I Bought The Adventure Bike Nobody Else Wants.. The AJP PR7!! 

Nobody wants? Lots of people around the world want this bike but cant because its either hard to get in some countries or not even road legal for some of us. Saying nobody wants it sounds like a cheeky clickbait title.

Interesting bike and great video. 👍I have wondered about going the green laning route myself but only room for the trials bike at the moment! Did my first trial the other week - it’s a steep learning curve for sure! I got round okay on the beginner route and everyone was really helpful and supportive- great atmosphere. I even got the offer of a place to practice too! 😀

You make a great point about the "make it your own" theory with the 690 bikes. Everyone does just about the same thing. This bike has been on a my radar for a few years now. Just waiting for them to be street legal here in the states. Good job on the video

I had a swm with the same engine... Gearbox ate itself after 4000 miles, took out both casings and most moving parts in the bottom end. Once rebuilt the water pump failed... Unfortunately for me the engine is just not robust enough

Congrats James, I think we bought our PR7s about the same time. If you down in Germany, let me know. GSJack

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I feel so sorry for you. We have a new one purchased from official distribution ajp spr240. I sincerely advise everyone to avoid this manufacturer. We just seized the engine in the spr240. Since the crankcase breather is routed underneath the engine and not into the Airbox like on other motorcycles, the engine took on water and sand through breather. All during normal use on the same route with other motorcycles. Unfortunately, the manufacturer did not acknowledge the complaint and we have to go to court. Already during breaking in there was a problem with the fuel system, leading to overheating of the engine. In this situation, the manufacturer also ignored the problem. In addition, in the information on the motorcycle there is a rear suspension travel of 300mm, which unfortunately is a lie. There is only about 260mm between the rear wheel and the fender, swingarm fully relieved. This causes the wheel to hit the fender on larger potholes. I ADVISE AVOIDING AJP!!!

I got mine in april this year... put 10,000kms on it already, it's done everything from mountain passes on gravel in Croatia, edge of the tyre twisties in Albania and Montenegro to wet days on the west coast of ireland... nothing has gone wrong or fell off, its donev600km autobahn runs at 110kmh and crawled up mountains...14deg and rain to 40deg roasting.... I absolutely love it, comfy, grunty and it ain't a KTM

Hi James, great review mate. For me I'll take the PR7 over a Kove any time. The PR7 has an Italian designed and built engine and is essentially a hand made bike from a boutique factory in Portugal. Light, easy to work on, set up from the factory for touring. They were thinking of blokes like you and me when they designed it, Regards Steve

Would rather AJP than ktm group

Great bike the PR7. Test rode it first time this spring. It's on my want-list. Keep us posted with your experience.

Congrats on the new bike! I bought mine in 2021, and I am loving it too...

They look a great bike do the PR7, sat on one in a ktm dealer in Spain, i like my obscure and rare bikes, currently own a Husky TE511 and a TE449, which are also great bikes. one day ill buy a PR7, they are rarely up for sale used.

Hai I'm torn between the AJP PR7 and the Kove 450. So far I've found the only RU-vid channel where someone has traveled with it long distance and had no problems with it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IQuf0s7GJvY.html . To be honest, it convinces me more and more that the engine may just be reliable. My friend had with AJP PR7 in Morocco desert problems with fuel pump and filter. He bought a better pump. When he fell, he punctured the refrigerator, which he temporarily repaired with a two-component cold weld. Now he have radiator guard and crash bars ordered on Thork racing site

PR7s are so hard to get in Australia, and bloody expensive.

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My first bike after a massive gap in riding was a PR4 I bought for green laning and messing about in the woods, fantastic bikes Id happily get another one

I've ridden the PR& and own the SWM Superdual which that motor. Both great bikes. I stripped my Superdual down to be the XR650R I always dreamed of (modern and e-start)

I orderd my PR7 today, it´s a Testbike for Austria

Best choice you made! ...not because I'm Portuguese😅, but it's great bike, built as a tank!

PR7 has been on my radar for 3 years. I’ve had the T7 had 350excf, had a 701, had DRZ and 300L and a few others. Got the 450l and PR7 mainly in my sights. Or… I could do a tangent and get a desert sled. Still not sure.

Nice bike! What is the weight? Had a Husky TE 610 and that was a pretty good bike.

I want this bike in the worst possible way...ticks all the boxes for me. Not many in the States it seems, very few dealers, etc. Gonna get one in late winter, early spring one way or another.

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Would like to have one. Still hard to get in USA went with kove 450 rally - its ok. I also have 3 km 640 adv and BMW 1150; 1200 gs.

That slomo b roll bro... 🤢 🤮 "The bike no one wants", and the factory can't produce enough for the demand. Imagine if everyone wanted one.

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Hi James loved your first ride and passion🤙 go on reviewing the Pr7 it's a wonderful weapon❤️

what the rought price OTR price. i dont see it on the UK dealer site. cheers

And you bought a outstanding machine...

I have been looking at the PR7 seriously but also looking at last years new es700 for 7g less and then adding the tower tank etc etc

What's the ultimate leprechaun bike

I was thinking about my next bike (just made my riding license, need to upgrade to the one that allows me to ride everything in 2 years) and was undecided between Tenere 700 and F800GS, but this one seems like a real gem! And as you said it already has everything you need... im gonna keep an eye on it these years!

Great bike good price if you are serious about off road riding.I am 193cm tall,the KTM 690 feels very odd like youare stood miles away from the bike when standing on the pegs.Many shorter riders friends of mine like them though.

Congratulations on the new bike. I’ve only ever seen one in the flesh out on the trails down in Derbyshire, they are a bit like rocking horse poo. I use a Husky 701 which I’ve had a couple of years now having come from a GSA 1250, I do not miss the BMW. I wonder why there aren’t more dealerships in the U.K. for your bike?

How tall are you? (May have mentioned it in vid but I missed it) I’m 5,7 but I am used to tallish off road bikes (but did have to lower my T7)

They are brilliant. I had a lot of the niggles with my 2020 bike, but its a great machine! The PR7 is comfortable, ergonomics suited to longer distance days, great ground clearance and a lower seat. Easier to ride in the trails. Downside - the exhaust routing - upgrade the bashplate!

I think it's very difficult if you like to be more off-road focused and have just one bike. I thought I was gonna buy either a PR7 or a 701, but for a lot of what I want to do they are a bit heavy, so bought a CRF450L instead. But after having the 450 a year or so I realised when I need to do a fair bit of road or I just wanted more of a challenge, especially as where I mainly ride in East Anglia it's not very technical, then a T7 would probably be a good bigger bike. I don't think you need to be a pro to ride the T7 off road, I feel 99% of the time the reason people struggle on bigger bikes is they have the wrong tyres on! So personally one bike is never gonna do it all, there is no such thing as a unicorn, but I guess for most it's about finding a bike that ticks the most boxes. Totally agree about the Kove, it's too early and actually Id probably get the Fantic 450 rally which no one seems to be talking about. 👍🤘

My name is James, I ride bikes. Two Jame's don't make a right, am I right? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Is great bike but right now on the market is Kove 450 Rally they have millions to support diler network and mor $$ for marketing not good for AJP :-(

Love the vid. I'm getting ready to retire my 990 and want a lighter ADV bike for smaller singletrack and more sand. Great to hear you had a good experience.

The things that haven't changed, haven't changed because the R&D/Marketing costs haven't been covered (or the profits from those aren't high enough to justify major revisions). It's also possible that the lack of changes have to do with emissions and they currently fit under a looser tier than what's in force today (which is what the KLR/DR/XR lines did and why they remained unchanged, pure profits and no emissions updates required). Nothing wrong with "unchanged for 6 years"..... if the price reflects it. I'm a cheap ba$tard who can't get off paying over 10 grand for a bike, much less one that's 6 years old.

I want one but don't need one. With my health not 100% I'm sticking with my trusty Tiger 955i.

Thank you Great bike and great video Greetings from Sweden

i thought they had done a new ecu tune quite a while ago that fixed the low end bogout/flameout - perhaps check with them - weird that it isn't already installed on the 24 model.... And why the hell are they still using that damn tablet...

Great video ! I’ve subscribed to hear more about this bike and your experience .

You look to be a tall gent and the bike seems to be way to tall for us normal sized guys. Great looking bike but wat to high for my feet lol

I see they did finally change the paint on the infamous exhaust header. Mine had an extremaly thin black matt paint and got rusty literally after first ON ROAD ride. I wish you this paint stays a little longer :) btw. there are some chinese parts alongside big brands'. Like fuel hoses which, in my case, cracked a month after purchase (changed on warranty). Throttle cable adjuster also got rusty after about a month - not a technical problem but instantly visible ;/ I absolutely agree this bike doesn't like slow technical riding. I believe the ECU mapping is the main faulty factor here - extremely nervous reaction to each slight blip of throttle; I've never experienced anything close in a bike or a car. There is one thing you can do to improve this - put a bolt and a nut under throttle cable where it's attached to the throttle body to increase leverage for the initial part of the throttle rotational movement.

Same engine as same 650

Great bike

It's really unbelievable how they can put that shit tablet on that bike for what they charge for it! WTF AJP?

I'm getting one! Cant wait - just a few weeks now...

Lovely looker!

You still got that pristine 1150gsa.

Much Enjoyment 👍😎

690 all the way