The Classic MotorCycle

Broady bags it

Mark Broady ( 43), a mechanical engineer living in Randburg, South Africa, surprised many experienced motorcycle rallyists when he won the 50th commemorative Durban-Johannesburg (DJ) regularity trial for classic motorcycles on March 14, 2020.

He accumulated an error of only 146 seconds at the time check points on the 596km route - 241km on day one and 355km on day two.

Mark, who had the second best score on the first day - behind three-time winner Gavin Walton - and best score on day two, is a lifelong motorcyclist, both as a commuter and competitor in all

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