Drop in the action with a mate or a Motor Show team trying to tame an electric motorbike in Pitland

Start the engine!

An essential part of any rider is the ripper, the magnetic cap on the strap, which attaches to the wrist and turns the motorcycle on like a hem. No sound, just a vibration to let you know it’s starting. The smell of gasoline and the whisper of the engine reincarnated into a mere “noise”. The fun begins.

After zigzagging between the cones and the sharp brakes, we were ready to race right on the track. It is full of technical parts and there is no shortage of fast parts. Some corners are tighter, some are very tight, and sometimes you shift from one slope to another.

The rider tries to apply exactly what the instructor is trying to teach him and is then surprised how well it works. What you will notice on a powerful motorcycle in crisis will present itself in its infancy and warn the rider: “Look, you are doing something wrong here!” The advantage is that you have enough bikes to fix it.

The Pitland staff initially assigned us the first, which is the weakest performance map of the three. And when he saw how we approached every turn professionally and put our knees well (good – only on the fall), he put us in the second stage for the next race. The motorcycle then followed the throttle much more willingly, was faster and the race had a better slope soon. And in any case. Literally.

Camilla Salazar

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