There’s only so long you can hold a kid off once they’ve got the racing bug. After racing motocross in the last issue of ADB, Jax had been pestering me for months, asking when he could race again. An enduro, specifically. The tricky part was finding one that actually catered for kids his age. For six-year-olds wanting to go bush racing, there aren’t many options.
Then we came across the Frank Purcell Enduro run by the Junior Trials Club. It was a proper race format with two 20-minute motos with a 10-minute break in between. Jax, at six years old, lined up in a 6–9-year-old class, mostly against kids on 50cc petrol bikes.
The race kicked off with a dead engine start, which is always a bit chaotic. Parents could wait behind their kids bike in case they couldn’t start it themselves.
But this is where the Surron Hyper Bee immediately stood out. No kicking. No fumbling. No drama. Gate drops, Jax twists the throttle, and he’s gone, straight into the holeshot! It’s on our Instagram account if you don’t believe us. While the other kids were still trying to fire their bikes up, the Hyper Bee launched clean with instant power.
From the start, Jax settled into second place and stayed there. Lap after lap, he rode consistently: calm, controlled, and well within himself while still pushing. After the first 20 minutes, they rolled in for a short break before heading back out.
they then went back out for another 20 minutes. A few hundred metres from the finish in the second moto, Jax went down. I didn’t see the crash, I just saw him disappear and then reappear further back. Later, he told me he got stuck under the bike and had to wriggle himself free, pick it up, and get going again.
No help. No marshal stepping in. No one fixing it for him. Just a six-year-old working it out on his own. He lost one position and crossed the line in third, but honestly, that was the highlight of the day.
That moment summed up exactly why our sport is the best. You won’t find many other sports where a kid crashes, gets stuck, manages the situation, gets themselves going again and finishes the race, all without assistance.
That’s what stood out. Not the result, although third place against older kids is a solid effort, but how he handled it. He didn’t throws his toys out of the cot, he just got on with it. That’s a win regardless of the result sheet.
As for the bike, the Hyper Bee was seriously impressive. Beyond the holeshot, it was one of the fastest bikes in the class, but more importantly, it was easy to ride. Light, predictable and manageable.
The standout, though, was battery usage. After two 20-minute motos at race pace, it had used less than 40% of the battery. That’s massive. No stress about range.
WARRANTY
12 months
DISTRIBUTOR
Surron Australia
SO FAR
TOTAL HOURS
10
MODS THIS MONTH
None
MODS NEXT MONTH
None
