RIDEFAST Magazine October 2020
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SUZUKI TL1000S<br />
Last of the<br />
WIDOW-MAKERS<br />
Blast from the Past, the Suzuki TL1000S –<br />
Fire It Up is one of the largest motorcycle retailers<br />
in the country and so a lot of stock passes through<br />
their showroom doors, including some fascinating<br />
specimens. Some are exotic, some are beautiful,<br />
some are exciting, and then we get some that are<br />
downright terrifying. And here we have one famous<br />
for being the latter and probably the last of its<br />
breed; the last of the Widow-Makers…<br />
Story: Donovan Fourie<br />
Pics: Meghan McCabe<br />
The 70s was the decade of glory when men took to the<br />
roads like Spartan warriors not knowing whether they<br />
would return but, they set off nonetheless.<br />
From 1969, the Japanese began a war of engines<br />
starting with the Honda CB750, the first large-capacity,<br />
four-cylinder motorcycle to be mass-produced, and<br />
so the game was on. Naturally, the others soon<br />
played catch-up and soon a game of one-upmanship,<br />
producing more immense and more powerful motors<br />
continually, and seeing speeds unheard of in the twowheeled<br />
kingdom.
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