Australasian Dirt Bike – June 2019

http://www.adbmag.com JUNE 2019| 55

JARROD BEWLEY

GRASSTRACK

Straight away I

noticed the power

was good, nice and

smooth through the

rev range. I used

the map switch to fi nd the power

I liked, and that was in the Power

mode, it just picked up better off

the bottom. The rear brake was

very touchy and I found it locked

very easily. Overall I didn’t mind it

on the grasstrack.

ENDUROCROSS

I found it had good power but I just

wasn’t comfortable going off some

of the bigger logs. The rear brake

was just too “on” or “off” to give

me control and when I don’t feel

to have control, I get hesitant with

the obstacles.

EXTREME ENDURO

I felt best when standing on the

Beta, but my issue was still the

rear brake being too touchy.

The engine was very nice on the

extreme track, and the suspension

was reasonable, it just lacked the

feel of some of the others.

JOHN PAYTEN

GRASSTRACK

I struggled to gel

with the Beta,

the back-end was

always really loose,

and no matter

what changes were made by the

mechanic it just didn’t feel right.

ENDUROCROSS

Once again I struggled on the Beta.

I couldn’t fi nd my balance, so kept

making mistakes. Pretty sure the

suspension kept putting me off as

it didn’t want to soak things up. If

the suspension was more forgiving

I’d say it would be a much better

bike for endurocross.

EXTREME ENDURO

I didn’t mind the Beta, if the

suspension was more forgiving I

would have liked it a lot more. I did

notice the low seat was handy in

tricky situations.

OLLY MALONE

GRASSTRACK

I just didn’t gel with

it on the grasstrack,

it felt like it was

pushing a lot in the

off-camber turns.

I remember Betas being soft, but

this one was kicking me around a

lot. I did like the engine, it’s very

responsive but vibrated a bit. The

map switch options were great with

a big difference between maps.

ENDUROCROSS

It felt small and even with me

being tall I’ll still take a small bike

in these conditions any day. It also

felt very narrow, with a nice, light

clutch pull. Being able to switch to

the Rain mode, made it nice and

mellow to ride. On this track the

Beta was fi ne for me.

EXTREME ENDURO

I was surprised with the Beta. It

wasn’t as easy as I remember them

being in these conditions. I was

getting a harsh feeling especially

from the ZF Sachs shock. That just

made it hard work. I got to use the

grab handles while stuck, and they

worked great.

AARON VINCENT

GRASSTRACK

The Beta engine

was more than

powerful enough, I

just didn’t gel with

the bike in ruts

or on the powdery ground. The

suspension just didn’t follow the

ground like I wanted.

ENDUROCROSS

I really struggled on the Beta. It

had a heavy feeling that made it

slow to react. The suspension was

defi nitely the weak link for me, it

just didn’t give me confi dence.

EXTREME TRACK

I like the Beta engine. It is strong

and comes on smooth, but I really

struggled with the feeling from

the shock. It just kept defl ecting

off rocks and kicking me sideways,

which made it diffi cult on the

off-cambers.

Grabbo needed the power mellowed out

No that’s not a knife tucked behind the seat

Something has changed dramatically with Sachs

Bewley found the 240mm wave disc touchy

You can now swap springs on the exhaust valve