Aaron Morris’ distinct red Yamaha is certain to be a title contender in the Supersport class. Image: Andrew Gosling/TBG Sport.

Maxima Yamaha R6 rider Aaron Morris is confident he has the bike beneath him to challenge for the Australian Supersport Championship title, and is plotting a path towards the points lead as early as race one at Hidden Valley.

Morris won the opening Supersport bout of the year at Phillip Island, but a DNF in the second race, coupled with bike setup issues at Queensland Raceway, saw him scrambling to make up lost ground.

He came out firing at the Sydney Motorsport Park double-header, taking three race wins from four starts, and feels he now has his setup perfected for a strong finish to the year.

“As soon as I was comfortable with the bike and knew it was working well I was confident we could keep going,” Morris told CycleOnline.com.au. “We basically didn’t make any changes from Saturday afternoon to Sunday.”

His weekend played out in contrast to a tough trip to Queensland Raceway, where various setup issues hampered his progress, affecting his qualifying position.

“At Queensland I had a pretty serious issue with my forks,” he said. “We actually went to a completely different set of forks on Sunday morning for the race and we went a lot better.

“After the first round they went and changed tyres to the 2013 Pirellis, and, also at Queensland, as much as I didn’t have the forks working, I also didn’t have a setup for those tyres yet.

“Now we’ve got the bike working quite well I’m pretty confident it should be a good rest of the year.”

Now that Morris has the edge, he says he is keen to keep it and feels as though the title fight can continue to turn in his favour.

“Realistically, looking at points, we could almost come out of the next race almost leading it,” he said.

“The Dunlop boys up there can use a soft rear tyre, so the race might be a little bit more on, but other than that I just don’t think they’re going to have the pace.”

He current trails Daniel Falzon by nine points, and has a 14-point buffer over third-placed Michael Blair.

Read CycleOnline’s complete Race Recap with Morris here