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How to keep your motorcycle cruising for longer

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Part of being a motorcycle owner involves epic breakfast runs, off-road adventures and track days. The not so fun aspect of owning a motorcycle is the maintenance needed to keep your bike running smoothly, especially if you’re a daily rider. Regular maintenance is recommended for the following reasons,

– Prevents costly breakdowns
– Improves the second-hand value if ever you decide to sell
– Most importantly, it ensures your safety on the road.

To help keep you on the right track to maintaining your motorcycle, South Africa’s leading motorcycle battery manufacturers have a short guide to keep your motorcycle going for longer.

1. Break it in properly
Most manufacturers suggest 1000km break-in period. During this time, avoid riding your new motorcycle too hard, and give it time to learn your riding style.

2. Check oil regularly
Like a car, your motorcycle needs oil to run smoothly. Check the oil level every 5 000km.1 Remember, your bike will use more oil in summer.

3. Take care of the chain
Ensure your chain has the right amount of slack at the tightest spot. Too much tension may cause problems for your wheels and gearbox bearings. The pros suggest you add lube to your chain after a ride, while the chain is warm, which increases absorption.

4. Clean air filter
A dirty or ill-fitting air filter can result in dirt entering your engine, which can cause costly problems. Be sure to check your air filter every 10 000km and 5 000km intervals if you do a lot of off-roading.

5. Check the battery
As motorcycles are exposed to more natural elements, the battery often accumulates grime around the terminals. Clean the terminals using a simple solution of baking soda, water and a toothbrush, or you can take it to a specialist battery fitment centre, such as Battery Centre. If you do it yourself, remember to disconnect the terminals first!

With expert advice from South Africa’s leading battery manufacturer, you can keep your motorcycle running smoothly, for longer.

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Top Star Drive-In: Destroyed by What Created it

However, the very thing that created the Top Star eventually destroyed it. Because the early miners had used crude methods, the Ferreira Dump—and dozens of others like it—still contained significant traces of gold. As the price of gold rose and new chemical extraction technologies (like the carbon-in-pulp process) made it profitable to “mine the waste,” the ground beneath the Top Star became more valuable than the cinema itself. In 2006, despite fierce opposition from heritage groups who argued that the dump and the drive-in were culturally significant landmarks, the projectors were turned off for the last time.

The reclamation of the dump was a staggering industrial feat. Starting in 2008, mining giant DRDGold used high-pressure water cannons to “monitor” the dump, turning 5 million tons of solid earth back into a liquid slurry. This slurry was then piped 40 kilometers across the province to a processing plant in Brakpan. By 2011, the “mountain” had completely vanished. The 50-meter-high plateau that had dominated the southern skyline for a century was reduced to a flat, dusty crater.

The disappearance of the Top Star is a poignant symbol of Johannesburg’s “extractive” nature. It is a city that consumes itself to stay alive; even its historical landmarks are subject to the fluctuating price of minerals on the London and New York stock exchanges. Today, if you drive along the M2, there is an empty space in the sky where the Top Star used to be. While the reclamation removed a source of toxic dust and “acid mine drainage,” it also erased a piece of the city’s collective memory. The land where the gold-flecked mountain once stood is now being rehabilitated for light industrial use, proving that in eGoli, even the horizon is for sale if there’s enough gold hidden inside it.