NZ’s MX1 Champion Cody Cooper has clocked up a year with The Honda Shop Racing Team, with a shift of focus from settling in to feeling good and ready for NZ’s Motocross season 2014-2015.
Cooper’s first Championship event recently post injury was an opportunity to test his fitness: bike and physical as a build-up to NZ’s Nationals in February 2015.
Cody says: ‘I wanted to race the guys at Auckland Champs but the track just wasn’t safe enough as my knee was still in recovery mode. Now, I feel good and can concentrate on my training, doing motos. If I feel I’m struggling somewhere on the track I’ll do that part as a section, plus mix it up with sprint laps’.
With 3 NZ MX1 Titles credited to Coops: 2011, 2013 and 2014 along with numerous Championship Titles including podiums under Joe Gibbs JGRMX in USA, one year with The Honda Shop Racing has proved extremely satisfying for Cody.
Cody: ‘Yea it is a good Team with awesome people. Everything runs really well, bikes are always prepared at top level. I love the bike, last season would have been one of the best bike set-ups I have raced on. And the 2015 CR450F has a bit better power too’.
Heading into Championship events along with NZ MX Nationals: what is Coops looking forward to?
Cody: ‘I love going to the tracks, racing, hanging out with my Team and talking crap haha. Nah, I look forward to racing everyone. I actually feel in a better place this season compared to last as I was on a new bike and didn’t know where I was re: speed and bike set-up. So it’s good to just work on my riding and enjoy feeling great’.
Words: Sharon Cox
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