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The Binder boys ready for Classic Motorcycle
The Binder boys ready for Classic Motorcycle
Date: 2020-03-06
Brad and Darryn Binder, South Africa's world championship motorcycle racing brothers, will join their father, Trevor in the 50th running of the commemorative Durban-Johannesburg time trial for classic motorcycles. The event starts from the Heidelberg Museum at 09:00 on Friday, March 13 and finishes at the Shongweni Equestrian Estate, Hillcrest, on the /Saturday afternoon (March 14).
Usually this event is run from Durban to Johannesburg, hence the name DJ Run, but this year the 50th anniversary commemorative rally is running in the other direction, as was the case with the initial event in 1936, which went from Johannesburg to Durban.
Brad (25) and Darryn (23) will be taking part in the DJ Run less than a week after the opening round of contesting the MotoGP and Moto3 races in the season-opener in Qatar and a week before they will be racing in Thailand. Brad, a former world Moto3 champion is making his debut in MotoGP on a KTM this season, while Darryn is riding a KTM for the CIP-Green Power team in Moto 3.
Brad will be riding a 1935 Sunbeam M9 carrying his new MotoGP number 33, while Darry will start one minute before his brother on a 1928 BMW R52. Father Trevor will once again be on his favourite 1925 Indian Scout, riding his 20th DJ Run.
The Binders will be running just in front of another pairing of two brothers, David, and Ralph Pitchford, with Ralph a former off-road racer, having won this prestigious event in 2016.
Another DJ rider with links to MotoGP racing is Derek Crutchlow, a regular entrant who is the father of Honda racer Cal. He will ride a 1936 Ariel Red Hunter.
The entry for this year's event is outstanding with 107 riders having submitted the necessary forms and having access to a motorcycle made before 1937. The reason is that this event was originally race between Johannesburg and Durban on public roads between 1913 and 1936 when it was stopped by the authorities on the grounds of safety. For this reason, the only motorcycles that may participate must be at least 84 years old!
Samantha Anderson will again ride the oldest motorcycle on the rally. This time it is a 1918 Harley Davidson 1000V Twin. Previously she rode a 1909 500cc Triumph with pedal assist for steep hills. It virtually burned out on one DJ but was subsequently rebuilt. This year Samantha's son, Jayson, will be riding a 1929 AJS M6 one minute ahead of his mother.
The results are calculated on arrival times at various checkpoints on the route as the riders try to stick as closely as possible to their chosen average speed, which can be 60 or 70km/h. The arrival times are nowadays logged electronically by an instrument carried by the rider and downloaded at the end of each day. The rider with the lowest time penalty is the winner.
For more information go to: https://www.djrun.co.za or phone Larina MacGregor at 084-949-0937