Gallery: Adventure bikes that don't break the bank

Published: 21 June 2017

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Chief Road Tester Michael Neeves travelled far and wide (the Shropshire Hills) to test four affordable adventure bikes: Suzuki’s V-Strom 1000, Ducati’s Multistrada 950, KTM’s 1090 Adventure and Honda’s Africa Twin DCT.

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Proving two things:

1) You don’t need to travel to a desert or scale any far-flung mountains to have an adventure.

2) You also don’t have to spend a fortune to have fun on an adventure bike.

Have a gander at our gallery above to over our sunny road test.

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Michael Neeves

By Michael Neeves

MCN Chief Road Tester - Neevesy’s been an MCN Road Tester since 2002. He’s reviewed everything from mopeds to Rossi’s Yamaha M1, and plenty in between He covers tens of thousands of miles a year on the world’s roads and racetracks in his role with MCN, and when he’s not working he’s still on two wheels, racing both modern and classic superbikes for a variety of teams. To cement his position as one of the most influential motorcycling journalists on the planet, Neevesy spent many years as an Elite Instructor at the Ron Haslam Race School, based at the famous Donington Park race circuit. He regularly presents videos on riding tips and road safety, working alongside the likes of Highways England to deliver a strong and consistent message.