Dual-sport is a broad term for street legal machines that are also designed to enter off-road situations.Dual-sport motorcycles are often a compromise between off-road and on-road capability, maintaining their off-road roots while adding equipment to become street legal.

Adventure-touring

Adventure-touring machines are large capacity road machines intended for touring like road tourers but with gravel tracks in mind, they can also be dual-sport machines equipped with larger fuel tanks and or saddlebags. Their weight and other features precludes them from tackling the extremes of off road where off road machines are found. This category can include bikes varying from the lightweight Suzuki DR-Z400S (136 kg (300 lb)) to the heavy BMW R1200GS Adventure (256 kg (564 lb)).

Enduro

Enduro motorcycles are road-legal versions of a motocross machine, featuring high ground clearance and copious suspension with minimal creature comforts. Highly unsuitable for long distance road travel. The features that differ from the motocross versions are silencers, flywheel weights and the presence of features necessary for highway use such as turn signals, mirrors, and headlights.

Supermoto

Supermoto motorcycles evolved from motocross and enduro machines (typically 450 cc to 610 cc and more). Fitted with road tires and rims while keeping the other features synonymous with off road machines, these machines are quickly gaining popularity as street bikes, based on their on-road grip and light weight. Supermoto competitions are over a course that mixes tarmac (road racing) and off road (motocross) sections. Much larger supermoto machines are available, such as the Ducati Hypermotardand KTM 990SM.