Gavin Lupton ....
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NAME: Gavin Lupton D.O.B: 21/04/80 HEIGHT: 5ft 7in HOME TOWN: Otley FIRST BIKE: Italjet 50 (aged 9) FIRST RACE: April 2001 Cadwell park FAVOURITE CIRCUITS: Oliver's Mount, Oulton park, Cadwell INTERESTS: Motorcycle Racing, Rallying, Playing Drums. RACING IDOL: Phillip McCallen FAVOURITE BIKE: Honda RC45 |
| Born in Otley (West Yorkshire), though I grew up in a Village called Burley in Wharfedale. I first got into bikes aged 9 when my dad, a bike enthusiast himself, brought home a tatty little blue Ital-jet 50 automatic. So most weekends little Gavin Lupton in his Roland rat wellies would be scrambling around Ilkley Moor scaring the odd sheep or walker, (20yrs on... I apologise.) I often went with my Dad on the back of his GSXR 1100 to race meetings, and that's where I got my desire to be a motorcycle racer when I grew up.I tried to get into the sport aged 13 by joining the Junior Road Racing Association but there was no way my paper round could cover the costs and at the time Dad wasn't in a position to give much financial help. So I had to wait until I was earning a decent wage and at 21 that's when I bought a Suzuki RGV 250 from Padgetts. After a few seasons racing in formula 400, I realised that I really needed to get a 400 to do well in this class. However, in practise sessions we would often go out with the 125 GPs and they would wipe the floor with us. I thought how cool are these things?,That was it decision made... I'm going 125 racing. |
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In the winter of 05 I bought a Honda RS 125 from Mark Hodgson and I’ve been hooked ever since. Last year I moved up to 250 GP and that was a complete disaster and had many crashes. Plus, they cost a fortune to maintain. So with all the poor results and huge running costs, I was tempted to hang my very second hand leathers up and pack in racing altogether. |
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