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[because] you don't have extra
weight. It's so easy to control the
motor; I'm not worried about stall-
ing on the two-stroke. There are
so many factors that have fallen
into place for me. I've just been
smart, patient and aggressive
and somehow I found the perfect
combo for myself.
You mention stalling – do
you not run an auto-clutch?
No, I run the Rekluse manual.
I think that's a big miscon-
ception. A lot of people as-
sume that all EnduroCross rid-
ers run auto-clutches.
Everyone thinks because we
run Rekluse it's automatically an
auto-clutch but a bunch of us still
run the manuals. Actually Rekluse
just came out with the new Torq-
Drive™ technology, which is a
manual clutch that actually hooks
up and grabs way better than a
stock clutch. There's more fibers
in there so you get a bigger con-
tact patch.
Why do you still prefer a
manual clutch?
I grew up as a trials rider, so my
clutch is my best friend in terms
of finding traction. I find the auto-
clutch to have a tiny lag. On the
four-stroke I ran it but the power
delivery is a lot different. On the
two-stroke I feel more confident
in my abilities with the manual
clutch.
Even though you admit the
four-strokes have an upper
hand on the starts, you still
feel that the two-stroke is the
way to go for you?
Hopefully when we come
down to the second half of the
year the two-stroke will shine
again; it's a lot better when the
tracks get more technical. At X
Games I'll admit I definitely felt I
was at a disadvantage with the
way the dirt was and the course
layout. But when the tracks ac-
tually get difficult, I'm moving a
lot less weight every lap in the
rock turns and whipping the bike
around. In Vegas there was a
pretty technical section of the
track with the rock corner and
I got through there clean every
lap but one, and I know Colton,
Taddy and everyone else was
getting hung up in there. It's
just too difficult with that extra
weight when you get stuck. It's
that much more weight you gotta
pull around. When the tracks
get more technical, the two-
stroke is definitely the way to go.
Look at any extreme enduro, the
guys on the four-strokes aren't
even in the top-ten these days.
It definitely proves a point that
when the going gets tough, two-
strokes seem to prevail.
(Left) Just for fun, Webb recently
returned to his motorcycle roots
and won the final round of the 2014
National Trials Series.
(Below) Webb has blossomed into
one of this country's top extreme
off-road racers. He won last year's
Tennessee Knock Out.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
DREW
RUIZ
