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In this episode of the ADB Podcast , Mitch catches up with former factory motocross racer Tye Simmonds to look back on a career that took him from his home in Bourke, NSW to competing at the highest level of the sport in Australia and the US. Tye shares how he first got into riding, the people who helped him along the way, and what it was like signing his first professional contract. We also dive...

We got the chance to sit down with 2026 Finke runner-up Campbell Hall and ask him how he does it! As a privateer, he does a stellar job keeping up with the factory teams with bigger budgets. This is Campbell's story from the 2026 Finke Desert Race.

ADB's Mitch Lees and co-host Jeff Briggs talk all the things that went on behind the scenes at Rounds 7 and 8 of the Australian Enduro Championship (AEC) at Casterton, Vic and catch up with ring-in Lyndon Snodgrass who's back from racing in the US. Snoddy talks Casterton and Hattah and what's in store coming up for him. 

ADB's Mitch Lees is joined by co-host Jeff Briggs and special guest Yamaha's Wil Ruprecht, who has won every round of the Australian Enduro Championship in 2026, to discuss everything that happened at QMP on the weekend and all the things that might hav happened you probably didn't know!

The Wildwood Rock Extreme Hard Enduro has become a point score round of the World Hard Enduro Championship but what does that mean of local Aussies racing the series? We sit down with Wildwood Event Manager Steve Braznell who explains the Pros and Cons of becoming a point score round, how it all came about, what it means to Australia's best hard enduro event and how you can get in on the acti...

ProMX Rd3 winner, Honda's Kyle Webster joins ADB's Mitch Lees and Jeff Briggs as well as ProMX commentator Danny Ham to break down the weekend of racing in Gillman, South Australia. Hear all the things you may have missed as Kyle talks about finally breaking Jed Beaton's win streak.  

How similar are the Yamaha YZ450F and Triumph TF450-X? Both have KYB suspension and both have alloy frames so we put the up against each other to find out. Hint, they're nothing alike....

If a neck brace could save your life, why doesn't everyone wear one? Do they hinder movement and vision or just transfer a potential injury to another part of the body? ADB's Mitch Lees caught up with founder of Atlas Braces, Brady Sheren, to talk about neck braces and why they believe everyone should wear one. They talk about the myths and stories regarding neck brace injuries and provi...

We’ve got Hamish Macdonald on the podcast and if you follow EnduroGP, you know how fast this bloke is! The Kiwi has built one of the most complete careers in modern enduro, climbing the ladder the hard way. He’s a former Youth World Champion (2019), backed it up with the Junior World Championship in 2020, and has now gone all the way to the top, claiming the 2025 Enduro3 World Championship with Sh...

We grabbed the 2026 Yamaha TT-R110 to see if it is the most versatile bike on the market. Can a 6, 8, 10, 12 and 40 year old ride the same bike! We put it to the test, here's what we thought. 

ADB's Mitch Lees caught up with ProMX commentator Danny Ham and Boyd's Moto Racing's Matt Boyd to talk about all the stuff that happened at Round 3 of the 2026 ProMX Championship on track and behind the scenes off the track. 

We put a 6 year old and a 10 year old on the Surron Hyper Bee to see how it goes in the 50 cos and 65 class because this one bike can ride in two classes if you switch the wheels from 10/12-inch combo to 12/14 inch combo. Would the hyper Bee be too much bike for a kids int he 50 class or would it be too slow for a kid in the 65 class. We ask our 50 and 65 tester to find out. 

ADB's Mitch Lees caught up with one-time Australian Supercross Champ Kale Makeham to talk about his rivalry with Lynchy, his life after racing and how he built his multi-million dollar online coaching business, the dark times he went through after he retired from professional racing and more.

ADB's Mitch Lees is joined by co-host Jeff Briggs and special guest Geoff Braico, who won the Vets class at Round 3/4 of the Australian Enduro Championship, to discuss everything that happened at Dungog on the weekend and all the things you probably didn't know.  

We grabbed the now-registered Kawasaki KLX300 and took it for a spin. We trail rode it, commuted on it and went for a bit of an adventure ride on it. We tested this bike back in 2021 but you could not register it back then, now you can which has opened it up to a whole new category of rider. Here's what we thought of it. 

We put the registered RFN Ares Endurance electric dirtbike to the test on a bunch of different terrains from commuting to trial riding and farm work. After nine months with this bike it is clear to us this bike is not a competition-spec dirtbike like the $20k job from Europe and Japan but a great trail bike, commuter and farm bike. Have a listen. 

We jumped on the 2026 KTM 300 EXC and as it turns out, KTM in Europe undersold this bike climbing there weren't many changes for 2026 when there actually were. There's been a bunch of motor and suspension changes but the biggest news is the final gearing which i now a 14/42! We took it into the hard enduro stuff and somehow it worked! Here's what we thought. 

As a professional racer, the COVID pandemic killed plenty of promising careers. With racing in Australia essentially on hold for almost 3 years and no great opportunity to travel overseas and race, professional riders had ton make some hard decisions. There was the hotel isolation, the expensive flights, travel restrictions and more to deal with but through it all Andy Wilksch managed to line up a...

The 2026 Sherco 500 SEF Factory is almost exclusively sold in Australia. It's a bike built for the desert but how does it go in the bush? When Sherco built the 500 years ago they told us "This is Aussie Bike" so we thought we'd hit the Aussie bush on the latest version, the 2026! Here's what we thought of the 2026 Sherco 500 SEF Factory.

We caught up with desert specialist Callum Norton who has just signed with Ducati to race the 2026 Tatts Finke Desert Race! We talk to him about how he went from the #1 KTM team to a brand that has never done Finke, what he's had to do to setup the Ducati to survive Finke plus loads more about his time with KTM, how he transitioned to desert racing and the moment he could've been racing...

ADB Podcast host Mitch Lees catches up with ProMX commentator Danny Ham and our resident podcast co-host Jeff Briggs to talk all the things that happened   at Rd1 of the 2026 ProMX. It was an epic weekend of racing and lot to catch up on! 

The 2026 Sherco 300 SEF Factory is arguably one of the best mid-capacity four-strokes you can get but how does it stack up against other mid-capacity four-strokes like the 350s? It's won world titles and been successful in Australia against bigger bikes so why is this bike so good? Here's our thought on the 2026 Sherco 300 SEF Factory. 

Jess Gardiner is Australia's most successful female racer, in fact she's our most successful racer across all classes and almost any discipline. We sat down with Jess to talk about round one of the 2026 AEC, how she got into racing, here toughest and best times racing here and overseas, how close she came to retiring and what she has in store for the future. 

We grabbed a 2026 Husqvarna FE501 and stuck our smallest tester we could find, Wes Mills, on it to see what he thought of the big girl in the bush. Is it too much bike for single track? Only one way to find out, give it to Wes! Is it easier to ride in the bush, even for a smaller rider? 

We caught up with ADB's Jeff Briggs to discuss everything that happened at Rd1 and 2 of the 2026 AEC from flooding to, technical tracks and who looked fast after a long pre-season. Briggsy was there racing the Vets for us so got a firsthand account!