Competence with Room to Grow

tanding on the footpegs and looking far ahead, I choose my line selectively around larger rocks and glide over smaller ones, as well as the ruts crisscrossing my path, as I negotiate a relatively challenging trail at a pretty good clip. While the 2021 KLX300 I’m riding doesn’t have the power to launch rocks off the rear tire like missiles, with the throttle twisted far enough and in the right gear, it has more than enough gusto to go up the steep incline I’m riding. In fact, it did pretty