Welder's Helper Corduroy Enduro 2026
Corduroy Enduro® Statistics
2026 marked the 72nd year of the Corduroy Enduro® – the Corduroy was started in 1953 by the British Empire Motor Club and is now run by the Corduroy Enduro Riders.
Entries:
Riders from all over North America and the world come to ride the Corduroy
2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Ontario 477 448 461 438 332 322 Covid 204 192
Quebec 136 136 116 107 102 91 No 73 53
Alberta 8 12 19 17 15 9 Event 18 7
British Columbia 3 3 12 5 6 2 2 4
Sask/Manitoba 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0
New Brunswick 7 14 3 5 2 1 2 2
Nova Scotia 9 8 5 2 2 0 2 2
USA 58 76 75 70 29 6 28 10
South America 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0
South Africa 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 696 697 694 647 489 431 331 270
Number of people attending - specifics: 2026 2025
· Trail Ride 115 112
· Adventure Sport Ride 35 33
· Corduroy Enduro 696 697
· Dual Sport/ Adventure sport Enduro 7 14
· Vintage GP Enduro 45 64
· E-Bike and E- Mtn Bike enduro 20 23
· Vintage Show and Shine 60 70
(Vintage Enduro riders with a few showing up for the show and shine only)
· Youth Enduro (Under 16 yrs.) 72 52
· Workers / Volunteers 128 130
· Demo riders 420 450 riders
· Rider’s crews and family 527 500
· Spectators 1200 1000
· Total Attendance 3325 3145
Types of bikes ridden at the Corduroy Enduro®
To date 21 different bike manufacturers have won the Corduroy Enduro® with many of the manufacturers out in full force to support the race and their respective riders at the Cord Marketplace.
17 KTM 7 PENTON 6 SUZUKI 4 CAN-AM 7 YAMAHA 4 HUSQVARNA
3 BMW 3 TRIUMPH 2 HARLEY 2 NSU 2 BULTACO 4 HONDA
2 CRE/HON 1 ARIEL 1 AJS 1 NORTON 1 HODAKA 1 MAICO
2 KAWASAKI 1 HUSABERG 1 GASGAS
Over the past 72 years there have been 5 countries represented with winners:
· Canada 35
· USA 34
· Australia 1
· New Zealand 1
· Britain 1
Motorcycle Brands at the Corduroy Enduro | ||||||||
Manufacturer | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Youth Enduro 2026 | E Bike Enduro 2026 | ||
BETA
| 56 – 8% | 46 -6.6% | 53 - 7.6% | 72 - 11% | 1- 1% |
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GASGAS | 37 – 5.3% | 45 – 6.5% | 50 - 7.2% | 32 - 5% | 5- 7.2% |
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HONDA
| 18 – 2.6% | 22 – 3.1% | 19 - 2.8% | 18 - 3% | 3- 4.3% |
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HUSQVARNA | 135 - 19.4% | 134 - 19.2% | 113 - 16.3% | 85 - 13% | 9- 13.0% |
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KAWASAKI | 15 – 2.2% | 16 – 2.3% | 9 - 1.2% | 10 - 1.5% | 7- 10.1 % |
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KTM
| 295- 42.4% | 292- 41.9% | 312 - 45% | 306 - 47% | 18- 26.1% |
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SHERCO | 30 – 4.3% | 30 – 4.3% | 37 - 5.3% | 33 - 5% | 0 |
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SUZUKI
| 5 – 0.4% | 10 – 1.4% | 6 - 0.8% | 5 - 1% | 1- 1.4% |
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TM
| 5 – 0.7% | 2 – 0.3% | 2 - 0.33% | 0 | 1- 1.4% |
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YAMAHA | 89 – 12.8% | 90 – 12.9% | 85 - 12.3% | 75 - 11.5% | 17- 24.6% |
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FANTIC
| 0 | 0 | 1 - 0.15% | 0 | 0 |
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TRIUMPH
| 5 – 0.7% | 2 – 0.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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REIJU
| 1 – 0.1% | 1 - 0.1% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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STARK
| 3 - -0.4% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1- 1.4% | 7- 50% | ||
OTHER
| 2 – 0.3% | 7 – 1.0% | 7 - 1.14% | 11 - 2% | 4- 5.8% | 1-7% | ||
APPOLO
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| 2- 2.8% | 1- 7% | |||
SURRON
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| 0 | 2- 14% | ||
TALARIA
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| 0 | 3-22% | ||
TOTAL
| 696 | 697 | 694 | 647 | 72 | 14 | ||
Rider Entries / Finishers 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Entries 431 489 647 694 697 696
Starters 386 416 541 609 608 577
Impounded bikes – Sat. Night 320 304 480 474 453 501
Finishers 254 233 416 408 416 355
Finishing Rate 65.8% 56% 64% 67% 68% 62%
Rider Age - 2026
Youth Enduro
Under 16 - 72 riders. Youngest rider was 4 years old.
Corduroy Enduro
16 to 19 years-5.8%
20 t0 29 years- 24.6%
30 to 39 years- 29.7%
40 to 49 years- 24.2%
50 to 59 years- 11.7%
60 years and up- 3.9% (The oldest rider was 71)
Vintage enduro
Under 30 years old- 11%
30 to 39 years old- 13%
40 to 49 years old- 15%
50 to 59 years old- 31%
60 to 69 years old- 24%
70 and older- 6% (the oldest was 75)
MARKETPLACE AND DEMO RIDES
Manufacturers Represented: 9 (KTM, Husqvarna, Gasgas, Kawasaki, Beta, Yamaha, Stark, Kove and Suzuki.)
Vendors and Sponsors: (Welder’s Helper, GP Bikes, Country Catering, Trail Tours, Cord Country Beta, Madawaska Coffee, Fox Canada, DP Brakes, Woody’s Cycle, Promation, Podium Graphix, Gooderham Bake House, Laminacorr, X-Grip, Handy Andy Racing, Opti-2, Gooderham Fish & Grill, FineLine Land Worx and Sane Motion Moto).
Approximately 420 riders went on 1550 test rides during the 3 Super Demo days at the Corduroy.
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