114 kg to 220 kg · 7.6–31 L · 820–963 mm

Dualsport motorcycle
side by side (UK market)

28 bikes on one sheet. Pick any row and it opens underneath, with photographs and its abilities measured against the rest of the field.

28 dual sport motorcycles compared, sorted by Bike. Select a row to see that bike in detail.

3,700 mi	~150 kg	158 kg	11 L	6	920 mm	280 mm	21/18	292 cc	28 hp	25 Nm	~£3,999 new
4,650 mi	~165 kg	176 kg	14.5 L	6	870 mm	272 mm	21/18	399 cc	45 hp	39 Nm	~£6,699 new
4,650 mi	~159 kg	166 kg	9 L	6	890 mm	272 mm	21/18	399 cc	44 hp	39 Nm	~£5,699 new
15 hr	107 kg	~114 kg	8.5 L	6	963 mm	347 mm	21/18	450 cc	51 hp	~45 Nm	~£11,000 new
1,240 mi	~145 kg	155 kg	31 L	6	960 mm	310 mm	21/18	449 cc	42 hp	35 Nm	~£8,500 new
3,000 mi	175 kg	195 kg	17.5 L	6	820 mm	220 mm	21/18	449 cc	42 hp	44 Nm	~£5,699 new
6,200 mi	143 kg	~152 kg	12 L	6	910 mm	280 mm	21/18	693 cc	74 hp	73.5 Nm	~£5,000–6,500 used
6,200 mi	146 kg	~156 kg	13.5 L	6	929 mm	270 mm	21/18	693 cc	74 hp	73.5 Nm	~£7,500–9,000 used
9,320 mi	152 kg	~162 kg	13.3 L	6	935 mm	265 mm	21/18	693 cc	74 hp	73.5 Nm	~£10,500 new
6,200 mi	145 kg	~155 kg	13 L	6	910 mm	280 mm	21/18	693 cc	74 hp	71 Nm	~£5,000–6,500 used
6,200 mi	147 kg	~157 kg	13 L	6	925 mm	270 mm	21/18	693 cc	74 hp	71 Nm	~£8,000–9,500 used
9,320 mi	152 kg	~162 kg	13.5 L	6	935 mm	265 mm	21/18	693 cc	74 hp	71 Nm	~£10,500 new
9,320 mi	203 kg	~218 kg	20 L	6	840/860 mm	233 mm	21/18	799 cc	93.7 hp	87 Nm	~£11,099 new
9,320 mi	200 kg	215 kg	20 L	6	880 mm	263 mm	21/18	889 cc	103.6 hp	100 Nm	~£13,999 new
~6,200 mi	170 kg	~184 kg	18 L	6	847 mm	215 mm	21/18	449 cc	44.2 hp	44 Nm	~£5,299 new
3,100 mi	137 kg	160 kg	21 L	6	890 mm	260 mm	21/18	293 cc	33.5 hp	27 Nm	~£4,599 new
8,000 mi	~143 kg	153 kg	12.8 L	6	885 mm	275 mm	21/18	286 cc	27.3 hp	26.6 Nm	~£6,599 new
8,000 mi	~132 kg	142 kg	7.8 L	6	880 mm	285 mm	21/18	286 cc	27.3 hp	26.6 Nm	~£5,899 new
600 mi	~125 kg	130.8 kg	7.6 L	6	940 mm	315 mm	21/18	449 cc	23.6 hp	32 Nm	~£4,500–6,000 used
30 hr	~119 kg	~126 kg	8.5 L	6	960 mm	~310 mm	21/18	449 cc	63.5 hp	53.5 Nm	~£11,500 new
3,750 mi	~141 kg	151 kg	8.7 L	5	920 mm	300 mm	21/18	398 cc	38 hp	37 Nm	~£7,999 new
5,000 mi	130 kg	~143 kg	17 L	5	890 mm	360 mm	21/18	449 cc	40 hp	42.8 Nm	~£4,000–7,000 used
6,000 mi	175 kg	~196 kg	13 L	6	920 mm	320 mm	21/18	1,170 cc	105 hp	115 Nm	~£13,000+ used
3,100 mi	140 kg	165 kg	17 L	6	920 mm	320 mm	21/18	600 cc	48 hp	56.1 Nm	~£8,500 new
6,000 mi	~196 kg	208 kg	16 L	6	875 mm	240 mm	21/18	689 cc	72 hp	68 Nm	~£10,104 new
6,000 mi	~198 kg	210 kg	16 L	6	910 mm	255 mm	21/18	689 cc	72 hp	68 Nm	£11,108 new
6,000 mi	~203 kg	220 kg	23 L	6	890 mm	240 mm	21/18	689 cc	72 hp	68 Nm	£11,924 new
~3,500 mi	~130 kg	138 kg	8.1 L	6	875 mm	240 mm	21/18	124 cc	15 hp	12.4 Nm	~£4,500 new

Pick a bike from the table above to see it in full, with its abilities plotted against the rest of the field.

How the overall standing works

Each bike’s ability chart encloses a shape. The overall standing is simply how much of the 5-sided figure that shape fills, so a bike has to be good on several axes at once to place well. Nothing is weighted by hand at this stage: the weighting all happens inside the individual axes.

area  = ½ · sin(360°/5) · Σ rᵢ · rᵢ₊₁
score = √(area / full 5-sided figure) × 10

The square root is there to keep the number readable. Area grows with the square of the spokes, so without it a bike scoring 6 on every axis would come out at 3.6. Rooted, a bike that scores the same on all 5 axes reads exactly that: a straight 6 across the chart gives 6.0 overall.

Two things it is fair to hold against it. Radar area depends on the order the axes are drawn in, because the same 5 scores arranged differently enclose a different shape. Across every distinct ordering the leader does not change here, but the figure moves by about half a point. And it rewards all-rounders over specialists by construction, which is why the easiest bike on this list to take off road places nowhere near the top of it.

BMW HP2 Enduro (2005)strongest service, weakest range6.12
KTM 690 Enduro R (2019)strongest service, weakest range6.04
KTM 690 Enduro R (2021)strongest service, weakest range6.02

And the one to ride

The same calculation over three axes instead of 5: performance, offroad ease and highway comfort. Service interval and range are real considerations, but they are about running a bike rather than being on one.

area  = ½ · sin(360°/3) · Σ rᵢ · rᵢ₊₁
score = √(area / full triangle) × 10

They are worth keeping apart because they disagree. A big adventure twin can take the crown on its service interval and its range while being beaten on every axis that is about riding, by a single at half the price. The diamond marks the bike that wins on those three alone.

The top three get a chip; only the winner is marked. The crown is a podium, the diamond is a single answer to a different question.

BMW HP2 Enduro (2005)strongest performance, weakest offroad ease6.59
2KTM 450 EXC-Fstrongest offroad ease, weakest highway6.53
3KTM 690 Enduro R (2019)strongest performance, weakest offroad ease6.36

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