Husqvarna’s AJ Roberts claims his maiden outright win at round one and two of the NSW Enduro series held at Gwandalan Junior Trials Facility on March 5 and 6. 22 year old Roberts who stepped up to the premier E2 class (250cc two-stroke and 450cc fourstoke) for 2005 made the journey south from Queensland to contest the titles. He set the trails alight from the outset over the two day event riding his Husqvarna WR 250 two stoke to not only the outright win but also the Pro E2 class, a feat Husqvarna hasn’t seen since back in 2000.
Nearly 18'000 people turned up to watch the big International Motocross at the weekend at Hawkstone Park. They were not to be disappointed and certainly got their monies worth, as the sun shone down on the Shropshire circuit the World's best riders were putting on some awesome displays of riding.
Rinaldi Yamaha rider Cedric Melotte was the star of the weekend, the Belgium who has dropped down into the MX2 class completely dominated the MX2 races and showed his fellow MX2 riders that he means business in 2005. Not only did he take the win in both MX2 races but he also took an impressive 3rd position in the Super Final class against the mighty 450's.
BTX Motorcycles – Junior Race Team’s Taylor Potter from Warranwood in Melbourne had had a roller coaster night at the Full Throttle Sports Summer of Supercross final round at Avalon that ended for him with a 2nd place overall in the Junior 85cc class and 3rd place overall in the Junior Lites class.
“I never want to do that again!
Well, after ordering two weeks ago, and waiting what seemed like eternity, I've now got a nice shiny new Husky TE510 in the Garage.
I previously wrote that I'd pretty much decided against it due to the height, but in the end, the 24 month warranty, and all the good reviews I've read convinced me to go with it.
Only had a 2 minute ride so far, so other than "wow, grunty", not much other feedback.
Motul-Husqvarna motorcycle rider Jake Magee son of former GP racer Kevin Magee showed
motorcycle racing is in his genes taking two race wins from three race starts to take the
Acerbis S3 class win in the Summer Supermoto International Challenge at Oran Park in New
South Wales on Sunday February 27.
Magee, the latest appointment to the successful Motul-Husqvarna Supermotard racing team
competing in the S3 class, finished 1st, 3rd and 1st respectfully in the three races yesterday on
In Saturday night’s racing in the Victorian Summer of Supercross BTX Motorcycles – Junior Race Team’s Taylor Potter took his KTM 85SX to four huge wins to totally dominate the 85cc class in the second round of the Honda Summer of Supercross at Bacchus Marsh on the western edge of Melbourne.
Racing started at 7.00 pm for the Warranwood youngster in front of a fantastic coloured sunset that made for an awesome back drop for the first races.