Politicians spend a great deal of our time and money passing myriad laws aimed at making us think they’re very busy people. The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed, so they’re obviously putting lots of effort into converting worthwhile tasks into bullshit just to impress us voters.
Kawasaki’s set to bring an exciting new middleweight into South Africa in about two months time. The ER-6n is powered by a 650cc vertical twin engine — a configuration that was enormously popular in the mid twentieth century but has fallen out of favour these days. The bike’s styling is ultra-exotic, and with 72 horsepower (53 kW) on tap it should also be a lively performer.
Brazil and South Africa are the only two countries in the world that have any real market for half-tonne bakkies. The Brazilian-built Fiat Strada enjoys 25% of the light commercial vehicle market in its home country, and now that it’s arrived in South Africa it’ll probably have a huge impact on sales of General Motors’ Corsa utility and Ford’s Bantam.
BMW has produced, in the R1200 RT, a machine that is light years ahead of the R1150 RT, the model it replaces. With its flat twin now displacing 1 170cc and generating 81 kW (110 bhp) and 115 Nm of torque it’s a truly formidable high-speed touring machine. Apart from the extra power and torque delivered by the bigger engine.
Adventure motorcycles have a lot going for them. They’re more comfortable for two-up touring than superbikes or cruisers are, and they open up a whole new network of gravel backroads taking you to fascinating places that you’d never ordinarily know about.
Wringing a fine-handling motorcycle’s neck around Kyalami is usually fun. Flogging 167 horses (123kW) around the racetrack in the rain, however, is a different matter, so the five-lap track session that served as my introduction to the new BMW K1200S was more than enough for me.
Toyota’s new Hilux is stylish, it’s big and it’s well specced. A surprise bonus is that it’s cheap — nine of the fifteen models in the new range cost less than the models they replace. It’s going to make a lot of grown men who work for the opposition cry!The new Hilux styling is stunning, with more rounded lines and a steeply sloped windscreen providing better aerodynamics and reducing wind noise at speed.
The biggest difference between the Subaru Legacy 3.0 R car and its sibling, the Legacy 2.0 GT, is that where the smaller version uses a turbocharger to extract 190kW and 330Nm from its four cylinder engine, the 3.0 R generates ten kilowatts and 33 Newton Metres less from a naturally aspirated flat-six displacing 50% more.
An East Coast radio DJ presents fun and educational science shows EVERY day at 9am East Coast Radio disc jockey Daryl Ilbury says goodbye to his one million Breakfast Show listeners, and goes off to what he considers his real job — presenting zany science shows to schoolchildren all over KwaZulu-Natal. ”I’ve always loved science […]
”THE best thing that’s ever happened to schooling was the banning of corporal punishment,” says Graham Bailey, headmaster of Pinetown Boys High. ”Under the old system a kid could misbehave or not do his homework and he’d get a couple of whacks. Come the end of the year when he failed, his parents would jump […]