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 the result was an amazing collection of over 35 past South African motorcycle champions, many […]
Category: Les van Breda
Philip de Gruchy’s TR500
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. The sponsored riders who were allocated the bikes were Jon Ekerold and Les van Breda, […]
Les van Breda – TR500 & XR500 (TR500 MkII)
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 African championships on both of these bikes. He says the watercooled XR05 had a great […]