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2017 KTM Adventure Lineup | First Look Review

When KTM introduced the 1190 Adventure for 2014, it pivoted away from the dirt-focused 990 Adventure and rolled out a more balanced street/off-road adventure...

2017 Suzuki V-Strom 650 and 2018 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 | First Look Review

No conversation about adventure touring motorcycles is complete unless the word V-Strom finds its way into the dialogue. Suzuki’s venerable V-twin-powered models in both...

Rider Comparo – 2016 Honda VFR1200X vs. 2016 Triumph Tiger Explorer XRt vs. 2016 Yamaha Super Ténéré

Over the past decade, adventure tourers have matured into a diverse segment of the motorcycle market. These days you can buy one or more...

2016 Honda VFR1200X | Road Test Review

Shortly after its groundbreaking VFR1200F sport tourer was introduced for 2010, Honda launched an adventure-styled bike for 2012 based on the same smooth and...

Video Review | 2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro

https://youtu.be/zioMKMG_46U Though it has improved off-road and touring capabilities, the 2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro still has the heart of a superbike. Watch the video...

2016 CSC RX3 Adventure | Road Test Review

My first “adventure tour” was a three-day ride into the backcountry on a Yamaha 175 Enduro, decades ago. From that brief introduction, I discovered...

Video Review | 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin

The 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin remains true to its dual-sport roots. It will appeal most to adventure riders who put a high priority...

Long-Term Review: 2015 Yamaha Super Ténéré ES

February 2016 Report 6,602 Miles / MSRP $16,190 In addition to our Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT and Yamaha FJ-09 long-term test bikes, we’ve been racking up...

2016 Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro | First Ride Review

With its 17-inch wheels, short wheelbase and superbike-derived engine, Ducati’s Multistrada 1200 has, since the platform debuted for 2010, occupied the sporty end of...

2016 Triumph Tiger Explorer XCa | First Ride Review

Today’s adventure-touring segment already offers a dizzying selection, to which Triumph now adds a whole family of next-generation 2016 Tiger Explorers. Three focus on...

2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin | First Ride Review

Honda may be late to the adventure-bike party, but it has shown up in a big way for 2016 with two new models, the...

Video Review | 2015 KTM 1290 Super Adventure

The 1290 Super Adventure takes KTM’s touring enduro concept to a luxurious new level with more power, a larger fuel tank, semi-active suspension, cruise...

Triumph Expands Tiger Explorer Line to Six Models for 2016

Triumph’s full-size Tiger Explorer adventure bike line has been updated for 2016, with six models to choose from, three geared toward street riding (XR,...

Honda Announces 2016 VFR1200X Adventure Model, Updates to NC700X and CB500X

The 2000s were the decade of the chopper, but the 2010s are the decade of the adventure bike. Nearly every major manufacturer has one...

Rider Comparo: 2016 BMW S 1000 XR vs 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 DVT S

When Ducati introduced the Multistrada 1200 for 2010, it injected a big dose of performance into the utilitarian adventure segment. BMW’s R 1200 GS...

2015 Kawasaki Versys 650 LT | Road Test Review

Too much Sicilian sun? Kinda sounded like it in Senior Editor Greg Drevenstedt’s sunshine-laden first take on Kawasaki’s heavily revised Versys 650 LT (Rider,...

Snapshot Comparo: 2015 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure vs. KTM 1290 Super Adventure

The last time we pitted the big BMW R 1200 GS Adventure against KTM’s then-largest ADV machine was in the August 2014 issue, and...

2015 KTM 1290 Super Adventure | Road Test Review

Our first ride on KTM’s new 1290 Super Adventure (Rider, May 2015) was on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, a remote volcanic paradise that’s...

2016 Yamaha Dual-Sports | First Look Review

Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., introduced several more of their 2016 motorcycles yesterday, including dual-sport models. The balance of the 2016 Yamaha motorcycle line-up will...

Video Review | 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 DVT

The 2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 DVT / S will likely please any sport- or adventure-touring rider who wants an exciting blend of high-performance and...

2016 BMW S 1000 XR | First Ride Review

Photography by Kevin Wing Thirty-five years ago, BMW created the adventure-touring segment when it introduced the R80G/S (Gelände/Strasse is German for “terrain/road”). Today there are...

Video Review | 2015 Aprilia Caponord 1200 Rally

With the new Caponord 1200 Rally, Aprilia introduces a fresh contender into the swelling ranks of adventure bikes. To see more Rider videos, check out...

2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS | Road Test Review

(This is a sidebar for a comparison test with the Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT and Yamaha FJ-09. To read the full article and see...

Comparison Review: 2015 Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT, 2014 Suzuki V-Strom 1000 ABS, 2015 Yamaha FJ-09

Adventure-styled motorcycles have proliferated in recent years, with many new or extensively updated models introduced by European and Japanese manufacturers. Some are true all-terrain...

2015 Suzuki V-Strom 650XT ABS | First Ride Review

The Suzuki V-Strom 650 occupies the middleweight niche between lighter dual-sports and larger adventure tourers, and its sheer versatility and low buy-in are hard...

2015 Ducati Multistrada 1200 DVT / S | First Ride Review

Funny how things come full circle if you just wait long enough, isn’t it? In the 1950s and ’60s, a British or American twin...

2016 Aprilia Caponord Rally | First Ride Review

Aprilia is on the move and seriously courting the long-range crowd, first with the 2015 Caponord 1200 ABS Travel Pack and now the new Caponord...

2015 KTM 1290 Super Adventure | First Ride Review

With triple-digit rear-wheel horsepower, state-of-the-art electronics and enough comfort, range and carrying capacity to make multiple 1,000-mile days seem easy, today’s big-bore adventure tourers...

Dual-Sporting in Northern California on the Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition

Adventures are good. They don’t have to be big adventures, like crossing the Sahara Desert or Panama’s Darien Gap, but can be quite small and...

2014 KTM 1190 Adventure / R | Long-term Review

Photos by Kevin Wing, Rich Cox, Mark Tuttle and Greg Drevenstedt Any day now, our long-term 2014 KTM 1190 Adventure test bike will be going...

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