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For Aiden Wagner the shutdown was blessing in disguise

mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship

Motorcycle News by Motorcycle News
June 10, 2020
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Wagner ready to rock

The COVID-19 induced break from racing has been a blessing in disguise for Yamaha Racing Team’s, Aiden Wagner.

At the Official ASBK Test at Phillip Island in January, Wagner was one of the fastest riders on track but an accident left the Queenslander requiring surgery to his left thumb.

While he raced at the opening round, he admitted after the event he lacked feeling in his hand trying to wrestle his Yamaha R1 around the Island at over 300 km/h.

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Aiden Wagner during testing at Phillip Island early this year – Image by Rob Mott

Wagner’s results were also hampered by electrical gremlins which significantly impacted power delivery throughout the weekend that hampered his pace.

After the first round, Wagner again had surgery on his hand and is now eager to get back in the hot seat onboard the YRT YZF-R1M.

“I’ve had three surgeries on it now, it’s been fused and now unfused. While I’m still recovering it’s pretty good, it’s stronger now and I can ride my bike, and I definitely have feeling in it again. It’s great getting the strength back, its quite a powerful part of your hand and I’ve got no numbness or residual pain which I had previously, and I can move my thumb like normal.

“I’ve been training hard and am doing exercises on my hand to continue to build up more strength. I’ve been riding on our property through rough terrain and doing breaking exercises to strengthen my hand more every afternoon after work on the farm with the Yamaha YZ 250 and it feels really good. It (COVID-19) has been such a bad thing, but for me its been a bit of a blessing that I could heal and get my hand back to normal and be fit and ready for the next round.

“Jumping on the Yamaha R1 and just holding the thing wide open, I can’t wait to get that adrenalin rush again – power sliding on that beast I’m pretty keen to do that. I believe once restrictions are lifted and borders re-open, we will be able to do some testing. It’s hard at the moment, because some of the team and team-mate Cru Halliday are down south in NSW and the rest of the team are here in Queensland. I’ve got all the 2020 parts now so it’s just finding the right settings for me and I can’t wait to hit the track.”

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Aiden Wagner during testing at Phillip Island early this year – Image by TBG

The downtime has also seen Wagner expand his business interests buying land to further develop his family macadamia nut business.

“I’ve been working with my Dad’s company but have also started my new macadamia farm. I’ve worked on my grandparents farm since I was born, and I do a lot of work over there to help them out. I always liked the idea of it and definitely wasn’t planning on doing it now, but the perfect opportunity came up to expand the family business while I’m racing. It’s something I can keep on top of while I’m racing and is a good long-term business. Funnily enough, while some businesses have suffered during COVID we have been really busy doing double time.”

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Aiden Wagner during testing at Phillip Island early this year – Image by Rob Mott

COVID-19 restrictions still has season 2020 on hold, but ASBK management are working hard to find COVID-safe solutions under the current State Government restrictions and hope to as soon as practical get the mi-bike Motorcycle Insurance Australian Superbike Championship, presented by Motul, under way soon.

2020 mi-bike Australian Superbike Championship Points

  1. Wayne Maxwell 76
  2. Cru Halliday 60
  3. Josh Waters 51
  4. Bryan Staring 49
  5. Troy Herfoss 48
  6. Daniel Falzon 41
  7. Arthur Sissis 37
  8. Mike Jones 35
  9. Jed Metcher 33
  10. Glenn Allerton 31
  11. Linden Magee 25
  12. Matt Walters 24
  13. Max Croker 23
  14. Aiden Wagner 22
  15. Sloan Frost 21
  16. Beau Beaton 17
  17. Glenn Scott 16
  18. Brendan McIntyre 14
  19. Josh Hayes 11
  20. Matthew Tooley 5
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