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Category: Les van Breda

South African Legends

Posted on April 21, 2023   by muzza

In Feb this year the owners of the Zwartkop Raceway, in Pretoria, South Africa, hosted a classic racie bike day, where the feature event was ”SA Legends“  As many South African Champions as possible were contacted to take part, and

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Philip de Gruchy’s TR500

Posted on April 20, 2023   by muzza

South African TR500 HISTORY OF SUZUKI TR500 ENGINE NO. TR10028  This SUZUKI racing motorcycle was one of (2) two bikes supplied to sponsored riders in South Africa in 1972 and arrived by ship at Durban harbour on the 19 th of December.

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Les van Breda – TR500 & XR500 (TR500 MkII)

Posted on April 13, 2023April 13, 2023   by muzza

This is Les van Breda multiple South African Motorcycle Champion. The Blue bike is my XR05 (ready to run at last!), and the wine red bike you have featured before is Phil de Gruchy’s air cooled TR500. Les won South

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