From the keen-eyed scribes over at Moto.it, we see that the dream of the four-cylinder adventure bike has not died yet. Errrr, at least the dream is alive in China, sort of, where QJ Motor has announced some pricing and specs for its SRT600 crossover machine (“Adventure Sports,” they’re calling the segment these days).

Looking at the SRT600, you can note the engine looks an awful lot like the four-cylinder, DOHC, 16-valve 600 that Benelli used to run in its street bike lineup. That makes sense, because QJ Motors now owns Benelli and manufacturers that brand’s motorcycles. QJ recently updated Benelli’s long-running TNT600 street bike, and it seems the SRT600 will get a variation of that engine. It’s supposed to make 82 horsepower at 11,000 rpm, and 41 pound-feet of torque.

While an inline four might not make much sense in a full-on ADV chassis (that’s not the sort of torque most offroaders want), it makes much more sense in a crossover-style machine with 17-inch wheels and street-biased suspension, which is what we see here. Again, the so-called adventure sports category is growing. Used to be, Kawasaki and Ducati owned this category with the Versys and Multistrada respectively. Now you’ve got the BMW S1000XR in this space as well, and Triumph’s new Tiger Sport 660, and you could even argue the first-gen Honda CB500X belonged here as well, in its original 17-inch front wheel configuration.

Note also that Honda itself teased machines very similar to this in recent years. In the late 2010s, Honda’s EICMA display featured a four-cylinder ADV built around its 650 powerplant. Alas, nothing ever came of it.

However, the QJ Motors SRT600 is very much a happening thing, hitting the market in China priced around $8,600 USD ($11,000 CAD). For that money, you get a steel frame, aluminum swingarm with laydown shock, and a Kayaba fork. Brembo provides the brakes, and there’s a Bosch ABS system. There’s also a 5-inch TFT screen with Bluetooth, full LED lighting, and keyless ignition.

The bike runs on cast wheels, with a 120/70ZR17 front and 180/55ZR17 rear. While the Chinese OEMs often offer a spoked wheelset as an accessory, it seems unlikely for this machine. However, as far as accessories go, note that the pricing above includes a full set of hard luggage as well as basic crash bars.

Fuel capacity is 27 liters, and QJ Motors claims a dry weight of 233 kilograms.

There’s been no indication that QJ Motors intends to sell this outside Asia, whether under the Benelli marque or some other brand. With a billion customers at home in China, and global supply chains a mess, is there even an incentive to expand the bike’s sales? Probably not. But if it does start to sell this machine to Western customers, expect to see it first in Europe.