SPECIAL FEATURE 64
CHAD REeD 2001 KAWASAKI SR250 AUSTRALIAN LEGEND CHAD REED IS A RIDER WHO REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, MOST WILL PROBABLY KNOW HIM FROM HIS EXPLOITS IN AMERICA WINNING PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ON OFFER, FROM 125CC AND 250CC SUPERCROSS TITLES, TO 450CC INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TITLES.
However, for the younger readers of this magazine, how many of you know that Reed once competed in the FIM Motocross World Championship? Well, he did, and in 2001 ‘Speedy Reedy’ also won a GP in the premier class now known as MXGP, and it’s Reed’s factory SR250 Kawasaki which we will feature in this issue of MXGP Magazine.
In 2000, Chad Reed was getting ready to embark on another season competing in his native Australia, and the thought of competing in the world championship was something that had never entered his mind. That was until, just before the opening round of the FIM 500cc GP in Australia at Broadford, near Melbourne, where