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Crossover multi-purpose motorcycles are not unusual in the world of street bikes, but dirt bikes tend to be more clearly focused and categorized. The 2015 Beta Xtrainer is part of a new generation of off-road-only machines that focus on agility rather than purely ease-of-use or speed – a bridge dirt bike between casual trail bikes and competitive enduro bikes. Beta, an Italian company known for its observed trials motorcycles and enduro-racing bikes (with some competition-based dual sport bikes thrown in), didn’t take the obvious route of trying to combine its trials and enduro bikes for the Xtrainer. Instead, the Beta Xtrainer 300 is a scaled down – 10-percent according to Beta – enduro bike that has little in common with Beta’s trials bikes.