Australasian Dirt Bike — January 2018

230 | JANUARY 2018 http://www.adbmag.com.au

THE RIDER
MAT BOYD
I’mnottheusualriderforthis
bike.ItwasbuiltforAustralian
Supermoto Champion Luke
Traill but I was privileged
enough to get the ride at the
Newcastle International
Supermoto.Iknowalltheins
andoutsofthisbike,after
spending years spinning
spannersonit,buthadnever
hadthechancetorideitorany

experience actually racing

supermoto. Luckily for me, the

bike needed no real

adjustments and I was able to

get comfortable on it straight

away.Havingitsowellsetup

mademyjobmucheasier.Bikes

don’t come any more

specifically set up for

supermotothanthisthing

which meant, together with

Luke’scoaching,Iwasableto

go round the Newcastle track

matching lap times with some

ofthebestsupermotoriders.

Oneofthetoughestthingsfor

me to learn was to trust the

tyres. Once I got my head

around having loads of traction

andgotusedtobackingthe

bike into turns I was getting

fasterandfasterbythelapand

thoroughly enjoying myself.

ThatwasuntilIwascleanedup

goingintothefirstturnandgot

runoverbyseveralotherbikes.

THE MECHANIC

MAT BOYD

Setting a bike up for Luke is

relatively easy as he knows

from experience exactly what

he wants in the bike and what

he wants it to do. Luckily,

through Luke’s contacts and

sponsors, we’ve had parts that

are near-on impossible to get

and they really finish this bike

off perfectly. Even after the

TRAILL

RIDE

REAR GUARD

HOW TO RIDE / ADB GARAGE / WE RECOMMEND / TECH / KIDZ KORNER / USED RIDE /

FA

CTORY

RIDE

YAMAHA

YZ500F

SUPERMOTO

CYCRA

HANDGUARDS

FORGED, CNC

MACHINED

JE PISTON

FULL DRD

EXHAUST

SYSTEM

UNIFILTER

AIR FILTER

REAR EXCEL RIM

WITH TALON HUB

MICHELIN PILOT

SLICK TYRES