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GREAT WHITE

The great white shark, also known as white death is one of the meanest, most bad ass predators to roam around the Cape of Good Hope… or is it? There is however one other type of great white predator which is known to roam around the Cape, it’s none other than this fine example of a Suzuki GSXR 1000. Story & photography by RaceMasteR J.

Strikingly beautiful and separated by a barrier of mountains, Cape Town looks and feels different from the rest of South Africa. A well known tourist destination, it’s known for its unique topography which offers a range of activities, from windsurfing and mountain climbing to sun bathing on its gorgeous beaches. But, it’s also a famous for other things which lurk around its coast line… Great White Sharks!
The great white shark, also known as white death is one of the meanest, most bad ass predators to roam around the Cape of Good Hope… or is it? There is however one other type of great white predator which is known to roam around the Cape, it’s none other than this fine example of a Suzuki GSXR 1000.

Piloting this loaded gun is its tamer, Heinrich Slamet. Heini, as he is better known, is a familiar face on the local drag scene at Killarney Raceway. He and his Great White have firmly been claiming their territory not only at the track but at many rallies across the Western Cape. Since two years ago Heini has been competing in drags and has consistently been running an average ¼ mile time of 10.8 seconds. But this being the animalistic world that we live in, the bigger fish always end up eating the smaller ones, and we all know, that there’s always a bigger fish than yourself. Heini was a shark, he was white, but he wasn’t yet great.

The competition was always stiff, and if he wanted to play with the big fish, he needed to up his game. Heini devised a plan and made it his mission, with the help of his family, especially his dad and brother Renfred, to get his beast into shape.

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