Cette année pour la première ronde fmsq a Franklin nous avons été très choyés coté température. 26 dégrées sous un soleil de ‘’juillet’’ début mai, c’est de la chance pas à peu près considérant les conditions qui peuvent être très mauvaises en ce temps de l’année. Beaucoup se souviennent de la première édition sous un déluge de pluie, la plupart des coureurs paient encore leur factures de freins, chaines, discs et pneus qui date de deux ans… Pas le cas cette année, c’était sec et chaud.

This year for the first FMSQ round in Franklin we were very fortunate as far the weather goes. It was 26 degrees under a July-like sun in early May, this is great luck considering that conditions can be very bad this time of the year. Many remember first round from two years ago under a deluge of rain; some riders are still paying off their bills from that race brakes, chains, discs and tires were all shot to pieces LOL ... not the case this year, it was warm and dry.

These past few weeks were rather slow. The cold weather this spring has not allowed us to do more than a few outings at the mx track. I continued preparing the TE300 for six days. All that remains for me to do is suspension testing and breaking it in. I’m waiting for conditions to be perfect, since I'm not inclined to dump my beautiful new bike in the spring mud before leaving for Italy.

Juste une petite mise à jour des dernières semaines. La température plutôt froide en ce début de printemps nous a pas permis de faire bien plus que quelques sortis de mx a Sanair.  J’ai continué la préparation du TE300 pour les six jours. Il me reste qu’à faire des tests de suspension et le rodage. J’attends que les conditions soit parfaites, question de pas ‘’saucer’’ mon beau bike neuf dans la boue avant le départ pour l’Italie.

Well it's been a while since I have done up a blog, I hope everybody has had a good winter. During the off season for MX riding it is hard to think of things besides the obvious AMA Supercross/Arenacross, going to Florida, and the ever large preseason bills that seem to keep piling up. So I am writing this blog to talk about something that all riders, especially the up and coming riders, can learn from. I am going to talk about one of the most important, yet usually overlooked, aspects of our sport, sponsorship.

Bonjour, bienvenue à mon premier blog dans Inside motox.   Pour ceux qui ne me connaissent pas je suis membre de l’équipe canadienne d’enduro depuis 2011 (Finlande 2011, Allemagne 2012) et coureur régulier à la fmsq catégorie vet. expert. Père de famille de 3 dont toute la famille pratique la moto hors route...  Kathia (maman), Charles 13, Andrew 16 et Catherine 10.  

Hello, welcome to my first blog in Inside MotoX & Off Road. For those who do not know me I have been a member of the Canadian ISDE enduro team since 2011 (Finland 2011, Germany 2012) and a regular Vet Expert FMSQ racer. I am also a father of three and our whole family of five race and ride off-road motorcycles, Kathia (mom), Charles 13, Andrew 16 and Catherine 10.

Check out the behind the scenes action of the Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing Team at the 2013 Oakland, CA AMA FIM Supercross event.

This past weekend I was at the 59^th running of the Corduroy Enduro, in Gooderham, Ontario. It bills itself as the toughest race in Canada, and while that might be up for debate (those hurtin’ Albertans know how to make ‘em rough too!) it is certainly in serious contention for the title. It’s especially difficult when you get the kind of rain we had during the week and right through to the weekend. Rocks that are normally grippy when dry become greasy and slippery with mud.

Don’t say I’ve never done anything for ya!