ADVENTURE Bike Reviews
New riders
Rated at least
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DUCATI MULTISTRADA 1200S (2015-2019)
New price: N/AUsed price: £8,200 - £12,800- 1198cc
- 160 bhp
- Medium seat height
Could this be Britain’s perfect road bike?
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KTM 390 ADVENTURE (2020-on)
New price: £5,499Used price: £4,800 - £5,500- 373cc
- 44 bhp
- 84 mpg
- Tall seat height
The KTM 390 Adventure is small but almost perfectly formed
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SINNIS TERRAIN 380 (2020-on)
New price: N/A- 378cc
- 36 bhp
- 49 mpg
- Medium seat height
Low-cost A2-ready adventure bike
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BMW S1000XR (2020-on)
New price: £14,285Used price: £13,000 - £14,000- 999cc
- 165 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Medium seat height
Upright sports-tourer that’s as ferocious or friendly as you fancy
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TRIUMPH TIGER 1050 Sport (2013-2021)
New price: N/AUsed price: £4,900 - £10,000- 1050cc
- 123 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Medium seat height
Remodelled Tiger 1050 is smoother, more powerful and comfier for rider and pillion alike
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YAMAHA XT1200Z SUPER TENERE (2010-on)
New price: £11,999Used price: £5,000 - £12,000- 1199cc
- 109 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Tall seat height
"As good as the Super Ten is, it can't live with its rivals in terms of on-road performance, build quality and all-round fun-factor"
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HONDA CROSSTOURER 1200 (2012-2021)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,000 - £15,000- 1237cc
- 127 bhp
- 39 mpg
- Tall seat height
VFR1200-derived adventure bike " isn't necessarily 'better' than a GS; it's different"
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HONDA CROSSRUNNER 800 (2015-2021)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,000 - £10,000- 782cc
- 98 bhp
- 44 mpg
- Medium seat height
Classy, capable and cheap, it’s the underrated bargain of the adventure sports world
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BMW R1250GS (2019-on)
New price: £13,845Used price: £12,500 - £13,800- 1254cc
- 134 bhp
- 47 mpg
- Tall seat height
A comfortable tourer, off-roader and scratcher, all rolled into one Tonka Toy-like package BMW’s R1250GS has won every MCN group test and award since it was released and it’s never hard to see why
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TRIUMPH TIGER 1200 XR (2018-on)
New price: £16,150Used price: £7,500 - £13,500- 1215cc
- 139 bhp
- 54.3 mpg
- Medium seat height
Triumph’s Tiger 1200 goes all-in to compete with the mighty GS
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ENFIELD HIMALAYAN (2018-on)
New price: £3,999Used price: £3,900- 410cc
- 24.5 bhp
- Medium seat height
With the throttle twisted to the stop in fifth, I had to watch as the photographer’s van pulled away with ease
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YAMAHA TENERE 700 (2019-on)
New price: £8,699Used price: £7,700 - £8,700- 689cc
- 72 bhp
- Tall seat height
The long-awaited Ténéré 700 lives up to expectations
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ZONTES T 310 (2019-on)
New price: £4,499Used price: £3,500- 312cc
- 35 bhp
- Medium seat height
Detail changes for 2021 add extra refinement to what was already a capable, very well-equipped, nicely finished and incredible value A2 licence-friendly all-rounder’
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DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4S (2021-on)
New price: £18,395- 1158cc
- 170 bhp
- Medium seat height
Ducati say the Multistrada V4 is the best motorcycle they’ve ever built. And they’re right
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SUZUKI DL650 V-STROM XT (2017-on)
New price: £7,899Used price: £6,500 - £7,400- 645cc
- 71 bhp
- Medium seat height
Suzuki have made an already good bike great
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SUZUKI DL650 V-STROM ABS (2011-on)
New price: £6,899Used price: £3,500 - £6,900- 645cc
- 68 bhp
- 49 mpg
- Medium seat height
"An immensely, almost peerlessly versatile package that is simply brilliant value for money"
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DUCATI MULTISTRADA 950S (2019-on)
New price: £13,335Used price: £11,000 - £13,000- 937cc
- 111 bhp
- Medium seat height
With its ‘S’ trimmings the new 950 is a true alternative to its big-bore Multistrada sisters
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TRIUMPH TIGER 900 GT PRO (2020-on)
New price: £12,800Used price: £12,200 - £12,800- 888cc
- 93.9 bhp
- 55.4 mpg
- Medium seat height
Despite sharing no components with the outgoing 800, it still feels like a mid-range Tiger, just a better mid-range Tiger
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HONDA NC750X (2014-on)
New price: £6,299Used price: £3,000 - £6,300- 745cc
- 54 bhp
- 70 mpg
- Medium seat height
As friendly and non-threatening as a motorcycle can possibly be, despite the adventure bike-esque styling
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MOTO-GUZZI V85 TT (2019-on)
New price: £10,899Used price: £8,800 - £9,600- 853cc
- 79.1 bhp
- 57.65 mpg
- Medium seat height
Guzzi’s retro adventurer
