Preparing for the 2026 ADV Cannonball Rally

Send us Fan MailA coast-to-coast rally is won and lost long before the first checkpoint, and we are not shy about saying it. Taylor Lawson sits down with Aaron Pufal, fresh off setting a new electric motorcycle record from the Red Ball Garage in New York City to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach in a little over 100 hours, to talk about what real preparation looks like for the 2026 ADV Cannonball Rally.We get into the unglamorous stuff that keeps you riding: building a navigation plan a month out, practising GPX navigation until you can recover from app crashes and mid-route restarts, and making sure your setup works offline for remote off-road checkpoints. We also share the simplest save-your-day fallback: keep the hotel address handy so when your plan goes sideways you can still get to safety without a spiral.From there we hit rules and strategy, including why the rally notice page matters, why start times change, and how Park Ferme can catch you if you do not read the regulations. We also talk bike setup like adults: fixing flats, choosing a tire plan that matches your goals and speed, packing layers for wild weather swings, and thinking through survival gear based on how far you are willing to push into the backcountry.If you ride adventure motorcycles and you want a smarter, calmer, faster rally experience, this one is for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who is rally-curious, and leave a review so more riders can find the ADV Cannonball Podcast.Support the showFree Music from the show on SPOTIFY and on APPLEAaron's Ride Outs Map HERESupport us directly on Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Aaron-PufalSupport us on Patreon HEREBuy us a Coffee HEREThe Motorcycle Book and Film Clubs.The Living List Document GOOGLE DOCContact the Podcast [email protected] Cannonball Rally HomeGPS Checkpoint Rally & Event App HomeADV Cannonball Rally on Facebook Instagram TikTokMailing Address ...