Throwdown No.67 – Reedy Creek and Stanmore MX tracks forced to closed

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Reports out of Queensland say Reedy Creek and Stanmore Park motocross tracks are being forced to close. If nothing is done, over 2000 members, a majority being younger riders, will have no alternative riding parks in the area. The Gold Coast Motocross club will meet with local councillors and media on Saturday to discuss extending the closure date and venue replacement options. The Gold Coast Motorcross club’s website has more information. We will bring you more details as we receive it.

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Service Honda, based in the US, is world renowned for the production of their CR500AF, which features a CR500 engine skillfully grafted into the fourth generation CRF250R chassis. Using that technical know-how, they’ve now produced the CR250AFX. It to also uses the latest fourth generation CRF250X chassis with a 1999 CR250 engine powering it – an engine considered the best of Honda’s two-bangers. It’s effectively the two-stroke enduro machine Honda never built. Like the CR500AF, everything is customisable – from the handlebars to the exhaust porting. For more information head over to http://www.servicehonda.com.

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Take a look at the footage from the 2011 Sydney Motorcycle and Scooter Expo. We had Russell Brother Films, Lachlan Russell, on hand to capture the action.

Carlton Dry Honda Thor Racing has locked in their team for next season. British rider, Brad Anderson, and New Zealand’s Ben Townley will compete in the Pro Open class while Ford Dale will be supported by the team in his Pro Lites efforts. Stay tuned for an interview with Team Manager, Yarrive Konskey, to find out more.

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Last week we got a look at the provisional dates for the 2012 MX Nationals. This week, Williams Event Management has publicly announced the series kicks off on April 1 in Queensland and finishes up on August 25/26, also in Queensland. The 10-round championship will see the return of a round in Western Australia after getting removed from the 2008 calendar due to the cost constraints. View the 2012 MX Nats dates.

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Don’t forget you can win the bike that won this year’s MX Nationals and Super X Lites class championships, ridden by Matt Moss. Subscribe to Transmoto for only $88 and go in the running to win a Matt Moss Replica KTM, built by JDR Motorsports. It comes with over $5000 worth of extras, including FMF pipe, Powerflow head, Pirelli tyres, Tag handlebars, Arc levers, ODI grips, MX Ink graphics, KTM Powerparts and one year’s insurance with Insure My Ride.

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The JDR Motorsports ‘Dream Ride’ with Malcolm Stewart and Josh Cachia took place in Northern Queensland, and we’re told the view was epic! Mountains that end at the Great Barrier Reef surrounded the riding compound and the JDR boys had the latest and greatest technology at their disposal to shoot and film the three days of spectacular moto action. Expect to see the full edit early next year.

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The 2012 AMA Supercross tracks were released this week. The Anaheim 1 track (above) features a huge sweeping first turn straight into a whoops section that is sure to make for thrilling racing. The rest of the tracks can be viewed here. http://www.supercrossonline.com/Tracks.aspx

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The 2012 AMA Motocross dates were also released this week, with the series kicking off at Hangtown on May 19 – two weeks after the AMA Supercross season wraps up. The 12-round championship will run through to early September, with the final venue yet to be announced.

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JDR Motorex KTM has confirmed their rider line-up for 2012. Brenden Harrison, Josh Cachia, Dan Reardon and Tye Simmonds will spearhead the MX Nationals and Super X championships. While Ryan Marmont is heading to the US to ride the East Coast Lites Supercross for JDR’s USA-based team, JDR/J-Star KTM. Marmont will then take on a mentoring role with the Oz team mid-year, with the possibility to ride the Super X. Matt Moss has also join the US-based JDR team and will ride both AMA Supercross and Motocross championships alongside Malcolm Stewart.

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Transmoto’s supported team, Tullera Racing, is finalising their plans for 2012 with Ben Mulherin, Brad Tyszyk and Jordy Wickham all confirmed for next year to race the MX Nationals, Super X, NSW State Titles and the Amcross. Mulherin will ride a RMZ250, with Tyszyk on a KX250F and Wickham on a CRF250R. You can follow the team on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/tullera.racing.

Spanish boutique motorcycle manufacturer, Jotagas (also known as JTG), have been generating some serious ground swell after releasing details of their new trials and enduro models, the JT300 and MK300. But the machines weren’t the only things new with JTG this year. They’ve now confirmed five-time World Enduro Champion, Mika Ahola, to race the soon-to-be-released MK300 for 2012 and 2013.

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Early bird entries for the 2nd annual Transmoto 12-hour, on March 3-4 2012 are now open. If you enter before December 10 you’ll receive 10% off the standard entry fee, plus a 15% discount voucher courtesy of MX1 Australia. Take a look at the official Transmoto 12-Hour website.

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British extreme enduro rider, Graham Jarvis, took this year’s Roof of Africa crown after beating consecutive three-time winner, Chris Birch. On his first attempt at the gruelling event, the Husaberg rider overcame many obstacles to win, including traversing continents to ride the event! It was only a week earlier Jarvis was mixing it up in Australia, racing the Wildwood Rock Enduro, where he also claimed first place glory.

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Motorcycling Australia has announced the 2013 Australian 4-Day Enduro will be held in Harvey, WA, from July 17-30. The championship will be hosted by the Trail and Enduro Motorcycle Club of WA and Event Coordinator, Collin Jennings, has said, “The 2013 A4DE will be a great ride consisting of interesting trail sections in the lightly timbered forests of the Harvey region of WA. The event will feature plenty of excellent special tests each day with a fantastic natural terrain final moto at the picturesque Harvey Commonage on the fourth day.” The 2012 A4DE will be held on October 24-27 in Gippsland, Vic.

Up and coming freestyle rider, Jayden Archer, has received backing from Powersports Kawasaki in Seaford. At only 15, Archer has become the youngest person on record to land a Backflip over 75ft. Double Backflip king, Cam Sinclair, has been mentoring Archer for a number of years, so expect to see big things from this young talent in the future.