It’s been exactly one year since Italian motorcycle manufacturer Moto Morini unveiled the X-Cape 650 at EICMA 2021. The mid-size adventure bike is built around a basic and robust platform and features all the hallmark characteristics you’d expect to find in an ADV-enduro machine. As such, it’s more biased for road use than it is for off-road riding.
At EICMA 2022, however, Moto Morini once again showcased the X-Cape 650, but this time in a special ADV-R trim, which presumably means Rally. The X-Cape 650 ADV-R, just like most other rally editions of other adventure bikes, features a whole host of off-road goodies and further accentuates the bike’s Dakar-inspired styling. The first thing you’ll notice is that the ADV-R sits much taller than the standard X-Cape, and that’s thanks to a raised saddle designed to give the bike better off-road ergonomics.
