Words: Bill Hunter.
Ignore the bike; let’s firstly talk about iconic paint schemes on race bikes, not so much in the modern MotoGP era but from the past, where tobacco advertising dominated the fairings on most of the grid. That was, however, banned in later years in the socially moral attempt of preventing kids from rushing to the store to fill their lungs with the vile nicotine enhanced leaf that their favourite rider was promoting. Brands like Rothmans, Lucky Strike, HB and, of course, Marlboro were discarded, and now we have energy drinks that generate liver health issues in kids who devour litres of the stuff!
Words: Bill Hunter.
I can’t understand why we still have motorcyclists that turn up their noses when it comes to an automatic gearbox found inside a motorcycle chassis, well in South Africa at least. When I arrived at my local bar on this striking new Africa Twin people, at first, went ‘wow’ that’s cool, until I said it has Honda’s automatic DCT transmission. Then the ‘wow’ factor turned into ‘mmm, ok’, even though they ALL drive automatic cars, WTF!
Words: Bill Hunter.
While I was out riding this bike quite a few people asked who made it which is understandable, I suppose, because CFMOTO is a relatively new brand in South Africa. It has, however, been selling quads and the like for quite a while (and successfully too) but now CFMOTO is attacking the two-wheeled market, which can only be a good thing for us in terms of choice right?
Words: Bill Hunter.
There’s no doubt that MV Agusta produce some of the most gorgeous motorcycles on the planet – and this Superveloce 800 is certainly of no exception. We could instigate a debate over the bikes from the other Italian stable, Ducati, but in my opinion the MV label is just a little more exotic.
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