On & Off Road On The Fantic Cabellero Scrambler 700 Review | Can You Take This Motorcycle Anywhere? 

When adding fuel, the bike is on the left kickstand placing the right side of the fuel tank in the highest position allowing the most fuel to be added.

I've done 20,000km across southern Portugal on my Fantic 500 Caballero. It's a masterpiece for the Algarve and Alentejo hills and mountains. Interestingly, the 700 isn't selling well in Portugal at all (it's had mixed reviews), but the 500 single cylinder is still a strong seller. I just love it.

I do like Fantics. For some reason the 500 and 125 are a bit easier on the eye in my view. What a great 125 to have.

Hello! I had to smile when you stuttered about the manufacturer of the fork. 😂😂 But then I realized how old I am now 😎😎 Marzocchi was the benchmark in the late 70s and 80s. What Öhlins is today. Back then, the color red was a sign of top chassis, just like gold is today. Ask your father 😉😉 he probably knows them too. Thanks for the video...👍🏻👍🏻

I have the 500 rally. Bought 8 months ago to replace a Harley, I just fancied a change. The rally is beautifully balanced , plenty of real world power combined with light weight. It is solidly built and so enjoyable on all but longish motorway sections. The 700 is lovely and I'm very tempted but I'd like to see a rally version. Although there are a few sneak pics floating around of a spirit edition which looks amazing. Ive had bikes from all the big brands and Fantic certainly hold there own. Im amazed we dont see more of them on the road. Ive had so many people speak to me to ask all about the bike, more than any other ive owned.

Now that is a good-looking bike… especially love the colour & finish on the tank. They’ve tuned the sound perfectly - only children need more volume. Great bike - could tell you enjoyed it from the very first blast past at the start of the vid - enjoy! 👍😎❤️✅

I bought one and so far I am very pleased with it. The bike has had mixed reviews because it is more road focused than the very popular caballero 500, just look at the ground clearance on the 700. On the road it is an excellent ride, sounds great and really fun. It is quite expensive but the build quality and component parts are top notch. As you say it’s good for light off roading and dirt tracks. Another good review and I will be interested to hear if you have any follow up comments on riding the bike for a bit longer.

I like gold forks. They look premium. The whole blacked out look is wearing thin on me.

Good review.. Offset fuel caps are done so that the filler is at the highest point of the tank when on the side stand when you fill up.

When I see the Caballero, especially the 500, it makes me wonder why Yamaha and the japanese brands in general have abandoned their single cylinder models like the XT, FMX etc. Nice review Darcy!

I can't believe that this review comes out two days after I asked you about this bike 😂 fantastic work as always! I love the look, the concept, the engine and parts... just everything about this bike. Can't wait for my testride. Probably the strongest candidate currently for my next bike ❤

Fantastic channel; fantastic review, as usual 👍 I have owned an MTO7, XSR700, 2 first gen XSR900s, and have just bought a 2024 XSR900. No, I am not wealthy; I am broke because of all the bikes I buy, ride for 30,000km, then sell. Yes, I do have motorcycle a.d.d.. I can tell you, based on having ridden over 100,000km on YAMAHA CP2 & CP3 engines, that they do not disappoint; to decide between the 2 cyl or 3 cyl can be difficult, so buy 1 of ea, yolo! Sell a kidney, if necessary. Gold Fork supporter here: still will give you a thumbs up on every video; unfortunately the Caballero 700 is not available in Canada, or I would have bought one already, but it is something to look fwd to if I ever move to a civilized country. **civilized = where there is a motorcycle culture, little or no winter, and lane-splitting filtering is permitted 🤗

Nice review! I first spotted the Fantic brand at a motorcycle fair here in Holland two weeks ago and the Caballero 700 was in front of their stand. I was immediately drawn to its looks. What a fantastic looking (and sounding) machine. Would really want to have one, but it's a real shame it's got a small fuel tank (13 liters if I remember correctly).

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing this review, Darcy 🙏

I had a 50cc Caballero in 1979. Two stroke, but fast compared to my mates various mopeds of the time. Same colour tank interestingly. This one a very handsome bike in my opinion. Great review as always. Thanks for sharing 😎👍

Waiting for this one not too many reviews of this bike and so pleased you got to review it. Excellent review as always

Good looking bike,personally prefer it in red,love the TFT,really nice bike,great video.👍🏻

That's a very interesting bike, once again thank's for testing!

Dear Darcy fantastic and beautiful Fanatic Cabillero motorcycles.Nice looking motorcycles.i liked your video review of Fanatic Cabillero

Well done and about time. Fantic seem to get missed for more familiar Italian marques. I have owned several Fantic trials bike over the years and they were great machines. Fantic Caballero's first appeared in the 1970's but were only small capacity 2-stroke machines. I hope you plan to cover more Fantic machines 🤞

I never considered this but after this review it is very much on my radar. Thank you. Longer front mudguard, paint the forks and a couple of fork gaiters would be my only mods.

Nice presentation. I had a look at, and a listen to, the 700 as I was buying my 500 Rally last summer. My personal preference is ofcourse my single 450 cc Caballero Rally, but I'd give the 700 a chance if I ever needed more power - but - not for any type of off road or trail riding. The 700 is simply too heavy and the 'dirt bike'-ish look is just that. Routing the exhaust under the engine never ever allows for any even half serious trail riding, the one and only thing beneath the engine when trail riding is a fat bash plate.

I really like the look of the bike, I also like the 500 version.. Fantic always made good looking bikes but the quality was a bit suspect, I think I need to find my nearest Fantic dealer and have a look at them.

I'm glad you made this video. I'm looking for a bike for the Powys/Shropshire hills with a bit more power than my CRF250L. The Tenere is OK but at the limit of my reach and I'll definitely come a cropper on the mud with it. I've test ridden a couple of XT660s but they have needed money throwing at them. I think the 19" front makes this a better option than the xsr700 legacy/tribute but with a lot more reliability than a husky or even the 500.

What the XSR 700 Tribute should have been.

Nice review, looks a nice bike, I don't like the gold forks either 👍🏼

Yamaha used to own Minarelli in Italy, which made the old Yamaha XT600/660 engine. Sold Minarelli to Fantic. Fantic enduros use modified versions of the old Yamaha competition two-strokes.

It should have a high mudguard

very stylish bike, reassuring reliability with the Yamaha engine.

Hey Old Man: the kid is really good!!

Great video and magic bike. Just a bit different too.

Jota power between 6 & 9k+ rpm? This deserves clip-ons, rear-sets & free Pirelli's for life! : )

Great review...but we like to be taken on a longer ride. You should add that to your reviews, especially with the nice roads you have around there. Otherwise everything is a little static, and we learn less about the handling and characteristcs of the bikes than we would from immediate impressions.

Yes gold forks!! Looks expensive black forks look shit when they chip up!!

gas cap to me was always an equalizer but i guess i can get used to it!

Found it! Thanks! .. and I see I've already commented on it. I'm so stupid 🤣 But this is the Caballero 700, basically a Yamaha. You didn't try the 500? Actually a 450cc. You need to try one.

Agreed. Offset speedometers, filler caps, or whatever on a motorcycle is bollocks. It destroys symmetry and looks for the sake of “ oh look at us we’re an Avantgarde motorcycle designer “ Not.

Handsome bike 👍

Lovely looking bike and excellent, honest review as always. Can I ask the name of the beautiful town you were riding through?

I think I'd have a Triumph 900 Scrambler in preference to one of those but the Fantic is certainly a nice machine

2:37 So you said Arrow exhaust. I was wondering, which exhaust in your opinion is better from Arrow and Vance & Hines?

Love it

Crikey . Fantic is a blast from the past. It was always a fight between the Fizzy and the Fantic when kids wanted a moped. Glad they went with a Yam lump as a company their engine reliability used to be very iffy. For me trials tyres are about the best duel use rubber if you do more than the odd off road

Nice review, thanks! Japanese technology and Italian styling, whats not to like? I used to own a Yamaha MT07 and that engine is a peach! One question: is the tank actually metal or is it just a blue plastic part hiding a simple steel tank underneath?

I really like it. Is it worth paying more than a Tracer 7 though? I still think the V7 Stone at £6,999 at the moment takes some beating.

so you can get full full when the bike is on side stand

Great looking machine. Also good to see it's not a ridiculous overweight pig like many in the adventure bike segment are. Bikes sold as trail and off road have to be light and nimble in my view.

Beautiful bike. Needs proper mud guards though :)

Kind of looks like a moto guzzi griso had a baby with a triumph scrambler😮

love

Can't get them here in America (I don't believe). I wish Yamaha would make something like the Caballero.

Great looking bike and I live your channel. I have a question though: Do you ever do a bad review? I haven't seen one and let's face it, there's alot of crap bikes out there. 😊

Is it better then the Triumph 900 Scrambler?

The fuel filler is off set away from the side stand. This means you can get a bit more in when the bike is on the side stand. Why do you sit there revving the bike at a stand still? That was only a 'thing' when highly tuned bikes would stall.

500 is lighter and more fun according the Neevsy. I have had the 500 scrambler on some rougher green lanes where I wouldn’t want the added weight/power of the 700. On bikes like this you sit upright like a sail which makes anything over 70mph damned hard work, making more power pretty pointless. I never really understood what Fantic were aiming at when they made the 700, for the road I run a Tuono 660, for tougher lanes an XT250 Serrow-Everything else in between suits the 500.

Hi Darcy wud you say thiS bike wud make a ideal first beginner bike ....?

Nice bike with a very nice engine, it sounds good too and doesn't need more volume. A shame about the awful golden fork legs, they don't match anything else on the bike and look like cheap bling, I thought scramblers were supposed to look a bit rough? And it has chain drive, but no center stand which we all know is a lousy combination, why is it only Royal Enfield that give their bikes a center stand these days?

Mt07 still has the stalling issue i see 😅

This bike could do with tubeless tyres. I prefer the Caballero 500 [449cc] single. It sells far better in Portugal than this bike. As far as the 700 is concerned, I'd much rather have a Yamaha XSR700. Looks better, and it's cheaper. The gold forks look good. Nick

Agreed on the golden Marzoccis, just too many of them. Still, wish we got the Fantics in 'Murca....

My last question, so this scrambler to me looks better then the Triumphs for me, and the wide handlebars for me look better then the Triumphs. So my question, after riding this bike, what in your opinion is your favorite Scrambler in 2024?

What’s happened to the old man Darcy? Is he ok ?

How much?

oof. you know you are a bike nerd when you look at a bike and say: "who made that bike? what's a cp2 doing in there?"

Nice looking bike, but to me about a thousand pound too expensive. Maybe that can`t be helped due to taxes etc, would probably see a lot more on the road if they were eight grand-ish.

Sounds plenty loud enough to me!!

So you went straight from a 50 to a Harley. Did you notice the difference of the power and brakes 😂

Seat high fuel tank size ... come on it's bread and butter stuff 😢

'It's circular so it's nice and round' - really? lol

£9.5k? I suppose there is a war in Ukraine