Fantic Caballero 500 Rally Review

Fantic Caballero 500 Rally Review: Back in the summer I visited my friends at Krazy Horse Customs in Bury St Edmunds where they let me ride the new for 2019 Fantic Caballero, in it's Rally guise. I love the scrambler genre, how did this one shape up? Stay tuned to find out!!

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[timothyhoughton]

I see several comments here from riders about my age and experience. Have been riding for 45+ years and had a wide variety of bikes. Have never owned a Fantic but know of them and they are both acknowledged and quality (offroad) kit. Body is getting a bit too stiff to bend over the tank for clip-ons and don't really need 100+ horsepower bike for 90% of the riding I do. Have owned an XT500 earlier so am familiar with thumpers too. This could very well be the next bike I buy. Perfect for where I live in Scandinavia, very few motorways, draconian speeding fines and horrible petrol prices. Thanks for a good reveiw.

[ChristopherHayniedd]

One of the best looking bikes I've seen in a while.

[jedw]

Just bumped (not literally, clearly) into a chap riding one of these on a rural Algarve road. He runs motorcycle tours in the UK, but has a home out here...He rode over from the UK. He loves it, powerful, great torque, and light.

[karlosh]

As a Scrambler, this bike does make a lot of sense.
It's lightish (150Kg), has all the power you'd need off road, looks pretty good, and is competitively priced.
If I ever want an off roady bike, I'd definitely have something like this over a heavy weight Triumph 1200cc Scrambler or Ducati 1100cc Scrambler, and I'm a Triumph fan boy !
Saying that there is a Ducati 400cc that does look sensible for off roady type riding.

[davidbesant]

First saw the 125 scrambler version when I was looking for a bike for my son. I was so impressed by it, I wanted one for myself. Now I "need" the 500!

[bradleyalexander]

Must admit I’ve never even heard of this brand. Very surprised at how much I liked the look of this scrambler. The fit and finish quality showed up well on the vid. All around pleased. Quite certain it’ll find a market. 👍🏼

[mikehorton]

Looks a great bike, I checked them out at motorcycle live and they do look great. Nice to see another brand available and something different. I would imagine an easy bike to maintain yourself and sounds good, you can't beat the simplicity of a single cylinder sometimes. Keep up the reviews of these alternative brands and thank you!

[yonniboy]

My only ever experience of Fantic was in the late 70s when a mate had the beautiful little GT50 moped, it was a time when any 16 year old with ambitions to have a "real" bike was charging about on a Fizzie but those with a few bob would lust after the little GT50 or the Puch 50 in John Player Special black and gold livery.

[Fred]

Wish Fantic sold in Canada also, I am of an age when the Cabellero mopeds of the 70s were pretty cool when I was growing up in Yorkshire. My fizzy was good and reliable but the Fantic GTs and Cabs were very desirable. Thanks again TMF for bringing interesting reviews to us, my start was on twisting English roads like you show and it's great to see them with interesting bikes.

[paulfastbikes]

Looks great I'm 58 looks like something to keep me biking

[mylifeinthailand]

I love the high front fender and that beautiful exhaust pipe with twin silencers, it’s a stunning piece of kit.

[borjastick]

Fantic had a moped which was very cool in the mid seventies when we were all riding FSIEs. I like this bike a lot and as you say it seem well put together. What's more having just looked at their lovely website they have a dealer in Limoges near where I live, so I think me will take a look when next in town.

[ibizavanvan]

Aunque el video es de hace tres años..decir que yo tengo la Caballero 500 Rally E5 y es una maquina brutal. Es verdad que los modelos E4 tenian algunos problemas que Fantic ha solucionado en las Euro5. El motor es muy fiable y durisimo. La moto transmite unas sensaciones espectaculares. Para los que dicen que Fantic es una marca desconocida..decirles que Fantic en los años 70 ganó varios campeonatos en motocross con las Caballero de la epoca. Es una marca mitica. Saludos.

[doomsday]

I just bought one, thanks for your review. The bike is really great

[mattrowe]

Just put an order in for the Rally after selling the FJR Andy! picking it up Saturday! Thanks for the review buddy, this is probably the very same bike I rode Saturday on their demo day, I took it off-road in the fields next to Paul the bosses house, lol

[grahamtricker]

A great fun bike and amazing value for money. I rode that very bike in September and really enjoyed it. Looks even better in the flesh...

[richardhughes]

My first road bike was a lime green Fantic TI. 50cc 6 speed. 6.5 horse power I think. 1975. It cost £230 or so. They also made a chopper version which was just mad looking.

[teneretraveller]

Stunning bike.
Less is sometimes more.
Good analysis Mr. Flyer.
Happy travels

[JT-jdxs]

Ive had a lot of bikes over the years.
In general I think most new bikes miss the mark in terms of styling.
Talk about getting the design cues spot on.
I cannot really find one thing I don't like about this

I always wanted like a proper desert bike from the seventies like a Bultaco
or a BSA outfitted for off road.
Great job.

[johnDukemaster]

"It feels a bit wide when you stand up between your legs"...yep, you said so! :-) Nice looking bike, looks like and old Husky! Thanks for sharing.