it worked.
Yeah, I am going to be facing the same problem of learning a whole new bike. My first race on the GG will be next weekend at Reiter. If I am lucky I will get to ride it for the first time on Saturday.
I raced the Main Jet hare scramble this weekend in Coalmont, BC. It kicked my butt. The long descents straight down were very intimidating and I burned out quickly. I kept locking the front wheel and falling over. The altitude loss on one descent was so great, my ears popped twice! By the time I got used to the descents I had no energy left.
I was very disappointed with my performance. I have been riding a lot lately and my riding buddies have remarked how fast I have gotten. I didn't expect to burn out so quickly. But I actually didn't do so bad, 16th out of 38.
That KTM is so different than your XR with a lot more power. How many times did you loop your XR?