Different strokes
Jun 04, 2021
4 minutes
WORDS & PHOTOS // MITCH LEES
These days, it feels like enduro bikes come out of the same factory and only the colours are different. That’s a good and a bad thing. You’d be hard pressed to find a bike that isn’t reliable, as they share quite a lot of parts, many of which are interchangeable.
In fact, many of the parts manufacturers supply bits to different brands. Take KYB for example: it supplies forks and shock absorbers to Yamaha, Beta, Sherco and Rieju.
I hear time and time again that choosing a bike has become boring because they all feel the same. Or that bikes have lost their personalities and they’re all just trying to follow the brand that’s been the most successful.
To this I
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