Rieju Aventura 500

While you may not have heard of Rieju before, the Spanish firm has actually been building motorcycles since the mid-1940s, but it’s probably best known in more recent times for its competition-ready enduro and supermoto machines, and its small but mighty range of learner legal bikes.

But now it’s getting into bigger bikes; making use of a copy of Honda’s CB-powering 500cc parallel twin motor that’s built by Loncin over in China for their new Aventura 500. Loncin have a solid track record and have been building small engines for BMW since 2007.

The 47bhp liquid-cooled motor might not be the most innovative, or the most exciting, but it’s a capable thing, happy being worked hard all-day long. There’s more good stuff: fully adjustable suspension with 190mm of travel at the front and rear. It gets spoked tubeless wheels, with an 18-inch rear and 21-inch front, and a sump guard, engine bars, handguards, a centre stand and a radiator guard. And it’s an efficient lump, too, and while the sizeable 40-litre fuel tank will help the aim, the fuel consumption means that a full tank could potentially carry you 1000km (plenty more than 600 miles) from a single trip to the petrol station!

Its seat stands at a fairly manageable 840mm, and dry weight is believed to be a reasonable enough 190kg. However, fill that 40-litre twin fuel tank set up to the brim and you’re going to have a bit of a lump on your hands.

While we’re still waiting to get our hands on all the facts and figures, the Rieju definitely looks to be an interesting option in the mid-sized ADV market. We do know it’ll be priced at a fairly hefty £7499, which (along with the photos of it in action) suggests that it should be a fairly capable bit of kit. We’re not going to have to wait too much longer to find out for sure though, as it’s expected to become available in the UK anytime now.