Large displacement adventure style motorcycles have traveled far, carving an ever-growing chunk of the market with no sign of slowing down. While Suzuki’s V-Strom 1000 has been a fixture in this segment since 2002, the versatile V-twin proved more suited to on-road use than wilderness adventure. A major platform revision for the 2014 model year lent this traveling/commuting workhorse more contemporary ADV style and a chassis treatment that’s proven fire road worthy. A host of updates given the early release 2018 V-Strom 1000 and V-Strom 1000XT models deliver more convenience, comfort and style with the tubeless wire-spoke wheel XT model sure to inspire the imagination of the casual ADV rider.
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