Caught out by
Morebike spy snapper undergoing road tests in Europe, the bike looks every bit the
small-capacity serious play thing designed to properly get the juices flowing
for next year.
The bike is appearing in the wake of interest
stirred up by the likes of BMW’s G310GS, Suzuki’s V-strom 250 and the Kawasaki
Versys-X 300 which appeared across the recent rash of motorcycle shows in
Germany, Milan and the UK.
There’s no details about the little
Adventure just yet – we’ll have to wait until it’s officially launched in 2017
– but what we are expecting is that the upright 390 is going to be based on the
same platform as the recently updated RC390 and Duke 390 bikes.
The bike in the pictures looks like it has a beefier
swingarm than the roadsters though and whilst that won’t be necessary to hold
the 40 bhp or so that the 373 cc single cylinder motor will kick out, it will be
needed to be able to deal with the big whacks or bangs that the bike might
suffer on the dirt.
The front wheel looks like a 19 inch item (there may well end
up being a 21 inch option on the bike for serious off-roaders) whilst the rear
is a 17-incher (it’s 18-inches on the Enduro R bikes so the small machine may
stay at this size or get a bigger option upon release – it is also entirely
possible that there will end up being TWO versions of this bike; the R which
will be more extreme and standard, more road-bias 390 Adventure).
Source : Morebikes