Australasian Dirt Bike — June 2017

6 UNE 2017 http://www.adbma .com.au

KEARNS’

SHERC’DEAL

BENKEARNSWILLcontestthe

Enduro World Championship for

the Sherco CH Racing Team. The

18-year-old from Lithgow, NSW,

is slated to begin his EnduroGP

campaign at round two in Spain

on the new 125SE-R in the Youth

Enduro Class.

Defending EnduroGP World

Champion Matt Phillips will be

Kearns’ teammate and a much-

needed mentor for the young

enduro rider who will be making

his first appearance in the EWC.

“At Christmas I followed up some

contacts, thanks to Matthew

Phillips, resulting in an offer to

ride with the awesome Sherco CH

Racing Team,” said Kearns.

“I know I am extremely lucky

• I’ve been to Europe several
  times and always planned to race
  there at some stage. The team
  owner (Fabrizio Azzalin) has a
  great history of Aussie riders
  riding for him, I hope I can keep
  the flag flying high!
  Kearns finished fourth in the
  AORC Enduro Junior class last
  year and aims to race the rest of
  the EWC.

SOIL SAMPLE HOT OFF THE PRESS

RUSSELL ON TOP

MF/KTM Factory Racing’s Kailub

ussellhaswonthreeinarowin

eGran Na iona CrossCoun r

ampions ip. T e four- ime c amp

leadstheXC1O Prostandin by

22 oints over SR KTM’s Steward

aylor. Rockstar Ener Factory

HusqvarnaRacing’sJoshStrangis

s i recoverin from an an e in ury

upose afif an was13 in e

hampionship standings

JONES UNDEFEATED

aaJone sgiving ecompeiion

ittle hope as she continues to

min N w m n

Jones as four ac - o- ac vic ories

n ea s e s an ings y six poin s

over KTM’s Becca Sheets. Fellow

Aussie Mac enzie Tric er is ir in

e s an ings.

PHILLIPS STARTS STRONG

efending EnduroGP World Champion

att Philli s is second in the

s an in s af er a rue in o enin

n n i r in Fin n L

ominated in the freezing conditions.

Finnis TM E2 ri er Eero Remes won

vera an P i ips’ six overa ma e

im the highest-placed non-Fin. KTM’s

aniel Sanders finished seventh in E

CAN-AM AT FINKE

he side-by-side category at Finke

sburstin attheseamsandCan-Am

SVs ma e-up 29 of e 59 en ries.

e manufac urer wi e oping o

re eat its clean-swee of 2016.

GAJSER STRONG

efen ing MXGP c ampion Tim Gajser

is leading the standings after four

oun s. T e HRC Hon a ri er is 20

poin s a ea of mu i- ime c ampion

ntonio Cairoli, KTM, and 37 ahead of

awasaki’s Clement Desalle. Suzuki’s

erem Seewer ea s MX2 w i e

mm H n r L wr n i 1

HUSQVARNA HAS CONFIRMEDthat

nex ear’s en uro s ro ers wi ave

fuel injection. The announcement

comesonlyweeksafterKTMconfirmed

EFI for i s versions of e i es

ubbed the TE250i and TE300i,

the Husky models will be available

nAus raiafromJanuar 2018.

HusqvarnaclaimstheMY18models

ill be com letely new, followin

KTM’s en uro range revamp is year.

usqvarna Australia was unable

oconfirma rice u weex ec

eTE250ian TE300i o eprice

li htly hi her than their carburetted

coun er ar s, meanin ese mo e s

could be upwards of 15,000 plus

on-road costs

Hus varna extreme enduro racer

i c Har er o

he expects the new technology to

be ready to race. “We’ve known fuel

nec ionfor wo-s ro eswasin e

orksforafewyearssoHusqvarna

ould have done lenty of testin to

ge i ia e in an c ose o perfec

“I think in ected two-strokes will be

wesome. No more ass in aroun

with jetting when you ride different

racks at different altitudes.”

Informa ion a ou e EFI s s em

is very limited at this stage so keep an

ye on adbma .com.au for u dates.

HKYADD

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