News: BMW Motorrad calls all R1200GS and GSA owners for safety check BMW Motorrad South Africa has begun what they call a service campaign to check all BMW R1200GS and GS Adventure models sold between 2013 and 2017. Technically, this is not a recall, as dealers will only do a safety check to ensure that […]
Video: Bike/car road rage ends badly for car Below is a video shot by the passenger of a following car using his cellphone. It is of a road rage incident that took place yesterday in California on the southbound 14 highway towards Los Angeles. Reports suggest that it started as the result of a lane […]
Video: Is the 2017 KTM 390 ready to race? Apparently, and more KTM live by the slogan “Ready To Race”. Donovan Fourie of The Bike Show decided to put that slogan to the test at their studio test track using the new for 2017 390 Duke – with a revised chassis, electronics, a TFT dash […]
Video: KTM 1290 Super Duke (Crash) Test Mat Durrans of The Bike Show is an experienced, talented and mature(ish) motorcycle journalist, as it shows in yesterday’s road test and video of KTM’s fantastic 1290 Super Duke R. But sometimes even people like Mat get it very wrong. Enjoy the video below:
More madness: KTM 1290 Super Duke R Road test and video SA Launch, Red Star Raceway Words: Donovan Fourie • Pics: Zoon Cronje The 1290 Super Duke R was originally launched in 2014 and was not compared to a sexy lady, a loyal companion, a friend and a delightful means of transport. It was a homicidal […]
Bike SA Magazine – no more print, all on-line Bike SA magazine issued the following press release today: After 42 years as the biggest motorcycle magazine in Africa (and, for much of its life, the biggest selling in the Southern Hemisphere also) we will be no longer be printing Bike SA, but will concentrate on […]
Kawasaki Z900 – more and less than 100cc Words: Donovan Fourie • Pics: Meghan McCabe In some countries, the Z900 is taking over from not just the previous Z800, but also the Z1000. In South Africa, the Z800 and Z1000 are still available, although they are 2016 models. Looking at all of this, it’s easy […]
Video: The scariest near-crash of the TT The Isle of Man is quite possibly the scariest motorcycle race in the world with riders requiring nerves (and other organs) of steel and lightning fast reaction times. Generally, IOM TT racers shrug off close encounters which is understandable given how often said encounters are, in fact, encountered. […]
Kawasaki Ninja 650 – more than a name Words: Donovan Fourie • Pics: Meghan McCabe “Ninja” is an important word in the vernacular of motorcycling. Most motorcyclists, upon the utterance of the word “Ninja”, think not of steely-eyed men clad in all black awaiting the next kill. Far more ominous is a devil-eyed motorcycle clad […]
Video: After TT crash, Guy Martin has never looked this shaken The Isle Of Man TT race is dangerous as it is, and more so when your bike hits an irrecoverable false neutral at 220 km/h. This was the fate of TT racer, TV personality and truck mechanic, Guy Martin, who had to jump off […]
Road Test: Indian Scout – the old in the new A 60° liquid cooled, fuel-injected, twin cam, four valves per cylinder 1133cc V-twin Scout cruiser. Modern delights with the classic joy. Story and Pics by Howie da Startled It’s not often that you find a bike that will run off the speedometer in top gear. […]
The Misadventures Of Hein Eksteen: Namibia – a good road on a bad day Hein Eksteen continues his odyssey through the harsh Kalahari Desert, this time crossing borders into Namibia, and discovering that the best offroad roads in the world don’t always mean having a good day. “Are you f***ed in you head riding a bike […]
Rossi discharged from hospital after injury As reported earlier in the day, Valentino Rossi was diagnosed with mild lesions on his liver and kidney following a motocross training crash yesterday. Doctors were happy with his progress after 24 hours of surveillance and he has been discharged. His condition will be monitored but it looks likely that […]
Valentino Rossi injury update: Slight liver and kidney lesions Valentino Rossi gave his legions of fans a fright yesterday when he was admitted to hospital following a motocross training accident near his house in Tavulia, Italy. At the time the communication from Yamaha simply said “Thoracic and abdominal trauma”. This could mean a number of […]
Valentino Rossi hospitalised after MX training crash Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi was involved in a motocross training accident at the Cavallara MX track in Pesaro Urbino, near his home town of Tavulia, on Thursday. The 38-year-old Italian rider was taken to a local hospital for a medical check-up where he was diagnosed with mild […]
