What it is — ADV Pulse reports KTM is finally selling the 2027 450 Rally Replica, its factory-derived rally raid bike, to U.S. and Canadian customers for the first time.

The detail — It's produced in extremely limited numbers and comes essentially unchanged from the machine KTM's own rally team races.

Where it falls short — This isn't a street-legal dual-sport - it's a competition-only tool, so most readers will only ever see one at a trailhead, not in their own garage.

Why it matters — Worth knowing if you're chasing rally-raid events stateside, and worth watching because whatever KTM learns building these usually trickles down into the 690 and 890 lineups eventually.

Source: ADV Pulse  Read it →

What it is — RideApart covers Triumph's new TXP lineup, a full range of all-electric youth dirt bikes built to get kids started off-road early.

The detail — The launch is a complete size-scaled range rather than a single model, aimed at riders too small for anything in Triumph's adult lineup.

Where it falls short — None of this is for the adult ADV rider directly - it's a kids' product line, with no word yet on whether the electric off-road know-how here shows up in a grown-up dual-sport.

Why it matters — If you're raising a future riding partner, this is the bike that gets them off a bicycle and teaches clutch-free throttle control before they're big enough for your Tiger.

Source: RideApart  Read it →

What it is — GearJunkie's tested roundup of 2026 motorcycle jackets, naming a specific top pick for long-haul adventure touring.

The detail — Their adventure-touring pick is the REV'IT! Stratum GTX, priced at $1,400.

Where it falls short — It's a mixed-discipline 'best of' list covering track and commuting gear too, so adventure riders get exactly one entry rather than a deep dive on ADV-specific fit or off-road ventilation.

Why it matters — If you're shopping for a do-everything ADV jacket and want a price anchor before you go looking at Klim or Rukka, $1,400 for the Stratum GTX gives you a real number to compare against.

Source: GearJunkie  Read it →

What it is — Veteran instructor Bret Tkacs reviews the Mosko Moto Backcountry 35 soft luggage after actually living with it, not just unboxing it.

The detail — He's run these bags for over a decade, including a full ride from Europe to South Africa.

Where it falls short — It's one rider's long-term experience with one bag design, not a side-by-side against other soft luggage makers he hasn't used as long.

Why it matters — A decade and a continent crossing is the kind of durability data you can't get from a first-look review - worth watching before you commit to soft luggage for a big trip.

Source: Bret Tkacs ADV (YouTube)  Watch it →

919,313

Registered on-road motorcycles in Canada in 2025 - the highest count in five years.

Moto Canada's 2025 annual industry report, published this week, calls the year a 'normalization': new-bike retail sales eased from the pandemic-era peak (61,623 motorcycles and scooters sold), but the base of bikes actually on the road kept growing. Or, as their CEO put it, Canadians aren't just buying motorcycles - they're continuing to ride them. Which is more or less the point of Keith's note at the end of this issue.

Source: Powersports Business, citing Moto Canada's 2025 Annual Industry Statistics Report

THE TIP JAR

We read the forums so you don’t have to.

Every issue costs us a couple of evenings, a worrying amount of coffee, and at least one argument about tyre pressures. If the Dispatch saved you a scroll this week, a coffee keeps the garage lights on. No paywall, no sponsored tyres, no guilt trip - the next one lands Thursday either way.

A straight answer to a question a lot of ADV riders ask themselves after their first tip-over on gravel: can you actually learn real enduro technique on a 500-pound adventure bike, or do you need a lighter dirt bike first. Worth a watch before you sign up for an off-road class on the wrong machine.

Source: Cross Training Adventure (YouTube)  Watch it →

A step-by-step install of Touratech's Defensa handguards on a Tenere 700 World Raid, the kind of job worth watching once before you try it yourself in a driveway. It's a straightforward bolt-on, but seeing the routing and torque points on camera saves guesswork with the bike already half apart.

Source: Touratech USA (YouTube)  Watch it →

A quick breakdown of where riders actually fall on the skill curve, from parking-lot nervous to genuinely capable off-road. Useful mostly as a gut check - watch it and be honest about which level you're really riding at before your next trip gets ambitious.

Source: MOTOTREK (YouTube)  Watch it →

BDR has pushed new NMBDR-Sept2026 tracks: the deteriorated, flood-prone climb at the end of the route near Antonito is now an optional ALT Harder (Atencio Canyon) with a new, more scenic main route in its place, plus fuel detours added for Weed, Socorro and Alpine. If you've got the New Mexico BDR queued up for this fall, download the updated GPX before you go - the old track sends you up a loose, rocky climb with real washout risk.

Source: Backcountry Discovery Routes  Read it →

A recap of the fourth running of OUTDURO's Scout gathering in Latvia, which moved to a new lakeside home at Vaskaris this year: random-team challenges, a checkpoint-hunting Pathfinder ride, Sunday group rides, workshops and a forest sauna. Worth a look if you're curious how a grassroots rider gathering grows year over year, and what it takes to keep one running past its founding novelty.

Source: OUTDURO  Read it →

A solo run across Scotland on a Ducati DesertX that goes sideways almost immediately - steep passes, a route that outpaces the plan, and the kind of chaos that makes for better footage than a clean trip would have. Worth watching for the terrain alone if you're weighing a DesertX for genuinely rough going, not just fire roads.

Source: LNR Moto (YouTube)  Watch it →

Drew Faulkner spends an hour on the part of the bike most of us never touch: sag, preload, compression and rebound, explained in plain language and tied to the complaints ADV riders actually have, like brake dive and a harsh ride on washboard gravel. The useful bit is the honest line on when a suspension upgrade is worth the money and when the stock clickers will get you there. About an hour, and worth it before you spend on a new shock.

Source: Moto Adventurer Unscripted  Listen to it →

Jim Martin talks with Matt van Hilst about a solo ride he planned carefully and rode cautiously, changing his mind as conditions changed, and that still ended in a serious crash twenty minutes from his front door. The question underneath the story is whether every crash traces back to a mistake, or a chain of small ones, and it is the kind of conversation that changes how you think about the easy ride home. Just over an hour.

Source: Adventure Rider Radio  Listen to it →

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