The Red Square Kawasaki ZX10R Master riders make their way to the popular Red Star Raceway runs parallel with the N4 Witbank highway, before it turns to the South, into a vista of deception, the ribbon of black stretches deep and wide on a four kilometre winding course, a racetrack of blood, sweat, and tears. Many have fallen over the years, but have returned victoriously. The track has 13 turns and 5 straights that can punish any rider severely.

Organisers are expecting a full field of over 25 Red Square Kawasaki ZX10R Master riders for the second round, podium contenders are Pieter "the Terrier" De Vos, Kyle Robinson, Graeme Van Breda, Tony Klem and Johan Le Roux could also be in the running for podium spot, they just need to just keep it all together. The Terrier and Robinson are sure to be having their normal battle. Pieter is not called "the Terrier" for nothing, but, Kyle also knows how to put a good dog down.

The provisional starting grid, line-up for the Red Star Raceway Round 2 is Graeme Van Breda, Pieter De Vos, Kyle Robinson, Tony Klem, Johan Le Roux, Jaco Gous, Peter Clark, Hennie du Plessis, Rodney McLachlan, Hano van der Merwe, Hannes De Vos, JB Schoeman, Ian Harwood, Raymond Keel, Abrie Marais, Michael Smit, Sid Farinha, Andre Denoon, Stewie Christie, Henk Schuiling, Banie Van Dyk and Stuart Russel just to mention some of the top riders

Leading the series and points to date after one round is Graeme van Breda on 50 points, followed by Kyle Gene Robinson and Pieter de Vos both on 36, sharing 4^th and 5^th position on 24 points is Johan le Roux and Antonie Klem, close behind them is Rodney McLachlan on 20 and Raymond Frank Keel on 18 points

There is a full program of racing and spectators are more than welcome to visits the pit area and bring the whole family to meet the tenacious Kawasaki ZX10R Master riders. It’s all happening on 27 and 28 March. Fridays are FREE practice days. Avid motorsport fans and Friday slackers can get a taste of what will go down over the weekend.
It is not just the Masters that will give rise to a good day with their signature sound, but also the Thunder bikes, which includes the 1000- and 600cc Superbikes. Also on the race programme are the Silverton Bolt and Nut Brunch Run Challenge, including the Sub 10’s and other RSR Club races.

Kevin Robertson, of Pretoria, scored his seventh win in the prestigious, international DJ Rally for classic motorcycles at the weekend. This ardent Velocette enthusiast, who is the honorary secretary of the Velocette Owners’ Club of SA, rode a 500cc 1936 Velocette MSS and collected only 136 penalty points for late or early arrival at the many secret checkpoints on the route from Hillcrest, outside Durban, to Germiston.

Second overall was Mike Ward on a similar British machine, with 144 penalty points, while Martin Davis (1930 500cc Sunbeam 9) took the last step on the podium with 154 penalty points. His performance also completed a clean sweep of the first three places for the Vintage Motorcycle Club of Johannesburg.

Robertson has now won more DJ’s than any other rider, while the first three in the 2015 DJ Rally are all previous winners of the famous event and ensured that it was ultra-competitive. This year less than five minutes separated first place and the 12^th placed finisher, with the latter position being taken by last year’s winner, Allan Cuninghame on yet another Velocette MSS.

The competitors had a very tough rally this year. They started from Hillcrest in drizzling rain which continued until Pietermaritzburg. The next day, riding the section from the overnight stop in Newcastle to the finish at the Classic Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse in Germiston, saw them encounter lots more rain. In addition, this year’s route included many sections where road building was in process. This was particularly a problem on the section between Perdekop and Balfour.

The route totalled almost 650km, made up of 350km on the first day and 295km on the second day. There were 68 finishers from an original field of 100 motorcycles, which was very good considering the ages of the motorcycles.

Unfortunately two of the riders were involved in collisions: Alan Crookes (1936 Ariel Red Hunter) collided with a bakkie in Newcastle due to a combination of rain and non-working traffic lights because of loadshedding, while Kevin Duncan, of Cape Town, took a spill when his 1935 BSA W35 hit a big bump. Both riders sustained bruising, sprains and abrasions, but nothing was broken fortunately.

This year’s event celebrated 102 years since the staging of the first race for motorcycles on public roads from Durban to Johannesburg. Racing on public roads was banned after the 1936 race, so only pre-1937 machines are eligible for the commemorative DJ Rally, which is a regularity event in various speed groups.

Dorian Radue, a former South African now living in Australia, once again took the honours for the best performance by a lady rider, riding a Rudge. She placed an excellent 10^th overall with 255 penalty points.

The other two woman riders also finished, with Chantal Madgwick (1936 600cc Panther) taking 52^nd spot and Samantha Anderson notching up another DJ finish on the oldest bike in the event, a 1909 Humber pedal cycle with a 500cc engine that often needed help from the pedals, particularly on the climbs out of Durban.

Famous international motorcycle journalist Mike Scott was very pleased at finishing the DJ Rally at his first attempt. Riding a 1936 BMW R12 which belongs to Simon Fourie, the editor of Bike SA, Scott had to contend with a few mechanical gremlins, such as a flooding carburettor, but still finished 51st, which was an improvement on 59^th at the restart in Newcastle.

Cayenne World adds yet another great brand to their exotic blue chip collection with the announcement of their latest new brand- the Zero Electric motorcycles from the USA.

The Zero operation is one company that has got the electric motorcycle one hundred percent right and have developed the perfect electric motorcycle package.

For just over 2 years now, Craig Langton – Sales Director Co-Owner of the Cayenne Group has been working on an innovative concept to make motorcycling the commuting a very affordable option. After a huge amount of hard work the deal is finally done and Cayenne has been appointed the official importer of ZERO Electric motorcycles the perfect commuter for South Africans. The innovative plan does not stop there either; watch this space for the arrival of the new Zero’s early May.

Craig realised that South Africans are true petrol heads and love their cars and big noisy superbikes, cruisers and adventure bikes, he also stated that these guys can keep their motorcycles and cars for the weekends and the cars for the wet weather and still save thousands of Rands by commuting on a Zero electric motorcycle, powerful enough to out accelerate anything on the road today, any car or Superbike will struggle to beat a Zero off the mark, or 0 to 80 km/hr, a top end of 165 km/hr, the Zero’s are also a real blast to ride, enjoying a range of up to 250 km’s plus on one charge, they can be charged anywhere from your normal household plug or at the office, an overnight charge is recommended but one could be on ones way with a 2 hour charge.  The best part of the Zero/Cayenne offer is it’s cheaper to own and run than the cost of your monthly fuel bill for a car or a medium to large motorcycle.

“We recently met with the new MD of Zero Motorcycles USA, the legend Pieter de Waal, ex CEO of BMW motorcycles America and the same guy that turned BMW motorcycles around in South Africa many years ago, Peter retired recently from BMW USA and was then offered the post at Zero,” said Craig Langton. He openly admits, “I love my Zero and prefer it to all my motorcycles, once you have ridden a Zero Motorcycle you can’t get off it. I have never had so much Fun!”

Pieter also went on to say that, he’s delighted he did not have to compete with Cayenne Group in his time with BMW South Africa as it would have been a real challenge keeping up with such a dynamic operator. He was also very pleased to be part of the Cayenne family and would be utilizing the new Cayenne strategy for Zero offices worldwide.

The new Cayenne Zero package is a real no brainer if you are looking for an affordable commuter, who wouldn’t think about purchasing and commuting on a ZERO Electric motorcycle. Imagine never filling up again! A critical part of making this innovative technology available at an affordable price and bringing this innovative product to market is Cayenne’s finance partner, MFC a division of Nedbank limited. Nedbank are well known for supporting ‘Green’ initiatives and were excited to support the new Zero launch which will be happening next month.

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For more information call Zero SA a division of Cayenne World on 011 244 1900