Now then, very new to this enduro lark, ridden bikes for 25 years, think I just had my second midlife crisis and decided to give dirt bikes a try.
Went out and bought an Aprilia RXV 550, because it was shiny... Did a bit of green laning, loved it. Then I entered my first enduro, talk about a steep learning curve!
The Aprilia was too big, too heavy, way too quick and spat me off about 20 times. Broke 2 ribs and didn't finish the damn race!
So I sold the 75bhp mental machine, did some research, had my heart set on a KTM 200 exc. but after reading about the Gas Gas, I bought a 250 EC, it gets delivered on Tuesday! Can't wait!
If any of you are on twitter, look me up, @ktmandy, there's quite a group of lads that inspired me @dakarteamgb and I'm looking to attempt Dawn to Disk this August
