Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine

Without Fear of Failure

ALEX THE DESTROYER

THE YOUNGER BROTHER of ADB Editor Mitch Lees won the dirtbike lottery when his 1998 Suzuki RMX250 was chosen for restoration as part of the massive bike build series in this issue (starting on page 36). Revered Technical Editor Mat Boyd managed the project and did all the heavy lifting to bring the tired RMX back to fighting fitness and, in true Motorcycle Surgery fashion, he left no bolt unturned.

We didn’t ask Boydy how many hours the build took because we didn’t want to know, we feel so bad. He estimated at least a week working full-time and he’s a motorcycle mechanic so that’s

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