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Cycle News 2020 Issue 20 May 19

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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2020 GASGAS TXT RACING 300 R I D E R E V I E W P62 front, a new fender/fork brace ap- peared, and a host of small hard- ware updates scattered about. You can quickly tell from our 2019 review that the improve- ments across the board were very noticeable and appreciated (read our 2019 review here). But the fact is very few 2019 GasGas trials bikes made it to American dealerships before the new ownership phase began. So, for many, today's 2020 models will be their first chance to experience the gamut of GasGas updates. For 2020, our testing repeats last year's praise but with a new air of affection for a sport we still procrastinate to commit to. For 2019, we enlisted our buddy Eric Storz to ride and evaluate this bike. He's an actual trials rider so that makes sense. This year, I did it because Storz was busy riding his mountain bike or working his real job at Thor, not sure which, maybe both. I'm not a trials rider but if any sport needs new blood, it's trials. I'm happy to be jumping in and I love mixing some pre-mix! Geoff Aaron makes it look so easy. Believe us it's not, but it is a ton of fun for us "normal" people trying to do stuff like this.

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