…our lightweight tester, Sequoyah Munroe. "The 250 proves to be a little more advantageous on the street. However, once I took it off-road, its dual-sport nature began to apostatize."The XT250 is better on the street than it is off-road. Even though it has more ground clearance than the CRF, the Yamaha's…

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…somewhat tricky to maneuver."Surprisingly, in the really slow, tight stuff, the XR feels the biggest," comments our second guest tester and now dual-sport enthusiast Justin Frye. "The XR's weight seems to be carried really high. The bike feels really top-heavy."Another dirt complaint was the unusually…

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…have plenty of bodywork to run interference, but the DR carries on Suzuki's tradition of rock-hard seats.The last time B. Madson tested a Suzuki dual-sport he crashed the beans out of a DR200. He was still willing to take the 650 into more off-road than he was with Kawasaki's beast.It has more zip to…

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…passion surrounding the sport itself," he admits. "When looking at both the?KLR650 and DR650 it's hard not to think of the correlation these two bikes have with the late Ranchero and El Camino. The vehicles were not really cars and not altogether trucks, as are our two dual-sports are not really road bikes…

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As the dual-sport entry in our Newbie Bike Shootout, the DR200 was a familiar favorite for our testers who had some dirt-riding experience. "I liked the Suzuki DR because I was used to dirtbikes before," explained Laura, "so it felt more comfortable."Suzuki DR200SE Suzuki's dual-sport DR200SE represented…

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…arena, and the CRF230L is better at accomplishing that while remaining completely ridable on pavement.Both bikes are pretty affordable entry-level dual-sports. We picked the Honda overall because of slightly more versatility, but there were things about the XT that we really liked.We never did figure out…

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Camp bikes, wife bikes, beginner bikes... Whatever you want to call them, the small-bore dual-sports from Honda and Yamaha are fairly competent machines for a wide variety of riders and terrain."Dude, you look like a dork on that thing."That's not exactly what you hope to hear when showing off your new…

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The new Ulysses is set to bring the Buell nameplate to a whole new audience, boasting comfy ergos and sporting capability with its familiar thumping Harley-derived powerplant.I was perhaps like some of you, wondering how the innovative sportbike guys at Buell could come up with something as daft as…

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…369 (Tank empty)Average MPG: 36Representing the green faction is the substantially revised 2008 Kawasaki KLR650. The KLR name is synonymous with dual-sport adventure and is world-renowned for its ability to take the rider almost anywhere. The KLR is the bike that has taken riders to all corners of this…

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…bit more reliant on the clutch with the KX-F.""There's not as much there as with the CRF," Gurne? says about the KX-F's low-end performance in comparison to the standout motor of the group. "It comes on midway through the revs and into the top, but you really have to ride it in the meat of the power…

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