The greatest dirt bike racer of all time – Ricky Carmichael says he’s excited to be heading back to this year’s Monster Energy AUS-X Open Sydney, today announcing that he’ll be bringing his 2005 FIM World Championship winning Suzuki RM250 2-stroke motorcycle.
The man affectionately known as ‘the GOAT’ will compete in the very first Monster Energy AUS-X Open ‘2-stroke Showdown’ on both Saturday and Sunday of the event, riding the very motorcycle that he rode to world championship glory, a little over a decade ago. The special race, with further details yet to be announced promises to be a momentous occasion in Australian Supercross.
Carmichael says he know’s his mate Chad Reed won’t like it (this bike), saying “I was able to take him down in the 2005 SX Championship on it”-“it’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Video by: AUS-X Open
