Josh Coppins more than happy with Aprilia
If you watched the MOTO video from the Dirt Bike Show last week you would have watched Josh talk about his new ride in 2010 with Aprilia and saying how surprised he was on how good the bike is – even suggesting he could win a GP he’s that confident with the machinery.
Josh posted this on his website yesterday where he explained a little more on next year.
“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.
Video of Josh talking about the Aprilia.
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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!
Tags: aprilia, coppins, dirt bike show, new zealand, paulin, philippaerts, yamaha
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