Australasian Dirt Bike – June 2019

MAXIMUS

EFF0RT

THERIDER
MAXPURVIS
It’sbeenbloodyawesome
beingapartofWBR.They’ve
helpedmeoutheapsalready
anditmakesitaloteasierthan
doingitbymyself.Travandall
theguysareawesome,soit’s
allgood.Thisyear,Iwantto
justbemoreconsistent.That’s
whatletmedownlastyear.My
badroundswerereallybad
andmygoodroundswere“not
bad”.SoIwanttobe

consistent over the whole year

rather than just a few rounds.

I love everything about the

YZ250F. It’s powerful and the

suspension’s really good.

Compared to last year, it’s a

whole new bike. I really love

how it turns and how it

handles. Compared to other

bikes I’ve ridden, it’s by far the

best handling and it’s defi nitely

the most powerful. It’s just

better at everything. I don’t

really do anything unique in

terms of bike setup. I make

sure the ‘bar’s straight, levers

are level; that sort of stuff. But

defi nitely nothing fancy.

My season hasn’t gone so

good so far. I’ve had a few bad

starts and bad races and not

been as consistent as I want.

But I’ve had a good couple of

races here and there and we’ll

see how we go for the

remainder of the season. I’ve

always wanted to go and race

in the States, but I haven’t had

the chance to sort that out yet.

We’ll see how this year goes

and go from there.

THE MANAGER

TRAVIS WHITTEN

I was able to watch Maximus

all last year as we battled him

all the way to the end of the

championship. In the

pre-season we fl ew Max over

to spend time with the team

and get organised. He isn’t as

quiet as you fi rst think. He is a

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MAXIMUS

PURVIS

YAMAHA

YZ250F

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