Bought a Fantic 500 Rally. Madness?

[Lungauer]

As an oldish person with the upper body strength of a seven year old I have to face the fact that off road riding on a big adventure bike is beyond me, especially as a novice. I’ve owned GSs and 1290 Adventures, but for a TET trip to northern Spain and Portugal next year wanted something that wouldn’t intimidate me and that I could pick up when, inevitably, I drop it.

On paper the MY 2025 Fantic 500 Rally ticks a lot of boxes; light (150kg dry), 200mm suspension travel, 280mm ground clearance, adjustable suspension, switchable ABS, six speed (unlike new DRZ 4S), slipper clutch, 44bhp, Italian made and built (including the engine now). OK Fantic are going bust and it might be made of cheese, but what can go wrong?

[airsafari87]

Caballero?

Fantastic choice.

Now that I ve had a clear out of some of the bikes I had in the garage I ve been looking very seriously at adding one of these in to an empty spot.

[Lungauer]

Sorry - yes Caballero. Glad I’m not the only one who thinks this will be a good little bike.

[Airtrixx]

I went trail riding with some one on a Fantic 500 earlier this year around the Cotswolds. Nothing extreme but it coped really well. They look great too.

[carinaman]

The red and yellow ones look good. They appeal to me.

[M138]

As an ex Fantic Chopper owner in the 70s it’s great to see the name producing motorcycles in demand again. All made in Italy too.

[Familymad]

Lovely bike. Great choice

[robinh73]

I desperately want one of these, specifically a Rally. They are such great looking bikes, some wonderful details on them too. I see on the owners groups on Facebook that they tend to run lean from standard but there is a box of gubbins (can't remember the name sorry) that cures this and re improves things, not just the lean running. The only other bike that would tempt me in this size is the new Triumph Scrambler 400 XC as this has very similar looks to the Caballero Rally.

[PT1984]

These review well. Good suspension travel and ground clearance. Some trick CNC bits and Arrow exhaust. Dare I say like an Italian CCM….

[GM182]

Congrats. Do report back on how you get on with it. I think they have plenty of good points, not least the looks!