First Race on the four stroke / 2023 KTM 350 XC-F

Ride along with me through the final special test at the 2023 Red Canyon TSCEC Enduro. This event was a blast and the club did an awesome job on the course! I raced my 2023 KTM 350 XC-F for the first time and it was a great learning experience on the bike. This was also my first race since April of 2022 and it was great to get back out and battle with my friends. I ended up second place on the day, forty plus seconds back from Hunter Smith who was the overall winner. The traction was really good but it was a cold one! Temps were as low as nineteen early on so keeping the body and fingers warm was a challenge.

Takeaways on the 350:
The bike stalls much easier than the two-stroke
I need to get a little stronger to be able to attack the technical stuff like I could on my two-stroke
The bike is very planted and stable
I'm going to try a 48 rear sprocket to try to make third the main gear. I was in second a lot and it worked but I felt like the engine breaking was a little much and I was slowing down too much in the corners...need to work on my roll speed on this bike.

Exhaust: Akrapovic Evolution System
Tires: Michelin StarCross 6 Medium/Soft with Michelin Bib Mousse
Bar Clamp: XC Gear Mako 360sx
Suspension: WP XPLOR PRO Cone Valve Fork and Trax Shock
Suspenion Tuned by: Solid Performance
Gearing: 14/47
Protection Parts: Enduro Engineering
CDI: OEM
Clutch: Rekluse TorqDrive
Footpegs: IMS Core Enduro
Tank: IMS
Fan: Trail Tech
Lubricants: Motorex
Seat: Seat Concepts Race 2.0
Graphics: Bike Graphix
Brake: DP Brakes