I reckon Kevin Novello, and chilly on enduro 360 are the best, least biased bike testers out there, it is like having a beer after a ride and yabbing about each others bikes.....and I'm in Australia. No one over here is as erudite, the transmoto team are the most honest though. Uk trail rider also seem pretty on the money and not just ktm advertising agents.
As ktm gets more jap feeling, I believe offroad scribes will get less on eyed, they used to have a very certain feel and jumping off them onto something else felt like putting you shirt on backwards, as this difference disappears the kool aid may run out. MXA are in reverse with jap bikes. Just imho