Model	Engine	Horsepower	Wet Weight	Fuel Capacity	Price
Adventure Bikes
BMW R1250 GS	1254cc Boxer	117	615	5.3	$18,645
BMW R1250 GS Adventure	1254cc Boxer	117	625	7.9	$19,945
BMW 850 GS	853cc, Twin	90	531	6.1	$13,195
Suzuki V Strom 1000 XT	996 cc, V Twin	91	520	5.2	$14,599
Suzuki V Strom 650 XT	645cc, V Twin	68	476	5.2	$9,299
Triumph Tiger 800 XCa	799cc, Triple	94	505	5	$15,850
Triumph Tiger 1200 XCa	1215cc, Triple	141	570	5.3	$21,750
Honda Africa Twin	998cc, Twin	82	515	5	$12,999
KTM 1290 Super Adventure S	1301cc, V Twin	160	535	6.1	$17,999
KTM 1090 Adventure R	1050cc, V Twin	125	535	6.1	$14,899
KTM 790 Adventure R	799cc, Twin	95	460	5.3	$13,499
Yamaha 1200 Super Tenere	1199cc, Twin	108	575	6.1	$15,099
Yamaha Tenere 700	689cc, Twin	72	450	4.2	TBD
Kawasaki KLR 650	651cc, Single	36	442	6.1	Discontinued

 

Weight should one of the more important factors when comparing adventure bikes if you will actually be riding your bike on something more challenging than an easy dirt road. The heavier a bike it the less capable it is on off-pavement riding.

Unfortunately, the motorcycling manufacturers don’t like to tell us the true weight of the motorcycles they want to sell us. Instead, the publish much lighter numbers, calling them “dry weight” or some other such non-defined term. That being the case, this is my attempt to publish the true weight of the above motorcycles in a ready-to-ride state with full gas tanks. Figure 6 lbs per gallon for gasoline in order to adjust for difference in fuel tank capacity. I have gathered this info from various sources that claim to have weighed the bikes with full gas tanks as part of their test/review of these bikes.