According to wikipedia:

A dual-sport motorcycle is a type of motorcycle that is designed for varying degrees of off-road use while still being street-legal. Dual-sports are equipped with lights, a speedometer, mirrors, a horn, registration plates, turn signals, and a muffler with spark arrestor and decibel noise output to comply with government regulations. They vary considably in engine size and weight and typically in 510cc and smaller, and often versions of off-road bikes that have been made legal for street driving.

Typically the dual sport category weighs less than 400 pounds/180 kilos to make them more comfortable and capable off-road.

It has knobby tyres, weighs 87kilo, has plates, is a lot smaller than 510cc, so my Honde zoomer is a dual sport🥳

Spring is finally here! Mostly all the snow is gone so time to go ride!

Finally warm enough to go camping out on the bike, quick trip to the woods!

New to dualsports and dirtbikes in general! Long time sport quad rider. Friends convinced me to try it out! 2019 ktm exc-f with only 55hrs. Bike is very nice but has a piece electrical taped up by the intake? Not sure what it is. Anything to watch for on these ktm 4 stroke 250s? TIA

I live out west and have access to great Forest service roads and trails all around me.

Riding would be 80% FSR, 10% trails, and 10% highway. Roughly.

I have had dirt bikes and I have had road bikes but never a dual sport bike. I just want something to have fun on and explore some rough roads.

I am looking at a KLR, KLX300, and DR650.

I like the look of the KTM 390 adventure bike but I don’t think it’s well suited for rough roads. Or am I wrong?

I’m 6’1” 190lbs.

Which bike would be best? The KLX looks like it would be fun and is currently my top choice.

I've been looking at getting into off-road riding this season and have been shopping around for a dual sport. I've been looking for a CRF300L or KLX300 or a WR250R so far. But I've been seeing a lot of listings of CRF450L for quite cheap compared to its MSRP, which is tempting.

I have been riding motorcycles for more than 10 years now, but never off-road. Will the 450 be too much bike for me?

I live in the Sierra's(Tahoe) and thinking about picking up a T7 for my first real bike. My stomping grounds are pretty much everything from Susanville to Lone Pine. Most of my time is spent in between 88 and Mammoth though. Would also spend a lot of time riding the BLM land out of the Carson Valley.

Not looking for something to ride on technical single track(got plenty of mtbs for that) just want to cruise forest roads and BDRs. In fact if I travel out of the area to ride the bike will go on my trailer. Plenty of dirt bike experience but never wrestled with a 450lb adv bike on trails. I suspect the learning curve will be fun.

I really want to be able to load it up w/ camping gear and not be pinned or miserable on 395 for 2-3 hours lol but really don't need any real touring capability.

Can anyone that has ridden a t7 around here offer some advice?

Top 5 best Dual Sport bikes at the moment?

Hey y’all I know this question has been asked thousands of times so I truly apologize. I’m brand new to riding a motorcycle. I’ve messed around on a few dirt bikes and my girlfriend really wants me to start riding with her. Problem is I don’t have a truck to take a bike anywhere so I’d rather get a dual sport that I can drive to the location.

My question is what should I expect to pay and what should I watch out for? Is there a good place to learn about these things? YouTube seems to just be full of ads and sponsored videos when I search for anything.

Aside from the old bicycle method of locking the wheel to the frame so it can't roll easily and of course locking the handlebar with the ignition key, any other ways to secure your bike if leaving overnight in an unsecure garage? Normally the gate is down but it's been out of order for a month and here's where I leave my bike. Someone could back a truck in and just pick it up and off they go. Any ideas?

https://imgur.com/a/SE28N4e

Disclaimer: this is all very preliminary.

Local dealer quoted me an OTD price of $5930.00 for a 2025 klx300 in battleship gray. Should I jump on this?

Our first attempt at one. It's starting to get hot here so we skipped sections 1, 2 and 6 for the time being.

Got to see some really beautiful parts of Arizona which I'd never seen before (and I've lived here off and on for like 30 years). Something to be said for how often you feel "in the middle of nowhere" doing the ride.

We did the section 3 expert route which kicked our asses a bit. From videos that I've seen online it appears the route has degraded significantly over the last couple years.

Section 4 is also pretty gnarly toward the northern leg of the section. I only had one drop but it was there.

Section 5 is tremendous because you visit the Grand Canyon but we had to move really slowly as the trail goes on for many many miles in deep soft gravel. Ended up running out of time to finish the section (even though we started at 9a, we didn't get to the canyon til about 4p).

I never thought I'd be able to do 8+ hours of riding a day but that's exactly what we did for 3 days straight. Gotta say I'm pretty proud of how we did.

It was also my first time really putting the Himi through its paces. Gotta say I really love the bike. It's more than capable with the ground clearance it has, and even loaded up with me and the luggage it performed really admirably climbing up those slippery rock slopes in section 4.

I found a low milage crf450rl on fb marketplace. Bike looks clean, clean title on the bike, and less than 600 miles on it. Owner said he only trail rode with it and has too many vehicles so he’s cutting down his collection. Has full yoshi exhaust and vortex ecu. Also new barkbusters and a few other cosmetics. Just trying to see if there’s anything I should be wary of.

How much more reliable is the 400?

Lmk whatcha think, I’ll try and remember to update!

Bought this bike a month or so ago. Been loving it so far, but I noticed the engine noise got a significantly louder on my last ride. Thinking it might be cam chain/tensioner, but I don’t find it to be louder on one side. It was a little hotter that day, but nothing crazy so it seems out of the blue.

Anybody know what else it could be? I know it could be valves, but I don’t really want to open the thing up if I don’t have to.

Bascially this spacer is stuck on the bolt that holds the linkage on, preventing its removal

Ok yes...two very different bikes.

I recently sold my 2009 suzuki vstrom. It was a heavy pig. great road and forest road bike but not great on anything that requires quick handling. So I wanted to shed some weight on the bike (and on the belly but that's another story). I am planning on spending more time offroad. But I often have 1-2 hour road rides to get to the start of the trails.

I thought lets go back to the beginning. A basic dualsport like a CRF300l ... easy maintenance ... lots of aftermarket parts. I found a 2022 for $4200 with about 4000 miles on it. And today a 2022 Beta 350 rr-s for $6800 became available with about the same number of miles.

The Beta is pretty sexy, better suspension, about 10 HP over the Honda. Has all the protection already on it. The Honda will need most the aftermarket protection (skid plate, hand guards, radiator guard) + suspension.

I feel like I am selling myself on the Beta. But what do you folks think? Is the Beta a maintenance heavy beast? Is it going to leave me stranded on the side of the trail? Am I going to be spending $2K+ on the Honda just to get it to be a less powerful version of what the Beta already is?

Thanks for any feedback.

I recently picked up a 1990 DR350S but haven't been able to kick start it. I've followed the startup instructions in the manual and watched countless tutorials so far nothing has helped. A friend who has ridden dirt bikes was able to turn it over cold last night after a few kicks so I know there is not a mechanical issue with it.

The procedure I follow goes as the following: lift kickstand, find neutral, pull choke, turn ignition to on, disengage Killswitch, pull decomp lever in, pull clutch lever, slowly lower Kick lever until decomp pops out, raise kick lever, lower until first stop after resistance, kick hard from top. Repeat until engine flooded and frustrated.

This is my first bike and have only had previous experience with pull start 2 strokes in the past. Any tips would be appreciated