Adventure heavyweights rated! Adventure top dogs on- and off-road ft TT-winner James Hillier | MCN

Thanks for having me on the test, was good fun getting to ride at sweet lamb. A Great venue with a little bit of everything for these adventure bikes.

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Why didn't they include the Africa twin ,because it would be the best dirtbike there ,maybe not the best road bite

Honda Africa Twin and harley PanAm is missing😅😅

The truth is that most adventurer riders dont ride their bike off road. Partly because they are too heavy.

I used to have 1290 sar. Riding 890 adv r. I tested a gs and I thought it’s a German tractor. Never been on expensive Ducati but used to have a triumph 800 xc. SAR is my favourite

I instantly realized in the beginning of your video who the winner was because you had the other three bikes on one side and the winner bike on the other side.

Nice! BMW 1.45, Ducati 1.43, Triumph 1.39 and KTM 1.34...Amazing! Thanks!!!

402 Sincere Haven

Did you notice the only one he was jumping was the KTMs

Absolutely brilliant test.

I have the Triumph Rally Explorer and love it first ride with it was 10 hrs through mountain passes of BC and I wasn’t tired or sore. The 30 liter tank is great as I didn’t stop once except to fuel up and that was 500 km into trip. I also have a Harley street glide and now this bike takes front seat from my cruiser. Even though they are different the triumph is just more fun and the bike is truly effortless while riding.

Nobody wants these heavy pigs anymore. They are road bikes with knobby tires. We want a lightweight adventure bike at 350 pounds. Make what we want, stop with this crap. WE WANT MAJOR JAPANESE
MANUFACRURERS TO MAKE CHEAP LIGHT ADV BIKES

No mention of the Triumph stalling issues…pain in the arse.

The KTM is an absolutely superb bike on and off road

Awesome! Perhaps a weird question, but do you dare to offer a qualified guess as to what the time would be on this track for a Honda CRF300 Rally? Would it be close (since it might be faster on the offroad sections) or much slower?

Cool comparison... ! Can you please confirm if KTM 1290 was in Rally or Offroad mode? Thanx, Marika from Jhb, ZA

Rode my Bmwr1250gsa around Australia in 2023/24 did 36,500klms and took bike off road plenty. Great all rounder and carried me and all my gear for 13 months. Best bike I've owned and most easiest bike I've ever ridden. Thanks for test though enjoyed the comparison. Note, my bmw doesn't have electronic suspension.

Big adventure bikes just do not belong off road. Stop being stupid your all very experienced riders. For the average riders will trash themselves and there expensive stupid fake off road bike. Stop promoting these big heavy fake off road bikes to average riders. There so unsafe off road

Is there any video where I can see the Africa Twin on this course with timed test ??

Great video , I have owned the Africa Twin AS.. and the GSA , I am just waiting to pick up my new KTM 1290 SA R
Looking forward to it now lol
REALLY would have liked to have seen the Africa Twin DCT in this time race , it would be no slouch in this area im sure

It has to be said , the guy talking at the beginning has lovely woman's legs , It makes me want to get a grip of him 😘😘🤣🤣🤣😜

thats just advert for triumph... u cant be faster than ducati... no chance 😂

perfect report , i tried and owned all this pikes and i kept the KTM and the Triumph

Very interesting test. Which showed a lot of what many probably expected. Thanks for it. But I don't agree with you that you can't ride monster long trips on a KTM. I have ridden long stretches without feeling marked or smashed and in all kinds of weather. KTM's comfort as a pure Adventure Bike on long adventure trips is far better than the test shows.

I want them all

Give me the KTM performance with the Transalp comfort and I think I'd be signing some paperwork.

Epic test. Thank you!!!!!

Ktm for hooligan drive s version

Can you do a 2-Up 2024 Adventure motorcycle comparison?

Wheres the africa twin ?

Was the BMW in Enduro Pro mode on the test run?

This was a really weird video for me - Neevesy sounds like a 70 year old man!! This is the same guy that just got an 80s GSXR.

Where is Africa Twin?!?! You can't test the best adventure bikes and then not have Africa Twin in the video...
That's like making a video about testing F1 cars and then not having Ferrari in the video...

Should have tried the non adventure GS. It's a bit less unwieldy off road. Great review though!

the ktm is like a suzuki rm80 with 160hp offroad, it's ridiculous, there's little difference onroad between the 4 bikes, but offroad it's no contest the ktm is an actual dirtbike, but the ducati wins because it will mop the floor with the others at a track day

PSA …… chickens..t Brit……….. ????

you can put the time you want who will know ?

Curious what suspension settings were on the r1250?

wow nice video. tyres??

Since this is ADV bike test, try that with 70kg of weight and panniers...from London to Istanbul. That is a proper short-run ADV bike test.

Kronreif - Trunkenpolz - Mattighofen. “K T M” Don’t be scared just Sub-di-vi-de! SUBDIVIDE!

I don’t see the Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 cc. What happened? “H-D” Panamerica EXCLUDED?

I would love to see the smaller ADV bikes do this course with a stop watch. That would be a very interesting comparison to see if the lighter bikes with less HP can stack up, or maybe even surpass these big bikes.

The only two bikes here worth taking home (if you can afford them) are #1) Ducati V4 Rally Multistrada for more brass knuckles Dakar brute KTM 1290 SAR.

The rest of them can go.

BMW is the besth.... Foda-se

It would be interesting to see them all fully loaded up with kit for the same test.
They are built to carry.

Where was a great bike? The Yamaha Super Tenere? Add the usual mods, pipe, intake, flash and the bike picks up 10-15% more power. You're rep for objectivity is shot MCN.

Where is Tenere 1200