David Knight (motorcyclist)

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David Knight is an motorcycle enduro rider from the Isle Of Man.

He competes in the E3 class (over 450cc) of the World Enduro Championship (WEC) for KTM, where he won the class last year (2005) and the ISDE outright. In 2006 he posted a "perfect" season, winning every day of every WEC event (Knight also won almost every special test at each event).

He also competes in a wide range of "extreme" enduro events, such as: the Hells Gate extreme enduro in Italy, the Ezberg Rodeo [1] in Austria, the AMA Endurocross in Las Vegas USA, the "Tough One" in the UK (he has won all of these, even beating Juha Salminen ), and won (leading every lap of) the first annual RedBull Last Man Standing in Texas USA.

"Knighter" is an accomplished all rounder, having won the British Expert trials championship, as well as competing with success in various Motocross and Beach racing events, his all rounder status was confirmed by his winning of the "Moto 1" event in the UK, which got riders from several disciplines of motorcycle sport to compete against each other in several disciplines (including road racing, MX, enduro, trials, etc).

His current race schedule will have him defending his titles at the RedBull Last Man Standing and Maxxis Endurocross in 2006 before racing full-time in the USA as KTM's top rider in the Grand National Cross Country series in 2007.