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Part motocross, part endurocross, part hard enduro. Round 5 of the WESS series continues this weekend. Here's a preview from race creator Taddy Blazusiak.
I do really like the WESS series but I'm not sure I like the non extreme events like the cross country races in there. I would prefer races like Hell's Gate and Sea to Sky to be in there but hey, that's just me. It will def mix things up a bit as in round 2 which was more of a traditional enduro the hard enduro guys were no where near the top.
However, Sherco is well represented as Wade Young will be near the top (and he won Romaniacs) as will Mario Roman. Both on Shercos. Also, for something different, Blake Gutzeit got a top 10 finish on his Yamaha YZ250 at Romaniacs. He's fast as well and will be near the top 10. You also see quite a bit of Beta and GasGas. But yes, mainly KTM/Husky, particularly KTM.
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I do think you do need some variety in there but the star power of this series is the hard enduro guys. The extreme stuff has eclipsed the EnduroGP in popularity and is really on the rise. I just wish they would include Sea to Sky as that is a great, great event which in itself has a lot of variety. But it's the first year of series. I'm sure they will tweak it as it progresses.
I know in MX the two stroke is all but dead (though the 125 seems to be having a resurgence) but think about the thousands of two strokes sold in Europe. You would think the other Japanese bike makers would at least look at making a 300 two stroke for that market. There are a LOT of people riding races like Megawatt, Romaniacs, Erzberg. This is not a small market for bike sales.
Check 10:51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDO_A-P_9e8
I'm about 35 minutes into Blake's Romaniacs helmet cam footage and I was getting tired just watching him kickstart the YZ over and over on the steep sloppy hills. Poor guy.
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