Does anybody on here race enduro bikes

[Billy]

I race MX and have done the odd hare and hounds, a few mats of mine bought endurops withh a viw to doing it but found they were a pain inthe arse to enter with leots of funny rules and stuff, and their bikes were crap for MX practice tracks and racing which in reality became their main riding spots.

So from my experience of it your best off getting a motocross bike, you can still do enduros on it sometimes with the addition of a FIM tyre and a light kit maybe, but hair and hounds (3 hours as many laps as you can through the woods etc) which are more relaxed and seem to be more common, down here at least can be entered on a mx machine. And haing an MX bike will mean your free to ride far more accessable MX races and practice tracks as well as your enduro and woods stuff, for me and the people i know this has worked out much better as a MX bike will do enduro and woods riding just fine, but an enduro on a mx track is terrible so leaves you stuck with less options. and whatever you do get some knee braces!

[Graham]

I race MX and have done the odd hare and hounds, a few mats of mine bought endurops withh a viw to doing it but found they were a pain inthe arse to enter with leots of funny rules and stuff, and their bikes were crap for MX practice tracks and racing which in reality became their main riding spots.

So from my experience of it your best off getting a motocross bike, you can still do enduros on it sometimes with the addition of a FIM tyre and a light kit maybe, but hair and hounds (3 hours as many laps as you can through the woods etc) which are more relaxed and seem to be more common, down here at least can be entered on a mx machine. And haing an MX bike will mean your free to ride far more accessable MX races and practice tracks as well as your enduro and woods stuff, for me and the people i know this has worked out much better as a MX bike will do enduro and woods riding just fine, but an enduro on a mx track is terrible so leaves you stuck with less options. and whatever you do get some knee braces!

 

Problems using a crosser: You'd need to get it road legal and registered for a lot of comps. Their power delivery can be too aggressive riding rocks and gnarly climbs and you'll end up fighting the bike as well as the course....probably ok on a straightforward H&H though and standard suspension is too stiff for enduro. Enduro bikes are set up a lot softer to maximise traction over rough ground but not best suited to big tabletops etc.

[Billy]

Good points guess it depends how set people are on doing enduro, everyone I know went more h&h and mx as it was less hassle.+ you can't beat the feeling of the ruthless first lap 

[Andrew Chester]

KTM 450 EXC the best bike in the Woooorld....

 

Had 3 of them and they are the best..

 

I competed at national level and now have a 19 year old son who is in to Enduro

 

Where are you in the country?

[janey]

A few pics from today's REME meet at Deepcut to whet you appatite for abusing yourself:

 

Bikes, trees and utilities

[Chris Sheppard]

Iused to do a bit of closed course and H&H a few years ago and really enjoyed it - the H&H were a great intro as you didn't have to worry about timecards etc and after the first lap, once everyone was spread out a bit more then it was a bit less mental.

 

The 200 EXC was a bike I always wanted - my build at the time suited a 125 but my riding style suited something bigger.

 

All these bike threads are making me want a bike again even more