skincer 0 Posted March 25, 2017 This is going to sound ridiculous, but I think I just learned something that never occurred to me for some reason. I've been reading a bunch of stuff about dual sport bikes and people going on long riding trips and it's beginning to sound like there is a distinction between dual sport bikes and adventure bikes, with dual sport bikes being smaller and easier to handle on trails and "adventure bikes" being bigger and more comfortable on the road. Is this a commonly accepted distinction? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tntmo 882 Posted March 25, 2017 Pretty much. I have one dual sport (Husky TE450) and one adventure bike(Triumph Tiger 955). There are some bikes that bridge the gap between the two better, like a KLR650/DR650 is a bigger dual sport that does ok on road trips and the KTM 950/990 series that does good off road. I wouldn't be willing to do a week of 500 mile days on my Husky and I'd never take my Tiger into single track trails. Some people have been known to do crazy stuff on bikes like that, but not I. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bp619 102 Posted March 25, 2017 Yup, dual sports are like drz400 all smaller ktm, sized bikes advebture bikes start as small as a suzuki dr650 then bump up to like ktm 950/950 and up to 1290. Simple way is under 550ish cc and 300isb lbs is dual sport over is adventure bikes with a couple in between bikes like klrs, dr650 and ktm husky 690 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oracle 195 Posted March 25, 2017 1 hour ago, Bp619 said: Yup, dual sports are like drz400 all smaller ktm, sized bikes advebture bikes start as small as a suzuki dr650 then bump up to like ktm 950/950 and up to 1290. Simple way is under 550ish cc and 300isb lbs is dual sport over is adventure bikes with a couple in between bikes like klrs, dr650 and ktm husky 690 Interesting take. My take is a little different. I definitely don't consider Suzuki Dr650 an Adventure bike. I consider it, and Honda 650's, and KTM 690R's, etc, as dual sport (or enduros in the old days) bikes. Aside from being bigger, and more road worthy, I generally don't consider many bikes Adventure bikes unless they have more than one cylinder. NOT saying I'm right...just a way that I've looked at it. For example: KTM 530 EXC = dual sport KTM 950 Adventure = Adventure bike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bp619 102 Posted March 25, 2017 14 minutes ago, Oracle said: Interesting take. My take is a little different. I definitely don't consider Suzuki Dr650 an Adventure bike. I consider it, and Honda 650's, and KTM 690R's, etc, as dual sport (or enduros in the old days) bikes. Aside from being bigger, and more road worthy, I generally don't consider many bikes Adventure bikes unless they have more than one cylinder. NOT saying I'm right...just a way that I've looked at it. For example: KTM 530 EXC = dual sport KTM 950 Adventure = Adventure bike. Thats what at the end said then there's ones in between Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goofy Footer 536 Posted March 27, 2017 Adventure Bike is simply a North American marketing ploy to sell cappuccino sipping / mineral water drinking mid-life crisis-ers overweight piggy street bikes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oracle 195 Posted March 27, 2017 Also known as BMW's... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites