Exciting times for biking brothers
None of the members of Alfie’s team are older than 18, but each of them has already started to build a reputation at regional and national levels.
WELL-KNOWN Dakar Rally personality and local legend, Alfie Cox, has once again partnered with Motul and KTM to give a team of young off-road and enduro riders the chance to make it to the very top of their sport.
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Two of these youngsters set to benefit from this exciting initiative hail from Scottburgh, namely Purchase brothers Kyle and Cayden.
Alfie’s past off-road motorcycling achievements are well-known and the Motul Alfie Cox KTM Team is firmly focused on the future, with Alfie using his vast international experience to mentor and inspire the next generation of riders.
“This team represents the future of our sport and that’s why KTM and our lead sponsor Motul are involved again this year,” he said.
“They can see the value in helping to develop tomorrow’s champions and guiding them in these vital early years of their careers.”
“Alfie’s approach is very much in line with Motul’s brand values,” commented Mercia Jansen, Motul Area Manager for Southern and Eastern Africa.
“Just like Alfie, Motul can draw on years of experience in demanding competitions as we look forward to even more success in the future”.
None of the members of Alfie’s team are older than 18, but each of them has already started to build a reputation at regional and national levels.
One of the main aims for 2019 is that the three riders who are part of the team do well in the Motul Roof of Africa 2019 at the end of the year.
It’s an event that Alfie knows well, having won the ‘Mother of Hard Enduro’ a record nine times.
At 18 years old, Kyle is the ‘senior’ member of the team. He’s the reigning national enduro champion – high school class.
During 2019 he will be competing in the national enduro championship and the national cross-country championship and is moving up to the E1 class on a KTM 250 EXC-F.
This will see Kyle challenge some of South Africa’s biggest names in off road motorcycling.
What makes this all the more impressive is that he has recently overcome a case of Epstein Barr virus.
And he will also be competing in the 2019 Romaniacs to start honing his international experience and gain some global exposure.
Kyle’s younger brother, Cayden (16), is also a national rnduro – high school class competitor.
Riding his KTM 125 XCW, he’ll be targeting the KZN regional enduro and cross-country championship this year.
Rounding out the team is Ryan Pelser (17), a Gauteng-based national enduro – high school class competitor.
Also on a KTM 125 XCW, Ryan has spent a great deal of time training with the team in KZN – the spiritual home of enduro riding in South Africa.
Ryan’s diligence has certainly paid off, as he won the first two rounds of the KZN regional championships – high school class.
In each race, his teammate Cayden Purchase was hot on his heels in second place.
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