Expanded Thumper Concours Great bikes, great eats, great company… The Classic Motorcycle Club (CMC) has announced the return of the 1,000 Bike Show, South Africa’s largest classic motorbike show, from 5 – 7 September 2025. This year, the event will […]
The 1,000 Bike Show Returns to Greenstone Mall, for 2025. Read More »
Badass. In a word, that’s how you describe a bike like this. They tell us that the the 2026 KTM 690 SMC R is leaner, meaner, smarter and primed for whatever you throw at it. 692.7cc LC4 motor. Engine. The 2026 KTM
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What’s it like to ride an earthquake? It’s not every day you get to swing a leg over a bike that’s both legendary and a bit of a unicorn. So when our mate James Snuggs mentioned he had a Yamaha
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MotoGP is going through some strange times at the moment. We have Marc Marquez walking away with the championship, we have Bezzecchi showing form on the Aprilia and Pedro Acosta living up to his reputation as MotoGP’s prodigal son. These
MotoGP and the quandary of the wrong bike for the wrong rider. Read More »
Making Riding Safer. A magnificent turnout at Suzuki’s famous Road Safety Day at Redstar Raceway saw around 160 riders of all shapes and sizes on all sorts of bikes turning up to enjoy the winter sunshine… Three hundred bucks included
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“I Fought the law and the law won…” Right. We have the whole posse out today for a shoot, some vid, blue highveld skies and a Triumph 2.5 Rocket R from Bikeshop Rivonia. What could possibly go wrong? Clang! The
Jail Time: Arrested On The Triumph Rocket R… Read More »
PRESS RELEASE: Starting in 2027, Michelin will become the exclusive supplier for the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK). Michelin will bring to WorldSBK its expertise in high performance, its commitment to sustainability, and the excellence of its technical and development teams.
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For some strange reason, international media around this amazing race seemed somewhat muted in 2025. Our man on the ground, Peter Goodacre who has covered the TT for RideFast for many years shed some light on the media silence: “I
Flashing By In A Blur: The 2025 Isle of Man TT Read More »
Imagine for a second that you wanted to ride motorcycles in a variety of different places but you didn’t want to go off-road.That great BMW all-rounder that isn’t a GS is perhaps the BMW S1000XR. We grabbed this one from
Riding 2025 BMW S1000XR. Read More »
By The Karr report… Want to know just how windy it was at Silverstone? Just look at the guy trying to hold on to that red flag at the race start, much like a cat caught stealing a slice of
MotoGP Roundup – Silverstone, United Kingdom Round 7. Read More »
