Australian Motorcyclist

THE BEAST CARVES ‘EM UP

A MONTH OR SO BEFORE the Old Bike Australasia Classic Challenge held at Sydney Motorsport Park, ex-IoMTT racer, Alex Pickett did a test day on the FZR1000 Period 6 race bike. Alex hadn’t raced a bike in just over two and a half years so he wanted to see if he still had his ‘mojo’.

Well, he certainly did and I was a little surprised he went so fast so soon. Usually, Alex will build slowly into his normal fast lap times, but it only

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