Joao Ribeiro (AJP)

 AJP PR5 250 - goes Top 10 at The Tough One  

This weekend saw factory AJP rider Joäo Ribeiro make his debut appearance at the infamous Tough One extreme enduro and come away with an outstanding 9^th in the ultra competitive Pro class. 

A top 10 finish would be impressive for a seasoned Tough One competitor but for Joao the debut result is made even more impressive by the fact he was riding a production AJP PR5, an air/oil cooled 250cc fourstroke in an event renowned to be firmly two stroke orientated. 

Allan Seedhouse, Sales Director for UK AJP distributor ALS: ‘We’re extremely pleased with the Tough One result. It was a last minute decision to enter Joao in the event, so late in fact we had to take a new bike from stock and PDI’d it on Friday. This was no factory prepared special but a standard production bike, we’d not even had time to run it by the time the race started!’ 

Joining Allan at The Tough One to witness the result was AJP Export Manager, Pedro Matono: ‘Although the Extreme Enduro rider isn’t our target customer, the result at the Tough One proves the off road design and capability that is inherent in the AJP motorcycles. We offer a range of leisure Enduro bikes but we build them to competition standards.’ 

The PR5 used by Joäo Ribeiro is the flagship model in the AJP range featuring a fuel injected 250cc air/oil cooled four stroke engine in a hybrid alloy/steel chassis. Suspension duty is taken care of by Sachs USD forks matched to a fully adjustable Sachs rear shock. ALS is seeking dealers nationwide for this PR5 and the complimentary PR3 and PR4 models.