Horses for Courses

Adventure bikes are a little different to other bikes in the dirt bike world, as one mans’ adventure is another mans’ highway to hell. A motocrosser is purpose built to ride motocross, a known condition, but my idea of an adventure ride may well differ from yours. To one rider a Sunday ride on sealed quiet country back roads, through small towns, may be his adventure. To another it may be finding the most circuitous route from A to B avoiding as much bitumen as possible and the manufacturers have to meet this broad definition.

With the V-Strom 1050XT Suzuki has done a pretty good job and I enjoyed my time on it. It did everything I asked of it, and I asked a lot in some places and it came through without disgracing itself. My first impression was the striking colour scheme and