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FOCUS PSB Adventure Bikes 26 • August 17, 2015 • Powersports Business www.PowersportsBusiness.com 2005 BMW R 1200 GS tops pre-owned views Adventure touring segment also has V-Strom, Super Tenere in KBB.com top 10 BY LISA PELISSIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Pre-owned adventure touring motorcycles, defined as high displacement dual sport motor- cycles equipped, or able to be equipped, for touring applications, saw a flattish number of searches on Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com during the first six months of 2015. The top 10 adventure touring motorcycles showed an average drop of 1 percent in KBB. com hits compared to one year ago. BMW was the most popular manufacturer of adventure-touring motorcycles for the first half of 2015, receiving 39 percent of KBB.com web hits. Not surprisingly, it was a BMW that took the No. 1 spot on the top 10 adventure-touring motorcycles list. BMW also occupied the most spots on the list, all with its R 1200 GS series. The Suzuki V-Strom 650 (2012, 2009 and 2007) and Yamaha Super Ténéré (2012) also made their way into the top 10 in searches on KBB.com. PSB Lisa Pelissier is a senior powersports analyst for Kelley Blue Book. ADVENTURE TOURING MOTORCYCLES PERCENTAGE OF KBB.COM WEB HITS BY MAKE, 2015 YTD Change from 1 Year Ago KBB Suggested Retail Value KBB Trade-In Value 1 2005 BMW R1200GS* up 5% $5,200 $7,525 2 2012 Suzuki V-Strom 650* down 7% $3,860 $5,610 3 2013 BMW R1200GS* up 18% $10,600 $14,370 4 2007 BMW R1200GS* down 9% $6,350 $9,080 5 2009 BMW R1200GS* down 11% $7,510 $10,615 6 2012 BMW R1200GS* up 5% $10,050 $13,710 7 2009 Suzuki V-Strom 650* down 16% $2,900 $4,225 8 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere up <1% $6,720 $9,190 9 2014 BMW R1200GS* ** $11,175 $15,025 10 2007 Suzuki V-Strom 650* down 4% $2,455 $3,595 Year Make Model TOP 10 MOST RESEARCHED ADVENTURE-TOURING MOTORCYCLES ON KBB.COM: 2015 YTD** Source: Kelley Blue Book *Composite of all trims of the model. Values are for base model. **Data based on KBB.com Web hits from January 1 through June 30, 2015. ***Compared to KBB.com Web hits from January 1 through June 30, 2014 Source: Kelley Blue Book 39% 28% 12% 9% 7% 4% BMW Suzuki Triumph Ducati KTM Yamaha Other Makes 1%