Local Stuff
Living the Dream.
Words: Bill Hunter. Regarding accomplished achievements in South Africa’s motorcycle industry the story behind the RACE! Brand is one of the most enviable. A man who began by only importing fancy mot...
Read MoreA Motorcycle Empire.
Words: Bill Hunter. Regarding motorcycle importers and distributors, for every accessory you can imagine, you can’t get much bigger than the colossal Autocycle Center. With well over 500 outlets reta...
Read MoreMotoGP Race Replica from RAD.
We recently dropped by our good friends at RAD-KTM and were bowled over to see this gorgeous bike standing outside their premises. ‘They’ have taken a basic, if you can call it that, 990 RC R, and fes...
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Yamaha XT500.
Did this motorbike start the ‘Adventure’ bike revolution? Maybe but back in 1977 they were called trail bikes, aimed towards both on-road and off-road adventures. Either way the Yamaha XT500 soo...
Read More1978 Yamaha RD125
During the mid-seventies two-stroke motorcycles were the only choice for the ‘youth’, or more specifically teenagers who’ve just become 17-years old. Sure, there were some feeble four-stroke offerings...
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