Why the Honda NC750X is NOT an Adventure Bike

Correction - that’s “more than 250mm of travel” - not “more than 150mm”. Woops.

2024 Honda CB500X here... 😊 Me all-terrain Rexy.
My next choice is a 2025 Honda NC750X DCT. 🤑
I'm... itchin' for an Upgrade!
Bring on.... the Adventure + 😅

Ooops...
Sorry.
NON... Adventure! 😂

Look at Mike Freerider and his 270.000 km adventures. Even drove 1100km with a broken left leg, and made it home because the dct.
I will argue that it is the best adventure bike.

I love my nc750x DCT abs! Wouldn’t trade it in for that the world.

an unusual and exciting or daring experience. - as defined in a dictionary. You could even have an adventure in your bedroom. You could have an adventure on an old Zundap 50cc. Look at the bikes the population of Africa and South America ride in places other would call adventure areas under adventure conditions.
Yes andventure bike as defined by the manufacturers /marketers should have all those items you mention, oh and a teleporter too so when the adventure becomes tedious you can say "Beam me up Snotty" 😱

That was great! I feel relaxed and want to get one of these not-adventure bikes for myself someday.

Very very good vid...Have been considering the NC for long trips around South Africa. Was worried about long stretches of gravel roads. Not anymore.

Wonderful video, love the bikes

My Bicke next year . Please God .

"An adventure bike needs at least 150hp" is where you lose me sir. That's just nonsense. I guess you count motorway riding adventure, otherwise I don't know where you're putting down all that horsepower.

I was about to stop watching this extremely annoyed….then it clicked!
I am due to have a non adventure on mine in the Swiss alps next week.

Picking up my 2022 (manual transmission) not adventure NC750X in few hours. Never even seated on it. Let see how adventurous it can be.

Hey man, love this video. Can you tell me the tires you use on this bike? I just bought one and it needs a new set and I am hoping not to have any adventure just as you didn't in this video.

I have ridden transylvanian forests and concrete brick roads on a MT07 with street tires and stock seat, stop whining😂

i respect your opinions but an adventure bike does not need 150 horse power

I got a Nc750x, i go for 2000km tours sometimes. you got alot of storage but i agree its not an real offroad bike. it is good in gravel roads and little river. but thats what i need :D i dont wanna go on fancy offroad trails and in europe you always have a gas station nearby.

It’s not an adventure bike , it’s for commuting and sometimes for short/mid range touring .

Beautiful footage, man!!!!!

nice video

Sorry pop's This is an Adventure Bike,,

If it's not an adventure bike what type of bike is this?

An adventure to me is being anywhere on 2 wheels. It's always an adventure because you might not make it home.

awesome commentary, best yet!!

NC750X is the best bike in your class. It is nice bike for long traveling and for short trips..

I find people that think one bike can or should do it all amusing. I've been riding for over 56 years and have seen bikes become more and more specialized as time passed. My advice is buy a bike for what it can do. Stop worrying about what it can't do. If you want a bike for track day fine, get another for the road, and another for the dirt and be happy.

very nice video! Loved it :-) Greetings from Austria

Honda Africa no Adventure moto? 75kw 105 koni?

The OP and the commenters are a bunch of smart asses!
Serious question: I own a Beta 300 and an XR650R, but I want a twin so that I can join my friends who have been riding out to Montana to tour on forest service roads. They're on huge bikes- GS1250, KTM1190, etc. I should probably just buy a Tenere 700, but I like modifying and farkling, so I'm considering getting the NC750X DCT and adding spoked wheels, possibly with an 18" rim up front. Any thoughts?

Haha this was fun, I wasn't expecting this. You had me till you got to the third point lol

I completely agree! I have an royal enfield classic 500 which isn’t a real motorcycle. Its not as if almost all of india uses these to travel trough unpaved roads in the mountains. So definately also not an adventure bike. I am looking into getting the nc700 to right now. So it’s good to now what i’ getting myself into😂

I certainly wouldn't want to miss out on that off road capabilities that even other motorcycle not classified as an adventure bike are capable of such as the Honda scl scrambler or...the bikes Africans and elsewhere a make use of to traverse their war torn and otherwise horrible truly dreadful roads. 😂

The thing about this bike is sticking to the main roads tarmac , gravel or dirt wether one classifies this as an adventure or clinging to civilisation like a baby does a binky blanket is this; in a apocalypse or Doomsday Event or natural or man made disaster is the dangers and hazards that will more likely pose a threat or obstacle more likely associated with being near roads.

You put raw and rather to the point.

To be fair, Australia looks to be much flatter than the rest of the countries, so ground clearance does not come into play much.

Yep, the suspension is short and too soft, little ground clearance, 17 inch wheels, DCT, heavy, but its good road bike. Why Honda put it in as a adventure bike was fill the gap that the Transalp 750 filled. Honda should move it to the standard category

Finally! Another NC rider that thinks like me!

So it's an adventure bike with less power than a $20k BMW. Got it.

``only´´ 400klm range xD

I love my NC750x 2014 Now I added to my garage a 2018 after having 100'S of motorcycles. I think now I have the best bike ever built .Thank you Honda, Good job my friend !!!!!🙏🙏👍👍✌✌💯💯

I seem to have missed this video. Brilliant

I dont know if i want a nc750xdct or the crf1000dct. There are only 14kg difference. I like the Case in the nc the less price and less consumption. We get 2 Euro per Liter in Germany next.
The Crf is a Africa Twin. I had the Rd07 before i became a father. The 238kg with dct is scarry.

At the Moment i have a 800gs from 2008 with 207kg. With four diferent Whindshild and lot of noise in ear. It sucks so mutch. Driving more than 300 Kilometers is terrible.

I look for a quit comfortable bike with dct to drive to work for fun or to travell once a year through Europe.

So German is my Motherslang if anything is wrong writen.

I thought I detected a certain level of comedic cynicism here..... I would though say that is not like you...

Having had two NC750X's I do agree that they are not an "adventure" bike.... where adventure is considered, in this case, to involve riding off road and into the "bush". I mean, as you say, totally unsuited to the task!
I too failed to have any "adventures" on my NC's, simply using them to ride to Northern Scotland, around England and of course Spain and Portugal, or as we would call it, bits of "Europe".....
I have ridden similarly on the BMW R1250RT I had for 17 months, covering some 20,000 miles and not once going off road.
My current ride, an NT1100D has already covered over 22,000 miles in just over 13 months, again not one of them technically off road, there may have been some short transitions over gravel or earth, which were necessary to turn the bike around, but hardly an adventure!

So I am seriously considering another change of ride next year and was thinking of an NC, but now that I have watched your well reasoned video, I sense that I may need to up my game and buy either an Africa Twin, or perhaps a new Transalp, but then, if I don't ride either of those as required to have an "adventure" would it be a pointless exercise?

I guess I will probably continue with the NT until the time comes to change and then move back to a lighter non adventure bike, probably another NC750X, given that it seems, by your excellent video, to meet my needs as a road going machine.

Keep up the good work with your non-adventure rides and their accompanying video productions which keep us all reliably informed about your erm... sensible choices.

Great vid. My 2009 FJR 1300 AE was an incredible adventure bike. She took me 76,000 miles across the USA in 2.5 years on 3 different adventures. Every time “Celeste’s” got me home safely, and say, “ how the hell did we survive that one!” I had a 2012 NC 700X DCT, which is the bike that got me back on 2 wheels after a 33 year hiatus! Will be looking at a 2024 NC 750X DCT, for continued adventures! Ride safe…🙏🏻🏍🙏🏻😎😁

The wife and I attempted our first adventure ride on our similar styled VFR800X Hondas in the Watagans. As it turned out we took the right hand fork in the trail instead of the left and found a trail that clearly exceeded our experience although the bikes didn't miss a beat. Shortly thereafter fitted the bikes with Shinko rubber and found the confidence on dirt roads inspiring. We've sold the VFRs as with failing health I found myself unable to happily mount or dismount, but seeing the NC750 I was wondering if the lower seat height might work
Great video and thanks for your thoughts.

Okay, I dont want anymore "Adventure" as i am getting old and my health is failing, I just want to get out and ride, so the NC sounds about perfect. And i have had the BMW GS adventure and the KLRs, actually the last KLR goes for sale next week yes it will do far more than it appears the NC can, but alas I no longer can... so i will just ride when i get a new bike this Christmas for myself...

Fantastic video, and fantastic irony! Really appreciate all your videos and especially your point of view and humor! Cheers mate

ah okay "at least 150hp" so bad that a lot of the modern big bikes cut the power when you switch to offroad XD
and really bad for tenere 700 and so on...
ADV depends. a lot big ADVs a more Sport Tourers than ADVs. For a lot of people real ADVs have a weight less than 160kg and still a carburetor.
So yes the NC is a Crossover bike. But 1200GS and so on are only modern Tourers with the possibility for terrain through a lot of electronics.
In the end there will be always the one guy who is a little bit more adventurer than others...

You are so right brother about the NC750. I'm saving since 10 years to buy an at least 350 HP adventure BMW bike that weight at least 400kg to go on adventure. I hope one day I can buy my adventure bike. Meanwhile I'm waiting I will keep driving my car. Because if I can't afford an adventure bike I better keep driving a old Renault car 75hp diesel engine.

Love your channel bro 👍😉

Man, it is too bad you weren't able to have an adventure on that bike. Maybe someday you'll be able to afford the German engineering required for adventure. Sad.

An adventure bike needs 150hp?? Put the bong down mate!