What's Coming At EICMA? *Updated* - Adventure Rider (2024)

It’s hard to believe, but the 2024 EICMA show is less than two weeks away at this point. Based in Milan, Italy, this is the biggest motorcycle show of the year, and often where new machines are revealed. EICMA is open to the public November 7-10, 2024, although the industry-only days before the opening on the 7th will be when the new bikes are introduced.

So what are the different OEMs up to? While this isn’t an exhaustive list, it’s a good overview of what we think will happen at the show. We will update this as the show nears, as new bikes are appearing every day.

Aprilia

Aprilia was traditionally a sport bike-focused manufacturer, but now that it’s revived the Tuareg lineup, it’s seeing lots of success in desert racing. With the 660 model winning big in the Africa Eco Race and other events over the past year, the hot gossip now says a smaller version is about to debut, based on the parallel twin engine from the RS457 sportbike. The spy pics are certainly convincing.

BMW

With a new R1300-series and F900-series adventure bikes over the past couple of years, and even an updated S1000 XR, it seems unlikely we’ll see another multi-cylinder ADV from BMW this year. Maybe we’ll see changes to the G310 GS, but this model has never been a priority for BMW in western markets. If we see anything remotely adventure-esque from BMW this year, expect it in the R12 NineT series. Think, something scrambler-like, like the old Urban GS.

Benelli

Benelli isn’t a huge name in the US, although their bikes are sold here. But in Europe, Benelli is doing booming business with its blend of Italian design and styling with Chinese manufacturing. The 502 platform is being replaced with the 552 series; the TRK552X adventure bike already debuted in Asia this year, and we expect to see it introduced to western markets at EICMA. This is an ADV with many features on-par with the Euro competition; Marzocchi fork, dual LED headlights, a 60-horsepower parallel twin engine, a TFT screen with Bluetooth connectivity and multiple screen configurations, TPMS and so on. The 19-inch front wheel is still standard, though, so this isn’t really a full off-roader.

CFMOTO

The much-teased MT-X will be officially revealed at EICMA, unless we’ve been misled. Aside from that, maybe we’ll see a tease for a variant of the 450 Ibex, or maybe something based off KTM’s 390 platform, but we’ve certainly seen no indication of such.

Ducati

Ducati has overhauled its Multistrada V4 lineup, with even a new Pikes Peak model. The smaller Scramblers are also updated. We don’t expect to see anything specifically revealed at EICMA, as Ducati now launches its bikes via YouTube reveal. We do expect to see all the already-revealed bikes at the show, though.

GasGas

Given the financial straits that the Pierer Group is currently in, it seems silly to expect too much from GasGas. A budget-priced machine based off the LC8c platform would be an intriguing reveal… but don’t count on it.

Harley-Davidson

The MoCo pretty much never launches anything at EICMA, so don’t get your hopes up for the Pan American 950.

Honda

Sometimes Honda puts a lot of effort into EICMA, other times, it’s quiet. This year, we expect to see the E-clutch rolled out across more models; we might see some updates to the CRF300 series, although Honda isn’t going to spend a dime on those bikes unless they have to. Expect some sort of vague electric motorcycle program update as well, not that that’s particularly relevant to the ADV crowd at this point, unless it’s maybe an announcement of a new battery-powered dirt bike. We also might see some sort of up-spec’d Transalp model, as they’ve just launched the SP variant in Spain/Portugal.

Husqvarna

Husky already announced a slightly warmed-over Norden 901 Expedition. We’ve seen no indication anything else is coming.

Kawasaki

The Versys 1100 is already confirmed and we know it’s coming to the US. No surprises there. But we might get another bike as a surprise, with peeks at paperwork that hinted at a new Versys-X 500 last summer. That would be a big surprise, but one that Kawi fans have been asking for a long, long time.

KTM

KTM already confirmed it will bring the new 1390 and 390 adventure bike series to EICMA (more 1390 details here). Maybe we will see something based off the 990 platform as well, but if so, they’re keeping that one a well-hidden secret.

Moto Guzzi

Guzzi updated its V85 models last year and also brought out the new Stelvio. We expect nothing new this year.

Moto Morini

Moto Morini almost certainly has something up its sleeve, and the bike will almost certainly be available in North America over the next year or two. We have seen no spy shots to tip what it will be, though.

Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield already introduced a new adventure bike last year and a scrambler this year (more info on the scrambler here). So what might come at EICMA? We think this is the year they’re probably going to bring out their long-rumored 650 scrambler, as well as an electric bike, perhaps based on a dual sport chassis.

Suzuki

After the new 800 Strom models, what could Suzuki do next? At this point, we’ve still seen no rumors of updated 650 or 1050 V-Strom models. However, there is very good reason to believe a new DR-Z400 is coming this fall. While not an adventure bike, exactly, many ADVers have turned these into travel bikes and of course they’ve used them for millions of kilometers of dual sport riding.

Triumph

Triumph just announced its new Tiger Sport 800. We expect more from them in the weeks to come.

Yamaha

Yamaha will probably give us another Europe-only version of the Tenere 700, because that’s how they are, but anything else seems unlikely. It’s too bad, as a Tenere 900 based off the MT-09 platform would be a great addition to their lineup and the market in general. But Yamaha’s big-bore ADV is still the Super Tenere, which, great as it is, is looking pretty long in the tooth these days.