Instructors are accredited with Motorcycle Queensland

Brad Kirkels


Instructor
ACCREDATION: MA Level One (prov)

Brad was first introduced to motorbikes at the age of 5. His father did what all fathers do with budding mx kids….. Took him to Mr Motocross meets at Echo Valley to watch the likes of Jeff Leisk and Stephen Gall cutting laps and putting it to the rest of the field. After these outings he was hooked, an mx / enduro track was built on his parents’ property near Clifton and Brad spent a lot of time either here or at his mate’s property honing his skills.

A move to the Sunshine Coast saw Brad racing mx and flat track at Gympie and mx at Kilcoy meets until he took a leap of faith and joined the Royal Australian Air Force. He completed an apprenticeship as an Electrician / Avionics Technician, and then transferred trades to become an Armament Technician. Unfortunately due to work commitments the motorbikes were kept at bay for some years until whilst on posting to Sydney there was no resisting, an mx bike found its way to the shed and his two children were also introduced to the sport. Not long after Brad and family uprooted from suburbia and took a posting to the Northern Territory, once there it wasn’t long before he was back in the thick of the mx scene and found form, now he is one of the front runners at his club.

Brad will be racing club level ‘A’ grade at Katherine Off-road Motorcycle Sports Club and Intermediate Class at TEMCC this year. Plans are afoot for the Finke desert race in the near future and if all things are equal a posting to RAAF Base Williamtown will see Brad on the east coast in the thick of the mx, sx scene. Brad’s main priority is to obtain his level one accreditation and facilitate the ADF Motorcycle Safety Awareness campaign for the Northern Territory in conjunction with PROART.

PROFILE

Fitness level: what it is, what it shall be, what it was!!

Skill level: the perception of skill is directly proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed round the BBQ.

Age: Classified – Top Secret – Need to know and all that

Bike: CRF450R 2007 model

Years Riding: 15 years

Fav food: Mum’s macaroni pie

Fav pastime: Riding with mates, riding with my kids, camping, surfing, going to the gym

Fav rider: Chad Reed – Super smooth, consistent.

Dream: FULL TIME Rider and Coach with PROART. Race as a privateer in the Nokia National rounds