VOL. 50 ISSUE 40 OCTOBER 8, 2013
came to a couple of GNCC races
early this year, and he's proven to
be a good off-road racer. I think
with his motivation to improve as
an off-road racer that will carry
him far in this type of racing.
Zach was phenomenal the week
leading up to the event, and I was
very impressed with how seriously he was taking it, and I think he
was a good fit for the team. I was
very surprised and proud of him."
Osborne seemed enthused to
be a part of the team.
"I'm really glad to be chosen,
and I hope I can keep up my end
and contribute to the team," said
Osborne. "This is a really special
race, and because it's really fast
and it's a lot of moto-style racing
with a lot of grass track and special tests, and a lot of Six Days
riders are old motocross riders, I
Taylor Robert had to swap out his
late-arriving suspension while under
the clock.
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Zach Osborne
enjoyed his
first ISDE.
think I might be able to fit in."
Osborne explained that after
the outdoor series, he took some
time off to allow his body to heal
and he's been practicing changing tires.
start of Six Days when Taylor
Robert's suspension failed to
make it to Sardinia in time for
tech inspection, and the Kawasaki rider was forced to impound
his bike with the stock suspension.
OH, THE SUSPENSION
Once a bike is impounded,
IS KILLING US
work cannot be done to it durThere was a bit of drama at the ing that period, but each rider is
afforded a 10-minute
work period at the start
of each day, so Robert
used that period on day
one to replace his rear
shock. He was able to
swap out his forks later
in the day at the first
technical check.
"TSA at LAX would
not let my suspension
on the plane," Robert
said. "I set up my bike
for the race, but I sent
it over here with stock
suspension, because
we were still working
on the race stuff and
