Australian Motorcycle News

LEANNE NELSON

You’re taking on ASBK in the Superbike class again at SMSP. Can you tell us how you got started in racing?

I’ve been around a long time! I’m 51, two months off 52. I rode my first motorcycle when I was 18 years old.

I didn’t come from a motorcycle background and I had no family involved but mum and dad did help me get my first bike.

I was a good classical clarinet player, but I wasn’t really sporty. After I got my first bike I rode for a couple of years on the road – nobody would ride with me, including some guys I knew from school – I would slow them down too much, apparently. After spending

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