Honda refreshes ADV350 scooter for 2026
Honda’s offering some light tweaks to its incredibly popular ADV350 scooter.
Honda’s popular ADV350 scooter has been given a light refresh, largely revolving around paint options.
Designed by Honda’s Italian wing - Honda Italia Industriale SpA - the ADV350 has been Europe’s best-selling 300cc+ scooter for two years running. It builds on the design language of the quirky X-ADV, which is, according to Honda, the second best-selling motorcycle in the European market. Big Red has shifted 10,000 of the things in 2025.
It seems people really like a big, aggressively styled scooter/bike. That’s got to be good news for Italjet.
Back to the ADV350. Honda says it’s sold more than 35,000 units since the scooter was first introduced for the 2022 model year. The vehicle received a host of updates for 2025, including “spring preload-adjustable remote reservoir rear shocks, a 5-inch TFT screen with Honda RoadSync smartphone connectivity and four-way toggle switch, storage compartment light and auto-cancelling indicators.”
The scooter’s 330cc single-cylinder engine was tweaked to make it more Euro 5+ friendly, with claimed peak outputs coming in at 29 bhp and 23.2 lb-ft of torque. Wallet-friendly fuel efficiency and an 11.7-litre tank combine for a claimed range of more than 205 miles.
The 2026 models retain all the 2025 updates, of course. Which includes a voluminous 48-litre storage space under the seat that now has an internal light to ensure you’re able to find your stuff at night, You also get useful storage compartments in the front fairing. The left-side compartment features USB charging, to ensure your phone is fully juiced.
You get keyless start; the TFT screen is both IOS- and Android-compatible; the vehicle features the useful Emergency Stop System that clicks on the hazard lights under hard braking; and on and on and on.
We test rode the (previous-generation) ADV350 back in 2022 and found it to be a machine that’s “top fun, yet retaining the sensibility of a commuter scooter.” It’s easy to see why Honda has sold so many.
For 2026, the ADV350 is available in four new colour schemes, all of which have names that sound like AI hallucinations.
Exacerbating a long-running debate among car and motorcycle journalists by offering yet another take on how to spell ‘matte,’ Honda is offering the ADV350 in “Mat Pearl Cool White” and “Mat Coal Black Metallic” as well as “Pearl Falcon Grey” and “Iridium Gray Metallic.” Yes, they’ve spelled ‘grey’ in two different ways.
You’re a rebel, Honda, and we’re here for it.
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Chris Cope is a fourth-generation journalist, originally from Texas. He has lived in the UK for roughly two decades and has been writing about motorcycles for most of that time. He has written for dozens of publications and websites in the UK, US, Canada, and Australia.
