Who has purchased a new Africa Twin?
Discussion
Prof Prolapse said:
Renn Sport said:
What was it like otherwise? I guess the screen can be addressed.
My experience of adventure type bikes is limited to a short stint on a S1000XR, and I only did 1.5hrs today so not best placed to say where it fairs among other similar bikes but, just my initial thoughts...Edited by Prof Prolapse on Friday 8th September 16:39
Apparently my bike is in the Honda workshop being prepared.
Happy days.Thanks to this thread, 7 of us has benefited from this deal. I am pretty happy as this will sit nicely as my sensible bike with the L14 750 firmly in track clothes and my Big Bang awaiting fettling and returning to the road as a road/ occasional track bike.
Just got back from the dealer. Technically, I could've ridden it away this afternoon but my friend and I are waiting for Thursday because we both have the day off. Mine is AE67XPU and his is AE67XPV, both in the same colours. Hoping for a few double-takes in the office car park on Friday
When the bike first came out.. I always wanted the red. Now it seems everyone will have a red one and to be different is the only reason I'd want the white tri-colour. However I am told its the most popular colour ordered so maybe there will be more white ones registered than any other?
I still love the Dakar red. Love the red seat.
I still love the Dakar red. Love the red seat.
I had no chance of a white one when I went, they had big probs sourcing for other customers... The black one would be nice with gold wheels, but no chance of that either... So red it is.
NITO said:
The metal of the engine block, pistons etc have not had any heat cycling on a new engine. IMHO the important thing to do is bring the engine up to temperature and limit the revs initially to bring it thermally up to a consistent temperature and let it go through quite a few heat cycles. Giving it some heavier load should be fine for short bursts and limited revs or higher revs low load here and there but overall I would be more inclined to raise the revs gradually. I would avoid glazing the bores by running it at the same revs for long periods such as motorway use if possible.
Thank you. 
Prof Prolapse said:
I had no chance of a white one when I went, they had big probs sourcing for other customers... The black one would be nice with gold wheels, but no chance of that either... So red it is.
I had the option of tri colour when i called up originally. But wanted the matt black!NITO said:
The metal of the engine block, pistons etc have not had any heat cycling on a new engine. IMHO the important thing to do is bring the engine up to temperature and limit the revs initially to bring it thermally up to a consistent temperature and let it go through quite a few heat cycles. Giving it some heavier load should be fine for short bursts and limited revs or higher revs low load here and there but overall I would be more inclined to raise the revs gradually. I would avoid glazing the bores by running it at the same revs for long periods such as motorway use if possible.
Thank you. I wanted tri colour but they were all gone.
Black was a bit plain, if it was an R1 I would of gone for black.
Red for me.
Seriously considering this
http://hondaadventurecentre.com/the-courses/
Black was a bit plain, if it was an R1 I would of gone for black.
Red for me.
Seriously considering this
http://hondaadventurecentre.com/the-courses/
I just bought one from JB too. This is all the fault of this thread!
I read the thread on Friday, went to my local dealer on Sunday for a look/see, test rode one this morning and placed the order this afternoon. It's red with heated grips and a centre stand for me. Tricolore would have been nice but as everyone said, all gone. I did offer my local Honda guys the business but they were amazed by the JB price and wouldn't go near it.
Collection to be arranged and logistics a challenge as that's a 3 hour ride. For the couple of grand saving though and some running in miles I'll cope just fine.
It will be my new commuter bike in place of my scooter and my winter/nasty weather bike. I've even stared googling green laneing in Hampshire and off-road training courses. Brilliant.
I read the thread on Friday, went to my local dealer on Sunday for a look/see, test rode one this morning and placed the order this afternoon. It's red with heated grips and a centre stand for me. Tricolore would have been nice but as everyone said, all gone. I did offer my local Honda guys the business but they were amazed by the JB price and wouldn't go near it.
Collection to be arranged and logistics a challenge as that's a 3 hour ride. For the couple of grand saving though and some running in miles I'll cope just fine.
It will be my new commuter bike in place of my scooter and my winter/nasty weather bike. I've even stared googling green laneing in Hampshire and off-road training courses. Brilliant.
Just how excited can you get about an Africa Twin?
I still don't get it.
Some old geezer I know keeps buying loads of s
t tools because he thinks he's getting a bargain.
I keep telling him "If you already have one, or don't need one anyway, it doesn't matter how much of a bargain it is. What's the point?"
I still don't get it.
Some old geezer I know keeps buying loads of s
t tools because he thinks he's getting a bargain.I keep telling him "If you already have one, or don't need one anyway, it doesn't matter how much of a bargain it is. What's the point?"
cmaguire said:
Just how excited can you get about an Africa Twin?
I still don't get it.
Some old geezer I know keeps buying loads of st tools because he thinks he's getting a bargain.
I keep telling him "If you already have one, or don't need one anyway, it doesn't matter how much of a bargain it is. What's the point?"
Not sure I understand your analogy. The Africa Twin is objectively a good tool for the job of commuting, light off road, and the adventure bike segment. If that's what you want/need, why wouldn't you be excited at the prospect of having one?I still don't get it.
Some old geezer I know keeps buying loads of s
t tools because he thinks he's getting a bargain.I keep telling him "If you already have one, or don't need one anyway, it doesn't matter how much of a bargain it is. What's the point?"
I love my GSXR, I realise I've referenced it an embarrassing number of times throughout the thread so this will be the last time. I'm also very fortunate that I have the roads that mean I can use it as much as I can without tracking it, so I'm not about to grow a massive beard, re-join the IAM, and start lecturing people about how doing 122 mph is insane.
But I've done at least three 700-1000 mile trips this year, and the reality is that sportsbikes are fantastic, but they're designed purely to get around a track quickly. When you chuck in very poor road surface, gravel, an ageing body, numerous close calls with police, poor tank range, carrying your gear, and male pride, you start to see the appeal of chucking the miles on something designed for everything the GSXR isn't.
So it's the right tool for the job I have wanted a bike to fill, for a price that meant it was suddenly obtainable. What's not to be excited about?
What he said. Plus a lot of people who are buying them already have some kind of bonkers sports bike in the garage as well. I'm not going to attempt taking the Fireblade down the various byways around my area but I really couldn't give a sh*t if the Africa Twin gets stuck in mud and then falls over. It's a slag to do a slag's job.
My own experience on this kind of bike is very limited and I won't claim otherwise.
Limited to a few hours on an MV Turismo Veloce 800, which I hoped would be a do-anything bike that handled like a dream, had some wind protection, and could do the eurotrip thing with luggage which I never do because of the hassle of luggage.
The reality was a vague feeling front end, indifferent handling, and a general ride that was truthfully totally uninspiring. Getting back on the Street Triple R after dropping it back at the dealer was a relief.
The other angle is the buyers with some kind of off-road daydream. This wasn't me, as again I am mystified by a bunch of predominantly old blokes (I probably qualify as an old bloke too now) trying to wax lyrical about the off-road abilities of bikes that they really ought to know are twice the weight of something they really should be using.
Limited to a few hours on an MV Turismo Veloce 800, which I hoped would be a do-anything bike that handled like a dream, had some wind protection, and could do the eurotrip thing with luggage which I never do because of the hassle of luggage.
The reality was a vague feeling front end, indifferent handling, and a general ride that was truthfully totally uninspiring. Getting back on the Street Triple R after dropping it back at the dealer was a relief.
The other angle is the buyers with some kind of off-road daydream. This wasn't me, as again I am mystified by a bunch of predominantly old blokes (I probably qualify as an old bloke too now) trying to wax lyrical about the off-road abilities of bikes that they really ought to know are twice the weight of something they really should be using.
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