Who has purchased a new Africa Twin?

[Gee68]

Andybow said:

Gee68 said:

Andybow said:

Gee68 said:

I got one yesterday,also in black,just had confirmation.

While i'm typing i'd just like to add a thank you to towser who pointed out that they had a couple left.

Here here

When are you picking it up,I'm going Saturday somewhere between 12-1 o'clock.
I can't remember the exact time they said as I was a little excited I'd got one and the information didn't sink in.

Just as a little side note who's had the longest journey to pick one of these bikes up.
Mines not to bad at 2.5 hours on the train from Nottingham.
At least I get to do a fair few of the running in mileage on the way home.

I'm getting it delivered! No time to drive up to Cambridge!

I looked into this, but then thought I've got sod all else to do on a Saturday so I might as well put a few miles on it.

[Andybow]

Gee68 said:

I looked into this, but then thought I've got sod all else to do on a Saturday so I might as well put a few miles on it.

Don't blame you, it's good to get some of the running in mileage out the way, Wife's 40th this weekend, I'd get shot!!

[Gee68]

Re,running in.
What's the opinion on it?
As you might gather from this and previous posts I've never had a new vehicle before so what is the general census of opinion?

Most of my mileage home will be motorway and I've never ridden a auto bike before .

[supercommuter]

Gee68 said:

Re,running in.
What's the opinion on it?
As you might gather from this and previous posts I've never had a new vehicle before so what is the general census of opinion?

Most of my mileage home will be motorway and I've never ridden a auto bike before .

I took it easy at varying speeds for first 200 miles and then gradually go a bit more mental.

I have run a few bikes in now, a couple of which are still going well over 80k miles.

[Gee68]

Is sitting at a constant speed not good then?
I was a bit gutted to learn that there wasn't cruise control.

[Gee68]

All I've got to do now is trade in my street triple for an MT10 and my road bike garage is complete.
I've never been on an MT10 either so living on the edge a bit.
I'm a motorbike salesman wet dream.

[supercommuter]

Gee68 said:

Is sitting at a constant speed not good then?
I was a bit gutted to learn that there wasn't cruise control.

On my last bike I did 34 miles at mixed town speeds and then it sat on the motorway at 90mph for 600 miles to finish running it in. I just shut the throttle off every now and then to get some engine braking in.

My africa did approx 100 miles on country lanes and city driving and then it enjoyed some 90mph motorway work for a few hundred and then country lanes again.

Some people say constant speed is fine, some don't. I have just used it normally and not ragged the bks off of it for a few hundred.

[Alex@POD]

Gee68 said:

Well that pee's all over my chips.
How did you find it,comfy,need to get off after an hour to stretch your legs?
As a man with a glass back I'm interested in people's thoughts on comfort.

It's been alright, only complaint was a numb bum towards the end but it's easy to stand on the pegs for a bit of relief. I varied my speed on the motorway, but that was easy enough on the A1, follow a truck overtaking for a minute, accelerate to the next one, and repeat...

[supercommuter]

BIST0 said:

Chicken Chaser said:

I think around half of those sales must have come from this thread alone! Good effort.

At least! OP should be on commission.

I wish, looks like about 25 bikes from the posts in here. Serious Honda bulk buy

Glad most of you managed to get one!

1. Supercommuter
2. Alex@POD
3. Rat840771
4. The_GZA
5. Pro Prolapse
6. Tedders
7. Renn Sport x 4 bikes
8. Rawwr x 2 bikes
9. idlwillo
10. jimmyslr
11. pazuzu
12. bladerrw
13. squirdan
14. andysc
15. tonker
16. swerni
17. 200m
18. andybow
19. gee68

[Andybow]

swerni said:

Delivery to Surrey.
Little matter of taking a test prevents me from collecting it.

Ha brilliant!, love that, enjoy your new bike and license!

[rat840771]

I now have the batzen riser and the forkshield and buffeting has completely gone. So I can now cruise at speed in comfort without blurred vision and extreme wind noise.

[rat840771]

With regard to commission to Op, I don’t want to steal his thunder but I did post the John Banks link in the Bargain thread on the Friday it came out. I didn’t want to start a thread at that point as I hadn’t for approval from the wife at that point so didn’t want to loose out :-)

[Andybow]

swerni said:

Lessons and test all booked in for next month.
Call it a late, midlife crisis

Never a crisis more of reborn!, good luck!

[Alex@POD]

rat840771 said:

I now have the batzen riser and the forkshield and buffeting has completely gone. So I can now cruise at speed in comfort without blurred vision and extreme wind noise.

I'll be ordering a batzen riser tomorrow I think, did it come quickly?

[Andybow]

swerni said:

Lessons and test all booked in for next month.
Call it a late, midlife crisis

Never a crisis more of reborn!, good luck!

[rat840771]

Wolfgang is great to deal with and will reply straight away. I just paid by PayPal £73. It was delivered in 4 days. You may have to wait a while longer as I believe the demand is high and he is getting another batch of 500 made.

Alex@POD said:

rat840771 said:

I now have the batzen riser and the forkshield and buffeting has completely gone. So I can now cruise at speed in comfort without blurred vision and extreme wind noise.

I'll be ordering a batzen riser tomorrow I think, did it come quickly?

[Rawwr]

I need to order one of those forkshields. It was quite windy on the way home last night, which I think created the perfect storm of turbulence and my head nearly fell off.

[Tedders]

I picked mine up yesterday and rode it the 200 miles home. The buffeting at motorway speeds was giving me a headache and sometimes my vision was getting blurry... I will have to address this soon. I'm thinking of getting a shorter screen and hopefully the air striking my head will be less turbulent. I've come from a naked street bike with no protection and never had these issues at the same speeds. I love the bike but it was hard to be enthusiastic when I arrived home feeling pretty ropey. How could Honda sign this off when so many people are having issues with the buffeting?!

The other thing I struggled with was the saddle; serious arse ache after a couple of hours. But the reality is I normally only ride for up to an hour at a time so I think I'll be leaving the saddle stock.

Anyway, enough moaning. Other than the above issues I a very happy chappy!!

[cmaguire]

Tedders said:

I picked mine up yesterday and rode it the 200 miles home. The buffeting at motorway speeds was giving me a headache and sometimes my vision was getting blurry... I will have to address this soon. I'm thinking of getting a shorter screen and hopefully the air striking my head will be less turbulent. I've come from a naked street bike with no protection and never had these issues at the same speeds. I love the bike but it was hard to be enthusiastic when I arrived home feeling pretty ropey. How could Honda sign this off when so many people are having issues with the buffeting?!

The other thing I struggled with was the saddle; serious arse ache after a couple of hours. But the reality is I normally only ride for up to an hour at a time so I think I'll be leaving the saddle stock.

Anyway, enough moaning. Other than the above issues I a very happy chappy!!

Think positively, at least you didn't pay full price to be a member of this love-in.

[rat840771]

I have read that a potential easy fix ( dependent on your height) is to put 3mm rubber spacers in the upper mounts on the standard screen.

This then makes the screen more upright and alters the air flow

With the batzen riser i have, on the lowest setting it is about 4cm higher and then i have a further 10cm of adjustment upwards.