November/December 2010 Newsletter

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November/December



Hi All

Wow, where has the year gone? It has been a very busy year with a lot of triumphs in the Aprilia field. Our biggest triuph must be that our son, Killian went from absolute rookie to coming 3rd overall in both the Motard and Supermotard categories for the year in the WP Championship. Next year he will be racing in the stock class on a SXV450 and he will be participating in the National Coastal Series. Steven Matthews on his RXV450 finished 1st overall in EWXC – class Novice B for the year and of course Max Biaggi winning the WSB Championship for 2010 – congratulations to them all.

TOY RUN

The Toy Run has come and gone and thankyou to all of you who participated. I was stuck for most of the day selling T-shirts but it was nice to see so many of you there, and for those who came to say hello – it was good to see you. One of our newer Aprilia owners was the lucky man who won the Triumph. Congratulations to Keith Huxley.

ALL BIKE RACE DAY

A day of bikes and no cars – blissful! On 16th December the WP Motorcycle Section will be hosting the All Bike Race Day.

Fancy yourself as a racer and never had the opportunity to try? Have never riden on the main circuit? This popular event has been running for many years and gives all the “Breakfast Run” chaps and ladies the opportunity to go and battle it out for the Breakfast Run race, every year there is a Mille or 2 contesting for the title – come on lets hope this year there is more than just 1 or 2!

There is a whole variety of races you can take part in and for more info go to www.allbikeraceday.blogspot.com. Killian will be taking part on his SXV450 and riding in the Battle of the Twins and powersport class. It will be interesting to see how the Motards (Rob Gortmaker and Grant Geyer will be participating too) fare with the 400’s.

Gates open at 09h00 and racing will start at 10h00 and finish at 18h00. Entry for adults R40,00 and U16 – R10.00, U12 – Free.

If you are not going to race then come and support those who are. Pack the cooler box, pull out the skottel/braai and we will see you there.


XMAS SHOPPING

Either leave this newsletter lying around or send your spouses/partners/family to the shop – we have some really nice stocking fillers:

Go Pro Full HD Camera

Fit it to your helmet and you can record footage of your riding. If you are into sky diving, absailing this small camera can be fitted to your helmet or you can get a chest harness or handlebar/seatpost mount for it. The nice thing is its waterproof to 60m! In photo mode it is a 5 meg camera. R3595.00 cash.


Shark RSI helmet in Italian colours

The latest RSI which allows for people who wear glasses – R4835.00. Stretch has always struggled to find a helmet which would accommodate his glasses and in most cases he has had to cut the foam in order for the arms of his glasses to be able to fit through – this is no longer the case – all the latest shark helmets cater for people wearing glasses/sun glasses.



Lightech bobbins

Anodized aluminium bobbins for rear stands – available in different colours – R250.00






Lightech handlebar end weights

Anodized aluminium handlebar end weights – available in different colours – R430.00



Coolmax Tops

Coolmax tops for wearing under your leather jacket/cordura jacket or leathers – helps you move easily and draws the sweat away – R465.00

• 1 piece full leather racing suits – R2800.00
• Caponord light guard – protection for your headlight – R350.00
• Aprilia Caps – R120.00
• Aprilia Pen/Pencil sets – R120.00

SPECIALS FOR DECEMBER ONLY – CASH/EFT (no Credit Cards)

• Gloves (excluding Alpinestars) – less 15%
• Bike Covers – made by Capetonians for Cape Town weather. They wont blow off and have been modeled on Aprilia’s. The X-Large fits the caponord! - less 15%
• Shark Helmet – less 10%
• Open faced helmets – less 10%
• Tank pads – less 15%
  

All the above discounts are for December only and apply to stock we have on hand only!

We will be closing for a couple of days over Xmas – from 12h00 on the 24th December and will return to work on the 3rd January. We wish you all a peaceful Xmas and New Year and will see you all in 2011.

Stretch and Jackie

Enduro World Cross Country Series 2010

EWXC Final Round November 2010
by Steven Matthews

Saturday, 13 November brought on the 3rd and final round of the hardcore EWXC series held at Zone 7. Morning rain was welcomed from a dust settling point of view but must have reduced the spectator attendance. It was a big turn-out nonetheless and the racing promised some serious close up action.


The course had been altered drastically for this round. Several obstacles were changed and large sections of the whooped-out sand were taken out. This made the course much shorter and all the obstacles were in pretty much a straight line, one after the other, right next to the spectators. The best seats were in the track-side beer garden which had a good view of quite a few obstacles.


The start was the usual, bike engine off, riders 10m behind. Flag drops and you run to your bike, start and go. I got the holeshot in a big way on my Aprilia RXV 450, and led for the first lap and a quarter, before serious arm pump kicked in and 4 guys managed to overtake me. I kept at it although the arm pump never went away, and managed to claw my way back to a 3rd place over all in the heat, 11 gruelling laps in 45 minutes is what it took.


Sitting in my pits, waiting for my second heat, and watching the pro heat, Anthony Reinardt ( 4th in SA MX Nationals for 2010) and his team mate Noel Stander came in to refuel. Refueling was really not needed but they were fast enough and leading by so much that they could without compromising their positions.

Just as they had finished refuelling and Noel started his bike, Anthony's bike burst into flames, Noels leg also caught fire but he never noticed and rode off. Fortunately the flame went out. Anthony on the other hand was not so lucky because no sooner had his bike caught on fire when he too caught on fire.


He jumped off the bike, dropping it to the floor. By this time the bike was totally engulfed in flames and so was he, from head to toe. I grabbed my fire extinguisher and ran and put him out. My friend Haydon Wood followed with his extinguisher and helped put the bike out.

Anthony must have been in flames for close to 10 seconds before I got to him and put him out. His kit had started melting around his legs and he sustained some minor burns on his neck, face, legs and groin. Considering that they never had fire extinguishers in his pits, nor in the ones next to him ( both professional pit crews) he was extremely lucky to be alive, let alone come away virtually unscathed! (Neither Haydon nor I got so much as a thank you from him or his team.)

Heat 2 was started and I was not as quick to get off the line. I got away in 3rd and quickly caught up to the 2 guys ahead of me before the end of the start straight, and slotted in behind them as we hit a narrow section which drops off onto the dry sandy area around a dam.


The guy in second had a moment and I got past him, into second, where I stayed for a few laps before he caught up and overtook me, then he continued on to leading the race. I was feeling much stronger in this race with no arm pump and reeled in 2nd place and managed to overtake him.

From here on we had a major battle for 2nd swapping positions many times before he finally got past me and pulled a gap. Again 45 minutes and 11 laps later I ended in 3rd.

Our heat combined two classes, Novice A and B. I fall into B which is for riders of less than two years experience. My two 3rd places overall were actually a 3rd and 2nd in my class, translating to 20 and 22 points.


These should have given me second in my class for the day, but I was given 39 points and fourth place at prize-giving much to my amazement. I disputed this but it was too late as I should have checked the provisional results before prize-giving and had not, so nothing could be done to rectify the situation.


Fortunately my points total for the year was still the most so I am Novice B EWXC 2010 Series Champion on my Aprilia! I also scored more points for the series than any other rider of any class, that being 139 out of a possible 150. Yeeeeeehaaaaaa, RXV, RXV, RXV. My wife Tanith has been given legendary status after winning not only the EWXC Ladies Series but also the EWXC Social Series.