2008–2012
The Graham Jarvis years
Graham Jarvis came to Extreme Enduro from trials, with his first Trial World Championship round win in 2001 and nine Scott Trial victories. With Team Flite he became the benchmark rider of the discipline.
From Sherco to Husaberg
Jarvis took up enduro almost by chance in 2006, while he was still competing in British trials. In 2008, on his Extreme Enduro debut on a Sherco, he won the Red Bull Romaniacs.
At the end of 2008 his work with Flite began: an Italian team that gave him structure, race support and training in Italy. “His big break came in 2009 when he teamed up with the Golden Tyre backed Flite Husaberg team”, writes Rust Sports.
From 2010 he raced the Husaberg TE 300 two-stroke in the colours of the Flite Extreme Husaberg Racing Team. In 2011 and 2012 he won almost every major extreme race on the calendar.
Results 2008–2012
Main source: the results published on fliteworld.it (2011 and 2012), checked against the press of the time. At Erzberg 2011 Jarvis was first across the line, but he was not given the official win.
| Year | Bike | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sherco | 1st Red Bull Romaniacs · 2nd Hell's Gate |
| 2009 | Sherco | 8th Indoor Enduro World Cup · 4th Hell's Gate · 2nd Red Bull Hare Scramble |
| 2010 | Sherco until August · Husaberg TE 300 two-stroke from September 2010 | 4th Indoor Enduro World Cup · 2nd Hell's Gate · 2nd Red Bull Romaniacs · 1st Extreme Lagares (first race on the TE 300) |
| 2011 | Husaberg TE 300 | 1st Tough One · 1st Tough One's Little Brother · 1st Hell's Gate · 1st Red Bull Romaniacs · 1st Sea to Sky · 1st Roof of Africa · 1st Wildwood Rock · 1st Ukupacha · 1st Xtinction · 1st Total Extreme · Erzberg: first across the line, no official win |
| 2012 | Husaberg TE 300 | 1st Tough One · 1st King of the Motos · 1st Hell's Gate · 1st Red Bull Romaniacs |
“I arrived at Husaberg just as they got the two-strokes… at that point I knew I was on the best bike. The team was excellent as well.”
Graham Jarvis speaking to Rust Sports
After Flite
After Flite withdrew from Extreme Enduro at the end of 2012, Husaberg signed Jarvis as a factory rider for 2013 (Motoblog, 3 December 2012). After three years together, Flite and Jarvis went their separate ways. In the years that followed, Jarvis worked with Goldentyre on tyre development (ZonaEnduro, 2015).