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old trials guy
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After a few weeks of waiting for my new Sherco trialer to arrive I picked it up Thursday evening from Mountain Motorcycles. After much anticipation and building excitement I wasn't disappointed. After a few years of bold graphics and new colors I was almost surprised to see the familiar blue plastic with yellow graphics that was a Sherco trademark through the first years. I looks great sitting next to my 2005 Sherco 4.5i enduro.
Along with the traditional old color remains the sturdy and well proven engine. It is amazing that a design first produced in 1999 still holds its own today in the realm of world championship competition. Cabastaney, the factory rider, won a solid second overall in this years World Indoor Championships.
It was easy to pick out the familiar but there was also something very different about this bike. The gas tank was no longer mounted in the traditional location but rather where the airbox and filter used to be and of course the air filter is now where the tank used to be. The frame is a total departure from the odd combination of triangular tubes and stampings to an all new frame of small diameter round tubing.
Weight is down a few pounds but most noticeable is the light feel due in great part to moving fuel and tank lower and to a more centralized location. Steering lock has increased providing an even tighersteering radius, something critical to trials.
There are many other changes but the one the stands out to me is the difference between my 2007 model and the new one. Dual mapped ignition is standard and you can change from the "mild" setting to the "fast" setting with a simple click of a handlebar switch. For me, I will seldom if ever use the fast setting but the new "mild" or club setting smooths out power delivery and makes the new Sherco easier to ride than ever. It made wonderful traction and seemed to have bottomless torque.
Overall, I commend Sherco for taking a leap and trying something new, I suspect you will see other manufacturers relocating major components in the next few years.
Black spokes give it almost a vintage look
otg
Along with the traditional old color remains the sturdy and well proven engine. It is amazing that a design first produced in 1999 still holds its own today in the realm of world championship competition. Cabastaney, the factory rider, won a solid second overall in this years World Indoor Championships.
It was easy to pick out the familiar but there was also something very different about this bike. The gas tank was no longer mounted in the traditional location but rather where the airbox and filter used to be and of course the air filter is now where the tank used to be. The frame is a total departure from the odd combination of triangular tubes and stampings to an all new frame of small diameter round tubing.
Weight is down a few pounds but most noticeable is the light feel due in great part to moving fuel and tank lower and to a more centralized location. Steering lock has increased providing an even tighersteering radius, something critical to trials.
There are many other changes but the one the stands out to me is the difference between my 2007 model and the new one. Dual mapped ignition is standard and you can change from the "mild" setting to the "fast" setting with a simple click of a handlebar switch. For me, I will seldom if ever use the fast setting but the new "mild" or club setting smooths out power delivery and makes the new Sherco easier to ride than ever. It made wonderful traction and seemed to have bottomless torque.
Overall, I commend Sherco for taking a leap and trying something new, I suspect you will see other manufacturers relocating major components in the next few years.
Black spokes give it almost a vintage look
otg
