also gave them a childhood that 

they would never forget, at this point, 

you realise that everything you gave up 

along the way and sacrificed was totally 

worth it….. 

All because you gave your child a motocross 

bike. 

Cheers, John Stander 

Hi John 

As you know we run 

the Michelin Short 

Circuit Series and as 

you say, your whole life 

just absolutely gets 

consumed by it but it’s 

awesome. 

I have a friend, 

Wayne Edwards, who’s 

son Kyle, showed some 

interest in riding a 

Motard. I’m open to 

facilitate any parent’s 

path with this and have 

many times before. 

As we were driving to 

take his son for his first 

outing, I warned him 

on how addictive this could turn out to 

be if his son likes it. Well roll on a few 

months and two motard races later, I 

saw him at our last race and he was 

saying that he is having the absolute 

best time with his son working on the 

bike traveling together and just sharing 

the passion. In the end that is what it is 

all about, sharing passion with your kid. 

Take care 

Clinton Pienaar

SPEEDING UP THE 

KTM MOTOGP BIKE 

Hi Clint, 

Just my thoughts on Danni Pedrosa, 

I reckon this little bugger deserves a 

special mention today...apparently made 

a huge difference to the development in 

the KTM MotoGP program. I salute you 

#26. 

KTM been plugging away, year on 

year making their bike better, have had 

a long term team plan and strategy with 

a goal in mind. Snapped up Pedrosa 

when he became available. The team 

principle has a sharp eye for talent. Like 

Pedrosa says, it’s like being welcomed 

into a family, who are keen to learn and 

listen, versus the HRC dictatorship style 

they seem to love so much. I reckon the 

next two years that the KTM is going to 

be the absolute best all round balanced 

MotoGP bike on the grid. 

Cheers 

Dave Gunning 

Hi Dave, 

I think you are 100% right, even talking 

to Trevor Binder (please go listen to the 

full interview I had with him on the pod 

cast on our website) he also reckoned 

that Danni had a huge influence. Brad 

said to his Dad that he actually can’t 

fault the new bike. It’s good everywhere. 

You know, what you saying about 

factories not listening to their riders, 

Honda and Ducati have been quite publicly 

accused of this in the past by their 

various riders. I just cannot believe how 

quickly things change. In my opinion 

Yamaha had the best depth in rider pedigree, 

followed by Suzuki/KTM/Ducati 

and lastly Honda and then Aprilia. But 

all of a sudden the young team of KTM 

with their new bike actually seems to 

be the best collective team. Strange 

how Honda have been caught with all 

their eggs in the Marques basket? 

Cheers 


WHAT WE USED TO 

RIDE 

Hi Clint, 

I was watching a video of a 4x4 riding 

up the side of a dune or minedump, 

which reminded me of our scrambling 

days. My friend Derek and I started at 

the same company 5 days apart. We 

were bike mad. The biggest street legal 

scrambler at the time was the Honda 

XL350S. National service 

intervened and then the 

biggest scramblers were the 

Suzy 400 and the Yammy 

DT400. Derek got a brand 

new DT400 and my identical 

one was 10 months old. I 

remember standing at the 

dealers window drooling at 

those gorgeous Yammies! 

We used to ride at 

Wemmer Pan which had 

awesome dumps. We even 

took our girlfriends there 

and let them ride our bikes 

on said dumps. 

The DT400 used to pull 

awesome clutchless 2nd 

gear wheelies. It didnt like freeways as 

the finning on the barrel was not big 

enough, and sustained open throttle 

cruising would cause pinking. No matter, 

If one shattered a piston ( which I 

did)- take the head and barrel off, shake 

the bits of piston out with paraffin, have 

a rebore, fit a new piston and rings and 

off you go! 

We used to also ride at Mindalore 

which had a huge steep minedump. We 

would hit the minedump at 80km/h and 

not make it to the top. 

One time a 125 2 stroke motocrosser 

fitted with knobbies came along and 

we were gobsmacked at how easy it 

ramped several feet in the air over the 

top. Fitting a rear knobby did the trick. 

Good memories, good friends, 

awesome simple bikes and great timesno 

cellphones, no social media, a simple 

bikers life-I miss it! 

PS: I even ran the 400 down Rainbow 

dragstrip. Flatout after 50 meters, it 

did a 16 something! 

Cheers, 

Greg Baxter 

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Hi Greg, 

You giving our ages away here, DT400, 

what a thing that was. Absolutely 

bonkers for the day. I came in a little 

after that with the water cooled CR500 

Honda. I still to this day want to take my 

eldest son Daniel and put him on one 

and let him have a rip. I can promise 

you, and yes, he is faster that what I am 

now on a 450 Husky Motard and they 

think this bikes are everything. But I bet 

when he stops after giving it a proper 

burn, he will have a wild look in his 

eyes like some one who has just come 

across a wild lion per door in the park. 

Thos things were wild, Honda has since 

s then calmed done tremendously. 

Glad you still riding, my Dad is 83 

and still rides his bikes BMW R90S and a 

BMW F800GT. 

Cheers 


I’M DOING IT WRONG? 

This is the pic of me being the first rider 

in SA to let a brand new Tiger 900 crash, 

something that I am not very proud of. 

I’ve now had two firsts in SA, the Tiger 

900 and the very fast Kawasaki H2R. 

I suppose that if you walk in the rain 

you are going to get wet at some stage. 

We’ve had a few readers come back to 

my defence on riding off road standing 

up, so thanks for that. To me it’s obvious 

that while standing you have a much 

lower centre of gravity and the ability to 

move your weight around easier. 

Reason for my crash, Kodak Courage, 

Road tyres at road pressures and I 

should know better. Sorry Bruce, I was 

trying to get the perfect shot for the 

opener of the Triumph launch story.


By Simon Patterson 

Images: KTM Press 

BRAD BINDER 

WINS HIS FIRST 

MOTOGP RACE 

Given the ultra-competitive nature of modern MotoGP racing, it takes something 

special to deliver a knock-out performance in dry conditions. To do it as a rookie 

on a completely unproven bike takes truly exceptional talent - but it comes as no 

surprise that Brad Binder was able to show that skill in yesterday’s Czech Grand 

Prix.

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The victory marks 

the culmination of 

Red Bull and KTM’s 

long-term goals in 

Grand Prix racing, 

for the very first time having 

taken a rider from feeder 

series Red Bull Rookies 

through their Moto3 and 

Moto2 teams into MotoGP 

and onto the top step of the 

podium. 

The former Moto3 world 

champion came into the premier 

class for 2020 as one of 

the most hotly-tipped rookies 

in years, with numerous MotoGP 

riders quick to sing the 

praises of the South African’s 

testing performances before 

the season had even got 

underway. 

And that was reflected in 

Sunday’s race at Brno, where 

the 24-year-old was able 

to put on display the sort of 

combination of raw talent and 

supreme race-craft that only 

MotoGP greats can show. 

The first rookie to win in 

his debut season since Marc 

Marquez and joining a short 

list that includes names like 

Lorenzo and Pedrosa, there’s 

still obviously much to learn 

for the young Binder, something 

that he himself was 

quick to acknowledge after 

the race. 

Not just only his third race 

in MotoGP, it was also his 

first clean race after incidents 

in both races at Jerez 

saw him run off the track or 

into other riders, something 

he admitted was weighing 

heavily on his mind coming 

into the weekend at Brno. 

“It’s unbelievable to think 

where we are today, because 

in Jerez 1 I made a 

big mistake and took myself 

out and in Jerez 2 I made 

an even bigger one and took 

someone out with me. It was 

a tough week coming into this 

because I was nervous about 

ruining someone else’s race, 

and I had to come here and 

start fresh. 

“Before I came to Brno I had 

told myself that I needed to 

take a step back in the race 

because I had messed up the 

first two by being overanxious 

at the start. I did that, I didn’t 

do anything crazy at the start, 

and as I saw my opportunities 

I made my moves without any 

contact or trips to the gravel!” 

However, it seems that once 

Sunday’s race got underway 

any apprehensions or nervousness 

soon went out the 

window for Binder. Able to 

ride a completely flawless 

race while many of his more 

experienced rivals floundered 

with tyre issues, he conceded 

afterwards that his lack of 

preconceptions might have 

actually helped him. 

“At the beginning of the race 

I was following Fabio and I 

could see that his tyre wasn’t 

great but mine still felt quite 

good so I decided to push on 

and see what I could do. From 

then it was just the craziest 

ten laps of my life. It felt like 

I did everything as softly and 

as smoothly as possible, 

because as soon as I tried to 

do anything aggressive I got 

crazy bumping. 

“I knew we were going to 

have a drop, and I held back 

a lot at the beginning. I could 

have smashed it on a bit but I 

told myself to be smooth with 

the throttle and on corner 

exit.” 

Despite Sunday’s amazing 

success, it hasn’t been an 

easy time in MotoGP so far 

for Binder either. Well used to 

hard work as he’s moved up 

from domestic level championships 

in South Africa and 

the UK to Red Bull’s European 

feeder series, his first 

foray into MotoGP was rocky. 

Struggling in pre-season 

testing at the end of 2019, it


KTM’s first 

ever MotoGP 

winner’s 

trophy 

The passion inside this 

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took the combination of more time 

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revolutionary new KTM RC16 to deliver 

Brno’s stunning rookie result. 

“When I did the first tests at the end 

of last year I was last in both, and I 

think it gave me some extra fire to 

go into the off season and figure out 

this MotoGP thing. When we came 

back to Malaysia, I made a good step 

forward and when everything got cut 

in Qatar I used the months off to my 

advantage. 

“When I first rode the bike at the 

end of last year I thought ‘oh my 

goodness, I’ve got some work to do’ 

because it was so hard to ride. Then 

I climbed on the new bike in Malaysia 

and it was another world. It felt 

so much more natural and easier to 

ride than the old one.” 

That hard work was needed throughout 

the Brno weekend too, though. 

Finding the going tough again on the 

opening day on Friday, it took all the 

skills of his veteran team to find how 

to make Binder comfortable on the 

bike. 

However, with a hugely experienced 

team around him, some of whom 

played a pivotal role in taking Nicky 

Hayden to the 2006 MotoGP world 

championship at Repsol Honda, 

Binder says they were able to comfortably 

steer him through it. 

“On Friday we were in a completely 

different boat and I could barely 

touch the throttle without feeling like 

I was going to get thrown into the air, 

but on Friday night the guys did their 

homework. When we left the track I 

spoke with my crew chief and Mike 

and they said ‘don’t worry, we’ll sort 

it out’ and they were right. 

“Already from FP3 the bike felt so 

much more stable and just really 

good. It comes a lot from the 

amazing package that the guys put 

together - the bike is insane. I’ve told 

them since the start, this isn’t bad 

eh? I can definitely see places where 

we have a big advantage over the 

others and it paid off in the race. 

“We understood really well going 

into the race what we had to do to 

get to the end, and I have an amazing 

team behind me who came up with 

an insane strategy and I couldn’t believe 

when I managed to get into first 

place. I thought ‘gosh, I’m leading a 

MotoGP race,’ and I was even more 

surprised when I saw a gap start to 

Pit Beirer congratulating the team while Brad was 

being drowned in media interviews


The moment Brad 

Binder carved his 

name onto a MotoGP 

winner’s trophy 

appear!” 

So, with win number one 

under his belt what’s next for 

Binder? With the 2020 KTM 

package looking so sorted it’s 

hard to believe that Sunday 

was a flash in the pan result, 

and it’ll come as no surprise 

now if he can go on to take 

more victories before the season 

is out. 

And, with the bike now looking 

every bit the match of it’s veteran 

rivals and with a superstar 

young talent onboard, it 

may well be that Marc Marquez 

is watching out for more 

than just Fabio Quartararo in 

2021. 

Since that epic win they have 

had two races at the Red Bull 

ring in Austria where Brad 

finished a credible 4th and the 

following weekend finishing 

8th, but only 4 seconds off the 

winner Oliviera. In this last 

race 4 KTM 2020 GP16 bikes 

were in the top 10, so expect 

big things from this Austrian 

team for the rest of the year.

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BMW SA REVEAL THE 

NEW BMW F 900 R 

AND F 900 XR 

There is funky new middle weight toys in the BMW 

stable and we go and spend a day on them.

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BMW Motorrad expands its product 

range for the popular mid-range 

Roadster and Adventure Sport model 

being the XR 900. 

Despite the 2 models being built 

on the same platform, they differ significantly 

in character and positioning. Let’s start with 

the Roadster being the F900R. 

It’s been marketed as a purist motorcycle 

and I think that’s because it’s a 2 wheeled 

machine simplified. It’s a just a basic bike that 

has all the attributes of motorcycling that we 

love. But’s its design is funky and will appeal to 

a younger buyer as well as the traditionalists. 

I’ve never been a fan of naked bikes just 

because of their lack of wind protection. The 

route BMW took us on was twisty and interesting 

with lots of urban twists thrown in, for this 

application the bike is perfect. I loved the TFT 

dash, the functions within the dash with max 

lean angles and other niceties you’d want on a 

new modern motorcycle. The dash is fitted with 

BMW Connectivity as standard. 

The engine architecture remains the same 

as on the GS850 being a parallel twin though 

the F 900 sees an increase in cylinder bore by 

2mm, bumping displacement to 895cc in comparison 

to 853cc. Likewise, the new powerplant 

sees additional tweaks, including a redesigned 

cylinder head for better flow, forged pistons,


BMW R 900 XR 

the bike feels petty and if anything 

I’m sure this will get put into the 

900 GS which cannot be too far away 

considering everyone else is into the 

900 class now. 

The two new models currently 

set the technological benchmark 

in the mid-range segment with 

their high-quality standard equipment 

(Connectivity, LED all round 

as standard) and their wide range 

of optional extras – in some cases 

unique in this class (including Adaptive 

Cornering Light, Keyless Ride, 

Dynamic ESA, Riding Modes Pro, 

Shift Assistant Pro, ABS Pro, engine 

drag torque control (MSR), Dynamic 

Traction Control (DTC), Dynamic 

Brake Control (DBC), and RDC. 

In addition to the standard 

anti-hopping clutch, the new F 900 

R and F 900 XR is fitted with engine 

drag torque control (MSR) for the 

first time. It prevents the rear wheel 

from slipping as a result of abrupt 

throttling or downshifting, thereby 

ensuring even greater safety, I tried 

this a few times with very hard braking 

and sudden down shifts and the 

automatic blipping of the throttle . 

Two standard riding modes, ASC 

and ABS. Riding modes Pro with 

DTC, ABS Pro, DBC and MSR as ex 

works options. 

The new F 900 R and F 900 XR 

already offer the “Rain” and “Road” 

riding modes as standard. The 

standard trim also includes ABS 

and ASC Automatic Stability Control, 

which can be disengaged. 

With “Riding Modes Pro” as an ex 

works option, the sporty characteristics 

of the new F 900 R and F 900 

XR can be experienced even more 

intensively. The additional riding 

modes “Dynamic” and “Dynamic 

Pro”, Dynamic Traction Control DTC 

and banking capable ABS Pro are 

available, along with Dynamic Brake 

Control (DBC) and the new engine 

drag torque control (MSR). 

As with the GS models in the 

F Series, the new F 900 R and F 

900 XR make use of a steel bridge 

frame that integrates the engine as 

a load-bearing element and a fuel 

tank that is now back in its classic 

position in front of the rider. Front 

suspension is upside-down telescopic 

fork and at the rear a double-sided 

swinging arm with central 

BMW R 900 R 

suspension strut. The pre load is 

automatically adjusted with a click 

on the left button as most other 

BMW’s on the road nowadays. 

Fuel tank capacity is 13 and 15,5 

litres on the various two bikes and 

this should comfortably give over 

300kms range ridden normally. The 

fuel consumption was epic, none of 

us got over 5l per 100 and we did 

not go slow. Another nice safety 

feature is the adaptive cornering 

light with powerful LED lighting all 

round. Braking is obviously ABS 

and the suspension on both was 

quite firm but sporty. 

But what is the XR like to ride?

BMW R 900 R 

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Key features of the new BMW F 

900 R and F 900 XR: 

• The new BMW F 900 R: the dynamic 

roadster for purist riding pleasure. 

think it’s an important step closer 

making bikes more attractive to new 

riders, lady riders and older gentleman, 

the lack of weight is very apparent 

when manoeuvring the bikes 

and for that reason alone, I think 

they BMW will sell a lot of these two 

models. 

The bikes are offered in three 

colour and style variants each for an 

unmistakable sense of character. 

The new F 900 R is available in 

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Blue metallic and Style Sport in 

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new F 900 XR offers the two Style 

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• The new BMW F 900 XR: a genuine 

“XR” for the mid-range. 

• The powerful common backbone integrates 

the further developed 2-cylinder 

in-line engine with an increased capacity 

of 895 cc (previously 853 cc). 

• Further enhanced output and torque: 

77 kW at 8 750 rpm and 92 Nm at 6 500 

rpm. 

• More than 87 Nm torque in the relevant 

lower speed range from 4 500 to 8 

500 rpm. 

• High level of running smoothness due 

to two opposed counterbalance shafts. 

• Two riding modes “Rain” and “Road” 

as well as ABS and ASC as standard. 

• Riding Modes Pro with two further 

riding modes as well as Dynamic Traction 

Control (DTC), ABS Pro, Dynamic 

Brake Control (DBC) and engine drag 

torque control (MSR) as ex works 

options. 

• Steel bridge frame for optimum rigidity, 

robustness and riding precision. 

• Newly developed slim steel rear 

frame. 

• World first in motorcycle construction: 

light, plastic-welded fuel tanks 

with a capacity of 13 litres (F 900 R) and 

15.5 litres (F 900 XR). 

• Front upside-down telescopic fork 

and aluminium double-sided swinging 

arm with rear central suspension strut. 

• Spring travel: 135 mm (F 900 R) and 

170 mm (F 900 XR) at front, 142 mm (F 

900 R) and 172 mm (F 900 XR) at rear. 

• Electronic suspension adjustment 

Dynamic ESA at rear as an ex works 

option. 

• ABS Pro for even greater safety when 

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HONDA ENTERS 

THE POWER 

GAME 

This is the strongest 1000cc standard Superbike we 

have ever had on Noddy’s Dyno, 186hp to be exact 

and the torque, although high up is quite linear.

37 

It’s been out for a while already overseas 

but the first few have just arrived in SA 

recently and we were given a first ride on 

them at Red Star Raceway, but was this 

Fireblade going to impress? Honda has 

a reputation of always making you drool 

over the prototypes but when the actual model 

arrives, too many guys with white cloaks have 

had a hand at it with health and safety always 

getting the better of them. Goodness sake, 

this is the company that made the man eating 

CR500 and has more world titles to their name 

than any other brand. But they are a conservative 

Japanese manufacturer, so was it going to 

impress? 

I first had a go on the outgoing model, courtesy 

of Dave from Track Daze, just to refresh 

my Fireblade memory, and immediately I was 

back in my happy space, so planted so easy to 

ride but yes, if I must admit, a little poor on the 

power side, if you are not doing a claimed 200 

nowadays you seem to be out of the ball park. 

I then had a turn on the 2020 Fireblade RR- 

R, there is a second model as well called the 

SP, but more on that later on. 

I’m a fan of the out-going model but this 

new one makes it look dated, it’s small, the 

keyless start is in a clever spot on the left 

consol. The dash is super modern and I love 

the way it goes through it’s sequence. At start


Awesome display 

in the cockpit 

area, and take 

a closer look - 

keyless! 

up the bike has an off beat rumble, 

still obviously typical four cylinder 

but with a hot cam type of idle. The 

Honda fitted Akrapovic pipe also 

helping with this bark, the catalysts 

are still fitted. 

I head out of pit lane onto the 

track for the first time. Honda has 

been forced to go all out with this 

bike because it’s had a few lean 

years in WSBK success and local 

sales, but it’s power that buyers of 

liter bikes are after and Honda has 

not been on the forefront, that is 

until now. Blimey, this thing is fast 

and it just keeps on revving was my 

first impression and it turns and is 

smooth on roll in as you’d expect. 

Drafting in the MotoGP – dominating 

HRC set up to get involved not only 

with this bike but also the WSBK series 

has paid dividends. I have never 

been on a Honda this track focused 

in my life, it’s a full on thoroughbred 

race bike. Just on the power, as you 

exit 2nd gear corners you can set 

the level of wheelie lift control and 

you can just pin the throttle as hard 

as you like, I wish I had a picture 

to show you of this but the photographer 

always sits at corners and 

this happens at the exit. It’s quite an 

addictive feeling being half leaned 

over on exit with the steering half 

crossed up. Of course I thought 

I was Marques even just for that 

second. There are so many other 

aspects of the bike you can set, from 

engine braking to lift height to suspension 

to traction control and did 

I mention cornering ABS. I have no 

doubt that once Clint Seller’s team 

get’s their hands on this bike that 

they will soon be winning races, it’s 

that good, even in standard form. 

I sneaked a short breakfast run 

in on it the Sunday just to experience 

the track focused RR-R on the 

road and to my surprise it had lost 

none of it’s street appeal, I loved 

The physical dimensions 

of the Fireblade’s engine 

have been decreased. 

A more compact layout 

between the crankshaft, 

countershaft, and main 

transmission shafts shortens 

the overall length of 

the engine, while a new 

starter arrangement that 

rotates off the clutch shaft 

rather than the crankshaft 

shrinks width. The primary 

gear has fewer teeth than 

before to save space and 

now transfers the starting 

torque to the crankshaft. 

200 

150 

100 

50 

104.1Nm 

@ 11,000rpm 

186.87hp 

@ 13,100rpm


the quick shift up and down 

and yes you’d need to swot 

up the handbook as there is 

a myriad of settings, but the 

revvy engine was no problem. I 

was expecting the over square 

engine to be more of a hurdle, 

but it was not. Did I mention 

it loves to scream and when it 

does it’s like a rocket, I can’t 

wait for a group top end test, 

when last have we ever had a 

Honda winner in that? 

Noddy was quite 

impressed with 

the Honda being 

the strongest 

stock superbike 

he has ever 

tested! 

CBR RR-R SP 

Second-generation 

semi-active Öhlins Electronic 

Control (S-EC) featured on the 

RR-R SP uses a 43mm Öhlins 

NPX fork. Its length also offers 

greater freedom for geometry 

changes. The rear shock is an 

Öhlins TTX36 Smart-EC unit. 

In conjunction with the 

hardware upgrade, the Öhlins 

Objective Based Tuning interface 

(OBTi) now offers finer 

suspension adjustment front 

and rear; both can be set independently 

from the default settings 

and 3 individual modes 

can be set and stored allowing 

the rider to configure multiple 

settings for a track, and switch 

instantly while riding. 

New Brembo Stylema 

four-piston radial-mount brake 

calipers are operated by a 

Brembo master cylinder and 

brake lever. The rear brake 

caliper is the same Brembo 

unit used by the RC213V-S. 

Honda’s engineers leaned heavy 

on trickle-down tech from the 

MotoGP RCV machines, much of 

that put to use in the new powerplant. 

Combustion efficiency and 

reduced friction were key design 

goals for the over-square 999cc 

inline-four. It’s also no coincidence 

the 81mm bore and 48.5mm 

stroke are identical to those of the 

RCV213V-S—and radically different 

from the 76mm x 55mm cylinder 

dimensions of the previous engine.

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CLASSIC RACER TESTS VALENTINO ROSSI’S 2002 

HONDA RC211V 

What’s better than a ride on Honda’s 2002-spec 

500GP two-stroke? A ride on the 990cc V5 fourstroke 

that was replacing it... 

Photos: Yves Jamotte & Andrew Northcott

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“AND THE MOST AMAZING THING 

ABOUT THE RC211V WAS HOW 

CONTROLLABLE IT FELT, DESPITE THE 

FEROCIOUS ACCELERATION.” 

The RC211V powered onto Valencia’s startfinish 

straight on my first lap with a violence 

that is still stamped indelibly on my mind 

more than ten years later. Which says plenty 

about Honda’s mighty V5 four-stroke, given 

that barely an hour earlier I’d been riding 

Alex Barros’s NSR500 — the last of the 

vicious, 190bhp-plus V4 two-strokes that had 

dominated grand prix racing for the previous 

decade. 

Within a few moments and a couple of 

treads through its quick-shift enabled gearbox, the RC211V 

was scorching past the blurred figures on the pit-lane wall 

while I peered into the distance, already frantically trying to 

find a braking marker at the end of what was suddenly a very 

short straight. Even the NSR seemed almost sluggish by 

comparison with the 990cc V5 on which Valentino Rossi had 

just won MotoGP’s first title in 2002. 

And the most amazing thing about the RC211V was how 

controllable it felt, despite the ferocious acceleration from its 

blend of 220bhp and just 145kg of weight. Having heard Rossi 

talk about the speed and rideability of the RC-V, I’d expected it 

to be more rider-friendly than the NSR, but I hadn’t expected 

the differences to be so obvious. Whereas the two-stroke had 

felt and sounded like the anti-social beast that it was, the V5 

was polite, well-mannered — and so fast it drained my blood 

into my boots. 

That speed had been obvious throughout the RC-V’s debut 

season, arguably the most impressive by any bike in the 

history of racing’s premier class. Honda’s dominance was a 

fitting reward for the imagination and commitment that the 

firm had shown in developing a V5 for the big change to 990cc 

four-strokes. In that first MotoGP season the RC211V won 14 

of the 16 races, including the first nine, its only real rival being 

the Yamaha YZR-M1 on which Max Biaggi won twice. 

High impact 

As I threw a leg over the RC-V’s seat on this end-of-season 

HRC test, my view was of low screen and clip-ons, roughcast 

top yoke, a small panel with round, black-faced tacho 

reading to 17,000rpm, and a digital display showing lap time 

and engine temperature. I accelerated out onto the almost 

empty Valencia track, conscious of the crisp, ear-splitting 

five-cylinder bark from the twin silencers as the engine revved 

towards its 14,200rpm limit through the gears. 

The handling was immediately impressive, but it was the 

force of that amazing engine that made most impact. Whether 

it was grunting out of slow turns with an effortless yet utterly 

linear surge, or howling down that start-finish straight 

towards the 200mph-plus top speed (Rossi hit 190mph even 

here), the V5 was never anything less than breathtaking. 

The Honda also had a phenomenally rock-solid feel through 

the turns, feeling so neutral and well balanced that it almost 

seemed to be laughing at my efforts to make it work hard. 

Is it just us, or does moped-pipe-specialist 

Polini seem a little out of place here?


“AT ROSSI’S SPEED THE RC-V’S TWIN-SPAR ALUMINIUM 

FRAME WOULD HAVE COME INTO ITS OWN.” 

But the RC-V could not be flicked around with quite the 

ludicrous ease of the NSR, which at just 131kg was 14kg 

lighter still. 

Just as with the V5’s speed edge, I was slightly 

surprised that the difference in agility was so noticeable 

at my rusty ex-racer’s pace. At Rossi’s speed the RC-V’s 

twin-spar aluminium frame would have come into its 

own, because it was designed to flex slightly in corners, 

reducing chatter and increasing feel when the tyres 

were at their limits. 

Honda’s efforts to make the RC211V rider-friendly 

had paid off. I’d barely scratched the surface of its 

vast potential, and had the feeling — more than 

with previous factory bikes I’d ridden — that I 

could have pushed much harder without getting 

bitten. But my five laps were up before I found 

the confidence to test that theory. Which, given the 

RC-V’s rarity and almost incalculable value, was 

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TRIUMPH TIGER 

900 RALLY PRO 

AND GT PRO 

Triumph Tiger Rally Pro and GT Pro enter one of the most hotly contested segments 

on the planet – the middle-weight adventure bike sector. 

First off the look. 

The bikes are actually very handsome and 

completely different from the outgoing model, 

however you can see the family resemblance, 

but they for sure look a little more sporty and 

modern. I loved the head lights and the dash is 

a nice big easy to read TFT dash with a myriad 

of options and various looks to it. 

Only two models of the five will be coming 

to SA, which are the two top of the range Pro 

models, South Africa historically leans towards 

top end models. 

The Tiger 900 Rally Pro is available in either 

Matt Khaki, Sapphire Black and Pure White. 

These colour versions feature updated graphics 

and a white frame which actually lends a 

sporty stance to the bike. 

The Tiger 900 GT Pro is available in Korosi 

Red, Sapphire Black and Pure White and feature 

raised tank badges and new decals. 

Both bikes compared to the outgoing 800 

is either a step up in terms of touring comfort 

of off-road prowess, with the main differences 

being the suspension, wheels, dashboards and 

riding modes. 

The Engine. 

Although I was impressed with the previous 

model’s engine smoothness, I almost felt it 

was a little like an electric engine, it never

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FUNNILY ENOUGH US 

TESTERS WERE SPLIT 

ON LIKING THE NEW 

“ROUGHER” MOTOR 

OR NOT, I FOR ONE 

LOVED IT BUT THEN 

AGAIN, I DO LOVE 

TWINS 

throbbed, it eas more like a wind as the 

revs picked up. This new 888cc, T-Plane 

triple engine. With its off-beat firing order 

and out of sync crankpins are a first in a 

motorcycle, according to Triumph, and 

was brought about to try and rough-up 

the smooth-revving Tiger and make it a 

bit more adventure bike-ish for want of a 

better word. To do this, Triumph has placed 

the crankpins at 270° - 270° and 180°, 

giving the bike a 1-3-2 firing order in the 

process. Now you have two small gaps and 

one large gap between the pulses of the 

new motor. The end result is very satisfying 

and un triple like, the same but different if 

you now what I mean. Mid-range torque is 

up by a claimed 9%, with peak torque of 87 

Nm arriving at 7,250 rpm and peak power 

of 94bhp at 8,750 rpm. This might seem as 

if everything is towards to top but it’s the 

torque just after idle that make this bike 

shift along nicely. Funnily enough us testers 

were split on liking the new “rougher” motor 

or not, I for one loved it but then again, I 

do love twins. 

We headed off road for a loop and this 

is where I bought my farm, but in truth not 

because of the bike but rather the playful 

nature of the bike gave me a little too 

much confidence for my “Kodak Courage” 

moment in-front of the cameras. I 

should know better but adventure bikes 

with road tyres and road pressures need 

to be handled with more respect. Lesson 

learnt – again! The off road route we took 

had a few woops and ruts and the Rally 

Pro for sure is on the competition side of 

suspension setup. I took on everything with 

confidence. Daniel my son hit a stretch and 

got a bit of a slapper but again, road tyres 

and pressures were most likely the cause. 

He was standing leaned forward when this 

happened. 

For the Rally Pro model, it’s got Showa 

long-travel (240mm) suspension and 

Off-Road Pro mode. The GT version carry 

Marzocchi suspension (160mm travel), that 

is more than up to the job of hustling the 

machine along some tar road curves and 

it actually coped with our off road section 

quite nicely, with manual compression and 

rebound damping adjustability. The GT Pro 

is also fitted with a trick electronic rear 

shock, allowing the rider to adjust rear preload 

and rebound damping with the click on 

a TFT dash. 

Again the Rally Pro has rim laced 21 and 

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is only available on the top-spec 

Rally Pro version. 

Brakes 

Another update for 2020 is topspec 

Brembo Stylema calipers 

which have massive amounts 

of stopping power., almost too 

much for the dirt, rather stay in 

Off-Road mode, where ABS still 

stays on the front wheel. 

Handling 

So whats it like to ride on the 

roa, well it’s only 5kgs lighter on 

the spec sheets but once riding 

the geometry upgrades makes 

it flick a lot easier, I rode the 

old model just to make sure my 

feeling was correct. And for sure I 

digress now, but I much more like 

the new grunty character of the 

engine. 

Comfort 

Before this bike, I’d be convinced 

that on a long ride I’d need the 

1200, but now I’m not that sure. 

You see, all of a sudden you have 

all of this off road prowess but 

you still have the comfort, it’s 

closed the gap to the 1200 a lot 

on this side of the scale. 

SPECIFICATIONS 

Engine Type Liquid-cooled, 12 valve, DOHC, in-line 3-cylinder 

Capacity 888 cc 

Bore Stroke 78 x 61.9 mm 

Compression 11.27:1 

Max Power 95.2 PS / 93.9 bhp (70 kW) @ 8,750 rpm 

Max Torque 87 Nm @ 7,250 rpm 

Final Drive O-ring chain 

Clutch 

Wet, multi-plate 

Gearbox 6 speed 

Frame 

Tubular steel frame, bolt on sub frame 

Swingarm Twin-sided, cast aluminium alloy 

Front Wheel Cast alloy, 19 x 2.5 in / Spoked Tubeless, 21 x 2.15 in 

Rear Wheel Cast alloy, 17 x 4.25 in / Spoked Tubeless, 17 x 4.25 in 

Front Tyre 100/90-19 90/90-21 

Rear Tyre 150/70R17 150/70R17 

Conclusion 

So this is the most closely contested 

segment on the planet, 

the fact that Triumph has placed 

two varying products into it shows 

that it is split enough to justify 

two approaches. As I’m more off 

road focused for me it has to be 

the Rally Pro but it would seem, 

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TEA WITH THE 

Clint invites himself to tea 

with the Binder parents. 

BINDERS 

As mentioned in my editors 

note, I had the privilege 

of having tea with 

the Binder parents Trevor 

and Sharon at their 

home in Krugersdorp the week 

after Brad’s first epic win at Brno 

in the MotoGP class. I was doing 

a piece for radio for the Afrikaans 

radio show called Wielle2wielle and 

it was so interesting just shooting 

the breeze with the two of them. 

I’ve known them since the boys 

started doing track days and it’s 

been lovely seeing the development 

of both the boys over the years 

They candidly talk about wanting 

to be there at Brno, the challenges 

of getting him (Brad) back 

and also how it worked in the 

beginning of both boys’ GP careers 

and living is Spain and why. 

To hear the full interview, 

please go to www.superbikemag. 

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It’s truly great being South African 

now with our two boys doing so 

well. I’m hoping that something 

can happen to Darren like it did 

for Aussie Jack Miller where he 

completely by passed Moto 2, I’m 

thinking Darren is too big for the 

Moto 3 bike and his Dad agrees 

that he is the biggest guy there in 

that class. 

Trevor also give a little insight 

into the roll that Dani Pedrosa has 

played in making the 2020 GP16 a 

rideble MotoGP bike that it totally 

appears to be. I mean in the last 

race 4 out of the top 10 were KTM’s. 

So make a cup of tea, sit back 

and listen to the totally “Made in 

South Africa” story which is the 

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Made in India! Last summer I had an India group 

on Nordkapp Tour. It’s was great fun from the start 

to the end! This group picture is from the shores of 

Päijänne-lake! 

Some of the nights are in hotels 

and some in nice holiday homes! 

Indian girls 

crossing 

Artic Circle 

firs time in 

their lifes! 

NORTH CAPE 

- WHERE THE 

ROAD ENDS 

By Peter Ruotsalo 

Together 

is social 

media… 

romantic!? 

North Cape, Cape Agulhas, 

Ushuaia, Prudhoe Bay… 

Route66, Ho Chi Minh Trail, 

HighWay1, Manali - Leh 

Highway… All places and roads to go 

or to do for us bikers! In this story we 

do not go to all of them, we ride to 

the north, to North Cape… or as we 

say up here, Nordkapp! Then we go to 

the east to Murmansk! Where is my 

up here? My up here is in Helsinki, 

Helsinki Finland! The shortest way to 

Nordkapp from Helsinki is 1518km. 

From Cape Agulhas it’s 16299km. 

Only 211h and 8,8 days without 

sleeping and brakes! I drove down to 

Cape Agulhas 10 years ago, 2010 in 

1680h and 70 days with sleeping and 

brakes. It was a 18987km version, 1st 

I drove 1518km up to Nordkapp! 

To/From North Cape 

Oslo is a good place to start a ride 

to Nordkapp. Views are great all the 

One of 

Santa’s 

reindeers on 

the summer 

vacation! 

In the north of Scandinavia you 

will see many of these on the road 

and on the sides of the roads! 

way, but the problem is if you do not 

have a lot of time, and most of us do 

not have, Norway is very slow. The 

speed limit is 80km/h all the way 

and the police in Norway are, how 

do you say it nicely? Pain in the ass! 

There is a lot of radar control and 

they are happy to give you a ticket 

with a smile! Good thing is, that 

you have a lot of time to look at the 

views. My opinion (my opinion has 

naturally nothing to do with that fact 

that I’m Finnish :) is that the best 

place to start a 2-week Nordkapp 

circuit is Helsinki. Home of me, Alvar 

Aalto, Mika Waltari, Martti Ahtisaari, 

and Kimi Räikkönen. You know the 

last one if you follow Formula1, the 

Iceman! And many elderly people in 

Namibia know Martti Ahtisaari, the 

peacemaker! However, the capital of 

Finland is a very nice small big town 

or a big small town. A lot of green 

parks and water. But I suppose Finland 

is not really known from Helsinki! 

What I have understood foreigners 

known Finland from lakes, Santa 

Claus and reindeers! Bikers who 

follow MotoGP know Mika Kallio! 

When the gods where creating Scandinavia 

Finland got all the lakes, Norway 

got all the mountains and Sweden 

was the unlucky middle country! 

But seriously, Sweden is also a very 

beautiful place with a lot of space like 

all Nordic countries, South Africa and 

Russia! And if you drive a two-week 

Nordic circuit with Russia, Helsinki is 

clearly the best place to start and finish 

regardless of my nationality. You 

will get a very good picture of all 3 

Scandinavian countries with numerous 

different landscapes, views, and 

roads with a great extra of the east, 

Russia! Russia is a country, which 

does not leave you cold! 

Lakeland & Lapland

North Cape, where to road ends in Europe! Not a sun holiday 

destination, but a magnificent place with it’s cold and windy 

weather! 

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Last strech before 

Nordkapp. No forest! 

On the tour we 

allways have on Sami-dinner 

around the 

campfire in a original 

Sami-tent! 

1 of the 160000 lakes in Finland! 

Indian bikers with 

Bubbles The Biker 

at Nordkapp. Bubbles 

the Biker is 

my dog 3,2kg and 

yes has her own 

tankbag! 

There are lakes in every part of Finland, 

but Lake Finland (south-east 

part of the country) is literally full 

of lakes. Finland has about 160000 

lakes, many of them are so clean that 

you can drink the water! According 

to Mama Google, there are only 677 

lakes in the whole of Africa and 27 

from them are in South Africa! You 

will not see every Finnish lake, but 

many of them when you drive through 

Lake Finland. Normally, when I am 

on a motorcycle tour with a group to 

Nordkapp, we stop for the first night 

at a lakeside hotel with a beach in 

Kuopio which is in the heartlands 

of Lake Finland. The bravest bikers 

can take here an evening and/or a 

morning swim in lake Saimaa. Water 

is never too hot! 

Most of the Finnish people think 

only about Finland when you ask 

them about Lapland. But in fact, 

Lapland is a huge area covering the 

northern parts of Finland, Norway, 

Sweden, and the north-west corner 

of Russia. It’s is also more or less 

the same area where the original 

Sámi-people (people of the north) 

come from. The size of Lapland is 

about the same as Eastern Cape and 

Free State together, about 300 

000km2. Sámi people have their 

own language and own culture. The 

language is totally different from any 

Nordic language and it has on official 

status in Scandinavia! In the north, 

you see Sámi also on the road signs! 

The most visited person in the 

north is not anyone from Sámi-people. 

It’s Santa! What many bikers do 

not know is, that the original Santa 

Claus was born in Myra, on the shore 

of the Mediterranean Sea in 300ACC, 

Holy Nikolaus! Today Myra is a city 

in Turkey, in the 300’s it was a city of 

Roma! So the grand, grand, grand… 

son of Holy Nikolaus, Santa Claus 

has his headquarters in the north, in 

Santa Village on Arctic Circle. This is 

today also a place where every biker 

stops on the way to/from Nordkapp. 

Here you can meet other bikers from 

all around the world, but naturally 

also Santa Claus. He works here 363 

days a year. Only days in the year 

when he is not available, are 24th 

and 25th December! If you go and say 

hello to Santa, you can always wish a 

new bike or bike tour or both for your 

next Christmas present! 

Midnight Sun 

Midnight Sun alone is a good reason 

to ride up to the north! Santa’s workshop 

is literally on the Arctic Circle. 

On the day of the summer solstice in 

Cape Agulhas, the sun sets about 8 

pm. Between Arctic Circle and Nordkapp, 

there is no sunset for 1 month 

on both sides of the summer solstice. 

Especially for first-timers midnight


sun is something extraordinary! Driving 

in the middle of the night with the 

sun in the sky is something you do not 

forget! And even for people from southern 

parts of Scandinavia, the midnight 

sun is every year on WoW! Officially I 

do not drive with groups in the middle 

of the night, but it is always possible to 

take a midnight sun ride if you do not 

have any alcohol in your blood! But it’s 

also great to have a midnight sun sauna 

with a couple of beers and saunamakkara! 

Saunamakkara is something very 

popular in Scandinavia. It’s an open fire 

sausage which you eat after sauna while 

you enjoy a cold beer! There are also 

other interesting activities in the Scandinavia 

during the midnight sun period 

like midnight sun skiing competition 

in Sweden, midnight sun marathon in 

Norway, and midnight sun golf tournament 

in Finland! But we bikers are not 

interested in those things! :) 

Nordkapp 71.1710° N, 25.7837° E 

Nordkapp, the place where the road 

ends in the northern hemisphere. A 

must-do place for bikers. No one drives 

up to Nordkapp because of its great 

weather! Even in July, the daytime temperature 

can drop as low as +5 degrees. 

Not to mention that at the same time 

it can rain diagonally with a crazy wind 

which is trying to push your bike from 

the road! Personally I do not know which 

I like better in Nordkapp, extreme terrible 

weather or sun & shine which also 

happens. Sometimes the temperature 

can go up to +25 and the sun is shining 

from the windless blue sky. I have experienced 

both! 

‘Nordkapp Highway’ from Olderfjord 

to Nordkapp is one of the most beautiful 

rides in Norway. Every (except a few 

tunnel kilometers) of its 128 kilometers 

will make you smile inside your helmet! 

There are practically no other residents 

than reindeers on the whole stretch if a 

couple of small villages of a few houses 

are not counted! At the northern end 

of the road, you will also find the small 

town of Hånningvåg, which is a bit aside 

from the road itself. All the trees are 

also aside from the road because there 

are not any trees at all when you start to 

come close to the Nordkapp. The growing 

season is too short up here for trees 

to survive! It means also that you have 

open curves with wide-open views! For 

a biker summer is summer but if you 

like to have an extraordinary boat cruise 

in winter, Norway’s famous Hurtigruten 

Peter the Great’s 

Summer Palace 

in St Petersburg. 

It has the most 

awesome palace 

garden in the city! 

line is operating a 7 days Northern 

Light Cruise from Bergen to 

Kirkenes! That time of the the year 

when sun doesn’t rise for 1 month 

on both sides of winter solstice between 

Arctic Circle and Nordkapp! 

Annually Nordkapp has about 

250 000 visitors… 5-10 percent are 

bikers! At the same time, Cape 

Agulhas is getting maybe about 50 

000 visitors. This is a guess. Mama 

Google did not know any visitor 

numbers of Cape Agulhas! My wild 

guess is based on my own visits 

to Cape Agulhas. Instead, Mama 

Google knows a lot of Cape Town, 

and Cape Town visitor’s numbers 

are high. About 2 million visitors 

in 2019! Bike-travellers enemy, 

COVID-19 is cutting down all visitor 

numbers to all places in 2020, but 

let’s keep thumbs and toes for a 

better 2021… and I keep also my 

dog’s paws because she is a biker. 

Biker Bubbles and she has been 

with me to Nordkapp with our bike! 

She has her own tank bag! 

RUSSIA 

Country of Tsars since 1530 and 

with a new Tsar again! :) First one 

was Ivan the Terrible, this last, 

Vladimir the Great can’t be too 

Moskovskiy 

Prospekt. On of 

the main streets 

coming into St 

Petersburg. If you 

make a u-turn you 

will arrive to Moscow 

701km later1 

Russian dinner! 

Russia has a very 

biker friendly kitchen! 

A lot of meet! 

Sachlik in different 

forms can be found 

everywhere! 

terrible. He likes biking and his 

good friend is the President of the 

best known MC-Club in the country, 

Night Wolves. Night Wolves Clubhouse 

is also open for the visitors, 

so if you visit Moscow someday for 

one reason or the other, this is an 

interesting place to see! Regardless 

of Tsars and Wolves, Russia is not 

a huge magnet for bikers. That has 

also one very natural reason. Even 

there are many beautiful places and 

some great biking roads, a major 

part of Russia is flat like Texas or 

South Africa between Upington 

and Vryburg! One other big reason 

for unpopularity is politics. Most 

of the bikers, even in Europe are 

thinking that Russia is somehow 

dangerous! But it’s not. In fact, it’s 

safer than many southern parts of 

Europe. Media’s Russia and real 

Russia are two different countries 

and I like the second one. I have 

been driving in Russia many times 

with and without groups and I have 

never had any kind of problem with 

Russians! Once my bike started 

to push out flames from exhaust 

pipes on Murmank Highway, but 

that is a totally different story that! 

And unlike in many other countries, 

most Russians like bikers! And

White Sea Swimming Club at 

Belomork! 

Parking lot guards Lada 1200L is 

also an excellent storage place for 

helmets! 

In Finland we call these ‘helmet 

beers’. Helmet Beer is the 1st 

beer after arriving to the days 

destination. 

Ducks 

crossing 

Water bus from St Petersburg 

city center to Summer Palace. 

It a 30 min ride. 

Heading out from Petrozavadovsk, 

the capital of Russian Karelia. 

Memorial fire at Alyosha in Murmansk. 

Alyosha is a memorial for 2WW 

victims. 

Eternal Flower at Alyosha 

memorial in Murmansk 

Welcome to Russia. Paperwork done 

at Murmansk border! 

an average Russian is very friendly 

and hospitable under the unfriendly 

surface which needs to be melted 

first! If you communicate with a male, 

then you can always offer a glass of 

vodka! Sometimes I have wondered 

why the surface is so tight. I have no 

absolute truth to that, but I suppose 

it’s because of the history. Russia has 

a rough history and there has never 

really been any reason to learn small 

talk! For the majority of people, it has 

been a history of surviving! 

Murmansk Highway 

In places like Nikel and Sputnik 

on Murmansk highway between 

Kirkenes and Murmansk life is still 

very tough and there you do not see 

much glory of any Tsars time. Not any 

glory at all! They both look like they 

are falling in parts because they are! 

Sputnik is an old military town and 

Nikel is an old mining town! Sputnik 

you could not find from any map 

during the soviet era! Murmansk 

Highway from the Norwegian border 

to Murmansk is very good as most 

of the bigger roads in Russia today! 

Now you can even drive with a Harley 

from St Petersburg to Vladivostok 

without any problem. Murmansk, 

it’s one of a kind! While driving in 

the north you have been used to 

see small towns and villages. Now 

you come suddenly to a big bizarre 

metropolis! I have been several times 

to Murmansk and after each time 

I like it a bit more! It has 300 000 

inhabitants and it is beautiful and 

ugly at the same time depending on 

what point you look at it! The old city 

center and the suburbs around it are 

a bit different! The reason Murmansk 

exists is WW1. During that time 

France was fighting together with 

Russia against Germany, and to get 

military equipment from France for 

Russia, Russians made a railroad to 

Murmansk, because of the warm Gulf 

stream, the harbor in Murmansk can 

be always open! Today harbor is used 

mainly for shipping coal! After the 

Soviet era, Murmansk has become 

more and more popular among the 

Finnish bikers. Most of the Swedish 

and Norwegian bikers still see it as a 

scary place! :) 

Karelia 

The biggest part of the area between 

Murmansk and St. Petersburg is 

called Karelia. Parts of it belonged to 

Finland before WW2, but to be fair, 

whole Finland belonged to Russia 

before WW1. Thanks to the last and 

weak official Tsar Nikolai II, Finland 

got its independence from Russia 

in 1917. That is one thing that the 

Finnish rednecks are happy to forget 

when they demand Karelia back! 

However, Karelia is an interesting 

area. When you drive there, you can 

see that most of the motorbikes and 

cars are modern and the highway is 

good. But if you leave the highway 

and drive to whatever small Karelian 

village, everything looks is like 

it was before WW2. No changes! In 

the villages, you can also see Ural 

motorbikes, built before WW2, and 

still going strong or at least going! 

An exception in Karelia from no 

changes in Petrozavodsk, the capital 

of Karelia Oblast. Russia is divided 

into 46 Oblasts. Petrozavodsk is also 

a vibrant university town with a lot 

of coffee shops and restaurants! 

And there is even a motorcycle club. 

Petrozavodsk Night Riders! 

St Petersburg 

Murmansk Highway between Murmansk 

and St Petersburg is 1 341km 

long and it’s also kind of a miniature 

Trans Siberia! As well it is also a total 

‘climate change’ from the messy 

backyard to the glorious front yard of 

Russia! St Petersburg is everything


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that Nikel and Sputnik are not! St 

Petersburg is full of the glory of the 

Tsars era. It’s international, viral, and 

vital with visitors from all around the 

world. Here you can easily hear also 

English what is spoken in Thrumpland. 

However St. Petersburg is 

huge with huge magnificent boulevards 

where you see especially in the 

weekends and evenings local bikers 

cruising with their bikes. In St. Petersburg 

you see also many Harleys. 

Before St Petersburg had a big event 

called Harley Days every 1st weekend 

of August. But politics spoiled it as it 

seems to do to too many good things! 

Anyway, it’s very pity because Harley 

Days collected tens of thousands 

of bikers to the city every August. 

Naturally, there is underground, 

trams, buses and water buses in St 

Petersburg but it’s also fun to drive 

on big boulevards on the weekends 

and evenings. And just outskirts the 

city are Kronstadt, Peterhof (Summer 

Palace) and Pushkin which make a 

great 150km day tour! 

Back to Finland 

Depending on the group, time, and 

weather I often take the fun coastal 

road from St Petersburg to Vyborg 

instead of the dull main road. Vyborg 

is the last city before Finland. I do not 

now what Lonely Planet says about 

Vyborg today, but I always remember 

what I read many years ago from 

this independent traveler’s bible. It 

said ‘typical unpleasant border town, 

no reason to stop here’. I could also 

have another opinion, but yes. It’s not 

a navel of the world. One very nice 

thing to do after the border crossing 

is to take the old King’s Road and ride 

like a king from curve to curve. On 

the way is a unique red wooden Porvoo, 

which is also a world heritage 

city and a superb place to stop for a 

coffee! And the Nordkapp circuit is 

closed 50km later when you arrive at 

the capital of Finland, Helsinki! 

Jippii 

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APOCALYPSE 

Pics by Kerry HughesThe

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Race bikes need to be replaced every 

so often, and what do you do with the 

old race bike when you get a new one. 

You sell it right?. Well not if you are 

veteran racer of anything on two wheels 

Paul Vollmer. He used his old race bike 

as a base to custom build a Mad Max 

themed beast called APOCALYPSE. 

The bike was originally a Yamaha R1 SP in full 

race trim, and for its time it was a great race 

bike. 

Paul did the original sketches for the bike 

in 2018, but only started building the bike in 

2020 with Glen at Ingmar engineering in Johannesburg. 

Aston Nesbit of AN racing did all the 

engine and electric work on the bike. 

Apocalypse has got all the trick bits, a quick 

shifter, a power commander and modifications 

have been done to the cams amongst other 

things, so it’s by no means slow, in fact at the 

photoshoot at Red Star Raceway it proved to be 

very capable on the track with its Ohlins suspension 

up front and WP at that back. 

Being fast or handling well was never really 

the main point of building this bike, it was just a 

benefit gained from having a good bike to start 

the project with says Paul. 

Apocalypse was built to be a head turner and 

fun to ride, and when we saw people’s reactions 

to it and the riders smiles when they got off the 

bike, there is no doubt Apocalypse has achieved 

those goals with distinction. 

Paul enjoyed the build so much that he intends 

to build a few more one of a kind bikes. You 

don’t need to keep a look out for them because 

if they are anything like Apocalypse you won’t be 

able to miss them.


THEMOTOGP 

‘Gobert wanted a dancing girl in the pit!’ 

By Mat Oxley 

SPANERMAN’S 

Tale 

Shenton worked with Anthony Gobert in 1995. 

Gobert’s talent was dazzling but the Aussie 

never knew how good he was

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More gripping racing 

yarns from Stuart Shenton, 

the man who helped 

Kork Ballington, Freddie 

Spencer, Wayne Gardner 

and Kevin Schwantz to world 

title glory. And he might’ve done the 

same with Anthony Gobert… 

In 1984 Stuart Shenton had been 

with Honda for 18 months when HRC 

engineer (and later HRC president) 

Satoru Horiike wandered up and 

asked a question. 

“He said, if Honda were to build 

a 250, what should it be like?” says 

Shenton, who had already played a 

crucial role in Kawasaki’s domination 

of the 250 and 350 classes during 

the late 1970s and early 1980s. “So I 

asked him straight: are you building 

a 250? No, no, he said, this is just a 

casual question. Going back to my 

experience with Kawasaki, I told 

him a 250 must be on the minimum 

weight limit, it will need this much 

horsepower and it will need twin 

front discs. So at the end of 1984 I 

went to Japan and there was this 

250, a fabulous piece of kit.” 

Having lost the 500 title to Yamaha 

in 1984, HRC boss Youichi Oguma 

wanted to make amends to Soichiro 

Honda. So he asked Freddie Spencer 

to do something that had never been 

done before: win the 250/500 world 

title double. 

“Oguma never took the easy 

path,” Shenton adds. “So I can imagine 

him saying to Mr Honda: sorry, 

we’ve messed up, so next year we 

will win both world championships. 

“We did some winter testing with 

Freddie and we knew the 250 would 

be competitive. The first event of 

1985 was Daytona, where the race 

was run under AMA rules, so the 

bikes had to be five kilos heavier 

than in GPs, and you weren’t allowed 

to obtain that weight with ballast. 

The AMA scrutineers knew our 250 

would be at the GP limit, so they 

knew we must have some weight 

hidden on the bike. After every practice 

they took off the seat, the tank, 

the airbox, everything, trying to find 

the ballast, but they didn’t find any.” 

Spencer duly won the 100-mile 

250 race, but still the scrutineers 

weren’t happy. 

“After the race they said they 

wanted to look inside the forks. 

The forks had magnesium bottoms, 

carbon-fibre fork legs and all that 

stuff. So I opened the forks, took out 

the spacers, held them in my hand 

and shone a torch so they could see 

inside. They couldn’t see anything 

and the bike was passed. What they 

never knew was that the fork spacers 

weighed about three kilos …” 

Shenton’s job during 1985 was to 

look after Spencer’s NSR250s, while 

team leader Erv Kanemoto focused 

on his NSR500s. 

“Freddie was amazing and we 

had a good little team: JB [Jeremy 

Burgess] and George working on the 

500 and me and Giles [Duides] on the 

250. Erv was the overseer but there 

were times when he was battling 

to keep Freddie on the straight and 

narrow, to keep him focused, because 

obviously the important thing 

was always the 500.” 

Although Spencer did win the 

250/500 title double there were times 

when he was running at the very 

limit of his capabilities, swapping 

back and forth between very different 

bikes, trying to give his engineers 

useful feedback. 

“By 1985 the bikes were getting 

complicated but there was no 

data-recording. Freddie was having 

a bad time in 250 qualifying at Le 

Mans. I was damn sure he wasn’t 

using sixth gear, so I asked him if he 

was sure he was using sixth. ‘Yeah, 

yeah’, he said. Then I worked everything 

out again and I was damn sure 

he was only using the first five gears, 

so I changed the gearbox for the 

race according to what I thought and 

Le Mans was one of his double race 

wins. That was the kind of thing you 

were battling with.” 

The NSRs may have been the 

trickest bikes on the planet, but that 

didn’t mean HRC were above a bit of 

bodging. 

“The 250 came from the factory 

with 34mm carburettors, while the 

500 ran 36mm carbs. Keihin built 

these fabulous sets of four magnesium 

and titanium carburettors 

for the 500 that were hundreds of 

thousands of dollars a go. Oguma’s 

sidekick, an old boy called [Kiyoshi] 

Abe, said we should try some 36mm 

carbs on the 250. I said we haven’t 

got any. He just laughed, gave me a 

bank of four-cylinder carburettors 

and told me to cut them in half. I 

thought he was joking, but he wasn’t, 

so I used a hacksaw to convert this 

100k set of four carburettors into two


sets of two carburettors and they stayed 

on the 250 for most of the year.” 

Shenton enjoyed working with 

Spencer, the clean-living youngster who 

stood out like a nun in a lap-dancing 

club during an era of wild, hard-drinking 

racers. 

“Freddie had a very different outlook 

on life from your average motorbike racer, 

maybe it was because of where he 

came from. He was a brilliant rider, but 

he wouldn’t really say what was going 

on with the bike. Perhaps it was because 

he hadn’t had a lot of time to mature 

and learn. He’d say stuff like there’s 

something going on with the back, so 

you’d ask him is it the tyre or is it the 

shock? And he’d just say there’s something 

wrong with the back. He was one 

of those guys who would ride the wheels 

off the thing on the day. 

“He was a bit of an enigma to work 

with. There was no social interaction, 

but he was always polite and well-spoken 

and he was fine. The unfortunate 

thing about Freddie was his naivety. 

Business-wise he got ripped off horrendously 

by all the managers and lawyers 

he had doing stuff for him.” 

Shenton later worked with Wayne 

Gardner during 1987, his title-winning 

season, and 1988. Gardner might have 

retained the 500 crown if HRC hadn’t 

assigned a new engineering group who 

got everything wrong. 

“The 1988 bike was horrendous. HRC 

had talked to Erv about flat trackers 

and grip. For some unknown reason 

they worked out that most flat trackers 

have flat swinging-arm angles, so they 

built the ’88 bike with a swingarm pivot 

18mm lower than the ’87 bike. When we 

got to the first race we realised there 

was a quite a serious problem.” 

In 1992 Shenton accepted an offer 

to join Suzuki, working with Kevin 

Schwantz. The Texan won the title the 

following year – at his sixth attempt – 

and attributes much of that success to 

Shenton’s input. 

“I inherited quite a low-engineered 

bike and we messed our through 1992,” 

says Shenton. “I pretty much lived in 

Australia the next winter – we were testing 

at Eastern Creek every week – and a 

good bike came out of that. 

“There are two types of riders. There 

are the guys who tell you what they’re 

feeling and leave it up to you and the 

other engineers to interpret that. Then 

there are the others who try to engineer 

their bike, which in my experience isn’t 

Celebrating Wayne Gardner’s 1987 world title. From left: 

mechanics Wilf Needham and Shenton, crew chief Jeremy 

Burgess and WG’s manager Harris Barnett 

always the best way. I guess there’s 

a happy medium. Kevin was good, 

he was very descriptive and could 

pin stuff down. 

“We did a test the week before 

the Japanese GP, trying out the 

latest chassis from the factory and 

it was by far the best chassis we’d 

had. We were going straight from 

Australia to Suzuka and we didn’t 

have time to ship the bikes, so I 

hand carried the chassis to Japan 

with my luggage. I’m near the top of 

a 60-metre escalator in Tokyo train 

station with the chassis strapped 

to my back when the strap breaks. 

The chassis flies down the escalator, 

wiping out all these Japanese 

people on the way down, then lands 

with a bloody great clunk at the bottom. 

Oh my God, the chassis we’re 

going to use for the Suzuka race is 

bent!” 

But the chassis wasn’t bent and 

Schwantz took second in the race, 

a fraction behind Yamaha’s Wayne 

Rainey, and went on to win the title. 

Everyone knows how that season 

ended: with Rainey crashing at Misano 

and breaking his back. Shenton 

and Schwantz still feel guilt for 

what happened that day. 

“That weekend we were having 

problems, we didn’t have a suitable 

front tyre. The soft tyre wouldn’t 

go the distance and the hard one 

wouldn’t give us the grip or the lap 

time. So we decided to go with the 

soft because we wanted to push 

Wayne into a mistake, obviously not 

having any idea of the consequences. 

It’s something in the back of our 

minds with Kevin and me to this day. 

We’ve talked to Wayne about it and 

he’s very gracious about it. He said, 

‘Hey, I would’ve raced Kevin how I 

raced him anyway’.” 

Shenton enjoyed working with 

Schwantz. “Kevin was a fantastic 

team player. He’d sweep the floor

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Freddie Spencer 1985 

Belgium Grand Prix on 

the Honda NSR250 

and help load the truck – he wanted 

to be part of the gang.” 

After Schwantz retired, Suzuki 

got lost in the wilderness. They had 

a high turnover of riders and no one 

leading development. After Daryl Beattie 

came former World Superbike 

champ Scott Russell, who joined Suzuki 

halfway through 1995, to replace 

Schwantz. 

“Scott was an interesting character 

– a lovely guy but a bit all over the 

place. We were doing a winter test at 

Eastern Creek. I get a phone call in 

the middle of the night and it’s Scott. 

Oh, where are you, downstairs in the 

lobby? ‘No, I’m still in America.’ What 

are you doing in America? ‘I don’t 

think I can do this anymore.’ Look, 

get yourself on a plane and we’ll have 

a talk. It was only later I realised that 

some of his recreational pursuits 

make you a bit edgy and paranoid and 

doubt yourself.” 

After Russell there was Anthony 

Gobert, who joined Suzuki for 1997. 

Out of the frying pan and into the 

fire… 

“Gobert was one of these guys 

who you get every now and then: 

don’t change anything on the bike, 

I’ll just ride it. By then we had data. 

He’d come in and you’d see that he 

was so hard on the brakes that the 

suspension’s bottomed out and he’s 

just hanging onto it. So we said we 

can put stronger springs in there or 

more oil. ‘Nah mate, don’t change 

anything’. 

“We saw the most incredible 

brake temperatures with Gobert. If 

he had been able to apply himself 

and turn up every weekend, fit and 

healthy, with the right sort of focus, 

he would’ve absolutely been something. 

“I always knew it was going to be 

an interesting relationship. I hadn’t 

met him but [Suzuki team manager] 

Garry Taylor and [Suzuki race boss] 

Mistuo Itoh went to Australia to 

sign him. On his way to signing the 

contract he wrote off his brand-new 

$250,000 Porsche by jumping a red 

light and it hadn’t fazed him in the 

slightest.” 

Shenton met his new rider after 

the final 1996 race at Eastern Creek. 

“We were packing up our garage and 

a scruffy urchin with a few mates in 

tow was hanging around the back of 

the garage. Then one of them says to 

me: ‘g’day Stuart, I’m your new rider, 

I hope you’re fucking ready for me!’ 

And that was Anthony Gobert. 

“At our first test with him at Eastern 

Creek we were doing his first debrief, 

with all the Japanese engineers 

sitting there, pens hovering, waiting 

to take notes and get his first impression 

of the bike. And he says, ‘Well, I 

need two things: I need a cage in the 

back of the garage with a dancing girl 

in it and we’ve got to get some beers 

in the fridge’. Then he gets up and


walks out. There were six Japanese 

engineers sitting around the table 

and they didn’t know what to do, 

what to say or what had just happened. 

With his talent, he should’ve 

been world champion, but it was 

never going to happen.” 

Before Gobert, Shenton had won 

world titles with Spencer, Gardner, 

Schwantz and Kork Ballington. So 

who was the best of them all? 

“In terms of fantastic natural 

talent I’ll be a bit controversial and 

say that Freddie was second. The 

guy with the most natural talent was 

Gobert, but he didn’t realise what 

he had and he wasn’t able to apply 

it. At the other end of the spectrum, 

and he’ll hate me for saying this, 

was Gardner. He beat the other guys 

by sheer guts and bloody-minded 

determination. He had to really work 

at it and apply himself. Then you’ve 

got someone like Kevin in the middle 

who had the talent, worked at it and 

applied it.” 

Celebrating Kenny Roberts 

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team manager Garry Taylor and 

Suzuki race chief Mitsuo Itoh 

Shenton and Kevin Schwantz working to win the 1993 500cc 

world championship 

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bike out there, bar none! 

Honda SA have very kindly 

swopped my base 1100 for 

the CRF1100L DCT Adventure 

Sport model now with 

Electronic Suspension. 

At first from a distance at a quick 

first glance it does not look that different 

to the outgoing 1000 cc model, 

rember I rode one for six months, but 

look a little closer and every damn 

thing has changed. Hop on the bike 

and it’s a completely different model. 

The dash, the tank, the screen, the 

clocks, everything is different and it 

gives more space, hell I love advancements, 

the old one was not bad 

but now seems completely out dated. 

Embarrassingly , I’ve only done 

120kms on this bike, I actually rode 

it today for the first time so I cannot 

report on it properly. But these are a 

few stand out points for me right now. 

Africa Twin was introduced to 

us in 2016, remember I went on the 

1st Quest event in 2017. Since then 

Honda updated the Africa Twin in 

2018, offering the more-ADV ready 

CRF1000L2 Adventure Sports models 

alongside the base models. The bikes 

returned in 2019 as a carryover with 

new color schemes, but there are 

many changes for 2020. 

Meet the Honda CRF1100L Africa 

Twin. As the name says, the engine 

grows to 1100cc. Honda has also 

updated the electronics, and once 

again offers the Adventure Sports ES 

version which this one is now. 

These are my 8 stand out features: 

The water-cooled, overhead-cam, 

parallel-twin engine receives an 86cc 

displacement increase, growing from 

998cc to 1084cc. 

The 2020 Honda CRF1100L Africa 

Twin’s frame is updated for optimized 

for handling. 

Due to the use of a six-axis IMU, 

the new CRF1100L Africa Twin has 

more advanced electronic aids. 

Functions include wheelie control, 

cornering ABS, rear-lift control, DCT 

cornering detection, and cornering 

lights. 

The new Adventure Sports ES 

model now features electronic rideheight 

suspension. The Adventure 

Sports ES model is also updated 

with tubeless wheels, heated grips, 

accessory socket, larger skid plate, 

aluminum rear rack, and a larger 25 

litre ank over the base model’s 19 lite 

tank. 

The seat also got lower—from 

871mm to 848mm. 

The 2020 versions have a new 6.5- 

inch TFT color touchscreen display 

that is compatible with Apple Car- 

Play. 

Wheel sizes are still dirt-oriented. 

The 2020 Africa Twin has a 

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wire-spoked wheels. The Adventure 

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AND WE’RE BACK 

RACING AGAIN! 

After what seemed like an eternity we are back at it 

again, but with strict Covid 19 restrictions. 

The world has changed the 

last few months but thanks 

to the perseverance of the 

FIM and in turn MSA, we 

eventually got it right to be able 

to return to circuit racing. Yes, no 

spectators are allowed and that 

make’s our days seem a little 

dreary but it does not stop the action. 

Sadly it would seem as if lots 

of the racers are a little rusty as 

we’ve had a lot of incidents on the 

track with crashes and mistakes. 

Luckily none of them too serious 

and all will heal with a little time. 

What is great about this year is 

we have the guys from Steamit360 

Live Streaming our events and 

anybody anywhere in the world 

can sit either on their phone, in 

front of a computer or TV and 

you can watch our series live or 

recorded. It’s there all the time 

on www.streamit360.tv, thanks to 

RAD KTM and a few other sponsors 

for making this possible. 

Then if you live far away but 

would still like to be able to be 

more part of the action, we have 

an active Facebook page Super- 

Bike Mag Short Circuit Series 

where you can go see all our photos 

and comments of all involved. 

Please just go follow us. 

I’ve always said that it is the 

kids that feed our sport and 

luckily with the backing of Linex 

Yamaha and KTM SA we have 

put three little “celebrity” bikes 

on track for youngsters to get a 

feel for it and have a go. This has 

largely contributed to adding new 

people so thank you guys, it’s 

much appreciated. 

Then in our big class, the 450 

SuperMotards, we now have 5 

classes for these guys with over 

60 participants, our blue chip 

class being SM1/X is seriously 

something to behold. It’s our 

country’s best riders all on equal 

bikes, the top 12 qualifying within 

a second of one another. The end 

result is racing in it’s most spectacular 

form. Two or three abreast 

sliding into corners with the tyres 

screeching and bikes roaring. I 

had a few random people say that 

it’s the most spectacular form of 

racing available now, and being 

totally un-biased, I have to agree. 

Our next event is on the 19th of 

September at V Town, let’s hope 

the spectator restrictions gets lifted 

and we can invite you guys to 

come and watch again, but if not, 

go to the above web site and have 

a look at what you are missing. 

Dorren Loreiro is an absolute machine 

sliding his Husqvarna FS450 into the 

turns 

Chris Wright, the rest are getting closer 

but he still has the CBR 150 Championship 

under control, the boy gives the rest a very 

high bar to follow. They are a class act.

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Keith Botha of Race-Day TV Fame was our celeb rider 

for V Town, he came back exhausted but loved it and will 

be back. TK was our rider in the SM1 class with our road 

tester Juan Ballester fighting for positions in SM2. 

Zontes Cup grid 

Grant Frerichs leading Dorren Loreiro, 

Brandon Goode and Aston Nesbitt


Jaco and John from Zontes Racing have done a deal with Ducati Man Jos Matthysen and he is taking over their fleet of 

310 race bikes. They are still going to be part of the series but he has big plans to expand the reach into new riders with 

plans of intercompany races instead of golf days and stuff like that. What I love is to see the man has the long game in 

sight and he is working towards a more 2 wheeled mobilized world, and for this we cannot fault him. 

Streamit360 Live TV on the day! 

Prize giving, or trophy hand-over ceremony more 

like, is also a strange world for all of us. We cannot 

call people together, as one class finished and 30 

minutes has transpired, we can call up the three 

riders to stand on their own, collect their own trophy 

and pose for a pic with a mask on. But we are complying 

and we are thankful for at least being able to 

do this. Cameron Hackart in picture. 

Our National SuperBike Champ Clint Seller also took 

part in our CBR 150 class race and only achieved a 

5th place overall for the day against the kids, Yes 

power to weight does play into their advantage but 

still, it’s Clint Seller and the kids loved having him 

with us. Clint did comment that the kid are riding 

hard and that some of the passes were a little hard 

and not so well coordinated but that he would be a 

back.

A short note from Neil Harran: 

Hi Everyone, thanks for an eventful day yesterday. I 

believe that it was a successful one, notwithstanding 

the amount of crashes we had throughout the day. 

Well done to Jason van Breda on his maiden win 

as well as Cayden Roberts on his maiden podium. 

I’m truly excited with the level of racing that the 

kids are handing out to us and believe that the future 

is bright for motorcycle circuit racing in the country. 

I’m certainly proud to be a part of the family 

that we are forging at present. Hats off to all of you 

parents for the support and time that you are all 

putting into your kids. I can assure you that in the 

near future you will reap the benefits of this program 

that we are all such a part of. The character, discipline, 

respect and courage these kids are displaying 

is nothing short of amazing. 

I can personally see the improvement in their 

confidence and self-esteem coming through and the 

wonderful little characters that are being forged. 

This really bodes well for all of their futures. 

We’ll done Mom’s and Dad’s, you should all take 

a bow. 

Craig Roberts’ reply 

We love you Uncle Neil! Thank you for all the years 

of hard work that you, Janine and the SAMRA team 

continuously put into the development of our youngsters. 

My eldest son who is now 19 is a product of your 

academy and I can’t thank you and the program 

enough for everything you did for us. 

From the character building exercises to all the 

great memories created, it has been an absolute 

blast to be part of SAMRA. Unfortunately for you I 

am going nowhere because Blake who is now 6 can’t 

wait for his turn to ride the NSF. 

You are a beaut Harran! 

Nicolas Davies winner if 

the HJC helmet.

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class race was restarted with 

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flag on what was his 150th 

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also noteworthy for Red Bull KTM 

Tech3, representing their maiden 

triumph in the premier class


in just their second campaign wearing 

KTM colors. 

Brad Binder secured 8 points for 8th 

position and remains 4th in a very close 

world championship table. The South 

African rookie was again very quick to 

make ground with the front-runners. 

Iker Lecuona charged to 10th. The Spaniard 

ended a positive fortnight at the 

Red Bull Ring: he notched his best ever 

MotoGP classification the previous Sunday 

with 9th and then his second top-ten 

result at the Styrian event. 

KTM are 3rd in the Constructors 

standings, just 6 points away from the 

top. Their excellent progress as the 

youngest manufacturer at the highest 

level means they now concede their concession 

status and will join their rivals 

in terms of testing, wildcard and engine 

limitations. An achievement in itself. 

Oliveira’s success ended Ducati’s clean 

sweep at the Red Bull Ring since 2016. 

Miguel Oliveira: “I’m very emotional… 

there is so much I want to say but I cannot 

at the moment. A big thank you to all 

the people that believed in me starting 

with my family, everyone in the team, 

sponsors and the Portuguese crowd. 

Thank you so much for your support. 

This is history today for me and my 

country and I couldn’t be happier to do it 

here in the home of KTM and Red Bull.” 

Pol Espargaro: “Anyone can win those 

kinds of races! Pretty crazy. I was 

fighting with Jack until the last corner 

and Miguel was able to profit but that’s 

racing. It was a beautiful race. Anyway, 

we made the podium, we are up here 

and I’m super-happy.” 

Brad Binder: “It was a good race. The 

first one was going really well and I was 

slowly catching up ground. To get up to 

6th was already great. I felt really, really 

good. Unfortunately with the red flag 

and the restart I didn’t make the best 

decision with the tires and really struggled 

to stop, even running off at Turn 

1 but I was able to come back to 8th. 

All-in-all we should be happy. I gave my 

best out there and the bike was fantastic. 

The team worked really well and I’m 

super-excited for the next race. I think 

we can do a good job at Misano.” 

Iker Lecuona: “For sure, I’m really 

happy. I finished in the top 10 again. In 

the first race, I overtook many riders, I 

had a very good pace and I was in ninth 

position. The best for me was to pass 

Miguel Oliveira in 

shock at the post 

race interview 

Pit Beirer watching the 

race whilst touching 

the spare bike as a 

good luck charm... 

paid off! 

Iker Lecuona 

[Valentino] Rossi, because he was 

always my idol. This moment was 

very important for me. In the second 

part of the race my start was not 

great, I lost some positions, but I 

came back, stayed in 10th position 

and was having some great fights. 

I’m really happy. Thank you to my 

team. Thank you to KTM for the 

opportunity and congrats to KTM for 

Pol and obviously to my teammate 

Miguel!” 

Mike Leitner, Red Bull KTM 

Race Manager: “An unbelievable 

race. We had all four bikes in the 

top ten at our home race and with 

two riders fighting for victory. Pol 

was pushing all the way with Jack 

on the last lap and we know that

87 

Both Red Bull Factory KTM and Tech3 KTM Teams celebrating their double podium at the home of KTM 

Binder braking hard into turn 3 

the last two corners are crucial 

at this track. Both went wide but 

fortunately Miguel was in a great 

position to bring home the race and 

we’re super-happy about that. Both 

riders deserved it because Pol rode 

so well. Brad and Iker also scored 

good points and we have shown that 

the performance of the RC16 is really 

there.” 

Pit Beirer, KTM Motorsports 

Director: “It is hard to find the right 

words after such a wonderful day. I 

remember so well our first GP in Qatar 

when we started from last place 

and my words to our CEO Mr Pierer 

that we would turn things around and 

park our bike on the other side of the 

grid. We’ve had a double today: Pole 

and a win at our home Grand Prix 

with Moto3 as well and all four MotoGP 

bikes in the top ten with two on 

the podium. The project overall has 

been amazing. We have gone our own 

way and that approach is paying off. 

The team spirit and the atmosphere 

with so many people here at the circuit 

and back at the factory pushing 

like crazy bringing the results: it’s


Hervé Poncharal thanking his number one 

rider after Oliveira gave them their first ever 

Grand Prix win from some 40 years of trying 

as a satelite outfit 

like a dream come true. I will 

need some time now to realize 

what has happened these last 

weeks.” 

Miguel Oliveira 

Hervé Poncharal, Red Bull 

KTM Tech3 Team Principal: 

“What an incredible 

day, incredible emotions! It 

is something like forty years 

we’ve been in this business 

and we never won a MotoGP 

race. Today our dream came 

true. Here in Austria, which 

is in front of our title sponsor 

Red Bull, in front of the KTM 

management, our manufacturer. 

I would like also to 

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because he has been pushing 

a lot. Year one was not easy; 

he was injured the second 

half of the season. We’ve been 

fast since the beginning of 

this year, the bike improved, 

he improved. Now we’ve done 

it. I’m very proud to see two 

KTMs on the rostrum. Clearly, 

this is now one of the bikes to 

beat. So let’s celebrate tonight 

and let’s hope there will be 

some other exciting days like 

today.”

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T-MAX 560- R214 950 

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XT1200ZE- R249 950 

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MT-09 ABS - R169 950 

MT-07 TRACER - R144 950 

MT-09 TRACER - R179 950 

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YZF-R1 - R329 950 

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CRF125F - R44 600 

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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 

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FX 350- R143 699 

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FC 450- R134 699 

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FX 450 - R146 699 

FE 450- R147 699 

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KX 85 BIG WHEEL - R54 995 

KX 250 F - R115 995 

KX 450 F - R119 995 

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KTM 50 SX FACTORY EDITION- R58 999 

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KTM 65 SX - R64 999 

KTM 85 SX - R78 999 

KTM 125 SX - R100 999 

KTM 150 SX- R105 999 

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KTM 250 SX - R114 999 

KTM 250 SX-F - R126 999 

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YZ 65 - R66 950 

YZ85 - R79 950 

YZ125 - R84 950 

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ROSSI’S WORDS ON 

THE CRASH! 

For those who watched the MotoGP and the crashes, here is Valenito’s comments. 

SPIELBERG - Yamaha’s Valentino 

Rossi has urged riders who make 

their way up to the premier class to 

exercise caution when fighting for 

track positions to avoid a repeat of 

the horror collision that halted the 

Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. 

The red flag came out early in the 

race when Franco Morbidelli’s Yamaha 

collided with the Avintia Ducati of 

Johann Zarco, with their cartwheeling 

bikes nearly taking out Rossi at 

turn three of the Red Bull Ring. 

The two bikes missed the 41-yearold 

and teammate Maverick Vinales 

by inches as they slowed down to 

negotiate the turn and Rossi looked 

visibly shaken when he returned to 

the garage before the race’s restart. 

“It was so scary, it was terrifying,” 

Rossi, a seven-times premier class 

champion, said. “For me, now everybody 

is very aggressive but also from 

the small classes. 

“I think it is good to be aggressive 

because everybody tries to do the 

maximum, but for me we don’t have 

to exaggerate, because we need to 

remember that this sport is very 

dangerous. 

“You need to respect the other 

riders that are on track with you. We 

can’t forget this sport is very dangerous, 

especially in a track where you 

have long straights and you’re always 

going 300km/h.” 

Rossi, who finished fifth, said he 

had spoken with Zarco who explained 

that he did not brake on purpose to 

catch Morbidelli off guard. 

“He went very wide in braking and 

he slammed the door in the face of 

Franco,” Rossi added. “With this bike 

when you ride 300km/hr, you have 

the slipstream, so Franco didn’t have 

any chance to brake. 

“I was with Maverick when we entered 

turn three and I felt something 

coming towards me. I thought it was 

the shadow of the helicopter because 

sometimes it crosses the race track. 

“But then Franco’s bike passed me 

at an incredible speed and also the 

bike of Zarco jumped over Maverick. 

We were very lucky, but we hope this 

type of incident is a lesson for riders 

to improve their behaviour in the 

future.”

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