ADB Magazine
For over 50 years, Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine (ADB) has been the dirt bike rider's bible. Since 1975, we've delivered the ultimate monthly hit of off-road action - bike tests, tech tips, racing, interviews, and jaw-dropping photography. Trusted, respected, and fuelled by pure passion, ADB is the one-stop shop for every rider who lives and breathes dirt bikes!
And now we have a podcast! That’s right — ADB just fired up a podcast. Every week we’ll drop straight into your headphones with everything that makes the dirt world awesome: fresh industry news, topical stories that concern you as-they-happen, raw bike tests, honest product reviews, juicy behind-the-scenes stories, and riders telling it like it is. If it happens in the dirt, we’re talking about it.
So whether you’re on the tools in the shed, driving to the track, or just dreaming about your next ride, tune in and get your fix of all things ADB. This is the one podcast every dirt biker needs in their rotation.
Episodes
56 episodes
EP#56 - ProMX Rd3 Gillman Wrap with Kyle Webster, Danny Ham and Jeff Briggs
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 fi...
EP#55 - Yamaha YZ450F v Triumph TF450-X TESTED!
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....
EP#54 - Neck braces, do they really work? Atlas Braces Brady Sheren explains why.
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 t...
EP#53 - Hamish Macdonald on his rise from NZ to Enduro GP World Champ!
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 Champ...
EP#52 - 2026 Yamaha TT-R110 tested by a 6, 8, 10, 12 and 40 year old!
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.
EP#51 - 2026 ProMX Rd 2 Wrap with Danny Ham and Boyd's Moto Racing Matt Boyd
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.
EP#50 - Surron Hyper Bee TESTED!
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...
EP#49 - Kale Makeham on his multi-million dollar coaching empire, life after racing and more
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 af...
EP#48 - AEC RD3/4 Review with Vets Class winner Geoff Braico
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 pro...
EP#47 - 2026 Kawasaki KLX300 Registered TESTED!
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 ha...
EP#46 - Registered RFN Ares Endurance E-Moto TESTED!
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 dirtbik...
EP#45 - 2026 KTM 300 EXC Tested
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 fin...
EP#44 - Andy Wilksch talks racing overseas during COVID, his career and more.
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 dec...
EP#43 - 2026 Sherco 500 SEF Factory Tested!
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 b...
EP#42 - Callum Norton talks about riding a Ducati at Finke!
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...
EP#41 - 2026 ProMX Rd 1 Wrap-up with Danny Ham and Jeff Briggs
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!&...
EP#40 - 2026 Sherco 300 SEF Factory!
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 big...
EP#39 - Jess Gardiner on starting out racing, Europe and more.
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 toughe...
EP#38 - 2026 Husqvarna FE501 Test!
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 ...
EP#37 - AEC Wrap Rd1/2 with Jeff Briggs
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 acc...
EP#36 - Dean Ferris coming out of retirement, Europe, the US and more
We got 4 x Australian Motocross champ Dean Ferris on the Podcast to talk about why he has come out of retirement to ride for Empire Kawasaki in the 2026 ProMX and we also got the chance to ask some fun questions like who was the most intense te...
EP#35 - Chris Birch on Hard Enduro, Dakar and Bike Builds.
We got our South Australian Correspondent Ed Hartley to sit down with Kiwi dirt biking legend Chris Birch to talk all things hard enduro, rally, bike builds and coaching. Birchy is an absolute legend of our industry and we get a good look at wh...
EP#34 - Motocross Comparo! Triumph TF 450-X v Yamaha YZ450F
After our Yamaha v Triumph Enduro comparo last week we were inundated by people asking us to do the same with the motocross machines, so we did! We grabbed the 2026 Yamaha YZ450F and 2026 Triumph TF 450-X and put them against each other on the ...
EP#33 - 2026 KTM 300 EXC Tested!
We thought the 2026 KTM was just a 2025 model with new graphics but as it turns out, there's more new on this bike than KTM Europe lead us to believe. Different gearing, different cylinder internals and a bunch of other changes have transformed...
EP#32 - Enduro Comparo! Triumph TF-E Models v Yamaha WR-F Models.
After being inundated with letters from readers asking how similar the Yamaha and Triumph enduro models are we decided to grab them and put them up against each other to see how they differ! We got a 2026 Yamaha WR250F and WR450F and a 2026 Tri...