Overnight rain had soaked Chucky's seven-minute enduro loop and motocross track the night before we rocked up, and with light drizzle still falling, the other journos on hand and I gear up while looking across at a sea of red — the 2024 lineup of GASGAS enduro and motocross machines. Not a bad way to start hump day (Wednesday), I think to myself.
Ex-off-road pro Ben “Grabbo” Grabham is all set to lead us out on a recce of the enduro loop, and the hardest decision faced right now is which of the 11 models I throw a leg over first. Do I go straight for the big thumper 500 while I've got the energy, or start from the 125 two-stroke motocrosser and work my way up from there? If this is the hardest decision I need to make today, I'm in for a good one!
TWO-STROKE POWER
I decide to go with the EC 250 two-stroke (enduro) and riding out behind Grabbo, I feel it's a great way to start my day testing. Earlier this morning, we got to listen to GASGAS technical guru Rob Twyerould talk about all the changes and updates made to the 2024 range. To be honest, I'd need every page of the magazine to go through each one in detail as there are so many,