Quick spotlight rider
Sheridan Morais Sheridan Morais is a vastly skilled South African rider that has claimed multiple South African Championships in both Superbike and Supersport and regularly got to step onto World Championship podiums. Sheridan was set to ride in World Supersport for the 2015 season, but due to some last-minute changes he became available to join the Monster Energy YART team instead to participate in the FIM Endurance World...
More grip, less effort
The new Spider Peak Grip is designed for performance road & sport touring riders. Their goal was to design a performance grip that is more than just a replacement for stock OE grips. The Spider Peak was conceived, designed, tested and endurance proven by our Spider Grips Design team, and is now available at your local dealer. Smart riders look for an advantage from every detail on their motorcycle, selecting each part for what it...
Welcome to Planet Power – by Gareth Davidson
Bouncing off of the article in the October 2015 print edition, we thought we’d leave you drooling some more with a few of the bikes that Gareth had the chance to ride. First race bike ridden was the South African SuperGP superbike. South African SuperGP Rider: Lance Isaacs Country: South Africa Bike: 2015 BMW S 1000 RR Rider aids: Traction control, down-shift assist Suspension: Electronic stock road suspension...
Blown bikes – by Gavin Foster
Kawasaki’s supercharged H2 and H2R motorcycles that have drawn massive media attention and won countless Bike of the Year awards globally – including here – are, as we all should know, not the first forced-induction production motorcycles ever made. For a short while back in the ‘80s the Japanese Big Four all produced turbocharged road bikes with varying degrees of success; all failed to bring...
SuperBike Bike Night
Johannesburg’s Arts on Main is breathing new life into the city centre and is an important feature on the South African arts and crafts landscape. This inner city development provides a stimulating space for artists from many disciplines, including film, literature and contemporary art, to create and sell their work. The Arts on Main development is as much about paying homage to Johannesburg’s history as it is a vote of...
Drag racing – by Gavin Foster
Give it wheels and an engine, and somebody will race it. In 2010 a Brit called Perry Watkins raced a nitrous-oxide-breathing V8 powered Queen Anne dining-room table with chairs, champagne, crockery, silver cutlery, an ice bucket and a roast dinner down the Santa Pod drag strip, reaching a top speed of 208km/h. He was trying to break Ed China’s world speed record for furniture on a supposedly street-legal 145km/h V8 sofa. Nobody...
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