2025 KTM 350 XC-F | Race Tested at the 3Bros 6-Hour Endurance Race

 

Presented by USWE

Racing the 3 Bros 6-Hour Endurance Race at Glen Helen seemed like a good idea when our buddy Mattia Meneghello suggested it. After all, we’d had a brand-new 2025 KTM 350 XC-F in our office for a couple of months that we had yet to test, and it was easy to persuade my friend Jason McCune to join our three-man team. On race day morning we showed up full of enthusiasm, but partway through the first lap, I wondered what I had gotten myself into as there were parts of the nine-mile course that I had never seen before and had no idea how to navigate! At the end of the day, I didn’t want to see a dirt bike of any kind for a long time. Of course, once my soreness subsided a couple of days later, my love for dirt bikes returned, and it was as strong as ever. So how was the KTM 350 EX-C? After some shortcomings revealed themselves on the opening laps, we made some adjustments and enjoyed the final five hours on what could be the most fun off-road machine we’ve ever tested.