Enduro racing is the motorcycle equivalent of special stage car rallying – and it is every bit as exciting as its four-wheeled counterpart.

For the first time we bring you the full official review of the eight-race World Enduro Championship which in 2004 saw British riders, David Knight and Paul Edmondson battling season-long with Australia’s Stefan Merriman, the flying Finns Juha Salminen, Samuli Aro and Mika Ahola and the rest of the best off-road riders on the planet.