Win a 2027 KTM 300 XC-W Build — Plus a 2026 Sherco 300 SE Factory in a Second Drawing

The bikes

Dirt Bike Channel's fall giveaway is two 300cc two-strokes, not one, and they are the channel's own machines rather than crated dealer stock.

The headline bike is a 2027 KTM 300 XC-W. It's worth being precise about which 300 this is: the XC-W is the off-road and enduro build — wide-ratio gearbox, softer spring rates, the setup meant for trail and technical riding — as opposed to the closer-ratio XC. It's fuel-injected, so there's no jetting to chase across elevation or temperature, which is most of the reason the 300 has quietly become the default answer in enduro.

Alongside it is a 2026 Sherco 300 SE Factory, and for most American riders that's the more interesting bike simply because almost nobody has ridden a Sherco. It's a low-volume European build with a thin US dealer network, and Factory is Sherco's up-spec trim.

Both got the same prep from the channel, which it values at roughly $1,000 apiece: a radiator fan, protection pieces, setup components, fresh tires, and parts it ran on-bike during reviews. That's an honest, unglamorous list — and on a hard-enduro 300, a fan is closer to mandatory than optional.

Why it matters

A 300 two-stroke is the bike that makes technical riding possible for mortals: light enough to pick up when it's on its side in a rut, torquey enough to lug up a rock step without a clutch-and-pray, and cheap enough to service that a mistake isn't a four-figure lesson. The XC-W is the version of that bike tuned for the woods rather than the desert.

The Sherco is the one you'd otherwise never get to try. Boutique brands live or die on dealer coverage, and in the US Sherco's is sparse — so the practical way to find out whether you get on with one is to win it. If you draw the member's pick, that's a genuine fork in the road, not a formality.

Honest caveats. These are review bikes, and the hours aren't published anywhere on the page. "New tires" is the tell: they've been ridden. A 300 two-stroke run on a content schedule accumulates real hours, so plan on a top-end at the normal interval rather than assuming you're taking delivery of a zero-hour machine. And neither of these is a street-legal dual-sport — they're off-road machines, so check what your state will actually title and register before you plan the rides.

The fine print worth knowing

You may not get to choose your bike. This is one drawing in name only — there are two, and the order matters. The page states it plainly: "One winner from this pool picks their bike first—KTM 300 XC-W or the Sherco 300 SE Factory—and the public drawing winner gets the remaining bike." The pool doing the picking is the members-only one, described as "Private. Members only. Roughly 700 people total," while the public drawing is the one with thousands of entries. In plain terms: enter through the public route and you're winning a bike, but not the bike — you take whatever the DBC Garage member winner passes on. Members are entered in both pools at once, which is the whole pitch of the membership.

Entry routes and the cap. Paid entries come three ways: a DBC Garage membership at $20 a month, merch bought from the channel's store, or orders placed through its Rocky Mountain ATV/MC affiliate link. The page doesn't publish an entries-per-dollar ratio, so how far a given purchase goes isn't stated. What is stated, in capitals: "LIMIT OF 2,000 ENTRIES PER PERSON/EMAIL ADDRESS" — that's a ceiling on any one entrant, not on the drawing.

The free route. The page carries the standard legend — "NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE OR PAYMENT DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING." The step-by-step no-purchase method is set out in the official rules, which the channel links from the giveaway page.

Eligibility. Fifty US states and DC, age of majority and up. Void elsewhere.

Taxes and handoff. A bike valued around $13,000 is taxable income to the winner, and a prize that size normally generates a 1099 — budget for federal and state tax in the spring, plus whatever it costs to get the bike from Utah to your garage.

Who's running it. The sweepstakes is run by Dirt Bike Channel, LLC, out of Saratoga Springs, Utah. Its official rules are hosted through a third-party sweepstakes-compliance service, and the channel maintains a public winners page naming more than twenty past winners from 2022 through 2026, with the drawings and handoffs recorded on video.