BANG FOR BUCK BENELLI
The market for the $10,000-and-under adventure motorcycle used to offer up decent machines that stayed largely unchanged for years. I’m thinking of the KLR650 and DR650 specifically here, but recently there’s been a few new models thrown into the mix, such as SWM’s Superdual X, BMW’s G 310 GS, Suzuki’s V-Strom 250 (bit of a stretch maybe) and the Benelli TRK 502X.
We tested the SWM in the previous issue of UAB and overall we were impressed and believe it was a good package for the price. Now we have the Benelli TRK 502X in the shed and we’ve been giving it a solid workout.
The Benelli name needs little introduction as one of the most historically famous European monikers, but it is in fact
