Graves Yamaha's Brandon Currie Pre-Season Report!

(SuperMotoOnline: We're extremely thrilled to have the AMA's #1 Supermoto Lites Plate holder, good guy, and blossoming journalist, Brandon Currie, bringing what he's been up to with this first report! Stay tuned to "SMO" as Brandon pens an ongoing series for us as he defends his title all year long!)

June 17 2008

Well it seems like we have been waiting around for the 2008 AMA Supermoto Season to kick off and now it is quickly approaching. After the Moto X World Championships I took a little bit of time off the bike to refocus and put on another charge for the Supermoto Lites Championship.

During the off season I started training really hard with my new trainer, Mike Bell, and have made huge improvements physically and mentally. I have been doing a lot of mountain biking along with lots of road biking and some weight training.

While doing all of this I have been trying to finish up all my classes at Cal Poly Pomona so I can focus 100% on the upcoming season. I am now in the final stretch in my Manufacturing Engineering Degree and should be graduated by
spring 2009, which will make the 2009 season much easier to get ready for.

As far as testing, the bikes are race ready and are better than they have ever been. We are continuously making changes to improve the race setup which gives me lots of confidence going into the 2008 season. I feel really strong and ready to defend my championship!

I hope to see you all in Seattle in a few short weeks!  Brandon

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Brandon Currie
Graves Yamaha Supermoto #1
brandoncurrie.com