Personal History
About me ?
Iv always loved motocross since i was little and always dreamed off racing ect.. I got introduced into the motox world via a friend who worked for a compy called HONDA OFFROAD EXPERIENCE who offered me a job with them.
What we did was travell around the u.k in a massive lorry full of brand new crf250s and 450s and host motocross events. We would supply all the gear including boots,trousers, top, armour,helmets, gloves, goggles, kneepads and arm pads. Also wed supply the bikes, fuel and the track :-) all the custumers would do is bring themselfs and pay.
I would act as a marshel and ride all day long from 10am to 4.30pm with very little brakes (as a marshel must always be on the track). We got some good races between the marshall and the custumers and it was a very competetive enviourment and was a dream job. My boss at the time who is a really good friend off myne would always let me borow any of the bikes and go riding at the weekends, this is were i started practicing and then racing !!
After doing this 4 days a week (1 day servicing the bikes, cleanig ect) for 2 years i believe i started progressing and becoming some what of a half decent rider, this had a rub off effect on my weekend racing and i started wining races ect. I felt i had an advantage as i was basiclly practicing during the week never the less i started getting a name for myself locally.
As everything all good things come to an end and unfortunetly so did the off road experience. Our sponserships slowed down, honda cut our budget, custumers stoped coming as much and this made life at the off road experience had and eventually we went bust :-(.
The off road experience was part off the cas honda family as it was mainly funded by them, so we are close friends with the lads. this is what lead me to my current job. CAS are a scaffolding firm and i am working with them now as a quilified scaffolder. I fund every thing for my racing but im currently finding it hard to get the time to race and practice as much.
Riding Goals
I want to try and ride alot more in genral and improve my fitness as im not as fit as i was when i was riding 5 times a week as you can imagen.
Competitive Highlights
Winnig my first race was the best feeling in the world and just made me crave to win more and more !