“ I ’ m really feeling comfortable on this bike now ,” said Cooper afterwards . “ The suspension is awesome and , with minor changes to suit me , I ’ m loving this Honda . “ It ’ s awesome to come here and ride , this track was fantastic . The rain last night and this morning actually helped things . The club here has done a great job … doing just the sort of work on the track that I ’ ve been asking clubs to do for a long time . They were doing all the grooming here without me even having to ask for it . “ The dirt here ( in Taranaki ) is always slippery , but today was perfect . Maybe it ’ s just that the bike was so good ,” he laughed . “ It all clicked into place for me in the second race today and , after that , I was totally happy with my set-up . This is only my practice bike . This bike ’ s done about 30 hours already . So now we ’ ll do the same thing with my No . 1 bike and I ’ m ready to go . “ I ’ m 37 years old now too , but I feel as fast as ever .” Purvis ( Yamaha ) scored a hat-trick of wins to dominate the MX2 ( 250cc ) class at the KOTM , with Scott ( Honda ) finishing runner-up each time and Freemantle claimed the last podium spot in the class . Dixon was another rider to finish unbeaten at the KOTM , winning all three MX125 class races and ending the weekend ahead of New Plymouth ’ s Rian King ( KTM ) and Invercargill ’ s Jack Symon ( KTM ). Otago ’ s two-time and current women ’ s motocross world champion Courtney Duncan ( Kawasaki ) was a definite
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