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THE GRAVY TRAIN

BIO: Scott Bishop is the most experienced dirtbike test dummy in Australia and perhaps the world. He’s tested everything that’s won, lost, blown up, blew smoke, holeshot or highsided since DIRT ACTION began. These days Scott runs the GYTR Yamaha Yamalube race team in the MXD class and spends his time building bikes and riders.

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t this time of year, when a manufacturer rolls out a new model, there is usually some kind of junket to schmooze the media for a favourable report on the new machine. Depending on budgets, they can be anything from a small-time affair at a local track through

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