It’s a chilly highveld morning. The garage door glides open to reveal the Predator-esque face of the new KTM990 Duke. That’s when you just know that it’s going to be a fine day! By: Glenn Foley Images: Dave Cox and […]
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By: Stefan vd Riet and Donovan Fourie Pics: Black Rock Studio So while we were banging the new Suzuki 8-R around the mountain passes of Mpumalanga, Suzuki also revealed the all new GSX-1000 GX and let us thrash it through
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Let’s beat the Jozi winter and go ride sportbikes in the lowveld! Summer weather and twisties on a new bike? How could anyone refuse? Well, that was the plan anyway as far as the weather was concerned. It wasn’t Jozi winter, but nobody made their way into the swimming pool or even took their jerseys off, especially in the evening, but we still had a great time anyway. Suzuki spoiled the media with a fantastic weekend in the mountains to ride their newest selection where most buyers would probably end up taking it anyway. So on a frosty Thursday morning we all gathered for a cup of coffee at their head office to meet our new friends for the weekend, the GSX-8R in four different colours.
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The Gentleman’s Sport Bike Words: Séan Hendley and Donovan Fourie Pics: Deon van der Linde & Black Rock Studios We have never claimed to be any challenge for the Binder boys when it comes to riding sports and superbikes, nor
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Words: Séan Hendley Pics: Deon van der Linde We get the same question every time we do this, “How the heck can you feature a cruiser in Ridefast magazine?”. And the answer is always the same, “They are faster and
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No Replacement for Displacement… OK OK! We hear you! Cliche’ They cry. And correctly so. But this bike just proves the saying again, and again, and again… By now, if you have the means and the interest you’ll have
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When the Husqvarna ‘Pilens” were launched in 2018 there were very many mixed reactions, especially in our market here in good ‘ol SA. The looks and styling of the new road bikes were that radical and far from the norm,
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The KTM Duke 990 in Paarl Story: Donovan Fourie, The Bike Show. A week or two back, we did a story on the KTM 1390 Super Duke blasting up and down Franschhoek Pass. Of course the 1390 is a big
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Franschhoek Pass is the greatest race track in the world. Some people might say that it isn’t a race track based purely on the fact that it has other vehicles on it and road laws and things. What do these
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Most of us somewhere along the line have gotten stuck alongside the road after picking up a nail, hitting a pothole or any other object that left us with a punctured tyre. There are a couple of options open to
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