Sherco motorcycles have announced their 2025 Enduro model range – seven two and four-strokes get new frames and airboxes, practical updates to help bearings and a higher-revving 250/300 SEF motors.

It’s five years since Enduro21 soaked in a Sherco new model presentation and it’s fair to say a LOT has changed since those pre-Covid days.

Sherco tell us, here at the 2025 enduro model presentation in France, through those five years they have been investing millions and developing their factory, distribution network, parts supply…as well as their bikes.

That includes a new automated parts system from the factory, modelled on Amazon’s picking and packaging system no-less.

But you don’t want to hear too much about all that, we’re guessing. You do want to know what’s new and what’s changed for the 2025 SE and SEF enduro bikes.

Here’s our take on what Sherco revealed tonight with the biggest updates being a higher revving 250/300 four-stroke engine, new airbox and air filter design for all models for easier access, the return of  two models in the less expensive Racing range, and a few tweaks like new heads stock and wheel hub designs to prevent water ingress.

Seven model line-up

The Sherco model range remains a strong one with three two-strokes (125cc, 250 and the 300, their biggest selling model all labelled SE. Alongside that are the four 4T SEF models: 250, 300, 450 and 500.

Updates to all models, across the entire SE and SEF range:

• New bodywork and colours with inmold graphics as previous
• New air filter and air box design letting you access it directly from the side panel
• Add in there the new placement of the relays and battery which are all accessible inside new airbox
• New frame across all models (with adjusted steering down tube angle depending on which model – basically 125 is shorter wheelbase, 450 and 500 are longer) is 250g lighter
• New, lighter engine mount bolts plus a new steering tube help front wheel feel (through more flex between the new, 7075-grade CNC machined
• upper and lower triple clamps)
• New design for steering head bearings with better sealing against water ingress
• New forged shock mounting point
• New steering lock and lower chain guide
• New rear subframe 254g lighter to fit new frame and air box
• Cooling system with 157g lighter and a whopping 50% more efficient Sherco claim (which will be meaningful on a hard enduro bikes)
• Stronger plastic rad grills
• Silicone coolant hoses as standard
• New expansion tank design and new lighter fan as standard on all models
• Better side grip protectors and under rear fender grab area
• Slightly new switch gear/starter buttons
• New front and rear Galfer brake discs claiming more braking power
• 5mm taller handlebar position
• Digital dash is more visible while you ride plus it sits on a new damper for improved durability
• Bigger handguards and forks guards/gators
• New skid plates on all bikes as standard with improved fixing points
• New side stand with bigger foot pad on the ground
• Lighter (210g) lighter wiring harness plus new routing
• New rubber dampening system under the tank
• New linkage axle bolts are lighter but also need only one tool to remove shaft bolts
• New holes in left side panel to aid muffler removal
• 2T models have 10 litre (2.6 gal) 4T models have 9.8 litre (2.58 gal)

Specific improvements across 2T and 4T model range:

• New fuel tap on 2T bikes
• 250/300 new higher exhaust expansion chamber is more out the way from rocks
• New gearbox ratios on the 250 and 300 two-strokes (proudly manufactured in Nîmes factory) with new ratios from 3rd to 5th gears (the gap is closer between them)

• 4T get a new Akrapovic exhausts system
• 200g lighter and more compact fuel pump which also has better fuel regulation
• 250/300 SEF new head design for higher revs by 300rpm (14,000rpm)
• New swing arm on 450/500 improves comfort and traction (already fitted to smaller models)
• New wheels in 450/500 with axle, hubs and spokes with new anti-mud system in axle
• New tilt sensor activates after 5 seconds

Other things of note are the return of the two different price-point models: Factory and Racing options.

The Racing model is the lower specification choice with much of the same additional parts fitted which mark it out from some other manufacturers (fan for example) and still come with KYB suspension, though it is with lower spec open cartridge forks.

Sherco say the idea is to have two bikes in lower price point (two-stroke SE 300 and four-stroke SEF 300) but still with a fan, sump guard etc. to give customers who want that more trail-oriented bike and who value a lower price tag.

All seven models though are available as a Factory option with higher spec parts, closed cartridge KYB forks and all the listed updates above. The best quote we heard to explain the difference is: “We want a standard bike you can go to a national championship and race and have no problem, this is the difference with the Racing model.”

Enduro21 has 400 acres of French grass tests and forests to test the bikes in. Stay tuned for more.