What adventure bike??

[robinh73]

Evening all, having decided to keep my KTM Superduke (and not change it for a Ducati Panigale as per another thread I started recently), I am going to get rid of my very tidy second bike (a 1999 BMW R1100S) and get an adventure bike. Budget is about £4500 max, ideally a little lower. Obvious choice is a BMW GS1200, but also looking at the KTM Adventure 1190/1090, Honda 1200 Cross Tourer and Suzuki V Strom 1000. Does anyone have any thoughts on the list from ownership or any other machines worth a look at?

Edited by robinh73 on Sunday 15th June 21:49

[T6 vanman]

Slightly over budget but I took a Pan America for the best part of 2k across the US on holiday and was most impressed.

Highly recommended

[OldGermanHeaps]

What are you planning to do with it? There is a wide scope of adventure bikes with their various comprimises tuned to achieve different tasks.

[Master Bean]

Royal Enfield Himalayan 450.

[Familymad]

Just done 600 miles on a Himalayan around India. Cracking little mountain goat of a thing. Doesn’t do much wrong or anything exceptionally well.

[robinh73]

Thanks for the replies chaps. I would like a litre capacity bike or thereabouts as I would like to do some touring into Europe and also in the UK. It would also get used on days when the weather was less than ideal but instill fancied a ride out. The Royal Enfield is great but just too small at 450cc sadly

[Master Bean]

So you want a touring bike with no off road capability.