Classic Motorcycle Club | 2012 DJ Run | Durban to Johannesburg

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The Vintage and Veteran Club

The 2012 DJ Motorcycle Rally

Starting at 06h00 on Friday 09 March 2012 from the Hillcrest Corner Centre Old Main Road Hillcrest, with an overnight stop at Newcastle. Re-starting from Newcastle at 07h00 on Saturday 10 March 2012 and finishing at about 15h00 on Saturday 10 March 2012 at the James Hall Museum of Transport, Pioneer Park, Rosettenville Road, Johannesburg.

DJ Run A brief History

The first Durban to Johannesburg “DJ” motorcycle race was held in 1913 and continued with the last being held in 1936. Authorities at the time deemed it too dangerous to race on public roads.

In 1969 the late Dick Osborne persuaded a group of fellow enthusiasts to organise a commemorative DJ Run using the roads that made up the route of the original race.

Only motorcycles old enough to have competed in the last DJ in 1936 were eligible. This rule still applies although changes have had to be made to the route over the years.

The DJ Run still takes place over two days with an overnight stop at Newcastle, as was the case when it was a road race.

The first DJ commemorative rally took place in 1970. It has been staged every year since – except for 1974 when the authorities refused permission due to fuel shortages being experienced in South Africa at the time.

Many famous makes from Britain's glorious motorcycle past take part as well as other equally famous makes as detailed in the table below.

Make	Country of Origin
AJS	Britain
Ariel	Britain
Chater Lea	Britain
DKW	Germany
Excelsior	Britain
Humber	Britain
Indian	America
Levis	Britain
Matchless	Britain
Moto Guzzi	Italy
Norton	Britain
OK Supreme	Britain
Panther	Britain
Royal Enfield	Britain
Rudge Whitworth	Britain
Scott	Britain
Sunbeam	Britain
Triumph	Britain
Velocette	Britain
Zenith	Britain
Zundapp	Germany

A highlight of the Classic Motorcycling Calendar is the annual Durban to Johannesburg Memorial Run. It is a Reliability and Regularity Trial over a total distance of approximately 700km.

If your motorcycle or sidecar combination was manufactured on or before 31st December 1936, you may be eligible to enter. It is extremely well organised and supported and entries are limited to the first 150.

Click here for the DJ Run 2012 SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS.

This document also includes the following forms:

Entry Form
Financial Form
Accommodation Form
Marshals and Tender Vehicles Form
Declaration by Driver/Rider/Official
Documentation Check List
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Visit the DJ Run website www.djrun.co.za for further information and photographs.

Enquiries to:

Pierre Cronje
Tel 011 849-3008
Fax 011 425-1284
Cell 072 513-9432
E-mail Pierre.cronje@openhand-mobile.co.za