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Simon Thomas,a qualified motorcycle mechanic, started his career with the Peter Jackson Yamaha Superbike team, servicing stars like Troy Corser, Shawn Giles, Michael Dowson, Scott Doohan. Yamaha Motor Company secured Simons services to become the training manager for motorcycle technicians across the Australasian region a role he held for almost 18 years. Simon has owned, prepared and raced bikes since the early 80s, competing in Trials, Enduros, Supermotard and road racing events. This included winning the Superbike class of the Motorcycle Concepts 6 hour on a Honda VTR1000 with James Skordos. The next year this partnership bought home the outright win on a Yamaha YZF-R1.
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John Manwarring,has a longstanding association with racing motorcycles and the motorcycle trade. John raced Honda CBX1000's, Suzuki Katana and Kawasaki Z1R when these bikes were new. He returned to road racing in 1994 aboard his original Z1R and after placing third, modified it to bring up to spec with the rules and the next year won the NSW Forgotten Era title. John then campaigned an ex Peter Jackson Yamaha YZF750 Superbike until an untimely accident at the Australian TT race at Port Kembla meant that John had to hang up his leathers for a few years. He returned to the track in 2007 to partner Simon and James in the St George 5 hour endurance race at Wakefield park. More recently, the boys took out second in the production class and fifth outright at Oran Park for the last ever 6-hour riding this R1 below.
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