David Knight (motorcyclist)

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David Knight on a KTM at the German round of the WEC.

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

He competed 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).

Knight then moved to America to take on the tough Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) series against the best in the US. Knighter didn't dominate as he had in Europe, experiencing some mechanical difficulties and an injury, but the big man still managed to take the GNCC title. Knight is off to a good start in 2008, winning two of the first three races.

He also competes in a wide range of "extreme" enduro events, such as: the Hells Gate extreme enduro in Italy, the Erzberg Rodeo in Austria ^[1], the AMA Endurocross in Las Vegas, Nevada 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).