Kiwi Honda Ace Packing His Bags For Italy scoop.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scoop.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sunday, 27 June 2021, 5:08 pm
Oparau s
James Scott (Honda CRF450X), on his way to winning the
opening round of this year s Dirt Guide Cross-country Series
on Saturday. Photo by Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
It s almost as if
Oparau s James Scott has been unshackled.
Already a
proven top performing motocross rider in New Zealand,
Australia and Europe too, the Honda man has gone from prying
open an entry into the enduro racing world to actually
kicking the whole door down.
And now he s doing the
same thing in the parallel and similar cross-country dirt
bike racing environment.
The 19-year-old fencer has
had no previous experience racing the powerful Honda CRF450X
Monday, 26 April 2021, 4:47 pm
Oparau s
James Scott (Honda CRF450X), the motocross star on the
charge for national enduro honours too this season. Photo by
Andy McGechan,
BikesportNZ.com
Oparau s James Scott
is a relative rookie when it comes to enduro bike racing,
but his dominant performance in Marlborough at the weekend
made a mockery of all that.
The talented teenager, a
fencing contractor during the week, tackled his first ever
enduro event just last year and now, just three days into
his 2021 New Zealand Enduro Championships campaign, he has
climbed into the top step of the enduro podium.
Honda
man Scott is not yet renowned for enduro racing, although