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Connor and his immaculately presented
Xtreme ZPF
Connor on his way to his first victory
Connor practicing with the
current Junior Open champion
Daniel Norris
Connor gears up,
puts on his serious
face and sets to
work.....to reach
his goal of picking
up the No.1 Junior
Open title.
Minimoto – Not just a toy...
It’s hard to believe how you get a 20kg, 50cc Water Cooled 2-Stroke to 95kmph in little
under 6 seconds.....but believe me it’s for real, and you had better hang on!
Local teenager Connor LeCheminant has the proof, and he yearns
for more – twice a month; once at a local Auckland track in Mt
Wellington, and more importantly once a month at Taumaranui at
the NZMMRC national series. Connor gears up, puts on his serious
face and sets to work.....to reach his goal of picking up the No.1 Junior
Open title.
Connor comes from a family that has grown up racing. His dad and
uncle both raced Kart Sport and Speedway........but Connor is the first
to take up bikes as opposed to 4 wheels.
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Pocket Bikes, or Minimoto as it is also known started in Italy
and has been the sport that propelled many GP riders you see
on the circuits today, including Rossi.
The bikes come in many forms, from $200 Chinese replicas ....
to $10,000 race bred Italian machines....but don’t be fooled by
the replica status of these bike....Connor’s machines are copies
of the Italian ZPF. The ZPF, imported by Greg Oldridge of
www.xminimoto.co.nz has beaten many of the Euro bikes
available in NZ, including taking out the 2008 Senior 19 class
with his son Aaron piloting.