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Moto Guzzi factory racers

Our major contributor (and, in our opinion, one of the World’s best motorcycle authors), Alan Catcart has just released another hard copy book. This time on Moto Guzzi’s.

Pitlane WHAT COULD POSSIBLY Go Wrong?

Right now is the best time of the racing year. Because with nobody having turned a wheel in anger, anything is possible.

MOTOGP PIT LANE

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

COMING ALONG NICELY SUZUKI Katana

Last year April we bought a Suzuki Katana as a Long-Term test bike, so we could ride it for 12 months, report on it, try and improve it and give you the reader, constant feedback. The initial reporting was done in Superbike Magazine but with us now having merged that mag with Bike SA, we continue the story here. Without having seen a black one in the flesh, we took the plunge and ordered one from Suzuki Motorcycles South Africa. Although silver is the colour associated with the original Katana, we thought to be different and opt for the black one.

DOES SIZE MATTER?

Last year I landed up with two totally different test bikes from two different manufacturers at the same time and thought nothing of it then. Until I had them parked side-by-side that is.

Totally Triumph 2022 TRIUMPH TIGER SPORT 660

First test in southern Portugal on Triumph’s latest entry-level middleweight model following the best-selling Trident 660, with 15,500 examples sold since its 2021 launch

NAKED FUN LOCAL LAUNCH TEST SUZUKI GSX-S1000

Naked bikes are all the rage in Europe and many other places in the world. Not so much in South Africa though, if it doesn't have a fairing it simply doesn't feature. So how does a bike like the new Suzuki GSX-S1000 fit in? We took it for an afternoon blast to find out.

TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 1200 RR Electronically Excellent

First test in Spain comprising 75-mile/120km ride on the legendary Ronda road followed by several laps of the Ascari Race Resort circuit of the RR version of Triumph’s all-new Naked bike, now fitted with a half-fairing and sportier riding position than the RS variant

DESIGNING THE BORN-AGAIN BSA GOLD STAR 650

Bal Ghataore SPEAKS

COMING ALONG NICELY SUZUKI Katana

Last year April we bought a Suzuki Katana as a Long-Term test bike, so we could ride it for 12 months, report on it, try and improve it and give you the reader, constant feedback.

BSA IS BACK! A GOLD STAR Shining Brightly

2022 BSA GOLD STAR 650. Full inside story of the creation of the born-again production-ready 2022 BSA Gold Star 650 launched at the December 2021 Motorcycle Live Birmingham Show

PIT LANE

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

SEMI-ACTIVE ELECTRONIC SUSPENSION 2.0

STREET TRIPLE 1200RR

Steve Sargent Speaks. 2022 TRIUMPH TIGER SPORT 660

The man responsible for supervising the Tiger Sport 660’s arrival in the marketplace is Triumph’s Chief Product Officer, Steve Sargent.

TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPLE 1200 RR Electronically Excellent

First test in Spain comprising 75-mile/120km ride on the legendary Ronda road followed by several laps of the Ascari Race Resort circuit of the RR version of Triumph’s all-new Naked bike, now fitted with a half-fairing and sportier riding position than the RS variant

TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE HISTORY: Streetfighter Saga

The 102,807 examples of the Triumph Speed Triple in all its myriad guises which Triumph has built from 1994 up to November 1st, 2021, mark this as one of the most successful of the many highly individual models which John Bloor’s engineers have concocted since he relaunched the historic British brand exactly three decades ago, when the first Hinckley Triumphs were produced for the 1991 model year.

The Other Orignals

DRIXTON HONDA 500

TUAREG TWIN

TECH TALK

MOTO MORINI HISTORY

Best kept secret

The First Of Many

Ex-Terry Dennehy 1968 DRIXTON HONDA 500

ROOKIE ROAD TRIP #2

I hope you all enjoyed my previous story and as promised here is the trip to the Numbi Hotel & Garden Suites in Hazyview… This trip came about much sooner than anticipated but with the knowledge that I now had about longer trips I was much more confident and excited for this one, especially since I had been to Hazyview briefly once before with my iron steed.

Michael Scott MOTOGP PIT LANE

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

DESIGN TALK WITH MIRKO ZOCCO

Detailed explanation from designer Mirko Zocco of challenges facing the design team in creating the first Aprilia offroader for two decades, and how they resolved these

CHARLEY'S CHAT

ANOTHER STORY OF CHARLEY AND FRIENDS’ MADCAP ADVENTURES...

Escape TO EXCELLENCE - MOTO MORINI X-CAPE 650

On and off-road test in Italy of the first new model produced by historic Italian marque Moto Morini since it was acquired by Chinese manufacturer Zhongneng in October 2018

BACK TO THE DIRT APRILIA TUAREG 660

First ride on Aprilia’s latest middleweight model, following on from the RS 660 and Tuono 660 unveiled last year as the third key element in Piaggio-owned brand’s return to offroad

WORLD CHAMPION Pedro Acosta

Pedro Acosta (Red Bull KTM Ajo) is the 2021 FIM Moto3™ World Champion!

Michael Scott MOTOGP PIT LANE

Michael Scott - a regular in the MotoGP paddock since 1984 and familiar to motorcycle racing fans worldwide through his best-selling books on the likes of Wayne Rainey and Barry Sheene has been covering MotoGP since long before it was MotoGP. Remember two-strokes? Scott does.

Valentino Russi's 04 YAMAHA YZF-M1 Simply the best

Exclusive track test at Valencia two days after final GP of season, of the factory Yamaha YZF-M1 MotoGP racer on which Valentino Rossi beat Honda to win the 2004 World Championship – his first of four World titles for Yamaha

STRETCHING THE KATANA'S LEGS

When our weekend plans were cancelled last minute (to go check out a quaint hotel in the Freestate), I redirected our trip to another biker-friendly hotel namely Fouriesburg Country Inn.