Lorenzo and Spies meet with young talents in Indonesia

Monday, 16 January 2012

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies kicked off their one day visit to Jakarta Sunday morning with a special visit to meet potential racing stars of the future.

The Yamaha Factory Racing duo shared some of their valuable knowledge with up and coming racers in the Indonesian Yamaha R Series Cup as part of a unique Yamaha Coaching Clinic. The MotoGP stars gave tips on rider positioning, cornering and overtaking to the delighted local riders.

Following the morning coaching session, Lorenzo went on to help Yamaha Motor Indonesia launch the new Yamaha Byson motorcycle in front of an audience of over 3000 Indonesian Yamaha Dealers at the special event just outside Jakarta. The 150cc Byson street bike is Yamaha’s important new machine for 2012 in Indonesia. Spies was due to co-host alongside his team mate however a bout of food poisoning unfortunately meant he was unable to participate.

"It’s been a pleasure to meet the new Indonesian racers of the future," said Lorenzo. "I think with good teachers they can be professional riders in world championships. It was important as well for us to see all the dealers here in Indonesia this afternoon who sell all the Yamaha bikes; I hope we helped to motivate them to achieve success in 2012."

"It’s been extremely cool to come here and meet the Indonesian people" commented Spies. "They’ve been so warm and welcoming to me. I’m really sorry to have not been able to meet all the dealers this afternoon, just my luck to get struck down with a bug today. I’m off to Bali now to recover and take a few days rest but I’m already looking forward to another opportunity to come back here again and see everyone."

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