New Africa Twin being road tested - MCN images / updates

[CRAIGREVO]

typical 21ct bike
too heavy
too many gadgets
too expensive
not enough power

when will someone build what we want
a simple bike with minimum tech !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lots of Chinese bikes fit that bill, fill your boots.

[Trev]

typical 21ct bike
too heavy
too many gadgets
too expensive
not enough power

when will someone build what we want
a simple bike with minimum tech !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wot you doing with it that nigh on 100bhp isn't enough power?

[picos mestizo]

'MY TAKE" on adventure bike is a comfortable long distance back road tourer capable of scratching when luggage loaded, taking untarmacked roads & returning a real world fuel use figure.
Off road I want to have fun so it needs to be sub 145kgms with no luggage carrying capability, and a bike that I don't mind dropping from time to time.
This new Honda rocks my boat as an Adventure Tourer which I think is where Honda have pitched it.
Reading between the lines on this forum the true up mountain track & down rocky valley, fully luggaged wild canper Backwoodsman type of guys is probably less than 1% & their mount seems to be 350 - 650cc singles of sub 150 kgms.

[picos mestizo]

typical 21ct bike
too heavy
too many gadgets
too expensive
not enough power

when will someone build what we want
a simple bike with minimum tech !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haven't CCM done that with the 450gp!

[Nigel]

Have to admit I didn`t like the look of the bike until I saw it in the weekly rag today (in red)(thumbs) as others have said tank too small, yes I know there are loads of petrol stations about but it`s a pain having to keep worrying about finding fuel, on my S10 yesterday I could do 190 miles before thinking about filling up (thumbs) like the fact it`s a parallel twin as I love em but surely ABS will be fitted next year whether you want it or not?
Price from £9,000 (thumbs)

[Trev]

Really want to see and try the bike first but pics looks great and specs seem close to what I was hoping, weight up but losing that silencer should lop off 30 kilos :whistle:

[Loggy]

New bikes have to have ABS by Law from 01/01/16. They might have a limited run of non ABS bikes depending when they come out...

[Loggy]

Can anyone at MCN actually get things right, or even read for that matter? This article states the new AT frame is Aluminium.http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new- ... -revealed/

It clearly states on Honda's website the fame is made of steel... Honda release the specs and they still get such an important part wrong....

[appleseed]

i think the Honda site has the typo as it looks like the engine cradle is Aluminium and the sub frame in steel