Enduro
Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses.
Within the international off-road motorcycle community, the term enduro traditionally refers specifically to time keeping events which require competitors to maintain a prescribed mile per hour average over varying terrain.
An enduro motorcycle is specialized for the nature of the sport, with the deep suspension of a motocross bike combined with the features required to make it legal for the public road portions of the course.
In 1973 Yamaha introduced a motorcycle for trail use which had the word enduro as a badge on its side panels.
The world governing body for enduro is the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).
Red Bull covers the series on youtube and a WESS website is updated with the events schedule each year.
The International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) has been held since 1913, and it is the oldest off-road event in the FIM calendar.
The event brings together the best riders to represent their national team, and it is often referred to as the "World Cup of Enduro" or the "Olympics of Motorcycling".
Each skill class (A, B, C) is divided into sub-classes depending on machine type, rider age, and gender.
In addition to races and series sanctioned by national associations, a large number of events are also held at the local and regional level by smaller governing bodies.
The popularity of enduro varies widely by continent, country, region, and even by event type.
One example in the USA is the Grand National Cross Country, which more closely resembles hare scrambles, such as the Austrian Erzberg Rodeo than Enduros, but is on a shorter course of perhaps a few miles/kilometers in length that is repeated for several laps.
