Max Whale Joins the Moto Anatomy X Royal Enfield Team
Cycle News Staff | February 4, 2025
Australian Max Whale is the newest addition to the Moto Anatomy X Royal Enfield Team for 2025, following the announcement of Johnny Lewis’ retirement.
Whale will pick up where Lewis, who helped build the team, left off.
Max Whale will step in for Johnny Lewis in the Moto Anatomy X Royal Enfield Team after Lewis announced his retirement.
“We’ve been impressed with what Max has been able to do on the track for a number of years, and we can’t wait for him to be part of Royal Enfield’s next chapter,” said Adrian Sellers, Head of Custom & Motorsport at Royal Enfield. “Max is a young, aggressive racer with tons of skill, but most exciting to us is uncorking the potential we’ve seen. With Johnny taking an integral role in bike and rider development, we strongly believe this tandem will take this team to the next level.”
Lewis spent five years as Moto Anatomy X Royal Enfield’s lead racer, team manager and bike developer. Beyond race day, Lewis was critical to ultimately making a winner of Royal Enfield’s Twins FT race bike, a role he will continue in 2025 as he focuses on maximizing Whale’s talents.
“It’s been an amazing ride with this group, and I am very proud of the team and bike we’ve built alongside Royal Enfield,” Lewis said. “I couldn’t be more excited to continue my work with this team, this bike, and now working with Max in this next chapter of our careers. There are some similarities between him [and me], and I think that will lend to a really smooth transition and a really successful 2025 season.”
In 2024, with Lewis sidelined with an injury, the team brought in Dalton Gauthier to fill in for a number of races.CN