As a proper dual sport adventure tourer, the DS800X Rally takes a major step forward from its more tarmac biased siblings.

It will appeal to Buell enthusiasts but won’t tempt riders away from mainstream brands

Once you get used to it, the sensation of sitting in, rather than on, the bike makes charging about on the Low Rider a scream!

BSA nail the looks, but the ride needs tweaking to match the style.

It undercuts all the competition on price, while leading the pack on performance

A steep price for the package

With ever more low and zero emission zones and 20mph speed limits becoming part of everyday life in the UK, battery-powered scooters like the new CUV e make perfect sense for commuting

The RS utterly eviscerates distance in a barrage of pulsating torque

The supercharged inline-four might be one of the most entertaining and addictive experiences since two-strokes faded away

Mid-sized adventurer ticks all the option boxes and still comes in under £10k

This is an update on my original review left in Dec 2005 - Yes I've owned it for 20 years!. The bike is now on almost 80k miles, still going strong and covering 8-10k miles a year over the last couple of years.

Seat is too stiff for a 3 hr ride. Buttocks get sore.

As a first bike, and with current offers for £900 off the new bike list price, taking it down to £3999 OTR, this is great value for money.Great spec and safety features as standard and achieving over 100mpg it's cheap to run. The first few hundred miles can test patience a little until...

Nice low seat height. Weight is all pretty low down so feels lighter than it's numbers would suggest. Poor turning circle, quite restricted steering lock. Value for money +++.

I bought my '06 jet Black Beauty new in 2007. Since then I have completed nearly 70,000 crash free miles, mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area. I love this bike and recently put on a Delkevic 9" slip-on can just to make it even more fun. At around 50,000 miles I had to replace the R/R and stator...

For the current offer price of £7500 I can't fault it, feels like a lot more bike, both in how it rides and its physical presence compared to the competition. A quality, well built, nice sounding, lovely riding & handling machine with a very muscular engine. It's a joy on short B road blasts,...

Love it. Excellent handling on our local Twisties (Adelaide Hills). Powerful enough though I do get tempted to go one tooth smaller on the front and wind the traction control back before I remember why I like this bike...it's just enough as it is.

Comfort and the standard rack, give it a chance, I tried a Tracer 7, so glad I went for the de, tracer not in in the same game

Cheap and cheerful bike that you can enjoy without worrying about it. Tons of cheap accessories available from Aliexpress. Fun times .

Comfortable on long rides, looks good (if you’re into that sort of thing), personally I lowered mine and it didn’t significantly affect the ride. Issues around sprag clutch and price/availability of replacement parts was a minus. Trying to move the bike was like attempting to move a small...