KIWI RIDER MAGAZINE AUGUST 2016

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20 MILLER WINS MOTOGP In his greatest ride yet, Kiwi-parented Jack Miller takes the top step of the podium in The Netherlands.

32 TRIuMPh TIGER XRX LOW Just like the Tiger XRx but lower, to bring adventure motorcycling to those of shorter stature.

40 BMW R1200RS until the S1000RR, the RS was one of BMW’s sporty models. And it’s just cracking as a sports-tourer.

50 ROAd Of BONES AdvENTuRE The second instalment of plucky Kiwis

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70 2016 NZ ENduRO chAMPS Our recap on this year’s New Zealand enduro championships.

78 hARWOOd’S KTM 250 SX-f We ride hamish harwood’s 250 SX-f, which won the MX2 title - and all on a standard engine.

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HELLO... and welcome to the August issue of Kiwi Rider. Well, here at KR we’re all glad the shortest day is done and dusted. Saying that, we’ve apparently had the warmest first six months of the year since, well, forever.

I keep expecting super cold mornings and regularly end up wearing too many layers on the bike. Still, I’ll take it - the cold mornings will be here soon enough. In this issue of KR, we’ve got the second instalment of a bunch of Kiwi’s taking on Russia’s infamous Road of Bones. See page 50 for their rugged adventure. Triumph has addressed the need of riders who want to take on dirt road adventures but can’t

ride these bikes because they’re too tall. Coming in with a 760mm seat height, the XRx opens adventure up to a wider market. See page 32. Hamish Harwood won the NZ MX2 championship in 2016 but not many know he did it on a KTM 250 SX-F with a stock engine. Jock McLauchlan rode it to see how Harwood did it. Turn to page 78 for more. In racing news, Australian Jack Miller has taken his first ever premier class win. Born to Kiwi parents, the 21-year-old slipped and slid through the rain at the Dutch MotoGP round while the world’s best struggled, or fell off. Hopefully it’s the start of something more for the youngster. See page 20 for more. Enjoy the mag. BEN WILKINS

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9 NEWS Taupo bike & truck meet; Post classic International; hampton down track days; New NZ Superbike rules.

27 ROAd PROducTS Need it, want it, must have it...

90 BIKE MART Essential services and products for you and your bike.

92 EvENTS cALENdAR

96 RAcE RESuLTS MotoGP, WSBK championships, MXGP

98 REvIEW Mitas’ E08 gets the tar, dirt and mileage test in the South Island.

101 cLASSIcS Norton’s JPS replica was the first off-the- peg cafe racer available to the public.

104 ROGER MORONEy Whatever you do, don’t forget to check the brakes after a bike has been laid up..

61 NEWS New MX bikes for 2017; NZ Enduro champs; cooper chasing Tarawera win; Kiwis heading for Romaniacs.

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Supermotard winner Casey Bullock Superlight winner Gavin Veltmeyer

Truck show and racing festival Story: Todd Sutherland

I confess to initially being a little torn about covering what is, in essence, a truck meeting, with bike and car racing as supporting classes. Isn’t that just supporting those things that wreck the tracks? And, if I struggle to find

car racing captive viewing, what chance would a bunch of wallowing trucks have of piquing my interest?

Colemans Suzuki’s, Gavin Veltmeyer admitted he had his own concerns after seeing a truck coasting across the finish line in an earlier race, spewing what looked like diesel, oil and all manner of treachery. Thankfully the car races run in between seemed to disperse the mist of offending material (those cars proving useful on track after all) and the two warm up laps, for the bikes, confirmed the traction wasn’t adversely effected.

Watching my first truck race start melee, into turn one changed my perspective. Not only were they tightly bunched, these guys didn’t look at all concerned with the protection of what amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars of machinery. Excellent! They were getting things well out of shape and the novelty of

seeing something different and the ‘I can’t look’ as they got out of shape made for compulsive viewing.

But there were bikes there too. Gavin Veltmeyer was one of eighteen Superlight

competitors and around a dozen Supermotard competitors invited to provide support with motorcycle classes.

Local man Scott Moire showed everyone his class in Saturday’s dry races. Moire,

Superlight1) Gavin Veltmeyer 91pts

2) Scott Findlay 75

3) Josh Augustine 74

4) Aaron Carmichael 59

5) Ian Reed 57

Supermotard1) Casey Bullock 97pts

2) William Young 78

3) Grant Ridley 60

4) Roy Antony 54

5) Mike Kyle 48

The biggest agricultural show in the southern hemisphere is a great place to check out some of the latest road

and dirt motorcycles in New Zealand. The major manufacturers’ importers were there giving show-goers

the opportunity to sit on their complete ranges of dirt bikes – not something most dealers are able to offer.

Kitted up in gumboots and waterproofs we were ready for the worst, but the sun shone brightly, giving us the

warmest Fieldays for years. It was great to see the next generation of motorcycle riders clambering all over

the latest and greatest.

Photos: Geoff Osborne

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Junior tester Sean McLauchlan was keen to try the Suzukis

Kawasaki showing off its range Looks pretty happy to us!

Start ‘em young!

The season got underway with Movistar Yamaha’s Lorenzo taking the championship lead, before Repsol Honda’s Marquez took over, with Lorenzo dropping to fourth on the points table after the Argentinian round. At that stage Valentino Rossi was second with Dani Pedrosa third. Marquez extended his lead after round three while Lorenzo jumped back to second, then pegged back Marquez’ points lead and eventually got back in front following his

win at Le Mans. Another win, at Mugello, a third of the way into the season, saw five times world champion Lorenzo leading four times world champion Marquez 115 points to 105 with nine times world champion Rossi third on the points table with 78. Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa was next with 66 points just ahead of Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales (59) and Aleix Espargaro (49).

And where were the factory Ducatis? Back in ninth and 11th places on the points table.

Looking at the raw information, you’d think the Ducatis were not competitive. But that has been far from the case. There have been times when they have outclassed both the Honda and Yamaha factory machines.

Casey Stoner told Ducati the bikes were competitive after pre-season testing, leaving Ducati to conclude its lack of success lay elsewhere. Almost right on cue, Andrea Iannone took his Ducati into the lead in the first race of the season, under lights at Losail, with team-mate Dovizioso running second. Then Dovizioso challenged for the lead, and in the tustle, Iannone touched one of the trackside while lines with his front tyre, and crashed. As the race went on, Dovizioso was unable to withstand the relentless attack from Lorenzo, but he did manage to battle with and beat Marquez for the runner-up spot.

It was all downhill for Dovizioso after that though. At round two in Argentina, he was on track for another second place finish when he was skittled by Iannone with the chequered flag in sight. One minute the Ducati team was looking at a double podium, the next they saw both Ducatis laying in the gravel.

In Texas, Iannone made it to the podium in third place while Dovizioso was again taken out, this time by the sliding Honda of Dani Pedrosa. Round four at Jerez saw Dovizioso retire after a fright, when coolant from a failed water pump seal sprayed onto his rear tyre. He had been running seventh after slipping from fifth, the only frontrunner using the softest Michelin front.

What a roller-coaster season 2016 has been so far, with Spaniards Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo taking turns to lead the MotoGP Championship chase while Italian veteran Valentino Rossi has maintained a watching brief in third place, his own ambitions stymied by crashes and an engine blow-up from over-revving.

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Things didn’t get better for the Ducati men at Le Mans. Iannone crashed early while chasing race leader Lorenzo then Dovizioso took up the chase. Just on halfway, Rossi passed the Ducati man who then had Marquez hot on his heels. In a performance reminiscent of the Doohan-Chili synchronised crash at the Nurburgring in 1990, Dovizioso and Marquez crashed simultaneously on lap 16 of 28.

Things looked up for Ducati at the sixth round at Mugello. Iannone qualified third but made a poor start and had to work his way through the pack. He stuck to his task and finished third while Dovizioso finished fifth – not what Ducati wanted on home soil.

Round seven at Barcelona saw more misery for Ducati. Dovizioso struggled all weekend, citing lack of rear traction, and ended up running ninth, until Iannone took out fifth-placed Lorenzo, handing Dovi seventh at the flag.

Ducati Corse General Manager Luigi Dall’Igna, normally a man of outward calm, was almost incandescent with anger and told Iannone so in no uncertain terms. If ‘Crazy Joe’ hadn’t already been told there was no place for him in the team in 2017, he would most certainly have been given the message right there. As it was, Race Direction decided that for his transgression he

would start the next round in Holland from last place on the grid, no matter where he qualified.

With Iannone taking out Lorenzo – who had led at Barcelona for six laps before being passed by a resurgent Rossi then dropping to fifth – and Marquez finishing second, the Repsol Honda man went to Assen ten points ahead in the title chase. Had Iannone not made his late-braking attack that knocked Lorenzo down, the Yamaha man would still have had a one point lead going to Assen.

Behind Marquez and Lorenzo, and closing in on the title lead, was Rossi. His superb win at Barcelona, in which he lead a processional race punctuated only by a late charge from Marquez, saw him just 12 points behind his Yamaha team-mate going into the Dutch race.

The first race at Assen was held in 1925 and was called the Dutch TT as it ran on a 28 kilometre public road circuit. Assen is also the only event still on the calendar since the grand prix world championship series started in 1949. The track has seen numerous changes but what hasn’t changed is its location, around 45km from the Dutch coast facing the North Sea.

This year’s event in some ways mirrored the topsy-turvey nature of this year’s MotoGP championship. First practice

Dovizioso and Marquez crashed simultaneously on lap 16 of 28

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The category ‘Adventure Motorcycle’ is pretty meaningless these days. It spans a vast range of motorcycles from my battered old KTM 950, which has seen more off road than was healthy for either it or me, to the new mega buck

superbike-engine’d BMW S1000XR and a heap of variations in between. It is also obvious that the word Adventure has different meanings to different motorcyclists.

Personally, I use three loose categories of motorcycles, based on the people who ride the bikes. Firstly, there’s Serious Adventure. These are the riders who think Charlie and Ewan were wimps. These riders are also categorised by medical science as psychopaths, who like to encourage their mates off road to get stuck and/or break down in faraway places. I have a lot of these ‘friends’.

Secondly, there’s Adventure. These guys stay away from tar seal, spend most of

their days on gravel and off road tracks. They’re categorised by less of a tendency for silliness compared to the guys in our first category.

Then there’s Adventure Touring. These are the ‘let’s go anywhere’ types. Highways and backroad seal, gravel – with tents/wife/dog on the back. Pretty much the norm I’d say. Probably people like you and me.

The people in the first category are on the fringe and, at any given point in time, will either have been given up for dead by their families, be in the emergency department or at home fixing their bikes, I shall only use the two latter categories for comparison purposes here. So... based on that measure, I have decided that the subject of my epistle today is an Adventure Tourer.

Category of the XRx categorised, Triumph has catered for both ‘Adventure’ and ‘Adventure Tourer’ types in the Tiger range. There are four bikes in the line-up, all with the same engine, an 800cc triple making a claimed 95 horse power.

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It was foggy, cold and damp. I was astride a new BMW R1200RS and we were on a mission to meet KR’s lens wielding machine, Mr Osborne, in what were, basically, whiteout conditions. I couldn’t see a bloody thing. But I knew vaguely where the road went, which was helpful... and my hands were warm. The handgrips

were set to a warm roast, not the higher fully-roasted position (for absolutely freezing days) and they were comfortable, but I still couldn’t see much. The screen was in the highest position, so my body was protected and warm too and, yet, still the fog obliterated any view ahead. Yes, the life of a KR tester is fraught with these extreme difficulties, but none the less I battled on reward-less to get the job done. Such is our commitment to the motorcycling world. Happily it wasn’t too long before the fog eventually lifted, the damp road dried and I could begin to enjoy BMW’s R1200RS.

Vision restored, I could start to sample the delights of BMW’s sporty tourer. The engine is the same spec as that in the company’s GS model, and rated at 125hp @ 7750rpm and 125Nm @ 6500rpm. I wouldn’t read too much into those numbers though, because 75 percent of peak torque is available at all revs! The horizontally-opposed twin makes great power from just over 3000rpm and pulls hard from a little over 4000rpm. It genuinely has a lovely engaging feel and is one of the better power deliveries for an all round road machine on the market today.

I like the Dynamic engine mode best. In this mode the liquid-cooled, down draft, 1170cc motor with DOHC and four valves per cylinder is indeed quite dynamic; being responsive yet smooth with an effortless, decently flexible, grunty and fun power delivery. It is also moderately abrupt if you are ham-fisted which is something I like. So, perhaps for dodgy slippery conditions the Road and Rain mode choices are wise additions. But with sophisticated traction/stability control on hand to help out, you can safely rely on the electronics to kill wheelspin if the excitement of the day turns to too much throttle. Lastly, User mode is where the engine management system can be programmed and tailored for the throttle response that an individual owner requires. This really does mean that there should be a power mode to suit everyone... however, I still like dynamic the best.

The six-speed gearbox has shift-assist, which works incredibly well on the up-shifts and quite well on the down-shifts

too, but using the clutch does help to smooth out gear changes when rushing down through the gears, even considering how nicely the slipper clutch works. Or maybe I just have too much mechanical sympathy going on here? Anyway, I genuinely enjoyed holding a constant 4000rpm and listening to the lovely throbbing exhaust note as I short-shifted up through the gears without touching the clutch.

Handling-wise the RS is a competent and stable bike that’s best suited to flowing open roads. On the tighter roads that I favour, turn-in is a little on the lazy side and, while still confident and accurate, it is not really a tight corner craver. Even though the chassis has 45mm USD telescopic forks, the front end feel is very much that of BMW’s Tele-Lever system. By that I mean, there is very little dive under braking and it prefers smooth constant lines... as I suppose we should all ride, rather than mixing things up mid-turn. In other words, it likes constant radius turns and requires more effort than some if the turn tightens up to stay on line and not drift wide. The slower 27.7 degree steering head angle plays a part here too.

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Getting to the start of the Road of Bones was an adventure in itself for Chris Stephens. In this second and final instalment Chris finds out how much more adventurous it could get.

Our adventure on the Road of Bones had finally started, but it began slowly. It was a late morning wakeup and, while breakfast crackled, sizzled and popped, the Kiwis changed all the bikes from road to off-road tyres and sorted out what we would ride with and what would stay in the support vehicle.

As we headed off it was great to be free of roughly 60kg of kit and riding more of a trail ride. It wasn’t long before we were up to our knees

in mud, as we circumnavigated waist high bogs. There were patches where we could see examples of the Old Road’s former glory, smooth but softened by nature – tempered with a sombre respect for those who built it. These road sections were abruptly severed by raging water, scouring across leaving sharp entry and departure angles. This made for tricky entry into the streams, but it was even more tricky having to balance against the current and keep enough momentum to pop up the other side (without sliding back!).

In the initial days there were many streams flowing across the road into a main river, and derelict wooden bridges, which were destroyed or partly dismantled (hard to know) but, inevitably, it meant fording the stream instead. Thankfully the occasional encounter of two-degree water in our boots was thawed by warm sunny weather, and the bridges were perfect photo opportunities... although it was risky getting on some bridges, it was more risky turning around and getting off!

We set up our nightly camps by the rivers. Rivers have water, are handy for cooking, washing and drinking but, more

importantly, the air around the rivers is cooler and thus there are fewer mosquitos. Walk just a few metres into the forest on the river bank and mosquitos, seemingly as big and ferocious as bears, threatened to carry us away. They most certainly bit any exposed area of Deet-free skin. This was most ‘dangerous’ at ablution time. You really must (while in the safety of your tent) spray every potentially exposed body part prior to squat! Riding a motorcycle with itchy bits is not safe riding.

At one such camp there were still banks of snow and ice, which, when kicked, shattered into stunning crystals I’ve never seen the like of before. At the same camp the big Kamaz had arrived with the tail-lift out of action. This meant we had to unload all of the gear via a side door for the night’s camp. An inoperable tail lift also meant that bikes couldn’t be loaded onto the truck if ever needed and rear access was impossible for any gear.

The Kiwis decided to take a look, and found a blown fuse leading to the discovery of a crushed wire to the hydraulic pump. This is a big truck to be dropping in and out of these steep scoured river banks and the “tail lift accessory” was exposed to much heavy grounding. As dinner was being prepared we beavered away and then switched it all back into life to cheers from the campfire. Sanych’s eyes light up and the “world explorers” were invited for celebratory shots of vodka.

While still sober we all headed off to the water’s edge for target practice (read: big shoot up) with AK47s and the likes. If there were bears in those woods they would certainly have been gone for the night. It seemed us Kiwis had passed our ‘apprenticeship’ for living in their neck of the woods. Sanych and his Yakut team

Words & photos: Chris Stephens

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Bay of Plenty’s Cody Cooper (Honda CR450F), one of the favourites to win this Saturday’s 39th annual Honda Tarawera 100 cross-country marathon

Cooper chasing Tarawera win number five Story: Andy McGechan, bikesportnz.com

As we go to press, it is just days away until the 39th annual Honda Tarawera 100 cross-country marathon and there’s no sign of the defending champion. Bay of Plenty’s Ben Townley took

his Honda CR450F to win the event last year, making it a stunning consecutive hat-trick of wins for him at the popular off-road motorcycle race.

But now Townley is back in Europe and racing Grand Prix motocross events, enjoying the sweltering heat of Italy last weekend while his homeland was under a chilly mid-winter rain cloud.

It won’t be panic stations in the Honda camp, however, with national MX1 motocross champion Cody Cooper signalling that he’ll return to the Tarawera 100 this Saturday and that he’ll bring his championship-winning Honda CRF450 with him.

The venue for Saturday’s race is the same as last season, on steep farmland at 78 Tahuna Road, Te Teko, just west of Whakatane, although the course that’s been laid out this time will run in the opposite direction from last year, “just to keep things interesting and to keep the riders on their toes”.

Opotiki native Cooper, who now calls Mount Maunganui his home, is also no stranger to winning cross-country races and his success rate at the Tarawera 100 in the past is almost second to none.

Cooper won the Tarawera 100 for the first time in 2007, then backed that up by winning it three more times, in consecutive years between 2010 and 2012, and now he’s chasing win number five.

Only five riders have won the Tarawera 100 three times or more since the event’s inception in 1978.

In addition to Cooper and Townley, the other major winners have been Wayne Jennings (a record five-time outright Tarawera champion) and three-time former winners Nick Reader and Damien King.

Cooper is taking nothing for granted in his comeback to the Tarawera 100 this weekend. He knows that last year’s runner-up, Taupo rider Brad Groombridge (Suzuki), will be a serious threat, as will cross-country specialists such as Howick’s Liam Draper (Husqvarna), Reporoa’s Hadleigh Knight (Husqvarna), Coatesville’s Sam Greenslade (Kawasaki), Morrinsville brothers Hayden and Nathan Tesselaar (KTM), Titirangi’s Callan May, Whakatane’s Mitch Rees (Honda) or Rotorua trio Andrew Charleston and Scott Birch (both Honda) and Scotty Canham

(Husqvarna), among others. “The soil at Te Teko is fairly free-draining

and we’ve taken out the steep downhill that troubled so many riders last year, so it should be a great day’s racing,” said spokesman for the organisers, Tony Rees.

“We also have again included the popular

two-rider/two-bike and two-rider/one-bike categories this year and all the riders will be sent away in one massed wave of bikes, not in separate waves,” he said.

“It’s the event’s 40th anniversary next year and that’s something to look forward to as well.”

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It has been a remarkable year for Bay of Plenty Suzuki ace Brad Groombridge, the 25-year-old clinching two national motorcycling crowns at his first serious attempt.

With defending national champion Chris Birch nowhere in sight (until the final round), the competition was thrown wide open this season and any one of three or

more riders were capable of taking the title overall.

But it was Taupo locksmith Groombridge who emerged with most of the glory. He produced a remarkable come-from-behind result in early June to secure the 2016 New Zealand Enduro Championships title overall and the under-300cc four-stroke class title as well in what was his first concerted effort to contest the series, adding those titles to the two (overall and class) national cross-country crowns he’d won in May.

With riders to face a gruelling double-header enduro weekend – the fourth and fifth rounds of the series, at Waimiha on the Saturday of Queen’s Birthday Weekend and at Tokoroa on the Sunday – to wrap up the competition, and with three individuals all within four points of one another at the top of the standings, the phrase ‘it’s not over until the fat lady sings’ could not have been more appropriate.

Round two winner Groombridge (Suzuki RM-Z250) started the weekend second overall in the series standings, sandwiched just two points behind Christchurch’s Hamish Macdonald (Sherco SE-R 300), who had won the series opener in March, and two points ahead of the round three winner, Howick’s Liam Draper (Husqvarna FE250).

But then the balance of power swung dramatically in favour of Kiwi international Groombridge at round four on the Saturday when he won the day, while

both his main rivals “blew it” – Macdonald suffering a blown engine, which resulted in a DNF for the young rising star, and Draper suffering a blown fuse, which left him finishing the day in a lacklustre and undeserved eighth position.

Groombridge was now suddenly on top of the standings, a solid 14 points ahead of new No.2 man Draper, with Titirangi’s Callan May (Yamaha YZ250X) elevated to third, eight points further back, and Macdonald forced down to fourth overall, just one point behind May, and the title was Groombridge’s to lose.

A finish of fifth or better at Tokoroa on the Sunday would be enough for Groombridge to win his first national enduro championship and that’s what he did, ending the day third overall, behind a fired-up Draper and Glen Eden’s 2015 overall champion Chris Birch (KTM 250 XC-F).

“I knew where I had to finish and did enough to get the job done,” said Groombridge matter-of-factly.

“My congratulations to Liam (Draper), who had a solid day, and I feel sorry for him and Hamish (Macdonald) too, who had their championships fall apart the day before.

“I only rode three enduro races last season and this is my first full attempt. To win two rounds out of three on debut is pretty good I feel and it doesn’t feel any better than winning a title at your first attempt.”

Dubbed “Mr Versatility”, Groombridge won the New Zealand Cross-country Championships earlier in the year, also at his first full attempt, on that occasion riding the bigger Suzuki RM-Z450, and he also finished fifth overall in the MX1 class at the New Zealand Motocross Championships, which wrapped up in March.

Meanwhile, May finished the day fourth

Words & photos: Andy McGechan

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“I have used Mitas to win the Roof of Africa and multiple titles in NZ” Chris Birch.

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Hamish Harwood’s New Zealand MX2 title-winning KTM 250SX-F is certainly a striking looking machine. The orange frame, Acerbis front disc protector and chain guide, along with the workshop graphics kit, not to mention (not too much

anyway...) the number one plates and logos really make his KTM stand out from the crowd. And the truth is it goes just as well as it looks.

Surprisingly, especially for some of his competitors, the engine remains completely stock. There are three main reasons for this. Firstly, the standard motor

is a goody. Secondly, ultra high performing motors can be prone to mechanical... err, shall we say ‘misadventures’. And finally, hot rod motors are often very expensive to build up and maintain. I also have a sneaking suspicion that the CML/Harwood team believed they could win the NZ championship with the standard engine and should, I think, be justifiably proud of having now done so.

The standard 250SX-F engine has an excellent power delivery that is very flexible with a quite linear spread of grunt and a strong, high-revving top end. While it is not super fast at any point in the rev range for a 250 MX race machine, its awesome ride-ability throughout the whole power delivery

Winning the New Zealand MX2 title is tough enough. Think it could be done without throwing a heap of

money at the engine? Hamish Harwood did it running a standard engine and tweaked suspension.

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There is fresh bike on the offroad scene from Yamaha for 2016, which I feel has given hope into reviving the two-stroke off road world. The Yamaha YZ250X is definitely a bike much needed and I believe will make a lot of people’s

decisions a lot easier when choosing their next two-stroke off-road weapon.

Based on the YZ250, the YZ250X has some key changes that help adapt it perfectly for bush riding. To start with, the wide ratio gearbox is almost perfect; it’s still a five-speed ‘box but the spacing between gears is great for cross-country. Second and third gears are closer together in ratios, making them a lot more rider friendly in tighter technical sections, which also allows the rider to maximise the use of the torque produced by the 250 two-stroke engine.

Secondly, the revised expansion chamber is significantly smaller than that on the motocross model and I believe it plays a big part in mellowing out the power. This makes it smoother going through the power and less of a handful. The compression ratio has been reduced, which also helps give the engine a smoother, less aggressive feel.

Thirdly, the X gets an enduro-specific 18-inch rear wheel, which is great at helping with finding traction.

On a suspension front, the bike has virtually the same KYB setup as the motocross bike with the same spring rates, but the X gets different valving. This makes the X a lot plusher and forgiving, which is perfect for the roots, rocks and ruts typically found off-road. The bike also comes with a reserve switch in the fuel tank which is always handy.

I have really enjoyed racing and trail-riding the YZ250X for the last six months. It’s a very versatile bike that can be ridden anywhere from your local trail ride to racing national enduro and cross-country straight out the crate. I think Yamaha has made a big step in the right direction with this new model.

Callan May has been riding Yamaha’s YZ250X for the 2016 summer season and this is his long term report on Yamaha’s new two-stroke.

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MotoGP 2016 ChampionshipCountry Bike Total to date Rd 8 Assen Rd 7 Catalunya Rd 6 Mugello Rd 5 Le Mans Rd 4 Jerez Rd 3 The Americas Rd 2 Argentina Rd 1 Qatar

1 Marc Marquez SPA Honda 145 20 20 20 3 16 25 25 16

2 Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha 121 6 0 25 25 20 20 0 25

3 Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 103 0 25 0 20 25 0 20 13

4 Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda 86 4 16 13 13 13 0 16 11

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6 Pol Espargaro SPA Yamaha 72 13 11 1 11 8 9 10 9

7 Hector Barbera SPA Ducati 58 10 5 4 8 6 7 11 7

8 Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati 52 11 0 16 0 9 16 0 0

9 Alex Espargaro SPA Suzuki 49 0 0 7 10 11 11 5 5

10 Eugene Laverty IRL Ducati 48 9 3 3 5 7 4 13 4

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1 Jonathon Rea Kawasaki GBR 343 25 25 293 20 16 257 16 20

2 Tom Sykes Kawasaki GBR 277 20 20 237 25 25 187 8 25

3 Chas Davies Ducati GBR 244 0 13 231 16 0 215 13 16

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8 L Camier MV Agusta GBR 105 0 8 97 11 13 73 7 6

9 L Savadori Aprilia ITA 100 11 0 89 13 10 66 2 0

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2 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 440 35 33 34 28 47 50 42

3 Romain Febvre Yamaha FRA 408 0 0 47 30 40 31 41

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Earlier in the year, my wife and I planned to take our trusty Suzuki V-Strom 1000 on an adventure to take in the lower South Island and West Coast. Obviously there were a lot of things to consider

for the trip, but one of the most important was which rear tyre I should choose for the trip. The route involved a fair amount of tar seal plus plenty of gravel roads, tracks and passes with water crossings and obstacles. The other consideration for choosing a back tyre was load capacity as we would be riding two-up with full touring luggage [along with the kitchen sink – Ed]. I needed a tyre that’d last yet would still give grip on dirt and be fun on the tar seal.

I spent a fair bit of time weighing up all the options and decide to fit the Mitas E08. This is a more of a road-biased pattern than I might normally choose but it looked like it would still give decent performance on gravel roads, and it has a deep tread to help with the occasional trickier bits.

It turns out the Mitas proved more than equal to all of the challenges I put it through. On the road it gave good grip in both wet and dry conditions, and was confidence-inspiring with great edge grip [we can whole-heartedly attest to Geoff’s full, and slightly scary, use of edge grip... Ed].

Braking traction is right up there and it has positive drive on all sorts of sealed surfaces. As I’d hoped, the E08 was also good in the gravel, giving predictable grip and feedback at touring speeds with no punctures even in the rocky sections with a full touring load.

I have to say, this tyre surprised me in the areas where I thought it would struggle. Rocky climbs and water crossings were two of my concerns, but it performed well considering we were two-up. We took everything steady and the E08 propelled the big V-Strom through the water and up some pretty nuggetey hills without any problems.

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In 1974 the scene was set for a café racer, or race replica, not built in someone’s garage, but straight from the factory floor. Norton had a race team sponsored by the tobacco company John Player, and Peter Williams had won the 1973 Isle of Man Formula 750 TT on one of the bikes, with a record lap of 171.52km/h. The sponsorship deal between Norton and John Player began in 1971 and lasted until the end of 1974, and during that time the distinctive

white fairings with a red and blue stripe became familiar to thousands of race goers, from Daytona in the USA to the Isle of Man, and from European endurance races to the many short circuits around Britain. The John Player Nortons had become a marketable brand. In the spirit of Ducati’s Paul Smart Imola Replica, and later the Mike Hailwood Isle of Man Replica, there was an opportunity to make and sell a batch of road-going Nortons wearing race bike livery.

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As with most race replicas the JP Norton had different specs from the race bikes. Obviously, the road bike needs a lot of gear such as lights, indicators, centre stand, and mufflers, that add weight to the machine. There are also special engine parts on the race bike that would make the road bike more expensive and uncompetitive in the market place. But with a top speed of 193km/h the road going Commando was as fast as most riders wanted to go on public roads, and with the JP styling, it looked the part as well.

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RST profi le touring fi t: a ¾ length jacket with multiple adjustment points to tailor the fi t to suit your needs, matched with tailored jeans for comfort on and off the bike.

Hi-Tex and Ballistic 1660 construction, with a Sinaqua waterproof breathable membrane and a removable quilted full length thermal lining.


Contour Plus Level 1 back protector fi tted as standard, with Contour Plus CE armour to knees, shoulders and elbows with pockets for optional hip armour.


Adjustable intake and exhaust vents and a removable throat coat to make the jacket/pants customised depending on the conditions.SS

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SIZES JACKET 42/M - 50/3XL PANTS 32/M - 40/3XLCOLOURS BLACK

$199$399 RST profi le adventure fi t: a specifi c fi t for upright adventure

and touring style bikes Cordura 500d and Ballistic 1660 construction, with a

removable Sinaqua waterproof breathable membrane and a removable quilted thermal lining

Triple and double stitched seams: all seams are stitched using super-strong bonded nylon for maximum burst resistance

Contour plus level 1 back protector fi tted as standard, with contour plus CE armour to knees, shoulders and elbows with pockets for optional hip armour

Large adjustable vented panels to the chest with long zipped vents up the arms plus large rear exhaust vents and zipped panels on the jeans

A water bottle pocket, removable map pocket that converts into a bum-bag and detachable throat coat give the adventure maximum versatility.

JACKET PANTSTEXTILE JACKET & PANTS

SIZES 10 - 20 COLOURS SLATE, BLACK

$269 RST profi le ladies specifi c urban fi t: designed to be worn in

the city both on and off the bike. Brushed 300D polyester construction, with a Sinaqua

waterproof breathable membrane and a removable thermal lining.


Contour Plus CE armour to shoulders and elbows with pocket for optional back protector.

Detachable hood. Multiple adjustment points for maximum comfort.

SIZES JACKET 08 - 20 PANTS 08 - 20COLOURS BLACK (SHORT LEG AVAILABLE IN BLACK)

$199$249 RST profi le ladies specifi c touring fi t: comfortable for hours

on the bike, with subtle feminine styling. Ballistic 1660 and Maxtex construction, with a Sinaqua

waterproof breathable membrane and a removable thermal lining.


Contour Plus CE armour to shoulders, elbows and knees with pockets for optional back protector and hip armour.


Pants available with a heavy duty connection zip to match the jacket.

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SIZES 42/M - 52/4XL COLOURS BLACK

MAXTEX 600d Polyester and BALLISTIC 1680d Nylon outer shell.

SINAQUA waterproof and breathable membrane. Removable 75g quilted lining. RST Contour Plus CE approved armour to shoulders and

elbows. Pocket for RST Contour Plus back protector. Multiple adjustment points. Hi-Viz refl ective panels and piping. MAX zips used throughout. 360 heavy duty connection zip. Multiple external and internal pockets. Zipped air vents. Soft touring collar.

$449JACKET

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