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Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses. [1] Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the World Enduro Championship is run, is a time-card enduro, whereby a number of stages are raced in a time trial against the clock.
The first reported enduro race, using the modern format, was held in August 2003 in Val d'Allos. Earlier enduro-style local races were run in Italy, New Zealand, and the UK during the 1980s and 1990s. A precursor to the modern enduro format was the rallye format based on time stages and unlimited liaisons. However these races, located in France ...
MX racing bikes have often been used as platforms for building enduro bikes. [1] This was partially driven by the conversion of MX from 2-stroke to 4-stroke engine designs to comply with regulatory trends, as well as the development of hybrid competition races such as Enduro-X. [1] Compared to MX bikes, enduro and dual-sport bikes traditionally had a much higher proportion of 4-stroke motors.
Mountain biking (abbr. MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes.Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, such as air or coil-sprung shocks used as suspension, larger and wider wheels and tires, stronger frame materials ...
Small XR models include the XR50R, XR70R, XR75R, XR80R and XR100R. They are much smaller in size in comparison to the other bikes in the series, and are designed for children, smaller riders, as pit bikes, or for recreational fun. The XR80R was used in the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, ridden by a young John Connor ( Edward Furlong).
He represented the United States at the International Six Days Enduro which, is a form of off-road motorcycle Olympics and the oldest annual competition sanctioned by the FIM dating back to 1913. [7] Roeseler's riding skills took him to 10 Gold Medals in ISDE competition. [8] He became a member of the Kawasaki factory racing team in 1987.
The 2024 World Enduro Championship is the 35th season of the FIM World Enduro Championship.The season consists of seven events. [1]Steve Holcombe goes into the championship after winning both the EnduroGP and Enduro 2 classes in 2023. [2]
More recently he has continued on to success within the Extreme Enduro segment placing prominently in several high-profile events. He has been the winner of Red Bull Romaniacs seven times, [ 7 ] [ 6 ] the Erzberg Rodeo Red Bull Hare Scramble five times, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] the Red Bull Sea to Sky six times, [ 6 ] Hells Gate five times, [ 6 ] and Roof ...