Honda updates its adventure scooter for 2025 model year
The scooter that started the “adventure scooter” segment, the X-ADV, has received some updates from Honda for the 2025-onwards model year.
The latest step forward begin with the bodywork, which has been redesigned to introduce a razor-edged, more aggressive look to the front of the X-ADV, thanks to new fairings with multiple sharp angles and defined creases that create an almost origami-like aspect to the 25MY. The premium frontal light signature is also reinforced by redesigned dual LED headlights that now feature highly effective Daytime Running Lights (DRL) which, in a world’s first for motorcycles, also subtly integrate the X-ADV’s indicators.
The 25MY X-ADV packs an even richer specification aimed at elevating practicality and comfort, starting with a revised 5-inch full color TFT screen with newly designed graphics, menus and functionality operated through a new back-lit four-way switch. The TFT has been designed for optimum readability on bright days and also features Honda RoadSync connectivity, allowing seamless integration with users’ smartphones. Cruise control is another useful 2025 addition for longer highway journeys; further practicality and comfort upgrades come in the form of a thicker seat - reshaped for easier ground reach - and a revised windscreen with easier adjustability.
Fittingly for a vehicle as innovative as the X-ADV, the 25MY has 25 pieces of bodywork made from sustainable materials such as recycled plastics and biomass plastics – an extensive use of such materials unprecedented on any previous Honda motorcycle. This use of sustainable Durabio™ and other recycled plastics and rubber materials for the bodywork is part of Honda’s long-term aim to achieve “100% sustainable material usage” by 2050.
Recycled materials from Honda automobile bumpers are used for the luggage box and seat bottom for the first time. Pre-consumed recycled polypropylene material is used for several covers and panels throughout the bike. The biomass plastic Durabio™ is used on the side skirt covers and windscreen.
As before, the parallel twin-cylinder engine blends strong low-to mid-range performance with easy manners and excellent fuel efficiency; peak power remains set at 58.6 PS with an impressive 69 Nm of torque, all whilst offering efficiency up to 27.7 km/L. Also, Honda engineers have further refined the Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT), to offer smoother pull away from standstill, and increased control at speeds under 10km/h, greatly increasing the X-ADV’s abilities in and around urban environments.
Underpinning all of this is a tough tubular steel frame chassis, which utilizes 41 mm USD front forks, and a rear Pro-Link mono-shock mounted to an aluminum swingarm. The bike sits on spoked 17-inch front and 15-inch rear wheels, whilst braking is provided through dual, radial-mount four-piston calipers grabbing a floating 296 mm disc up front, with a mono-piston caliper and 240 mm single disc at the rear.
The 25MY refresh will also see a new palette of colors available, with the X-ADV offered in three new colors: Graphite Black, Pearl Glare White and Matte Deep Mud Gray.
In addition, a unique Special Edition X-ADV will be available in a bold, ‘cyberpunk-esque’ Matte Gold Finch Yellow featuring an exclusive dual-tone graphic set. Currently, the X-ADV 750 has a showroom SRP of PHP 839,000 at Honda PH big bike dealerships.
