http://www.adbmag.com.au MAY 2019| 135
1 Gajser was born on
September 8, 1996 in Ptuj,
Slovenia.
2 He joined Honda in 2014 and
won the MX2 Championship in
2015 before winning the MXGP
title the following year.
3 His race number, 243, is in
honour of his brother (born
March 24) who died at the age
of three in 1995.
4 Gajser suffered a broken jaw
at the beginning of last season,
forcing him to miss the opening
rounds. He recently had
surgery to remove titanium
plates that allowed him to race
the remainder of the season.
5 His 450 teammate is Brian
Bogers, whom Aussie Todd
Waters fi lled in for last year.5 THINGS
YOU DIDN’T
KNOW ABOUT
TIM GAJSER4231REA DE / FACTORY RIDE / HERITAGE / ACTION / OAS / BUYERS GUIDE
year and he’s looked really
good on the Honda CRF450RW
in all our testing so far. There
is a real energy with this whole
team and I can’t wait for the
fi rst gate drop in Argentina!
I am very happy with how
the Italian Championship went
for Team HRC. All three riders
got some valuable race time
and some all-important gate
drops, in preparation for the
fi rst round of the MXGPs,
which start in a couple ofweeks. Tim showed really good
speed in all three rounds and it
was great to see him rewarded
with a moto win in the fi nal
MX1 race. It has been a good
few weeks of training and
racing and I am extremely
excited to get down to
Argentina for the fi rst round.THE FACTORY
HONDA RACING
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The Honda CRF450RW is theworks machine developed by
Team HRC’s engineers and the
technical might of HRC and
Honda’s R&D department in
Japan. The 2019 bike is the
latest evolution of Gajser’s
2016 world championship-
winning machine and based on
the new-for-2017 CRF450RW.
One of the lightest stock
machines in its class, it carries
these characteristics into race
trim following Honda’s ethos
of mass centralisation,
combining light weight and
effortless manoeuvrability
with useable power delivery.
Its slim proportions feature
fi nely tuned aerodynamics and
a low centre of gravity for
greater control in the air.
The factory bikes are shod
with Pirelli tyres, Showa’s SFF
Air suspension and a number
of custom performance parts
such as billet titanium
footpegs, titanium bolts to
reduce weight, factory-spec
cylinder head and camshaft
and custom Yoshi exhaust.
with Dylan Ruddy
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2.Rear Nissin caliper looks stock
3.Hinson clutch has a light pull
4.Innteck silicone hoses from Italy