Driving difference.
Gennaro Bonafede has graduated to Bridgestone Production Car championship having raced in Engen Volkwagen cup last year. This youung 19 year old will be the the bay of the field.
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Sym has been building scooters for ages so it’s not a Johnny come lately company. Being part of San Yang industries it’s a company that has considerable standing in the motor industry. As you might imagine, the factory in Taiwan turns out a pretty decent scooter and now you can buy one here in South [...]
A Car for life
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Volvo seem to have a problem with resale value in this country and I’ve never really been sure why. In Europe the Swedish limousines are considered to be right up there with German premium brands. Volvos are also built like the proverbial brick outhouse and [...]
With the New World Supebike season kicking off at the end of February I think we are in for a feast of 2-wheel racing. We have several new riders and the team structures have changed. And then of course we have lost the talent of Ben Spies to Moto GP.
The biggest change for me is [...]
I had scheduled Monday afternoon for a track session on the Triumph Speed Triple. I would have been a great day but I fell off – not on the track but on the road on my to Kyalami. It was particularly embarrassing since it was the first time that I have ever damaged a press [...]
My ride this week is the spectacular Triumph Speed Triple. Triumph has managed to keep the Speed triple looking fairly similar since its introduction in the mid 90s. The so called “Bug Eye” twin headlights with retro feel chrome surrounds and the single sided swing arm have remained throughout the life of bike. The most [...]
So this week the Climategate scandal kicked off. It has been bubbling for a couple of weeks but has just hit the mainstream media. For those of you unaware, Climategate is what they are calling the conspiracy by the East Anglian University to fudge, misrepresent and falsify data to prove that man made global warming [...]
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This weeks’ ride is an Aprilia RSV4 Factory and I have been waiting in anticipation for this bike. It really is the most focused sports bike I have ridden in recent months, or years come to that. Every time you stop it takes 3 or 4 attempts to find neutral when you stop. The gearbox [...]
My ride for this week is a rather attractive metallic green Kawasaki Z750. The Z750 is a real looker and is incredibly easy to ride. In true Kawasaki tradition, the fuelling is absolutely spot on and the bike handles quite nicely. As a day-to-day ride with sporting pretentions, Kawasaki have got it just right. The [...]
We’ll the Moto GP season has ended and we have seen the 250 2-strokes for the last time. How sad is that? Of course the ozone friendlies have forced the hand of Dorna, the governing body of Moto GP. We have been brainwashed into believing that 2-stroke engines do untold harm to the environment because, [...]
