This past weekend, we attended the annual Orange Day gathering in Gauteng at the Legends Adventure Farm near the mining town of Rayton. This year marked Orange Day’s 4th appearance for the Orange Army in South Africa. This year was nothing less than spectacular, with a freestyle motocross show (Jungle Rush team), dealers from all over Johannesburg and Pretoria set up stands, demo rides courtesy of KTM South Africa and several loops to choose from. Even GoPro made an appearance to help customers capture memories, and Motorex set up shop to showcase products and, on the odd occasion, to assist a rider.
If orange blood flows through your veins and the craving to ride fast with like-minded hooligans and talk all things motorcycles is on your agenda, then Orange Day is worth scheduling into the calendar for next year.
We are glad to see KTM grow its orange faithful and consistently change and bring a new flavour with each Orange Day event. Last year’s event took place at the tight and twisty Formula-K race circuit in Benoni and offered riders a full day of tyre screeching and clutch-popping action. We saw just over 100 attendees, and this year we saw it quickly grow to over 250, with families being heavily incorporated into this year’s event. It just goes to show how the brand brings Ready To Race families and friends together, and in this case, together for an action-packed day of riding and fun—unbeatable KTM spirit.
In Typical KTM fashion, they painted Legends Adventure Farm in Orange, from the atmosphere, thanks to roaring engines, dirt bike roosts, to the visuals with orange flags, rows of classic and new KTM models. The vibe was off the charts, with prizes and merch given to those who showed true KTM passion, either travelling from afar, answering tough questions in seconds and others for having a seriously huge beer bell or “boep” as we South Africans call it.
Orange Day is just KTM’s way of saying family day. Seeing the smiles and the people huddling around the bikes reminded me of why I bought my first KTM. There’s just something about the Austrian brand and the people that buy into it; we all become one giant unorthodox kind of family.
