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With KTM’s new 390 Adventure R finally hitting showrooms, join MCN’s Sports Editor (and off-road expert) Michael Guy, and MCN’s Deputy Editor, Carl Stevens to see how it stacks up against Honda’s CRF300 Rally, CFMoto’s 450MT and the Royal Enfield Himalayan 450.
After three days of riding on and off-road in the Peak District, which will reign supreme?
Let us know what you make of our test and the result in the comments section below!
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31 Comments
Which one would you choose?
KTM second place and it was rocking up and down on the road like the suspension was blown out.. wow
Consideting what a HUGE difference tires make to the handling of a bike, especially off-road, maybe it would make sense to get the same tires on all the bikes before testing. Something common, like Dunlop 606 or current equivalent.
Fun times next year with Kawasaki KLE 500 and BMW F450GS in the mix.
Shame you didn't take the NX500 in place of the CRF… I want a road bike that coukd,occasionally do a bit of off road, not pushing any limits,but just to allow me to cover the ground. U suspect it would be the best on road,and would have liked to see it's limit rekative to tge others off road…
Would love to ride CF moto. Himalayan 450 has some quality issues, but the rally version of Himalayan 450 is good 👍
Great review. but while we're getting things out of the way, the Honda is made in Thailand, and the KTM and Royal Enfield are made in india. I'll take the Chinese one thanks!
why ktm put a underbody exhaust to adventure bike?
18:46 Let the man breadth😭, the moment the engine got turned off the question came LOL :)😂
I would choose the CFMOTO for the price. Overall the KTM, BUT I hate the exhaust being in that position:
And why not the kove 450 rally?
Throttle seems very snatchy at the bottom on the Cfmoto
excellent
CRF looks really nice
My 2025 rally’s stock tires were horrible off road. Made me question everything
The KTM puts me off because the price of servicing.
Kove 450 rally would have wiped the floor with that lot, but because they don’t advertise in MCN or cross their palms with silver they didn’t appear in the review?
Ground clearance on CF moto 450 mt 8.7 inches and Himalayan 450 9.1 inches??
mt herşeyiyle güzel olsada ,1000mil gidemeyen bir sürü örneği var (özellikle üst kapak problemi) ama diğer motorların içinde en düşük cc li honda 300 rally bile dünyayı turlar da sadece benzin almak için durursunuz birde lastik patlarsa..
my 701 enduro also weighs around 160 kg and has 74 hp, way better suspension and a lower center of mass. I cannot understand why the 690 plattform is not included in most light adv bike comparisons. just put a rally tower on it and ready is your unicorn adv bike. fast enough to have plenty of fun on the road and light enough for any off road stuff. most of all, the suspension is not bottoming out if you ride the trails a little faster.
Honda CRF definitely for offroad, just because of the weight.
But how could you test differents bikes with differents tires ??? Tires does 70% of the job !
Good review. Would love to see a modified video back to back as none of us leave them stock and the low pegs on the royal is a good example
Can't see the point of the Enfield's TWO front mud guards.
ktm is a poor unreliable overprice crap
KTM adventure best
For 500 more over the 450 mt much better KTM rules
Tenere woulda smacked these
Nah… It's a KTM. They all explode at 10k.
Great video and well presented. Have to say the videography and photography quality is superb.
So what i heard is 2024 CF moto is best, and now in 2025 it's still the best … Good review
How comfortabke are you with the vibration on the ktm?