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You mean most registered Enduro bike, right? That would be quite a feat. Registered bikes are usually public data, one way or another, it varies a bit between countries but the info comes from the state, not the manufacturers. I had expected Stark to at least celebrate some production or sales...

Thanks very much for that, I love to see real stats thanks to registrations! So in October Stark sold 52 Varg EX in Germany and 55 EX in France, total from both countries from the start of the year is 950+455=1405. That has to be a significant market share in enduro sales (and also both...

Thanks but come on, give me another digit 😁

Yes he is AMA AX 2025 champion. The only problem I could see is if WSX expansion makes them start their season earlier, it could potentially clash with pro motocross. As of now, it does not.

Friese signed a contract with a private team for SMX. Stark is not allowed to race SMX. Friese still is an official rider for Stark and I don't think this SMX contract would prevent him to race WSX with Stark next year (obviously it doesn't prevent him to keep racing with Stark this year).

WSX round 3 SX2 :Hicks went 8/5/13 for 9th OA (in race 3 he was running 5th until the last lap in race 3, not sure what happened). Solid ride. Humphrey was a last minute addition to replace his injured teammate Kobusch, he's taking in the experience, results aren't great, 15/10/14 (DNF), 15th...

And look at that, since Eddie was riding with 2 GPS and without the phone, they made him a color coded map switch to know his battery SOC 👍

Stark sold 455 Varg EX in France from January to October (technically more like March to October) https://www.moto-net.com/article/le-marche-francais-moto-fait-de-la-resistance-en-octobre-2025-5-page-5-top-100-des-ventes-10-mois-2025.html That would be in the range of 10% of total enduro...

Hicks is Stark best rider for sure. Friese may be a faster rider on a gas bike but beating Hicks with both of them on Starks would likely require time to adapt his riding... and he is signed to race a Kawasaki in SMX next year.

That is a good find but not related to recent events. When you apply for a patent it usually takes a number of years for the Patent Office where you applied (you need to apply in all geographical zones of interest to you : US, Europe, Japan, China, Worldwide...) to decide if there is any merit...

France SX tour 2025 is a wrap. Hicks had a terrific rookie season in SX2, ends up second in the championship, always finished 1st or 2nd after the 1st round. Kelana is 7th. In SX1 things got harder for Zaragoza and Irsuti ending in 4th and 9th. Don't know if Hicks will be back next year but...

MXtest tested the EX for 3 months, they love it, but honestly the vid is simply beautifully produced. Bonus points: at 16' you can see the power curve used by Stark official enduro rider in France

I guess they could redesign the pack with this in mind and that is why they have conceived longer cells. If connections are made with highly thermally and electrically conductive aluminum, having the cell in direct contact with the case or with a thin aluminum interconnect may still be a...

It's not clear if they have changed anything on the SM to help with overheating, I wonder if you would have the same issues with a SM but at least there's not much overheating (if any) in this range vid.

The beauty of having a pro rider is the regularity in laptimes. Difficult to know how hard he was pushing but pretty safe to say it's still faster than most riders would go! Timestamp (on the vid, not YouTube) and laptimes 23 1'33 (1'10) 2'36 (1'03) 3'37 (1'01) 4'37 (1'00) 5'37 (1'00) 6'38...