HARLEY-DAVIDSON PAN AMERICA VS. BMW R 1250 GS ADVENTURE VS.
KTM 1290 SUPER ADVENTURE R VS. DUCATI MULTISTRADA V4 S
YOU GET
WHAT YOU
WANT
Here's the thing: each bike
here would make a worthy addition to
your garage. Unlike a 450cc dirt bike,
there's massive differences (but not
disparities) in personality, performance
and price with these four bikes. So,
we'll break it down into the following:
If you want street performance with
good off-road manners and don't mind
spending a few bucks, go for the Ducati.
If you want the biggest, best mile-
munching machine ever created, go
for the BMW.
If you want stupendous dirt and
near equal on-road performance,
pick the KTM.
And if you want to be different (and
don't we all?), go for the surprise pack-
age of the test, the Harley-Davidson.
COMPARISON TESTI
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Where's the Triumph
Tiger 1200?
During our time spent testing the four
ADV bikes in this comparison, Cycle
News was invited to the international
launch of the all-new 2023 Triumph
Tiger 1200 lineup. While the latest Tiger
hadn't arrived stateside in time for our
comparison, you can see our initial
impression of the all-new Triumph
(which has the BMW GS squarely in its
crosshairs) in our first ride report.
