On The Pegs April 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 4 | Page 64

On The Pegs
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THE GOODS...
F ive - time N ational
E nduro C hamp R uss
B obbitt jumped back
on a two - stroke to
win the S umter
N ational E nduro !
Russell Bobbitt won the opening round of the 2019 Kenda AMA
National Enduro Series in Sumter, South Carolina, on his Team
Gnarly Roots KTM 300 XC. The five-time National Enduro Champion
told us that being back on a two-stroke was a big inspiration and
that he had a blast riding the event.
When we spoke to Russ the day before the race, he talked about
getting back on the two-stoke
“I thought I was sitting down a whole lot more over the past cou-
ple years, but really once I got this thing and have been riding on it
a couple weeks, I’m finding that I’m standing up a whole lot more.
I think it’s just where the weight is of the bike and how everything
works with it. I’m already standing up more and hanging off the
front of this thing.
“I’m riding a lot more reserved now. I’m not taking as many
chances as I was.
“On the two-stroke it feels like you can get the weight over the
front end easier on the two-stroke, and that’s where you want to be
and plant the front. It feels good. “