Ever since her dirt debut in 2018, my girlfriend Alexis and I have been searching for the perfect all around bike for her. From the CRF230L, to the CRF150RB, the KX100, and ultimately the step up to her full size KTM 250XCW which she fell in love with. At 5'0" flat being vertically challenged is an understatement and offroad Enduro riding is already challenging enough, let alone not being able to touch the ground in most situations.

Full size motorcycles can only be modified so much until you completely throw off the geometry, and after some intense single track riding in Arizona, we were at yet another fork in the road. Invest the $1,000 + in a proper suspension setup and still struggle to touch, or find something smaller and compromise performance. Thankfully by sheer luck, at the AMA vintage motorcycle days event we came across the perfect solution.

It’s much easier to describe what the Beta Xtrainer isn’t than what it is. It isn’t a trials bike. It isn’t a race bike. It isn’t a motocrosser, hillclimber or adventure bike. What does that leave? Much, much more than you ever imagined. The Beta Xtrainer has an electricstart twostroke motor that’s tuned like a trials bike for lowend power. It has a downsized conventional chassis but with soft suspension and a low seat height. It was originally conceived as an entrylevel trail bike, but it’s been adopted by experienced offroad veterans and even pro motocrossers. It turns out that it’s universally appealing as a cross trainer for anyone wanting to build offroad skills at any level.

Here is our initial thoughts on the 2021 Beta Xtrainer.

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