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**JMo (& piglet)** · #1 7 Mar 2020

My ears are burning!

I was going to say, the CB500X is an excellent every-day all-rounder & travel bike - not the most impressive on rough terrain without some aftermarket upgrades (then it is really very good!) but still surprisingly capable, particularly on the right tyres - and even bone stock it's compact and light weight for a twin, very reliable and economic - and all-day multi-day comfortable with excellent fuel economy and range.

There are plenty of aftermarket comfort/touring and luggage accessories for it to help you personalise it, and lowering links and lower seats for those who are especially short, although the stock bike feels very manageable.

If you are not familiar already, there is a dedicated forum (CB500X.com) and a huge thread (actually more than one) on ADVrider with plenty of owner feedback and hints and tips for preparing one for whatever you might have in mind.

Do try and take a ride on one, I think you'll both be impressed!

photo. two examples - one pretty close to stock, the other with the full Rally-Raid wheel and suspension kit.

Jenny x

**Vaufi** · #2 7 Mar 2020

The Suzuki V-Strom 650 is a good allrounder. Very reliable and quite comfortable to ride - at a fair price.

**Snakeboy** · #3 7 Mar 2020

Im sure of all of these bikes will be pretty good travel bikes. The Versys 650 with 17/17 rims will not be any gravel tourer and the Versys 300 and the Cb500X just moderately good graveltourers. But the Cb500x can certainly be modified to better offroad as mentioned above by Jenny. The Crf250 Rally will not be a fantastic highwaybike as power and top speed are somewhat limited compared to the other bikes - but it will by far be the best offroad and gravel bike with 21/18 rims and much less weight. So these are factors you need to think more about and whats your priority.