ADVENTURE Bike Reviews
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CF MOTO 800MT TOURING (2022-on)
New price: £11,099- 799cc
- 95 bhp
- Medium seat height
CF Moto’s new KTM-based 800MT Touring is the best Chinese bike yet
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YAMAHA TENERE 700 WORLD RAID (2022-on)
New price: £11,800Used price: £11,800- 689cc
- 72 bhp
- 50 mpg
- Tall seat height
Everything that’s good about a standard Ténéré plus a bit more
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KTM 790 ADVENTURE (2019-2020)
New price: N/AUsed price: £7,000 - £8,300- 799cc
- 95 bhp
- Tall seat height
KTM 790 Adventure aims to combine genuine off-road capability with on-road comfort
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TRIUMPH TIGER 900 GT PRO (2020-on)
New price: £12,800Used price: £9,500 - £12,400- 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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DUCATI DESERTX (2022-on)
New price: £14,095Used price: £14,100- 937cc
- 110 bhp
- 41.6 mpg
- Tall seat height
A completely new direction for Ducati – this is the Bologna firm’s first ever Rally Raid machine
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KAWASAKI VERSYS 650 (2022-on)
New price: £7,999Used price: £6,500 - £7,000- 649cc
- 66.1 bhp
- 52.3 mpg
- Tall seat height
Kawasaki’s mid-sized tall roader gets fresh looks and new tech but lacks grunt for two-up touring
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VOGE 650DSX (2022-on)
New price: £6,399- 652cc
- 47 bhp
- 38 mpg
- Medium seat height
Old-school single laden with today’s tech and widgets
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TRIUMPH TIGER 660 SPORT (2022-on)
New price: £8,450Used price: £8,000 - £8,500- 660cc
- 80 bhp
- 63 mpg
- Medium seat height
A complete, well-built, affordable all-rounder
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MOTO-GUZZI V85 TT (2019-on)
New price: £11,200Used price: £8,000 - £11,000- 853cc
- 79.1 bhp
- 57.65 mpg
- Medium seat height
Guzzi’s retro adventurer
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BMW R1250GS (2019-on)
New price: £13,845Used price: £12,000 - £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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HONDA XL700V TRANSALP (2008-2012)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,700 - £3,900- 680cc
- 59 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Tall seat height
Much improved over the last model, but to be honest that was never going to be difficult
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HONDA CRF300 RALLY (2021-on)
New price: £6,039- 286cc
- 26.9 bhp
- Tall seat height
Honda’s hugely popular lightweight trail bike has grown in stature for 2021
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TRIUMPH TIGER 1200 GT PRO (2022-on)
New price: £16,700Used price: £16,700- 1160cc
- 147.9 bhp
- Tall seat height
Creating a genuine rival to the GS is a monumental challenge but it is one that Triumph have risen to with the new Tiger 1200 models
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TRIUMPH TIGER 800 XR (2018-2021)
New price: N/AUsed price: £6,400 - £10,300- 800cc
- 94 bhp
- Medium seat height
Popular middleweight adventure bike is now even better on and off-road
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HUSQVARNA NORDEN 901 (2022-on)
New price: £12,349- 889cc
- 103 bhp
- 54 mpg
- Tall seat height
Husky have taken the 890 platform from their sister brand KTM and reworked it
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KAWASAKI VERSYS 1000 S (2021-on)
New price: £12,999Used price: £9,800 - £10,900- 1043cc
- 118.3 bhp
- 49 mpg
- Medium seat height
Kawasaki have upped the spec but also the price of their budget-conscious adventure tourer for 2021 – is it the right thing to do?
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DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4S (2021-on)
New price: £21,705Used price: £18,000 - £20,000- 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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BMW G310GS (2017-on)
New price: £5,435Used price: £3,400 - £5,300- 313cc
- 33.5 bhp
- 85 mpg
- Medium seat height
BMW’s economical, entry-level adventure bike with GS-inspired looks
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BENELLI TRK 502 (2017-on)
New price: £5,499Used price: £3,500 - £5,500- 499cc
- 47 bhp
- 49 mpg
- Medium seat height
For me it’s the first Chinese-built bike I can take seriously…
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KTM 890 ADVENTURE R (2021-on)
New price: £11,999- 889cc
- 103.5 bhp
- 62 mpg
- Tall seat height
KTM ups the capacity, and tech, on their hardcore middleweight adventurer
