Field notes
Comparisons & Analysis
For years, adventure motorcycles seemed to follow a predictable rule. More displacement meant more capability. A 650 was better than a 400. An 800 […]
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Comparisons & Analysis
A few years ago, shopping for a CFMOTO adventure motorcycle was relatively simple. That’s changing quickly. With the arrival of the new Ibex 950, […]
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Comparisons & Analysis
Adventure motorcycles have spent the last twenty years becoming more capable. They’ve also spent the last twenty years becoming larger, faster, more complicated, and […]
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Comparisons & Analysis
At first glance, comparing the new CFMOTO Ibex 950 with the KTM 890 Adventure R seems straightforward. Both are large parallel-twin adventure motorcycles. Both […]
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Adventure motorcycles have a weight problem. They also have a price problem. Over the past two decades, the category has evolved from relatively simple […]
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Comparisons & Analysis
Separated by decades, the KTM 640 Adventure and 690 Rally represent remarkably similar ideas about what an adventure motorcycle should be. There was a […]
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News
The new 2027 KTM 690 Rally takes the proven 690 Enduro R platform and adds two things adventure riders have been asking KTM for: […]
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News
Royal Enfield appears to be reviving the character of the original Himalayan with more displacement, a six-speed gearbox, and carefully chosen updates without abandoning […]
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