500TH ISSUE I FLAT TRACK 500
WORDS // BEN GRABHAM PHOTOS // BERNIE DEN HARTOG Six Days Enduros. You would have to say that Daniel Milner’s 2018 KTM 500EXC-F ISDE winner would be at the top of his list of builds (see page 72). When everyone’s world got turned upside down last year, Carusi found himself with a lot more free time than he’d planned. But instead of sitting around and waiting for things to get back to normal he used the lull to finish off his one-of-a-kind 500SX-FT. actory KTM Australia One glimpse at this machine will tell team mechanic Mick you that, in typical fashion, Mick’s left Carusi is one of the silent no stone unturned. I have been lucky achievers of our sport. enough to ride some extremely trick For over a decade he’s bikes, but the combination of factory been building KTM parts, custom bits, titanium, carbonoff-road racing team fibre and obsessive attention to detail, bikes that have claimed outright wins puts the 500SX-FT head and shoulders in every kind of major above any dirtbike I’ve seen off-road event in Australia. Top. Former KTM engine or ridden. COVID issues His skills aren’t limited to guru Danny Apro and Mick aside, Carusi’s build has come getting results on the Carusi get the good news at a good time, as Aussie dirt domestic scene, as a few of track racing recently saw the Right. The attention the race bikes he built have birth of the Sultans of Slide to detail on this bike is been shipped overseas to win amazing and Grabbo loved Flat Track Cup that kicked off their class at International late in 2019. Before that, flat how it handled
CORNER CARVER MICK CARUSI TURNS HIS MIGHTY HANDS TO FLAT TRACK RACING
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