Auto Alpina Motorrad Wins Again!!!! The annual RFS National Motorcycle Economy Run was held this weekend in the splendour of Mpumalanga, with the overnight rests at the Hotel Numbi on Hazyview. The event hosted by the Pretoria Motor Club was well attended by some 95 entries and started at the Rose Haven Excel Garage just outside Pretoria. The first day covered just over 500 kilometres and the second day took in 300 kilometres of the stunning scenery and roads that Mpumalanga has to offer. The contestants are all handed a route schedule and the object is to cover the allotted route in the prescribed time, with fuel penalties handed out for those that arrive late. The idea is to get the riders to achieve a certain average speed, this year the route total average worked out to 100 Km/h. Needless to say the objective is to use as little gas as possible over the route. Auto Alpina Dealer Principal Denver (Tazzman) Biggs took first place overall on the newly launched X Country, whilst his BoxerCup team mate and rider Reg (Reguit) Gurnell came through in second overall on the X Moto. The X Country took a class win in Dual Purpose bikes up to 700cc, whilst the X Moto took its class in street bikes up to 700cc. Auto Alpina Sales Exec Steve Langham brought the 800S in 6 th overall and a class win in Street Bikes 800 990cc, with Workshop Foreman Justin Seager bringing home a F650GS Dakar to a credible 8 th overall and second place in the dual purpose class behind Denver.
BMW in general triumphed, as they took 5 of the top ten placings and had 44 out of the 86 finishers. They also had five winners out of the nine classes, with the Touring, Pillion and Smaller Dual Purpose bikes looking like BMW benefit classes! The winning consumption of 3.345 Lt/100Kms proved how frugal the new X Country and X Moto bikes really are, and I think this will allay all fears about the fact that the fuel tank is 9.5 litres. The closest Japanese competitors ended up using almost a litre and a half more fuel over the event. With a consumption of 3.639 Lt/100kms the F800S also proved how great on gas this little performer is. Interesting to note that after the event Denver and Reg were obviously tired of putting around slowly and decided to give the bikes a wind on the famous Sabi-Hazyview 22 and Long Tom passes the bikes were un-matched. Their corner speed and handling were out of this world, real exceptional road holding that bigger superbikes couldn t come near matching in the twisties. Awesome little motorcycles these G series are! The only class that we just cannot get a win in is the big dual purpose bike class, but I don t think there will be any prices for guessing that Denver WILL be mounted on a R800GS for next years event!
25th RFS BIKE ECONORUN 2007 18-19 August 2006 Final Results by Consumption Pos Bike # Cls FU Rider Make Model Pen Liters Lit/100km 1 1 E U BIGGS DENVER BMW BMW XCOUNTRY 28.07039 3.34510 2 4 A U GURNELL REG BMW BMW XMOTO 28.52789 3.39962 3 2 A U VENTER DEON Kawasaki KAWASAKI ER 6 F 0.5 30.41002 3.62391 4 61 A U BARNARD BELINDA Kawasaki KAWASAKI ER-6F 30.46004 3.62987 5 39 A U SCHUTTE GERHARD Kawasaki KAWASAKI ERF 30.49757 3.63434 6 10 B U LANGHAM STEVE BMW BMW F800S 30.54277 3.63973 7 7 B U DOUGHERTY ALAN BMW BMW F800ST 30.62282 3.64927 8 76 E U SEAGER JUSTIN BMW BMW F 650 GS 30.86494 3.67812 9 3 C U MEPHIUS GRAHAM Suzuki SUZUKI BANDIT 31.01564 3.69608 10 25 B U GROBLER HANNES BMW BMW F800ST 31.04963 3.70013 11 45 E U SCOTT NICOLE BMW BMW F650 XCOUNTRY 31.81198 3.79098 12 95 E U BAILEY SHANE Suzuki SUZUKI AN 400 32.22419 3.84010 13 6 B U TEMPLETON JO-ANNE BMW BMW F800S 1.5 32.53784 3.87748 14 30 B U VAN NIEKERK REUBEN BMW BMW F800S 32.60690 3.88571 15 91 E U WILSON CHARLES BMW BMW F650 GS 34.41595 4.10129 16 16 B U DU PLESSIS FRANCOIS Yamaha YAMAHA TDM900 34.83546 4.15128 17 24 C U MARAIS ABRI Triumph TRIUMPH ST1050 34.85204 4.15326 18 13 D U NELSON JOHAN BMW BMW R1200RT 35.71801 4.25645 19 65 A U LABUSCHAGNE BRANDON Yamaha YAMAHA F2 SS 600 35.94904 4.28398 20 9 F U McLAREN IAN Suzuki SUZUKI VSTORM 36.13433 4.30606 21 55 C U DE JAGER KOBUS BMW BMW R1200ST 36.29184 4.32483 22 35 F U STOBBART BRIAN Buel BUELL XB12X 36.79196 4.38443 23 8 B U LA GRANGE HENNIE Ducati DUCATI ST3S 37.11204 4.42258 24 46 A U SCOTT BOBBY Honda HONDA CBR 600 RR 37.49023 4.46764 25 11 B U DE BEER WAYNE Honda HONDA CBR 37.58602 4.47906 26 38 B U PEEL MIKE Honda HONDA CBR 37.72243 4.49531 27 37 D U JORDAAN LESLIE BMW BMW R1200 RT 37.95560 4.52310 28 26 D U MARTIN BMW BMW R1200RT 38.00223 4.52866 29 44 B U SCOTT GRANT Suzuki SUZUKI GSXR 750 38.05120 4.53449 30 19 B U WEYERS PIERRE Suzuki SUZUKI TLS 38.37809 4.57345 31 94 F U SMITH NEIL Suzuki SUZUKI DL 1000 38.93158 4.63941 32 79 E U JANSEN MICHIEL BMW BMW F650 GS 0.5 38.95477 4.64217 33 14 F U ADAM DAVE BMW BMW R1200GS 39.02340 4.65035 34 42 J U TEIXEIRA ERIC BMW BMW R1200 RT 39.02833 4.65094 35 22 C U LILFORD STEVE Triumph TRIUMPH TIGER 39.14502 4.66484 36 15 D U KUIT MIKE BMW BMW R1200ST 3.0 39.38061 4.69292 37 62 D U GLASER JAN BMW BMW R1200RT 39.44844 4.70100 38 33 J U MEINTJES LAWRENCE BMW BMW R1200ST 39.46200 4.70262 39 21 J U VAN DEN BERG DEON BMW BMW R1200RT 39.61749 4.72115 40 17 F U BOOKER GEORGE BMW BMW 1200GS 39.67445 4.72793 41 41 J U FAULKEN- SMITH ROGER BMW BMW R1200 RT 39.78918 4.74161
42 60 A U GOULD KEN Suzuki SUZUKI AN650 40.14800 4.78437 43 18 F U VAN DER SCHYFF MARTIN BMW BMW 1200GS 40.36413 4.81012 44 50 C U OLIVIER STEFAN BMW BMW 1200ST 40.60568 4.83891 45 64 E U DU TOIT DEON Suzuki SUZUKI DL650 40.86217 4.86947 46 81 F U GIBSON NOEL Triumph TRIUMPH TIGER 950 40.96793 4.88207 47 63 G U BARBOSA GUS Davidson HARLEY NIGHTRAIN 41.12575 4.90088 48 53 D U DU PREEZ ANDRE BMW BMW K1200 LT 41.17989 4.90733 49 75 D U TOP WIEBE BMW BMW R 1200 RT 41.47323 4.94229 50 20 C U GOUWS HENK BMW BMW K1200 S 41.57064 4.95390 51 40 D U CARROLL DAVE Yamaha YAMAHA FJR 1300 42.30775 5.04174 52 47 B U SCHONFELDT JOHANN Honda HONDA CBR 1000 42.34583 5.04628 53 92 F U BAKKER CONRAD BMW BMW 1200GS 42.35926 5.04788 54 67 F U FLEMMER CLIVE BMW BMW 1200 GS 42.70055 5.08855 55 5 B U DE LA REY PETER Yamaha YAMAHA TDM900 6.0 42.70404 5.08896 56 69 F U PRINSLOO DANIE BMW BMW 1200 GS 43.01180 5.12564 57 89 C U STRUGNELL CLIVE Suzuki Suzuki Hayabusa 43.03365 5.12824 58 74 C U FOURIE THYS BMW BMW R1100 S 43.31062 5.16125 59 54 F U VAN AARDT WIMPIE BMW BMW R1200 GS 43.34634 5.16551 60 80 D U JANSEN ROEL BMW BMW K1200LT 0.5 43.35262 5.16625 61 90 C U COOPER RICK Triumph TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPPLE 43.40782 5.17283 62 86 F U VAN RENSBURG DU PLESSIS BMW BMW 1200 GS 43.92513 5.23448 63 23 F U DE WIT CHRIS BMW BMW 1200 GS 43.94505 5.23685 64 48 D U STRYDOM GERT Honda HONDA ST1300 ABS 44.11512 5.25712 65 66 F U BASSON OWEN BMW BMW 1150 GS 44.92982 5.35421 66 68 J U MARTENS KEVIN BMW BMW 1200 GS 44.95999 5.35780 67 43 G U VAN DER WALT Doc HEINE Davidson H D SPRINGER 110 SE 0.5 44.97950 5.36013 68 59 K U FOUCHE CALLIE Yamaha YAMAHA TT600 45.04624 5.36808 69 85 J U SCHOEMAN ANDRE BMW BMW K1200GT 45.26594 5.39426 70 28 G U JOELSON BRUCE BMW BMW 1200C 45.60140 5.43424 71 49 F U OLIVIER KOOS BMW BMW 1100GS 45.88601 5.46815 72 93 J U STEINBERG JAN BMW BMW 1200 GS 46.18569 5.50387 73 56 G U MARAIS EZANNE Davidson HARLEY DEUCE 3.0 46.19471 5.50494 74 88 C U VAN DER MERWE SAREL Suzuki Suzuki Hayabusa 46.60026 5.55327 75 31 J U HUGO DANIEL Kawasaki KAWASAKI ZZR1200 46.68065 5.56285 76 12 C U SHOUT ALLAN Kawasaki KAWASAKI 2X14 46.91632 5.59093 77 36 B U VAN BERGEN BRETT Apprilia APPRILIA TUONO 47.55834 5.66744 78 34 J U MARAIS DAYNE BMW BMW K1200RS 48.67502 5.80051 79 58 K U FOUCHE FRANCOIS Yamaha YAMAHA TT600 48.72916 5.80697 80 87 F U VENTER WESSEL BMW BMW 1100GS 51.06244 6.08502 81 57 G U HUMPHREYS IAN Davidson H D SPRINGER SOFTTAIL 2.5 52.39040 6.24327 82 71 A U MAREE RENE BMW BMW F650 CS 21.5 55.15643 6.57289 83 29 F U KOBUS BMW BMW R1150GS 11.0 58.38750 6.95793 84 70 B U MAREE HENNIE Triumph TRIUMPH DAYTONA 19.0 63.34645 7.54888 85 72 B U RUDOLF FRANCOIS Yamaha YAMAHA R1 0.5 64.90154 7.73420 86 73 A U RUDOLF JUDY Suzuki SUZUKI SV650 S 30.0 73.16276 8.71867
PMC BIKE SA ECONOMY RUN 2006 18-19 August 2006 Final Class Results by Consumption Pos Bike # Cls FU Rider Make Model Pen Liters Lit/100km Class A Up to and including 700cc 2 4 A U GURNELL REG BMW BMW XMOTO 28.52789 3.39962 3 2 A U VENTER DEON Kawasaki KAWASAKI ER 6 F 0.5 30.41002 3.62391 4 61 A U BARNARD BELINDA Kawasaki KAWASAKI ER-6F 30.46004 3.62987 5 39 A U SCHUTTE GERHARD Kawasaki KAWASAKI ERF 30.49757 3.63434 19 65 A U LABUSCHAGNE BRANDON Yamaha YAMAHA F2 SS 600 35.94904 4.28398 24 46 A U SCOTT BOBBY Honda HONDA CBR 600 RR 37.49023 4.46764 42 60 A U GOULD KEN Suzuki SUZUKI AN650 40.14800 4.78437 82 71 A U MAREE RENE BMW BMW F650 CS 21.5 55.15643 6.57289 Class B 701cc up to and including 1010cc 6 10 B U LANGHAM STEVE BMW BMW F800S 30.54277 3.63973 7 7 B U DOUGHERTY ALAN BMW BMW F800ST 30.62282 3.64927 10 25 B U GROBLER HANNES BMW BMW F800ST 31.04963 3.70013 13 6 B U TEMPLETON JO-ANNE BMW BMW F800S 1.5 32.53784 3.87748 14 30 B U VAN NIEKERK REUBEN BMW BMW F800S 32.60690 3.88571 16 16 B U DU PLESSIS FRANCOIS Yamaha YAMAHA TDM900 34.83546 4.15128 23 8 B U LA GRANGE HENNIE Ducati DUCATI ST3S 37.11204 4.42258 25 11 B U DE BEER WAYNE Honda HONDA CBR 37.58602 4.47906 26 38 B U PEEL MIKE Honda HONDA CBR 37.72243 4.49531 29 44 B U SCOTT GRANT Suzuki SUZUKI GSXR 750 38.05120 4.53449 30 19 B U WEYERS PIERRE Suzuki SUZUKI TLS 38.37809 4.57345 52 47 B U SCHONFELDT JOHANN Honda HONDA CBR 1000 42.34583 5.04628 55 5 B U DE LA REY PETER Yamaha YAMAHA TDM900 6.0 42.70404 5.08896 77 36 B U VAN BERGEN BRETT Apprilia APPRILIA TUONO 47.55834 5.66744 84 70 B U MAREE HENNIE Triumph TRIUMPH DAYTONA 19.0 63.34645 7.54888 85 72 B U RUDOLF FRANCOIS Yamaha YAMAHA R1 0.5 64.90154 7.73420 Class C 1011cc and over 9 3 C U MEPHIUS GRAHAM Suzuki SUZUKI BANDIT 31.01564 3.69608 17 24 C U MARAIS ABRI Triumph TRIUMPH ST1050 34.85204 4.15326 21 55 C U DE JAGER KOBUS BMW BMW R1200ST 36.29184 4.32483 35 22 C U LILFORD STEVE Triumph TRIUMPH TIGER 39.14502 4.66484 44 50 C U OLIVIER STEFAN BMW BMW 1200ST 40.60568 4.83891 50 20 C U GOUWS HENK BMW BMW K1200 S 41.57064 4.95390 57 89 C U STRUGNELL CLIVE Suzuki Suzuki Hayabusa 43.03365 5.12824 58 74 C U FOURIE THYS BMW BMW R1100 S 43.31062 5.16125 61 90 C U COOPER RICK Triumph TRIUMPH SPEED TRIPPLE 43.40782 5.17283 74 88 C U VAN DER MERWE SAREL Suzuki Suzuki Hayabusa 46.60026 5.55327 76 12 C U SHOUT ALLAN Kawasaki KAWASAKI 2X14 46.91632 5.59093 Class D Touring Motorcycles 18 13 D U NELSON JOHAN BMW BMW R1200RT 35.71801 4.25645 27 37 D U JORDAAN LESLIE BMW BMW R1200 RT 37.95560 4.52310 28 26 D U MARTIN BMW BMW R1200RT 38.00223 4.52866 36 15 D U KUIT MIKE BMW BMW R1200ST 3.0 39.38061 4.69292
37 62 D U GLASER JAN BMW BMW R1200RT 39.44844 4.70100 48 53 D U DU PREEZ ANDRE BMW BMW K1200 LT 41.17989 4.90733 49 75 D U TOP WIEBE BMW BMW R 1200 RT 41.47323 4.94229 51 40 D U CARROLL DAVE Yamaha YAMAHA FJR 1300 42.30775 5.04174 60 80 D U JANSEN ROEL BMW BMW K1200LT 0.5 43.35262 5.16625 64 48 D U STRYDOM GERT Honda HONDA ST1300 ABS 44.11512 5.25712 Class E Dual-purpose motorcycles up to 700 cc 1 1 E U BIGGS DENVER BMW BMW XCOUNTRY 28.07039 3.34510 8 76 E U SEAGER JUSTIN BMW BMW F 650 GS 30.86494 3.67812 11 45 E U SCOTT NICOLE BMW BMW F650 XCOUNTRY 31.81198 3.79098 12 95 E U BAILEY SHANE Suzuki SUZUKI AN 400 32.22419 3.84010 15 91 E U WILSON CHARLES BMW BMW F650 GS 34.41595 4.10129 32 79 E U JANSEN MICHIEL BMW BMW F650 GS 0.5 38.95477 4.64217 45 64 E U DU TOIT DEON Suzuki SUZUKI DL650 40.86217 4.86947 Class F Dual-purpose motorcycles over 700cc 20 9 F U McLAREN IAN Suzuki SUZUKI VSTORM 36.13433 4.30606 22 35 F U STOBBART BRIAN Buel BUELL XB12X 36.79196 4.38443 31 94 F U SMITH NEIL Suzuki SUZUKI DL 1000 38.93158 4.63941 33 14 F U ADAM DAVE BMW BMW R1200GS 39.02340 4.65035 40 17 F U BOOKER GEORGE BMW BMW 1200GS 39.67445 4.72793 43 18 F U VAN DER SCHYFF MARTIN BMW BMW 1200GS 40.36413 4.81012 46 81 F U GIBSON NOEL Triumph TRIUMPH TIGER 950 40.96793 4.88207 53 92 F U BAKKER CONRAD BMW BMW 1200GS 42.35926 5.04788 54 67 F U FLEMMER CLIVE BMW BMW 1200 GS 42.70055 5.08855 56 69 F U PRINSLOO DANIE BMW BMW 1200 GS 43.01180 5.12564 59 54 F U VAN AARDT WIMPIE BMW BMW R1200 GS 43.34634 5.16551 62 86 F U VAN RENSBURG DU PLESSIS BMW BMW 1200 GS 43.92513 5.23448 63 23 F U DE WIT CHRIS BMW BMW 1200 GS 43.94505 5.23685 65 66 F U BASSON OWEN BMW BMW 1150 GS 44.92982 5.35421 71 49 F U OLIVIER KOOS BMW BMW 1100GS 45.88601 5.46815 80 87 F U VENTER WESSEL BMW BMW 1100GS 51.06244 6.08502 83 29 F U KOBUS BMW BMW R1150GS 11.0 58.38750 6.95793 Class G Cruisers 47 63 G U BARBOSA GUS Davidson HARLEY NIGHTRAIN 41.12575 4.90088 67 43 G U VAN DER WALT Doc HEINE Davidson H D SPRINGER 110 SE 0.5 44.97950 5.36013 70 28 G U JOELSON BRUCE BMW BMW 1200C 45.60140 5.43424 73 56 G U MARAIS EZANNE Davidson HARLEY DEUCE 3.0 46.19471 5.50494 81 57 G U HUMPHREYS IAN Davidson H D SPRINGER SOFTTAIL 2.5 52.39040 6.24327 Class H Pillion passenger class. Up to an including 700 cc Class I Pillion passenger class 701 up to and including 1010 cc Class J Pillion passenger class 1011 and over 34 42 J U TEIXEIRA ERIC BMW BMW R1200 RT 39.02833 4.65094 38 33 J U MEINTJES LAWRENCE BMW BMW R1200ST 39.46200 4.70262 39 21 J U VAN DEN BERG DEON BMW BMW R1200RT 39.61749 4.72115 41 41 J U FAULKEN- SMITH ROGER BMW BMW R1200 RT 39.78918 4.74161 66 68 J U MARTENS KEVIN BMW BMW 1200 GS 44.95999 5.35780
69 85 J U SCHOEMAN ANDRE BMW BMW K1200GT 45.26594 5.39426 72 93 J U STEINBERG JAN BMW BMW 1200 GS 46.18569 5.50387 75 31 J U HUGO DANIEL Kawasaki KAWASAKI ZZR1200 46.68065 5.56285 78 34 J U MARAIS DAYNE BMW BMW K1200RS 48.67502 5.80051 Class K All bikes older than 10 years upon first registration at the date of the event. 68 59 K U FOUCHE CALLIE Yamaha YAMAHA TT600 45.04624 5.36808