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my life and I just felt like I need-
ed something different," Bob-
bitt says. "I got on the 350 and
I thought, 'man, this is so much
fun and easy to ride!' I was just
blown away by it and I just fell in
love with it. I felt great on it im-
mediately and decided I wanted
to race it, so I talked Husky into
letting me race it. I wish I could
have had a full year on it because
I think it would have been a good
year. But it didn't work out."
Bobbitt will, however, have a
second chance on the four-stroke
350. He says he's going to ride
the 2015 National Enduro Series
on the KTM 350 four-stroke.
"I'm really looking forward to it
[riding the KTM 350]."
Heading into that first round,
both Bobbitt and the U.S.
Husqvarna off-road effort were a
bit behind the curve because the
bikes were late arriving in the U.S.
Even though the Husky models
are essentially KTMs in white
plastic, there are just enough
differences to warrant plenty of
pre-season testing, which the
Husky off-road racers didn't get a
chance to do. Plus, there was a
lot of learning to do when it came
