FROM his very first lap around Mt Kembla track as a teenager, Adam Frost has loved the sport of motocross.
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It’s a love that took him to various tracks all over Australia as he immersed himself in competitive off-road racing, a sport he found to be a family-orientated one.
“The first experience I had was riding a 1995 Kawasaki KX125 at Wollongong Motorcycle Club, Mount Kembla,” Frost said.
“When I branched out to interstate racing, my father would travel with me to Victoria, Queensland and all over NSW.
“Seeing the other riders with their parents and families travelling around together so dedicated to the sport made me love it even more.”
Frost has stayed involved in the sport after ceasing competitive racing as a spectator and event coordinator with Wollongong Motorcycle Club.
It’s a role that prompted him to look at ways to introduce the sport to more people.
“Even though I wasn’t racing myself, I was always keen to become involved with the sport again in a different way,” Frost said.
“When I started racing, I saw all the time and effort it takes in travelling to and from events and undertaking the endless maintenance on the bikes.
“The sport is growing, the sport’s developing, people are wanting to ride but there are a lot of people who can’t afford a bike.
“With costs starting at around $1500 and ranging up to $12,000 for a brand new motorcycle, it can be out of reach to a fair majority the public.
“Seeing this at the club and at other riding venues the idea for a business supplying the latest equipment which can be hired for either one day or two was something that wasn’t available.”
With the support of the club, Frost looked for ways to open up the sport with the fruit being MX Experience, a mobile hire facility that can help more people pursue his sporting love.
“It can be someone coming into the sport, it can be someone that used to be in the sport that can’t afford a new bike,” Frost said.
“We had a dad a couple of months ago that just wanted to have a ride with his son and he didn’t have a bike so he was able to do that.
“Kids want to try it but a lot of people can’t afford the two grand for a five-year-old kid for their bike and gear. This lets them do that.
“Some people might ride two-stroke and want to try four-stroke, or vice versa, but they can’t afford both.
“It can be anyone and everything, it’s all about getting more people into the sport, particularly some who wouldn’t otherwise be able to.”
It’s a move endorsed by Motorcycling NSW as a means to grow participation and bring through the next generation of competitors.
“We went to Motorcycling NSW before we kicked off and they said ‘there’s no one else doing this, that’d be awesome to have’,” Frost said.
“The response has been fantastic and the people at the [motorcycle] clubs have embraced it because there is an access now to the motocross scene for everyone.”