Australasian Dirt Bike — September 2017

FIRST RIDE I 2018 SHERCO ENDUROS

FAMILIA

Sherco has seen steady growth in enduro sales over the past

few years, that growth is set to continue into the future. We

sent Boydy all the way to France to sample the new range.

T

he 2018 Sherco launch

was held close to the

company’s French

factory in Nimes.

Getting there from

Australiaprovedtobe

an endurance event in

itself; 28 hours of travelling! My

body clock had been spun in so

manycirclesonthejourneythatI

hadnoideawhetherIwantedbrekky

or dinner when I walked into the

restaurant on my first night in the

southofFrance.

After walking around and

checking over other diners’

shoulders, I established it was

dinnertimeandheadedtothemenu

board looking for the snails and frog

legs.WhileIcouldn’tfindthese

French delicacies on the menu, I did

eat several different types of cheeses

and sampled French beer mixed

with French wine before stumbling

offtomyroomandpromptlyfalling

asleep, for the first time in 30 hours.

The next morning we headed to a

privately owned facility called

Alestrem,whichhastracksforcar

racing,roadbikes,supermotard,

go-karts,rallyandenduro.Youcould

onlydreamofsuchanawesome

complex back in Australia; this is the

same place they run the Alestrem

ExtremeEnduro,whichruns

throughsomegnarlyterrainthat

testsbothridersandmachinesto

their absolute limits.

TheterrainIgottoridewastough

andtechnical.Itwasasthough

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WORDS // MAT BOYD PHOTOS // SHERCO

Brembo brakes are excellent

Boydy loved the two-strokes at Endurocross

New plastics with 20% more flex No need for injection until the next few years

Europeans prefered the 250 over the 300