Australasian Dirt Bike – June 2019

1 PurvisisfromMangakino,

nearTaupo,ontheNorth

IslandofNZ.

2 Hefinishedthirdinlast

year’sMXDchampionship

behindBaileyMalkiewiczand

HughMcKayafterwinning

fourroundsoverall.Thisyear

hehaswonthesingle-moto

roundoneatAppinbut

finishedseventhatWonthaggi.

3 HefinishedthirdintheMX2

classofthisyear’sWoodville

GrandPrixinNZ.

4 HeracedundertheJCR

Yamahabannerlastyear.

5 WBRMotorcyclesisa

dealershipinEchuca,Victoria.

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ball of energy and always keen

and eager (doesn’t sit still

much). He has a great senseof

humour and is a lot of fun to

be around, but the thing I like

about Max is he can also fl ick

the switch and have an

intelligent conversation and

knows when it’s time to joke

around and time to work.

Max has spent a lot of time

under the guidance of Josh

Coppins and, together with his

father Jeremy back home in

NZ,theyhavedeveloped

certainthingshelikesand

theyhaveputalotofeffortin.

WegetaheadstartwithJCR

inNewZealandsharing

informationwithus.From

therewehavetestedwithMax

andlearntalotabouthimand

howhelikeshisbike.Maxis

veryconnectedwithhisbike.

Wemadehimridetwobikes

backtoback.Afteralaphe

couldtelluswhichshockhad

oneratelighterspring.

IwouldsayMax’ssuspension

isalittledifferentbeingonthe

softerside,butotherwisethere

isnothingtoocrazy.Helikes

differentgearingtotheother

boysontheteamandalsolikes

hisignitioncurvetomatchhis

gearing.Ifheisrunning,say,a

51-toothrearsprockethewill

preferforustorunthe

ignitionslightlyretarded.Ifhe

isrunninga48-toothrear

sprockethelikesmore

advance.Hegenerallyridesthe

bikerightinthepowerand

carriesgoodmomentum.He

doesn’toverrevit.

ThisisMax’sfinalyearin

under-19sandourgoalistowin

thechampionship.Max’s

biggesttroubleinyearspast

hasbeenconsistency.Hehas

alwaysbeencapableofwinning

racesbuthisbadweekends

havebeentoobadtowina

championshipsothatisthe

biggestthingweareworking

onthisyear.Maxhasthetalent

andsofarhehasbeenliving

withtheteamandseems

hungryandisworkinghard.

withDylanRuddy

1. Max runs his KYB suspension on the
   softer side, according to the team
   2.DID gold chain is set off nicely by
   Zeta guide. Muffl er is from Pro Circuit
   3.DRC supplies silicone coolant hoses
   4.WBR Motorcycles patch has made its
   way onto the Strike Seats ribbed cover

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