Beta's Steve Holcombe and Brad Freeman are the 2023 World Champions in the GP, E2 and E3 enduro classes of the FIM World Enduro Championship and to complement an impressive year for the Italian manufacturer, Betamotor took the Constructors’ Title too. The only title Beta didn't win on the highest stage of enduro in the world is the E1 class and they don't make a bike for that class. If they did, they probably would've won that too.
Beta's rise to the top of the world enduro ladder has been impressive. This year marks several years of back-to-back domination of the FIM World Enduro Championship and while some might argue it's because other manufacturers are focusing their efforts elsewhere, there's still plenty of talent getting around the pits. It's more clear that Beta's rise in enduro dominance coincided with a significant improvement in their bikes over the last three to four years. Sure, Holcombe and Freeman are piloting modified Racing versions in their respective race classes but the platform from which the Racing version is made is in fact the base model RR, the models we tested at the launch of the MY24 Beta enduro range.
In years gone by, we've criticised Beta for being quirky, lacking in some areas like suspension and missing that finish some of the other manufacturers have been good at rounding out. For
