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“WITH ACCESS TO A FULL RACE WORKSHOP, THERE WAS NO BETTER TIME TO FLEX MY CREATIVE SKILLS”

BILLY MacKenzie is the most famous British motocross racer of the modern era, national champion in 2007 and 2008 and winner of many international FIM Grand Prix. The flying Scot moved to Australia in 2010, where he contested the Australian MX Nationals for five years, finishing runner-up that year and third in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

During this time, he started dabbling in custom bike building at his home in Byron Bay, NSW. He then returned to the UK in 2015 to race some selected events and support his mate and former TT legend Keith Amor in his return to national road racing, with Keith’s brother Guy on the tools.

“I had

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