Hypermiling 100s: Platina 100 ES, Splendor iSmart, Dream Neo

‘You asked for this,’ Shumi yells at me through his helmet without a hint of humour. Both he and Alan then leave me behind and head to our destination to sip on virgin mojitos through frilly straws. Me? After seven backbreaking hours in the searing heat and 215 clicks on the odometer, my bike seemed to show no signs of giving up. What began as range anxiety about whether I was going to breach the 200km mark had evolved to amazement at how far my bike had gone. But now it was rapidly turning into irritation. How much can this Platina possibly run on two litres of fuel?

Let’s rewind a bit. 200 is a big number. It took OVERDRIVE nearly 17 years to put out that many issues so we must of course do something big to celebrate. However, we decided to avoid the obvious extravaganza on 200PS superbikes and aim even higher. …