Josh Coppins plans..

[little.whittle]

http://www.bikesportnz.com/?p=1370#more-1370

Very interesting. Aprilla must be offering something huge if he turnd down a honda deal!

[flyingcr250]

http://www.bikesportnz.com/?p=1370#more-1370

Very interesting. Aprilla must be offering something huge if he turnd down a honda deal!

good on him, i wouldnt come back either

[NordieBoy]

And I won’t be coming home to race in the Kiwi summer. I’ll stay in Europe and test.

Damn :(


Going to bee good seeing him on the Aprilia though.

[Reckless]

Yeh interesting he had an offer from Honda as well!
I think the aprillia thing is a good move, there won't be so much pressure in him to win on it straight out of the box, like there would be if he was on the Honda.
And if they put in as much effort as they are with the new V4 Superbike he could do very well. As stated in another thread Aprillia make very good bikes.
Looks like the dollars where ok as well. Good move for both of them I reckon.
Go Josh for 2010!!

[denill]

Have you read:

Josh says, A Change of Colour.

Hi there!

It’s been too long since I have checked in - my sincerest apologies. So so much has gone on but I’ll try and full you in on the most of it. The 2009 season has been a bit up and down. I started well but I lost way too many points from GP 3 to GP 9. I knew this but I had a few problems and I was doing my best.... It’s hard to see a top 3 result slipping away like that but I am happy to have finished the season strong. By now most people know I’m not at Yamaha in 2010. I want to say I have had a great time there for the past 3 years and they always looked after me. I am going to miss them and I hope they are going to miss me!

Due to many factors I knew and so did they that we wouldn’t continue the relationship for 2010. Yamaha have re-structured due to some budget cuts and have gone with a MX1 and a MX2 rider for 2010. David Philippaerts will stay and they have taken on Gautier Paulin , who is a great kid with a big future. My mechanic Fabio will stay at Rinaldi. We both wanted to continue to work together as the past 8 years have been great but it wasn’t possible for many reasons. I am happy and so is he so it’s good to part like this but never the less it was a sad day when we did our last race. Fabio and I have won around 12 GP’s and had over 30 podiums on the world champs together. Over the 8 years we have grown to respect each other and our friendship will continue forever.

Many people speculated that I was going to Aprilia for 2010 and it was true but it took a long time to sort out. At first I was thinking to head home and race in Australia. Why? because I liked the idea of heading home and trying something new... but then Aprilia came along with an interesting proposal and after a lot of meetings and talks we finally made it all official last week. My decision has certainly raised eyebrows and I will admit I wasn’t sure at first - that was until I tested the bike and visited the factory in Noale, Italy.

After testing the bike and seeing the Aprilia racing structure first hand I was convinced that not only is the bike good but there also so much potential in the project and still a lot to come. My goal is to be the first rider to win a GP on a V- twin. I’ve had 1 test and have another scheduled next week. There is not a lot of work to do. The bike handles well and honestly it is the fastest dirt bike I’ve ever ridden…

For the past 4 weeks I’ve been on holiday and have just relaxed and put on a lot of weight! My training will begin again soon, which to I’m looking forward to. On my break I’ve been to Dubai which was a cool experience... We went scuba diving, shopping, surfing at a water park, and to the world’s biggest indoor snow park. The F1 was on and I had planned to go but it sold out. I tried to buy some tickets from the black market but they were 600£ each so I settled to watch it on TV. Since being back I’ve done a shop open day in the UK and also a few prize-giving’s for clubs. I also visited the dirt bike show in the UK and last week I went to Eicma motorcycle show in Milan, I spent the day at Aprilia (check me out on biaggis superbike) and I visited my other sponsors: THOR, AIROH and SCOTT. I was only there for the day so it was busy.

Last weekend was Myla’s christening. It was a great day and I was a very proud dad. She took it all in her stride and there were no tears - she handled it all well. A mate of mine is playing rugby for England this weekend against the All Blacks and has got us tickets to go to the game. It’s at Twickenham and I can’t wait. I’ve told him I’d be happy if he gets a few tries but as long as the All Blacks win it will be all ok!

On a sad note I was sorry to hear of Timotei Potisek’s death. I was only racing with him a few weeks earlier in France and he was his normal happy smiling self. RIP Timotei and my thoughts are with his family. Last week I visited Ty Kellet. He is the rider who had a bad accident at the Weston beach race. He is still in hospital but doing really well. I will visit him again tonight and must say I was nervous to visit him the first time as I wasn’t sure if he would want to see a racer after such a bad accident. His family and him were really happy to see me and we all talked about racing all night. I took him a DVD but he already had it! It’s great to see him happy and to know that full recovery is ahead.

I’ve got a few more days of rest on the calendar before I push the reset button and start the hard work for 2010. That’s it for now. Thanks for checking in.

Cheers,

JC.

[vazza]

Good read!

[secondfield]

Cool, seems like exciting times for the man. The fastest dirt bike he's ever ridden!! wicked, he seems quite comfortable with them, and with a bit of pressure off the man (high profile team that EXPECTS podiums) he could do very well for Aprilla in 2010. They are wicked bikes. Apparently Ben Townley has been winding him up a bit about the bike saying it would prolly case out on the big jumps hahaha...

After hoping he would come back to race in now say good decision Josh, NZ and Aussie will be here for a looong time yet mate. He'd probably get bored if he came home too soon,plenty of time for that,and his Mrs family are in the UK as well...

[FlangMasterJ]

That's awesome.

I wonder what sort of HP those twins are putting out?

[denill]

That's awesome. I wonder what sort of HP those twins are putting out?

We will see in 2010 - as Josh is a guy who won't be World Champion in that year, but you can bet that he will be determined to be there or thereabouts, as that's the way he competes. Going to be very interesting. :shifty:

[Reckless]

I'll be behind him all the way as I have previously said this could be good for both of them as long as they can get the thing to handle!

Go Josh! World champ 2010!!!

[denill]

Go Josh! World champ 2010!!!

A brave prediction mate.

Mine - there or thereabouts. <_<

[NordieBoy]

Whatever happens it'll be sweet viewing :woohoo:

[noobi]

looks like this is his new ride
http://www.motociclismo.it/foto/index.php?album=moto-scooter%2Faprilia-mxv-450-2010--aggiornata-nella-ciclistica-con-forcella-kayaba-da-48-mm&image=01-MXV-450.jpg

[flyingcr250]

looks like this is his new ride
http://www.motociclismo.it/foto/index.php?album=moto-scooter%2Faprilia-mxv-450-2010--aggiornata-nella-ciclistica-con-forcella-kayaba-da-48-mm&image=01-MXV-450.jpg

it sure is a strange looking beast

[t595]

fuk its ugly!!!! whats up with the muffler

[flyingcr250]

fuk its ugly!!!! whats up with the muffler

looks like its off a pit bike or something ha ha ha

and that frame!!!!!! yuck!!!!!!!:no:

[secondfield]

Nah - looks meeeeean! Im with you about the muffler though. My cocks bigger than that.:laugh:

[NordieBoy]

fuk its ugly!!!! whats up with the muffler

The muffler/collecter is behind the shock and up under the guard.
Just the same as the 2009 version...

<img src=http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/large/MXV-rear.jpg>

[Reckless]

I like it! Even to look at nice lines I must say with the V twin, better weight spread, more torgue, good grip off the corners, as said before Aprilia certainly know how to make a fast bike and a put together good race team. I have high hopes for Josh and I like the bike, these two will make a good team!

[telliman]

personally, i think its a shame that josh'es career has come to this, going from the only guy who could push the best rider ever out of europe, haveing an unasailable lead in the championship only to get injured and loose it, to then be swamped by the next generation of up and coming mx2 riders and now wants to be the first to win a gp on a v-twin.

[secondfield]

There is absolutely no shame in that buddy. We all know the story. Who knows? he may smoke em on the v twin? if anyone could do it a kiwi can.

[scott411]

the aprillia has always been fast, twins will do that, but it is the extra weight in teh corners and extra rotaiting mass that has screwed it up for mx, if Josh can win on it he will be the man for sure,

[vazza]

I think it looks sick. Would love to ride an enduro model :P!

Exhausts do look like little chodes but oh well, rest of it looks mint.

[Reckless]

Exhausts do look like little chodes but oh well, rest of it looks mint.

at least they wouldn't be full of dents like a 2smoke one mate LOL!!!

[denill]

Date: 22 February 2010

Coppins tests Aprilia in Valence, France.

Fresh off his first podium achieved at Round 1 of the Italian championships last week, Josh Coppins, looked set to test his speed against a star studded field at the Valence MX international held in France over the weekend.

Coppins posted 12th fastest time in the morning qualification session and looked confident going into Moto 1. He grabbed a reasonable start, but then got stuck behind , Mike Alessi, and could not find an opening to get past the American. Eventually he made his move but then made a mistake as he was working his way through the field and had to settle for 9th spot.

Requesting some suspension changes for the second moto, Coppins was happy with the settings chosen, but had an issue with the clutch at the start of the moto. He worked his way up to 11th but then hit a false neutral and went down. Re starting at the back of the pack he fought through to 11th.

A technical problem with the clutch in the Super Final saw a disappointed Coppins pushed to the side line.

“We have been testing some new settings and parts and obviously there are still some issues which we need to have ironed out. I am really happy with the performance of my bike and am confident I have what I need to run up top. Starts will be very important this year with so many fast guys, so this is an area we are working on at the moment. I am looking forward to doing some more testing this week in Italy and then I head to round 2 of the Italian championships next weekend.” commented Coppins.

Image: CDS

Results:

MX1 Moto one: 1. Greg Aranda, 2. Jonathan Barragan, 3. Clement Desalle, 4. David Philippaerts, 5. Antonio Cairoli, 6. Max Nagl, 7. Anthony Boissiere, 8. Davide Guarneri, 9. Josh Coppins, 10. Tanel Leok, 11. Marc De Reuver, 12. Steve Ramon, 13. Jimmy Albertson, 14. Xavier Boog, 15. Mike Alessi, 16. Sebastien Pourcel, 17. Christophe Martin, 18. Loic Rombaud, 19. Manuel Priem, 20, Mathias Bellino...21. Kevin Strijbos, 26. Ken De Dycker

MX1 Moto two: 1. Antonio Cairoli, 2. Steve Ramon, 3. Sebastien Pourcel, 4. David Philippaerts, 5. Clement Desalle, 6. Jonathan Barragan, 7. Mike Alessi, 8. Anthony Boissiere, 9. Xavier Boog, 10. Jimmy Albertson, 11. Josh Coppins, 12. Manuel Priem, 13. Max Nagl, 14. Christian Martin, 15. Loic Rombard

MX1 and MX2 combined: 1. Antonio Cairoli, 2. Steve Ramon, 3. David Philippaerts, 4. Tanel Leok, 5. Sebstien Pourcel, 6. Anthony Boissiere, 7. Steven Frossard, 8. Gautier Paulin, 9. Max Nagl, 10. Ken Roczen, 11. Xavier Boog, 12. Gregory Aranda, 13. Marvin Musquin, 14. Jimmy Albertson, 15. Marc De Reuver

MX1 overall: 1. Antonio Cairoli, 2. David Philippaerts, 3. Steve Ramon, 4. Anthony Boissiere, 5. Sebastien Pourcel, 6. Jonathan Barragan, 7. Clement Desalle, 8. Max Nagl, 9. Gregory Aranda, 10. Tanel Leok, 11. Xavier Boog, 12. Jimmy Albertson, 13. Josh Coppins, 14. Mike Alessi, 15. Marc De Reuver

[NordieBoy]

Potential there :D

[kezzafish]

Awesome... i love it how the americans think that the fastest in america is the fastest in the world.... Mike alessi getting taken by a beat up old kiwi on a dodgy V twin... ha ha haaa

[Reckless]

Issues, Issues, Issues?? 13th ain't that good? Cairoli, Ramon, Philippaerts etc in the top 6 all day.
I was hoping he'd be a bit closer to these guys ( I would imagine he would too) but new bike new team etc
He seems very positive though. I hope they get the bike sorted!

[kezzafish]

I don't think anyone's holding their breath for a championship winning season. The bike is a piece of shit. Don't get me wrong i like the aprilia but it hasn't done very well yet and i guess they're more looking to develop it further and hoping to get "better" results. Coppins will be invaluable in developing the bike with his experience and i think that's the challenge he went into the season with his mind set on. He said in one of these blurbs just after he signed with Aprilia that he was hoping to get 1 race win... that will be an awesome achievement and i can't wait to watch him do it...

Got my money on the Kato with the buck toothed sicilian in the saddle... Max nagl has a score to settle too. and Rui Goncalves was rocking it in MX2 last year.... Gonna be an orange takeover wooohooo

[telliman]

Awesome... i love it how the americans think that the fastest in america is the fastest in the world.... Mike alessi getting taken by a beat up old kiwi on a dodgy V twin... ha ha haaa

def no prize in beating alessi, he;s on a new machine also, and by far not the best in usa.

[kezzafish]

Yeah fair enough on the new bike thing but he'd be ranked higher than 14th in the USA. He's been 2nd and 3rd in the outdoors championship in the past