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Where are we going in 2026

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Where are we going in 2026

Hi! It's that time of year. Some of us pause to take a look back. Some of us have our sights firmly ahead on the horizon. And some of us are just so full of booze and leftovers we don't know if we are...

Adventure Spec Clothing Hard Parts Luggage

26 Jan 2026

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Kove, Himalayan, CF Moto Hard Parts: Crash Bars, Racks & GPS Mounts

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Kove, Himalayan, CF Moto Hard Parts: Crash Bars, Racks & GPS Mounts

Hi! Today we launch 14 new products. It's a lot, I know. They are all designed to help prep your bike for multi-day trail and adventure riding. Somewhere to strap your luggage to. Mounts to bolt your ...

Adventure Spec CF Moto 450MT Hard Parts Kove 450 Rally Royal Enfield Himalayan 450

21 Nov 2025

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And then the heavens opened.

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

And then the heavens opened.

Hi! Steve drove north for 12 hours to go riding for the weekend. And then it started raining. It's just that time of year. If you want bike time, you've got to be prepared for the wet stuff. But fortu...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Baltic Clothing Core Hard Parts Jacket Pant Singletrack Yamaha T700

10 Oct 2024

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This saved my bike

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

This saved my bike

Hi! I just serviced my bike which involved removing the Adventure Spec skid plate I installed over ten years ago. This is what it looked like. It makes you wonder which one of those battle scars would...

Adventure Spec Ducati Desert X GasGas ES700 / KTM 690 / Husqvarna 701 Hard Parts Honda CRF 450L KTM 790 / 890 KTM EXC Yamaha T700

30 Aug 2024

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What's the new Himalayan 450 like?

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

What's the new Himalayan 450 like?

Hi! This Spring, myself and three friends set ourselves the challenge of riding across country on trails, camping, and then hiking a mountain on foot. Without taking any hiking gear. Everything had to...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Clothing Hard Parts

3 Jun 2024

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The Dark Skies Rally.

Hi! Read to the end of this blog if you want to find out about… - Navigating through forests in the dark using a roadbook. - How to turn the GasGas ES700 from an adventure bike, into a rally bike, and...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Hard Parts Mini Fairing

16 Nov 2023

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The GPS is dead - TET Trails.

Hi! When Gary from Sideburn Magazine suggested a northern UK adventure in August, I suspect he’d anticipated keeping his feet dry. He was wrong. Very wrong. Last week we were out exploring TET trails ...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story Hard Parts Linesman Mini Fairing Singletrack Trans Euro Trail

8 Sep 2023

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Beware The Power Of The GasGas.

Hi! The Scottish Highlands are well known for some epic biking roads. Sit at any fuel stop north of Fort William and you will be passed by hundreds of big ADV tourers heading off on their North Coast ...

Adventure Spec Adventure Story GasGas ES700 / KTM 690 / Husqvarna 701 Hard Parts

7 Jul 2023

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What colour are our Hard Parts?

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

What colour are our Hard Parts?

"Hey Adventure Spec, are your hard parts an exact colour match for the OEM colour of my bike?" We get asked this quite a lot. Our factory do a great job of colour matching. If you want to make absolut...

Adventure Spec Ducati Desert X GasGas ES700 / KTM 690 / Husqvarna 701 Hard Parts Honda CRF 250L Honda CRF 300L Honda CRF 450L KTM 790 / 890 KTM EXC Yamaha T700

3 Jun 2021

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Around the UK on a KTM 790

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Around the UK on a KTM 790

2020 was the year of 'stay at home' adventures. John Paul Dixon and Gary Wrench took the initiative to see if they could manage a UK adventure on a KTM 790 and Honda CRF450L. They explored 3,400km of ...

Adventure Spec Clothing Hard Parts Honda CRF 450L KTM 790 / 890

14 Dec 2020

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The Adventure Spec Mini Fairing on a KTM 450EXC

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

The Adventure Spec Mini Fairing on a KTM 450EXC

For our recently aborted Spanish trip, turned North East ’Secret Cabin in the Woods’ trip Greg had asked me if I wanted to try out an Adventure-Spec Mini Fairing. I was planning on using my KTM 400 EX...

Adventure Spec Hard Parts Mini Fairing Trans Euro Trail

3 Sep 2020

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Hands on with the Adventure Spec KTM 790 Bashplate Upgrade

Adventure Spec Ltd, Greg Villalobos

Hands on with the Adventure Spec KTM 790 Bashplate Upgrade

There’s a trail near Dolgellau in Wales that the locals affectionately call ‘The Motorway’. It isn’t very much like a motorway at all, and I near enough destroyed my OEM bash plate coming down it. The...

Adventure Spec Hard Parts KTM 790 / 890

20 Jul 2020

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