Best Adventure Bike In The World

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Best adventure bike in the world.

They are the suvs of the two wheeled world and range from urban warriors to desert trekkers but the cult of the adventure bike dual sport or big traile is showing no sign of dying down. A dakar style bike for good reason it followed the austrian company s first win in the world famous race. The problem with trying to write up a top list for adventure motorcycles is that everyone has a different opinion of what an adventure bike truly is different people have different ideas about what an adventure even is so it s hardly surprising that the segment is hard to define for some riders an adventure involves a long slog on the highway broken up by a couple of dirt roads they. To be frank i don t know.

I haven t ridden all adventure bikes on sale. Ktm is the hardest bike to understand in this group. Our list wouldn t be complete without the r1200 gs adventure. It offers the ktm msc which makes it possibly the safest.

Priced starting at 16 990 the 1190 hits the happy middle ground of pricing. Launched in 2015 this 1301 cc v twin was immediately selected as cycle world best adventure bike of 2015 an accolade that just can t be ignored. 2 bmw f750 gs f850 gs. The newest bike to the bmw gs family it is not total rebuild but almost with the motor and farings being updated.

I do feel confident in saying it s one of the best. Ktm long teased a middleweight adventure motorcycle like the 790 adventure r. The bmw f750 gs is pitched as a road focused can do it all motorcycle. While bmw f850 gs is offered as a purebred offroader adventure bike.

Not long ago there wasn t a lot of choice out there just the bmw gs and a handful of others but now the class has grown so much that we re going to split it into two segments covering bigger bikes. Only time and sales will tell. The bike s improved long travel suspension and knobby tires ensure adequate control on and off of the roadway. Is it the best.

Pair these attractive attributes with the bike s generous fuel capacity and you ve got yourself an iconic adventure bike that won t let you down when the going gets rough. Bmw motorrad recently revamped its mid level adventure bike lineup with f 750 gs and f 850 gs. Now the big brother of the ktm adventure 990 the adventure 1290 is a whole different kettle of fish. In rapid fire order various 990 1090 1190 and 1290 adventure adventure r and.