All You NEED to Know: 2023 Honda X-ADV 750 In-Depth Review 

I've had over 30 bikes and currently own 6, from a ninja 400 to the current rocket 3 GT . Trust me, this is 100% a motorcycle with the advantages (automatic, with manual mode where you can change gears yourself, comfort and storage) of a maxi scooter. The most versatile bike ever.

Wish we had this in America!

Just ordered my 2nd Xadvç When you said you'll be also talking about the negatives, knowing there is no negatives, I was getting my fingers ready to type away a long paragraph why I disagree with you. However hearing the negatives you had to say, I totally agree. Especially with an adv bike selling the adv footpegs for a price. It's now also decided to do that for the handlebars!!! The stock handlebars are skinny and you have to get the covering parts from the accessories magazine. Shame on Honda on these points. BUT on all other 98% of the factors, this is the best bike I've ridden in the last 25-30 years and will continue this way for a long time if not forever.

I really liked your break down of all the pros and cons. Well done. You seem well versed on different bikes on the way you explained things. Well done.

Great bike. Hope we get them in Australia one day. Enjoyed your review. Thanks

Took delivery od my Special Edition (#36 of 56) X-ADV 750 last week. Done 300 miles thus far, what a hoot. Honda have done something magical with this scoot/bike/adventure. Loving it. I took the pegs OFF.

Great bike and love your reviews! Love mine... never regret it due to its practicality and storage. I fit it with original side panniers.. walla...more storage for all my adventure needs! However it is very pricy indeed! After using for nearly 1 year, I got the same key detection loss very often. Yes it is very irritating but able to ignore it by pressing any of the control button each time! My Klim Kurios Pro adventure helmet can fit under the seat although having a Cardo packtalk slim attached! No issue! However it might not fit will a bulky bluetooth set. DCT is awesome yet you can up or down shift anytime during the ride without changing to manual mode. This is very useful especially engaging tight corners and you want immediate engine braking. Pickup and braking is very good. Safe for overtaking and hardbraking when needed! I received a recall from Honda to change the handlelock system and it will take 2 days to fix that! Other than that, this is a lovely bike but a heavy one for me especially when reverse pushing it. You are right, you will either love or hate the look of the bike. Ride it first and you will fall in love with it!

100% agreed with you honda should come with the foot pegs as standard because the price isn't cheap

Had mine for few months.. Love it

Great review. I had already decided to buy, this review has just confirmed my choice.

Salut! Foarte tare reviewul. Am vazut ca ai facut Africa pe motor. Te-ai incumeta sa faci drumul pe X adv? Ipotetic vorbind bine inteles. Spor la videouri si aventuri!

Thanks just the review I've been looking for!👊👍🙂

Filtering is allowed in the UK where I live. However, chatting with some traffic Police they suggested that when the traffic you are filtering through gets to around 20 to 25MPH then it stops being filtering and turns into overtaking and different rules / laws apply.

with your production values on this vid, are we to assume that you're back, I certainly hope so.... great vid......

Enjoyed your review of the best powered 2 wheel vehicle ever made. First my Arai Tour X4 fits under the seat. Your keyfob, same pocket as your mobile? I took the pegs off as they bumped into my legs when I was walking it backwards. It's designed to handle gravel roads, or potholed UK roads. Which it does superbly. Oh and you forgot the completely encased chain. I'm wondering why that wasn't on every bike I've ever owned.

Filtering is allowed in Norway. Great fun during rush hour in Oslo. Using mobile phone is heavily fined, drivers pay attention. Common to be given space. Great review. Thanks!

Great review! thnx for that .... very good job

I wanna buy one , good video bro💯💪🏾

Always liked the XADV but not taken the plunge yet and keep with my bigger adventure bike. As to its off road you’re spot on in the right hands could be more capable. In 2019 Renato Zocchi won the class 2 (601cc-950cc) on the Gibraltar rally, a Trans-European off-road adventure rally beating KTM Husquqrvenas etc. I’m sure that would have been a modified XADV and Zocchi is a Dakar Rally veteran.

Nice review!

Had mine 18 months for city of London use..kept my old Forza but never rode again after using the Adv. Had the genuine heated grips fitted which are controlled and displayed on the console…..My large Shoei helmet fits under seat….try installing it the same way up that you wear it..? Completely different animal in sport mode…noise is wonderful……. Good honest review…well done..!

The adventure bike title (ADV) is thrown around loosely nowadays and it's only a matter of time before the Honda Goldwing ADV comes out. Unfortunately this bike won't be coming here to Australia for some unknown reason but the 13+ litre fuel tank might have something to do with it.

You can buy Footpegs online and install it on back portion of foot Board for more Comfortability on Off road riding.

5:15, your right, but you can easy solve that by installing the center foot pegs, and it will be just absolutely great!

Great review.

Maybe the most fun bike I have ridden. Thinking of buying one.

Lane splitting is legal upto 25 kmh when traffic is stopped at the lights in Victoria,Australia. I wonder if Honda will bring it to Australia 🇦🇺? They should. So you would recommend footpegs over boards from the get go?

Pre 2021 model has a traction control button and you need the extra pegs to stand, i guess they aren,t fitted as standard due to the small amount of serious offroad use they will ever see , they are much more comfotable to use on road though.

Always great to watch your reviews (although I miss Dave)...regarding the scooter, would you buy it instead of a Tuareg 660 (just to mention one of your last reviews)? Regarding lane splitting, here in Portugal 🇵🇹 it's legal and most car drivers leave enough space for you to pass. I do it every day. Nice rides🖖🏻

Great review! Thank you very much! Quick question, does it have crouize control? You mentioned throttle by wire, so it has cruize control? If not, it's a deal braker for me.

great video really enjoyed the review, I'm in the market at the moment for a new bike, lane splitting as you call it, is called lane filtering in the UK and yes it is legal, but frowned upon. 😀👍

*i wanna know if those front fork shocks are fully adjsutable? must be a very comfortable bike to ride for long hours?*

Lane splitting - here in the UK it's legal but we do have a few Aholes that will try block you.

Hi here in Brazil, in between the lines for most of the places the cars stay away of the center of lines so yes, not only aloud to transit through but is safe too. Urban locomotion wise motorcycles are a real solution in Brazil, specially in São Paulo city.

Wish this was coming to the US

Great review, I'm seriously interested in getting one this year, thanks. 👍

Do you know the difference between the TFT of 2020 and the 2022 and if it can be upgraded

Brave post👍.

I need this.

I rode a 1998 Honda Pacific Coast for years (put about 85,000 miles on it); this bike seems to me to be a futuristic PC in its best urban/slightly off road form. Just my humble, perhaps whacky, opinion! Frankly, I want one. GREAT review. Many thanks.

Great review, need to make a trip to the dealer. ABS, my 2012 Tiger 800XC did the same. They haven't learned. Be nice if it could be programmed to be fixed or a switch like you say. But it is HONDA, Father Safety

Lane splitting is in California. I do it daily. Very enthusiastic about this bike coming to Cali

Tried one as I suffer with nerve damage in the left arm. Love the DCT, expensive as you say, the only thing I cannot get an opinion on is the headlight! The idea is to sell my 1200 Tiger and 300 Forza and replace with one. Still a toss up between this and the NC750X

I wish this scooter would come to the USA I would buy 2 of them

The biggest takeaway from this review is there’s a cubby for my gate key remote. Yes we all now have somewhere to put our remote gate key! Yay!

Suoer vidéo ;) J'ai xadv 2022, il est encore mieux que le modèle 2018. Dommage pour cet essai, vous auriez dû installer les reposes pieds d'origines Honda, cela devient une véritable moto avec une position qui permet d'être debout en off-road, c'est incroyable.

These are not for sale in the US, how do I get one to New Jersey???

I live in California so lane splitting is legal. I ride a BMW K1200LT so splitting is always an adventure. Many California drivers move out of the way in the lane, that's nice. Out of state drivers don't like making way.

Bravo frate ! misto video. Am un Xmax acum dar ma gandesc sa upgradez pe Honda . Insa spatiu de stocare , este muuult inferior unui Xmax

Great review. Between Nc1100 and cad which one you find better . Which one more comfortable about seat and long distance driving.

Does it have Ceuise Control?

They do have optional crash bars also with optional high intensity day running lights. I hired the 2018 version x-adv when I visited Madeira Portugal. Loved this so much but wanted style. So traded my RT 1200 for the Forza 750 fully kitted out for touring Southern Europe

When did nearly a quarter of a tonne become a light motorcycle?

I live in NY, where Lane Splitting in not legal, it is in CA and there are Bills in other states to try and make it legal like in CA.

I put riders foot pegs on mine. That drastically alters the ride

Once you get used to it they are brilliant. I love myne. Often returns over 70mg. It will also do over 100mph. Brilliant I love it and wifey likes bieng a pillion to

I like the size of the adv350 but the larger wheel did. Of the 750. Will the 750 wheels fit onto the 350 ?? Anyone know ?

Filtering and lane splitting in Brazil is part of the daily rides. It’s legal and some city it’s the way you move forward or you get stuck in traffic jam!

I just bought a new adv160, a small but mighty machine, just wish it had DCT like my NC750X instead of a CVT. Have you considered a review of the little adv? (If you already did, forgive me, I haven’t seen it) Liking the reviews a lot… keep em coming 👍👍

Wish they sold this in the states, sadly we only get smaller displacement adventure scoots.

Ontario Canada, lane splitting not legal. Dang. The X: floor boards would feel....weird...to me.

I guess there are motorcycles that look like adventure bikes, but in reality they're not - s1000xr etc, so why not a scooter ? The s1000xr gives the comfortable riding position to the s1000 platform, the scooter is already comfortable, so it's purely a styling exercise - after all you can take any motorcycle or scooter down a gravel road !

Travelo suspension: front & rear: 150mm

Legal to lane split in South Africa. Interesting bike.

Yeah👍, erstes Video in dem man sieht was im X-ADV steckt. Überholen, Gas machen.

Anyone know what the full tank range??

Lane splitting is only allowed in California here in the states

I classify lane splitting and filtering as two different things. Filtering is what you were doing when traffic is standstill or slow moving, however lane splitting is at higher speeds which I don’t do as dangerous. Just my opinion. Filtering is legal in the uk

Lane spliting in India is the norm. we even take the bike from under a railway cross stop.

R they sold in usa

As far as I know only California allows lane splitting in the US

Underseat storage on the ADV 750 isn't great so budget another £500 for a luggage rack/top box. I'm waiting for delivery of an ADV 350; no need for a top box on that ☺

...that model has a cruise control on it???

I like it, but it's quite pricey. You can get a slightly used NT1100 DCT for almost the same price.

Sold my ATAS DCT which was just too big and top heavy especially in traffic. I have a KTM 890 Adventure which is so much more manageable and only a little over 200kg fully loaded. Lane splitting is legal in the UK but I’m guessing the bars are quite wide on the X-ADV which isn’t ideal. I’m looking at a maxi scooter and either the X-ADV or TMax are my likely two candidates. An old biker buddy has both and had a Pikes Peak for just 10 days preferring either scooter to the Ducati! High praise indeed. Have you tried the TMax? Thanks, Ian

Lane splitting is fine in the UK which is just as well as there is so much traffic and lots of hold-ups. The Honda Roadsync Torque settings where it does not remember it is allegedly a safety feature. Stupid and annoying. Riders are not babies. I have the Transalp 750 and it is the same.

im from manila, the motorcycle riders here think that lane splitting is a GOD given right to them, but it's actually illegal!!

but whats it like on the highway??

I want more Motos with dcts

The only problem I have is, will I be able to ride it as my height is only 5.3 ft.

awesome amazing superb ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

The more digital electronic stuff that is forced on me, the more I appreciate analog, mechanical devices.Especially when something goes wrong in the boonies.

What's your height?

Honda redoes the Yamaha T-Max and it does look better, great commuter, seriously over braked with but ABS might fix that, loved the scooter while working but on a twisty road its very competent but not a lot of fun, and all that plastic does not age well

Lane splitting in British Columbia Canada is illegal, Canada is not really motorcycle friendly. ☹️

I am interested to upgrade to s1000xr. Is s1000xr can go offroad as xadv does?

Lane splitting is not allowed in the Netherlands but is tolerated, provided you do not endanger safety, please note that in the event of an incident you can be found guilty.

Yeah I want one but I’m 22 with an A1 license 😢

Curious on why people are considering taking this off road and calling it an adv bike but are skeptical on more serious motorcycles like the Vstrom 1050 or the Tiger 850, calling them ,,just'' road bikes.

all your gripes deal with off roading. this is a toy for rich people. i ride a 1260 ducati multistrada and definitely would consider this for toddling around town. nice review

There are optimal crash bars for this clever Honda adv.

Wood you tour on it

Bring it to the USA 🇺🇸

Why did they not put a storage compartment in a faux gas tank where all that empty space is for no reason? Wasted opportunity. That open space also makes it look effeminate.

Im 173cm tall... Its enought?

Do they sell it in the USA?

That's not how a full face helmet fits in under the seat. There's one way to do it - and not the one he showed us. I have a full face SHOEI and it fits fine. Just not the way he tried it.

This is an interesting potential option for me. In September 2018 I bought a brand new Tmax 530 DX for about 1.4 million yen. That's about the same price this bike is in Japan now (March 2023). I moved to the Tmax as I have joint pain in my left hand on a manual bike, but the bike I swapped for the Tmax (2013 V-Strom 650 also bought new in 2013) was a far, far superior machine. I will refrain from moaning about the Tmax, which has never pleased me in the slightest. I dislike so much for only two reasons, but they are significant to me. 1. Very greedy bike. 20 KPL no matter how gently it is ridden (I never ride hard but usually ride assertively). 2. Almost unbearable exhaust noise in almost all rev ranges. It is, however, extremely nice to ride - so much so that it almost rides itself. Also, you almost fail to notice the difference with a passenger. However, I want to supplement my commuting scooter (2015 PCX150) with something more comfortable as I have a lower spine problem and 110 kilos/day commuting is not good. But commuting bikes need to get through traffic (on Japanese roads). How is the filtering on this bike in tight traffic? I am thinking of swapping the Tmax for the bike I should have swapped the V-Strom for... the Honda NC750 X DCT. I would say the NC 750 X is better for filtering through traffic than this, but that is a guess. If you know better, I would love to know. Anyone who's used the NC (I rode the earliest model in manual) and the X ADV and can offer a comparison, I would like to know. With thanks to the video maker and anyone who can help. EDIT... Oh, and Honda's Japanese website says this bike gives 42KPL at 60 KPH. That is a lot better then the 20 KPL the Tmax gives me.

I'm English,it's called "filtering", not lane splitting. It is legal and encouraged here to ease congestion. We have common sense and self responsibility here still rather than Big Brother E.U. crazy rules too.😂

Here in Thailand lane splitting, filtering, running red lights, etc are an everyday day occurrence that a majority of the population do with out repercussions. I’m sure it’s a fun maxi-scooter but for that amount of money I’d expect more.