BEST mid-weight adventure bike? Suzuki V-Strom 800DE ride-along review 

the closed captioning is spot on mate! LOL Great review of my new bike! DE Adventure that is...cheers

I don't get that testers always complain about the tires, just change them, they have nothing to do with the build quality...how's the bike, that's what I want to know.

Test rode the tenere,transalp and this vstrom . I found the vstrom more nimble off road and more fun on it.

Excellent review. Details plenty, comparison to the superior Machine.. better than others..I desire to have the sooner the better 💞

Annnddddd its a damn good looking bike, im taking mine adventing to the rockies in spring. I got touring windshield and its a game changer. Im alao excited to try out my new mitas e07 + trail tires

Probably the best ABR review I’ve seen 👍. Would love to get a follow up when you have better tyres and maybe take it back over to wales to see what it can do off road 👍

Haven't riden the bike off road yet, but on road it is simply amazing. You can chuck it into corners,power it out of corners,it is comfortable,it is soooooo smooth,it has great brakes and excellent fuel economy. The fun factor of the bike is right up there.What's not to like?

Really enjoyed that, great work! I am in the market for a bike that can do ACT style terrain (not hard core TET / Enduro) and also do the big highway miles to get me to the start and back home at the end - without it feeling like an SAS selection process. I am of intermediate level at best, favouring being confident I can handle the worst 1% of the conditions at the expense of a small amount of touring comfort (dont wanna be out of depth on the ACT panicked I am on something too heavy, tippy or whatever). I also fancy the odd road trip down to the Alps on it as well, so ideally be good bike for that as well (and reliable). The two bikes I have been looking at to fulfil that brief are the 800DE and also the Aprilia Tuareg 660. Appreciate it is all a compromise, but wondered in your experience of those two bikes which of the two would be better suited to that usage brief (I am a fit early 50s in terms of age)?

are you planning to convert your rims into tubeless? you can have them sealed or taped.

V is for versatile and it certainly is just that. Great review in which I particularly liked your honest opinions, likes and dislikes, told like it is. If only Suzuki had made the Tuareg 660 with it's tubed & better off-road tyres, lower centre of gravity, cruise control and more intelligent electronics... admittedly that would render their 1050's obsolete overnight as the new bike would sell like hot cakes, but I'm OK with that 🙂 A few days ago I test rode the 800 RE, really nice bike in all respects but the vibrations started to come in at 4k and mostly die out by 6k, no way I could live with that. Seems unusual for that engine, only 200 miles on the clock & maybe improve with use?.

I agree, it's a great bike, I've had four V Stroms in a good mix of sizes /models and this tops all of them. The new RE model will suit most people even more.

Bear with me here... I'm looking for a bike to live alongside my crf250l on the Powys borders. Not for travel more for everyday use and being able to pop to the coast or over to Shrewsbury etc. Even the new T7 explore is tall for me (but I could lower it) and the 701 seems even taller despite its lightness. If you know those mountain roads then yes they're doable on a sports tourer but a lot of them are little more than farm tracks now. So I'm torn between going for something like a Cabellero or 1200XC or this. I've even considered an older XT660. What do you reckon?

You should review the Gruven jacket.

I think for most people, the RE is the better option. Lighter, better front brakes, lower, taller windscreen, tubeless tires and cheaper. For the price difference, throw an MCCruise cruise control and it will be a really good road bike, capable of the occasional gravel road.

Someday I will ride a motorcycle with cruise control and get hooked on a "why bother modulating my speed, let a computer do it" crutch. My 2000 Drifter has auto-cancelling turn signals, I see that as a safety thing, but being able to lock my speed so I can fall asleep at 130kph, not so much a safety thing to have? 45 yrs without cruise control. I guess I don't know what I am missing. Like self-driving cars, I guess the joy of actually driving a car myself is over-rated. The windshield thing is interesting. I've ridden motorcycles with great wind protection. My old 1979 KZ1000A1 had a Vetter Windjammer on it. You could smoke a cigarette on the autobahn. And I've ridden ones where the damned thing caused so much turbulence, you got a headache. The 800DE seems to keep the wind off your chest without causing any more buffeting than riding without a windshield. I'd be interested in a with/without comparison. I've a 1978 GS750, no windscreen and the wind just goes by. And a 2018 GSX-S750 that doesn't buffet, no screen, at 200KPH. Maybe I just have nice helmets that are aerodynamic? I agree, tubeless would be better. Airing down a middle or heavy weight ADV just doesn't make sense. Too easy to pinch flat and rim wreck. Maybe for a special part of a trail, but if its all the time, maybe an ADV isn't the right motorcycle. Instead of a DR800 (800DE) you might want a DR650 or a XR650. Without the extra 90KG, airing down makes more sense. As do tubed tires. Traction control and ABS are new as well. Having ridden 40+yrs without, I prefer turning them off. Nice that the settings are persistent. Not like the other bikes that have to be reset every time you turn off the motorcycle. FYI the sun is behind you when you asked why everyone was trying to pull out in front of you. If your shadow points at them, they are looking into the sun. No excuse for them, just a heads-up for you to realize they cannot see you well.

I have a deposit on a 2024 here in canada. My hope is it's as great on the street as my 2017 dl650xt vstrom, and as great on gravel roads as my klr is.

Are we at the point where choosing and purchasing an adventure bike is more about the dealership and the cost of ownership than the quality of the bike? They’re all good.

I have one 800de and let HRT customize IT too Dessert Express Rallye Bike. ITS best Money can buy😊👍

Poor planning... it's only £130/rim to get them sealed,and you have a spare tube for emergency...going remote,seal your rims!

Does this has spoked tubeless like the v strom 650 or is it tubed?

Tires are disposable. I would not factor that into a review.

You're speeding and you call the van a jerk🤔 33:50 🤯

This requires premium petrol... Because it has high compression ratio...

"This for the money is currently the best mid-sized adventure bike on the markets" bold statement to start the video and one many will disagree with. Especially when it's more expensive than some and a good 15-25kg heavier than others. The stand out feature for me seems to be torque given the longer stroke.

I love mine but the headlight sucks. Completely sucks. It shouldn't be street legal it's so bad.

I like your content but you need to wash your hair.