So what waaaaas the first ADV Bike?

[Big Dave]

The first 'Production' model - and when was it made?

[tri boy]

Any of the WW2 dipatch riders bikes. MHO

[Badjelly]

The Honda CL350?

Seriously, the first bike I know of that was specifically designed for touring on unpaved back roads was the BMW R80 G/S. Before that there were all sorts of off-road and "dual-purpose" bikes (more like "no purpose" for most of them). And people toured on all sorts of roads on BMWs. But BMW invented the adventure class with the R80 G/S. At least that's my recollection.

And if you go far enough back, the roads were sufficiently bad that all bikes were adventure bikes.

[3L4NS1R]

no idea on the model. ww2 dispatch rider. legends.

EDIT:

BSA M20's were used by the British as pictured above.

[Crisis management]

Too easy BD......KTM990, everything else is just a pretender!

I supose it depends on when the "adventure" bike was invented, the name certainly wasn't around in the 70's but riding H1s and H2s was certainly an adventure...I suspect the R80GS was the first modern adventure bike but any bike fitted that category in the 30's...ask your mate Rhys.

[TLDV8]

The first 'Production' model - and when was it made?

One of the first Trail bikes was the 1968 DT1 Yamaha.

Light weight,almost bullet proof and cheap and of course it was road
worthy so could take you anywhere.



Made well before people in suits dreaming up new names for what was already there for decades.

[MSTRS:Me]

Note the front forks!!

[Eddieb]

The Honda CL350?

Seriously, the first bike I know of that was specifically designed for touring on unpaved back roads was the BMW R80 G/S. Before that there were all sorts of off-road and "dual-purpose" bikes (more like "no purpose" for most of them). And people toured on all sorts of roads on BMWs. But BMW invented the adventure class with the R80 G/S. At least that's my recollection.

And if you go far enough back, the roads were sufficiently bad that all bikes were adventure bikes.

+1

Before the G/S there wasn't an adventure riding Genre, you just rode what you had wherever you wanted to go, roads or no roads.

So the G/S was the first 'Adventure Bike' but not the first bike used to do what we now refer to as Adventure riding.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Note the front forks!!

I couldn't get past the grimmace on the poor c*nts face!

[buggsubique]

I couldn't get past the grimmace on the poor c*nts face!

haha, yup! Old school undy wetting right there!

[johannvr]

He knows how the nut crunch that's coming is gonna feel - not the first one for him probably

[Eddieb]

Check out the right hand too, i think he's really having an 'oh shit' moment.

[CRM]

I remember when the first XL250 motosport came out they were regarded as the start of a new era - Cycle magazine had an article on 'can an XL250 win Baja?' They swapped the frames, the shocks, the tanks, the rims, just about everything but the engine - but my vote would be the XL250.

[Ixion]

Arguably the BSA Bantam Bushman. First road bike specifically altered to have off road capability, without being competition oriented. Before that, plenty of road bikes were used off road, but that was just because back then the roads were off road.

[Motu]

I supose it depends on when the "adventure" bike was invented, the name certainly wasn't around in the 70's

I think the Triumph Adventurer fits the bill on everything but fuel range....but back in the '70's there were several service stations in any small town,getting fuel in the middle of nowhere was not a problem.It was the best handling MX frame at the time (BSA),and with the Triumph twin engine it was a good road bike.But I made one better - a road legal Rickman Metisse with a T100C engine.

It all depends on where you start - in the modern world it started with the DT1.But I think the dispatch riders are really the first adventure riders - taking their bikes on all roads in all conditions.Certainly not BMW...unless you think marketing is what makes an adventure bike.