Sprint Enduro - 125 Full Tilt

Nate_Ferderer
Edited Date/Time 4/8/2019 3:01pm
I know there was a topic recently about Sprint Enduro but I can't seem to find it.. I want to share my experience trying last weekends Battle Creek Michigan Sprint Enduro. The club did a great job and I highly recommend attending one of the other 6 rounds in you live in the area. There were about 350 entries, 20 of which were for round 2 of the co-sanctioned East Coast ISDE Qualifier series. I ended up winning the overall with a 1-2 on my very stock 09 yz125 play bike, check out the video to ride along! Along with my 1-2 from the first round I'm qualified for this years ISDE in Portugal.

Michigan Sprint Enduros



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rockyuno 4/8/2019 4:42pm
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Nice! That YZ was happy drinking gas
I really like those kind of tracks, looks like a very long mx track
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grunkster 4/8/2019 4:58pm
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Wow those conditions looked ideal! Congrats on the ride Nate.
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MelonFan123 4/8/2019 5:04pm
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sweet vid!!

i just did my first sprint enduro last weekend out here in the dez and holy crap is that format fun.

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Mx451 4/8/2019 5:54pm
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Cool video. What gearing do you use?
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Titan1 4/8/2019 6:12pm
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Congrats man! I saw on the race report that you won on your practice 125...I smiled! Great ride.
Nate_Ferderer 4/8/2019 9:29pm
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Mx451 wrote:
Cool video. What gearing do you use?
Cool video. What gearing do you use?
Standard, 13:48
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racer187x 4/8/2019 9:56pm
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Pass at 6:35 was perfect!

To the young 'uns: THAT is exactly how a 125 should sound.
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ledger 4/8/2019 10:36pm
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Love the sound of a two stroke echo in the woods. Great ride !
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cwtoyota 4/9/2019 12:40am
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Mx451 wrote:
Cool video. What gearing do you use?
Cool video. What gearing do you use?
Nate_Ferderer wrote:
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That was some great riding dude!


At a buddy's mx track last week I was ripping around with a few local woods racers and one really fast former champ. I was busting on them a bit, saying I quit racing in the woods when all this rock-pile and firewood-pit stuff came in from enduro-cross. They said that stuff has all but disappeared from the local events here in the PNW.

What I've heard is that the whole sprint-enduro thing is catching on.
If your video represents the format, I'll have to check into it.

My other buddy wants me to do timekeepers with him, but I'm a racer and I don't want to do paperwork and charts. I just want to pin it to the checkers.


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ama530 4/9/2019 5:40am
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I wish the Sprint Enduro format would catch on more here in eastern PA. ECEA stopped running them. They had a Jr. Sprint Series last year but that is gone. I wanted my 12 year old son to try one. It would be his first race and would be a perfect format for him. Just scrambles and full enduros now and they are a bit overpowering for a young newbie just getting his feet wet in racing.
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Tarz483 4/9/2019 7:39am
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ama530 wrote:
I wish the Sprint Enduro format would catch on more here in eastern PA. ECEA stopped running them. They had a Jr. Sprint Series last year...
I wish the Sprint Enduro format would catch on more here in eastern PA. ECEA stopped running them. They had a Jr. Sprint Series last year but that is gone. I wanted my 12 year old son to try one. It would be his first race and would be a perfect format for him. Just scrambles and full enduros now and they are a bit overpowering for a young newbie just getting his feet wet in racing.
I just wish Motocross would catch back on , im not a fan of the single track or the tree sections, these are getting huge turnouts and growing,
It would be nice to have big turnouts like this in MX again
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This should be a Huge hint to anyone running a track that people want easy Jumps, and more seat time.
Maybe make some joker lane Type sections with monster jumps, and run that section in the A and B classes.
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Dixon893 4/9/2019 7:50am
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I was there watching you kill it. My 10 year old son asked me, dad did you see the guy on the old YZ1.2.5 couldn't believe how fast you where going, he was out in the woods watching. Next time your back in Michigan at a XC event you have a fan.
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Ramrod 4/9/2019 8:21am
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Awesome riding, thanks for sharing!

I would love that type of event.
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Sluggo77 4/9/2019 10:00am
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Music to my ears, looks like a hoot ringing out that 125!!
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cwtoyota 4/9/2019 12:26pm
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ama530 wrote:
I wish the Sprint Enduro format would catch on more here in eastern PA. ECEA stopped running them. They had a Jr. Sprint Series last year...
I wish the Sprint Enduro format would catch on more here in eastern PA. ECEA stopped running them. They had a Jr. Sprint Series last year but that is gone. I wanted my 12 year old son to try one. It would be his first race and would be a perfect format for him. Just scrambles and full enduros now and they are a bit overpowering for a young newbie just getting his feet wet in racing.
Tarz483 wrote:
I just wish Motocross would catch back on , im not a fan of the single track or the tree sections, these are getting huge turnouts...
I just wish Motocross would catch back on , im not a fan of the single track or the tree sections, these are getting huge turnouts and growing,
It would be nice to have big turnouts like this in MX again
And
This should be a Huge hint to anyone running a track that people want easy Jumps, and more seat time.
Maybe make some joker lane Type sections with monster jumps, and run that section in the A and B classes.
I love the jumps, whoops and all that, but you're mostly right about appealing to the average rider and MX turnouts.

When I talk to my woods racer friends, a lot of them love motocross too, but they hate sitting around in the pits just to ride five laps, so they stick to the woods.

Many of my motocross friends are practice riders only. Racing is expensive and you get about 13 laps per class at the average local race.


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Mx451 4/9/2019 1:30pm
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Mx451 wrote:
Cool video. What gearing do you use?
Cool video. What gearing do you use?
Nate_Ferderer wrote:
Standard, 13:48
Thanks! I'm using a Yz125 for mx and harescrambles this year so your video was very motivating.
Nate_Ferderer 4/9/2019 2:18pm
4/9/2019 2:18pm
Dixon893 wrote:
I was there watching you kill it. My 10 year old son asked me, dad did you see the guy on the old YZ1.2.5 couldn't believe...
I was there watching you kill it. My 10 year old son asked me, dad did you see the guy on the old YZ1.2.5 couldn't believe how fast you where going, he was out in the woods watching. Next time your back in Michigan at a XC event you have a fan.
The reason I raced my 125 is just days before this sprint I picked up my 2019 250f and didn’t have it ready to race. I was fairly sure I could go fast enough on the old small bike to qualify for the ISDE. I was pleasantly surprised how many people came up to me to mention how stoked they were to see a 125 ripping. The sport needs these bikes and I hope they continue to make a comeback.

I’d love to race my local pro national’s (Millville) 125 exhibition race, but unfortunately the rules state the bike must be made 2014-present if the manufacturer still produces a 125.

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