Bike SA Magazine - May 2022

In this issue

WHAT’S INSIDE?
Pg 4 - Trade News
Pg 10 - International Womans Ride Day ‘22
Pg12- BeingaPilot:Rossi&Hamilton;
Pg 14 - Langen 250 Two Stroke
Pg 24 - Hayabusa Gen 3 Test
Pg 30 - The Perfect Surprise : Local Ride
Pg 40 - Wet Weather Ridding
Pg 46 - Drysdale Part 3
Pg 48 - Charley’s Chat
Pg 50 - Mike Scott : Pit Lane
Pg 54 - MRSSA Round 1
Pg 64 - Short Circuit Round 2
Pg 74 - The Bike Hospital

Ex-norton Motorcycles Boss Stuart Garner Avoids Jail After Investing £11 Million of Pension Savings

Stuart Garner has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to using other people’s pension money to invest in his own business, Norton motorcycles.

3 mins

International Female Ride Day 7 May 2022

It is that time of the year again and the ladies are coming together to promote female riders and ladies in biking. This international event is celebrated globally and in SA we are not shy to participate. Last year’s event brought together about 300 ladies on various motorbikes and we are aiming for 400 participants this year.

2 mins

Being A Pilot

A Conversation with: Valentino Rossi & Lewis Hamilton

3 mins

Langen Two-Stroke 250 Back to the Future

First ride on the debut model produced by Langen Motorcycles, the limited edition 250cc Two Stroke repli-racer produced by Britain’s newest manufacturer that’s now in production

10+ mins

SUZUKI HAYABUSA GEN 3

3 Days Of Heaven

5 mins

The Perfect Surprise

Anniversary Getaway

10+ mins

Wet Weather Riding

Wet roads can make you faster and smoother. They also open up a whole new world of riding possibilities.

10 mins

Charley's Chat

Another story of Charley and friends’ madcap adventures...

6 mins

Unnecessarily Fast, or Unnecessarily Dangerous?

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall.” This truism comes from boxing, but applies to all walks of life. Innovative MotoGP superstar Marc Marquez, however, adds a new twist.

4 mins

MotoGP Springtime for Aprilia

Don’t ask me how that happened. Aprilia, I mean. From bottom of the class to the top of the podium, in one easy move. Well, perhaps not one … it’s actually taken seven years of dogged persistence in the face of serial humiliation. But it still seems to have elements of all-of-a-sudden.

3 mins

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