Glenn Foley

30 years in the motorcycle industry. Takes blurry pics and has wonky typos...

A new Daytona model for Triumph with a 660 motor.

The new Daytona uses the Trident naked as a base, with a number of internal revisions to provide an increase in performance, power ist a claimed 93.7bhp at 11,250 rpm which is around 17% more than the Trident, with just under 70nM of torque peaking at 8,250 rpm about 9% extra over the Trident, 80% of which is on tap from just 3,125 rpm, that’s good – more torque lower down in the rev range makes the bike much more useful in everyday situations and possibly a bit faster off the line and out of corners

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Riding the Suzuki GSX-S 1000 GT 

GSXS 1000 GT

The Bike: The Suzuki GSX-S 1000 GT. Starting at R253,950 you get Suzukis legendary K5 derived 4 banger 999cc engine, kicking out 106nM’s of torque and 152Hp. The bike tips the scales at 226 kg’s – that’s a 1.5 power to weight ratio. We topped up the 16 lt fuel tank at the start of our ride and did a total of 310 km before topping up again. That took just 15lt’s to top off the tank again, which gave us a figure of just over 20 kays per litre which included a lot of speed limit riding but also a significant amount of hard and fast riding. (Suzuki SA doesn’t publish any claimed fuel figures, but that is what we got with mixed riding).

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Honda Wing George

It’s inspiring to see the journey of Honda Wing George from its establishment by Andre Strauss to its current status as one of the few motorcycle dealerships owned and run by ladies.  Maria Florio has been the lady in charge

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