THE RIDER JACOB SMITH Team manager Dave Schwarz spoke to me about coming across in 2018 but I stayed with Honda for one more season. Then, when that year didn’t…
The 2020 Sherco 250SE-R Racing has not seen major changes but there have been enough to give it a new feel on the track. The shock linkage has reduced friction…
If you guys have been paying attention then you would know that, a few months back, I climbed aboard a big metal bird and ventured to Milan, Italy, to test…
THE RIDER JONTE REYNDERS How did the deal come about? After rounds three and four of the AORC at Dungog, the team approached me, we talked and they sent…
Daniel “Chucky” Sanders ran a TE450 last year but liked the Husqvarna TE501 so much at Hattah and the Six Days that he decided to stick with that. Despite the…
It’s been a few years since I’ve had the chance to go to an international launch and when the opportunity came up to go to Italy for the 2020 Beta…
Husqvarna’s main goal for 2020 was to improve agility, rideability and comfort. To achieve this at least 60 per cent of each model in the 2020 Husqvarna range is either…
I was quite surprised when I heard that he was going to step down from the 500 to a KTM 350 EXC-F to defend his titles, but he’s already been…
It takes something pretty special to make a bike stand out from the crowd. There isn’t a make worth buying that sells a bad bike, ruthless R&D just doesn’t allow…
It did beg the question though, how could KTM make its enduro range any better? Well, it did, but not through monumental changes. KTM knew it was onto a winner…
The 300 EXC is about as four-stroke as a two-stroke gets.” This was the introduction to a test of the 2000 KTM 300 EXC nearly 20 years ago. Changes from…
THE RIDER TOBY PRICE My KTM 450 Rally bike is kind of based off the adventure-style bikes. KTM only produces about 120 of these motorcycles a year. The controls…
