Middleweight adventure bikes have exploded in popularity in recent years. It started with the KTM 790 Adventure back in 2017, and not long after, many other manufacturers followed suit with their own iterations of a capable adventure-enduro machine. Lots of today’s middleweight ADV bikes emphasize adventure, in the sense that they boast impressive off-road capability, all while providing respectable on-road performance.
When we look at the Japanese manufacturers, we can see that three out of four have unveiled a capable middleweight platform with a focus on off-road performance. It all started with Yamaha and the Tenere 700, with Honda and Suzuki following thereafter with the XL750 Transalp and V-Strom 800DE. As of the moment, Team Green has yet to give us a twin-cylinder model apart from its road-oriented Versys 650.
