RUST magazine: Rust#22

mid hit, stops us marking it so. No question,
we’d love to know how Matt Phillips had his
set-up…
What’s really neat about the Sherco 300
SEF-R, though, is that it feels so right. The
size is right and the performance is right; you
gel with the bike very quickly, you know what
to expect from the bike and what’s expected
of you. It is also very close to a 250cc fourstroke
experience, whereas say KTM’s
350EXC-F is very much midway between the
250s and the 450s. Riding the 350EXC-F
isn’t so natural in that sense, thrash it like a
250 and its almost too fast, try and use the
torque like on a 450 and its not quick
enough. You’ve got to get your head around
it. But this Sherco 300 motor, much like the
SWM 300RR (and the Husky TE310R of
old), you instinctively get. Rev it and it goes,
rev it hard and it flies. There’s something so
very right in that.
What’s new for 2017
Bigger fuel tank, from 8.5
to 9.7 litres
New dual compound plastics,
plus in-mould graphics
Improved gearbox
(more durable by +20%)
Frame strengthened
Linkage improved with new
bearings and pins