I hopped on my KTM 250 2-stroke and took off through the South Carolina pines, for the relatively flat terrain just south of Spartanburg.
Enoree OHV offers some busy, fun, and fast riding. Not one section of the trial is straight for more than about 3 seconds. Riding smooth through several berms, I kicked my bike up another gear, the trees got a little more blurry...I see a berm a little too late try to lean and counter steer a little too hard and wham..... Dirt sample with my left shoulder into a few somersaults. I jump to my feet and turn around, my two fitty is laying on the other side of the berm, mocking me.
I pull in the clutch and pick her up, (she is still running in 3rd gear laying on her side!?!) Anyone who rides a 2-stroke knows the power on those things comes from another world. I can hear my little 250 telling me, you should have ridden me more this summer, instead you were out riding that other bike.
My other bike is a KTM 530, I use it as my dual-sport. I plea with the 250, gas prices were so high, I couldn't afford to haul you all over the place, plus I can ride 150 of gravel and dirt right from my driveway. I am sorry little 250, I promise to take better care of you, you are still my favorite. This old gas tastes terrible she says as I ride her back onto the trail.
The rest of the day I spent in a zen like, irie state as the 250 moves through the trail effortlessly underneath me. The whoops, berms, and mud holes and pines trees all cooperated with my movement. There is nothing in the world like cruising through the woods in the Southeast.
(Picture above from the Sumter National Enduro of Jared Bolton from my gallery)
