Anastasia Leniova

Nov 13, 2024 | advrider.com | Anastasia Leniova |Justin Hughes

Some readers might remember Anastasia’s story from last winter, where she crash-tested Alpinestars’ Off-Road Tech Air vest for us. She’s back today with a report from the KTM Adventure Rally in the US (see here for Zac’s report on the Canadian counterpart). Photos: Simon Cudby via KTM“Deadwood, here we come!” Our posse was on the move; I was on my way to South Dakota for the 19th Annual KTM Adventure Rally, ready to check out what all the buzz was about.

Mar 9, 2024 | advrider.com | Justin Hughes |Anastasia Leniova

As Triumph navigates its first season of racing with its new 250 motocross bike, let’s take a look at the career of one of the biggest players in that project—Ricky Carmichael. Everyone knows that Ricky Carmichael’s racing career left him with the title of The GOAT, aka, The Greatest Of All Time. But how did he get that title? Born A Goon is here to tell us. This is a long video—you’ll have to block off 40 minutes.

Mar 8, 2024 | advrider.com | Justin Hughes |Anastasia Leniova

The Suzuki DR650 and Honda XR650L get all sorts of respect for their long production runs (since 1996 for the current-gen DR, since 1992 for the XR). But one dual sport bike has a production run that goes back even farther. The Yamaha TW200 is almost unchanged since its debut back in 1987. Why has the Tee Dub endured for so long? There are several reasons, but foremost is this: The TW200 sure isn’t fun to ride fast, but it’s a lot of fun to ride slow.

Mar 8, 2024 | advrider.com | Justin Hughes |Anastasia Leniova

Check out this photo we found of the updated-for-2025 Honda Grom, aka the Honda MSX125. Is that… is that factory luggage? Yes, apparently it is. Apparently Honda sells bags, a windscreen and handguards for the Grom in its Asian home market, although we’ve never seen them on offer here. We’ve also not seen this version of the Grom, as seen above. The bike debuted in Thailand a while back and has now reached Japan and presumably other Asian countries.

Mar 8, 2024 | advrider.com | Steve Thornton |Justin Hughes |Anastasia Leniova

Welcome to Photos of the Week, issue 9 for 2024. We begin with a Featured Photo by @Hoschiyama, who shot the photo on Vrsuta a mountain peak in Montenegro. Let’s hear what he has to say about it: “On the last day of an off-road trip with some friends through Montenegro and Albania, we decided, despite pretty bad visibility down in the valley, to climb up to Mount-Vrsuta, nearby Sutomore at the Adriatic coastline.