Fresh out of school and barely 18 years of age, Hafizh Syahrin, rider for the Yamaha Syntium Moto Raceline team recently visited Sekolah Menengah Taman Maluri, Kuala Lumpur and Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Seri Megah, Taman OUG, Kuala Lumpur. His credibility as a young up-and-coming Champion was visible through the roaring crowd as he stood in front of them hoping to share some of his experiences as a young rider.

 

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Ben Spies have signed a one year extension to the current rider agreement that will see Ben Spies continue as a Yamaha Factory Racing rider in 2012.

 

Dubbed the “King of Pocket Bikes”, Hafizh was discovered by team manager Barry Leong purely by chance. The Selangor-born boy had developed an interest in motorcycles from an early age and upon the young lad’s insistence, his father introduced him to pocket bikes at the age of 9