2024 Honda Africa Twin

[KungFooBob]

https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/r ... 024-review



Smaller front wheel, down from 21 to 19 inches.
It's not got any prettier, it's uglier imho.
Electronic suspension as standard.
Only the DCT version will be officially imported to the UK.
£17.5k... WTF!

[ChrisW]

I agree - it's less good-looking, less capable off-road. It's not even pretending any more, beyond the release photos on sand dunes.

I'd rather have an X-ADV.

[KungFooBob]

I agree - it's less good-looking, less capable off-road. It's not even pretending any more, beyond the release photos on sand dunes.

I'd rather have an X-ADV.

I'd rather a GS, with it's better pillion provision and 25+ more BHP's.

But not the 1300, it's even more confused than the AT.

[MyLittleStudPony]

Oooh, I like that.

Maybe I'll get one. Just for t'craic, like, just for t'craic.

Then I saw the price! As The Hair Piece Thief's uncle says, I like the bike but I don't like the price.


edit - the gap between the front mudguard and tyre displeases me. Maybe it's for knobblier tyres or mud but I still don't like it.

[KungFooBob]

I should add that I missed the 'Adventure Sports' bit from the thread title, which is the more tourery version.

[Couchy]

DCT only, no thanks

[Dodgy69]

Will it have paddles.

[Count Steer]

£17.5k? For an AT?

My word, how times change!

[Cousin Jack]

Not ridden a DCT bike yet, but one guy on the Pyrenees tour had a Honda NC750 with a DCT box and he reckoned it was waaaay better than a manual on twisty hairpins. It was one less thing to get wrong, and it changed gear so much faster and slicker.

[Skub]

Bleugh.

[Count Steer]

I should add that I missed the 'Adventure Sports' bit from the thread title, which is the more tourery version.

If that's the 'adventure, sports, tourery' version, I assume touring doesn't involve carrying/torturing a pillion.

[KungFooBob]

I should add that I missed the 'Adventure Sports' bit from the thread title, which is the more tourery version.

If that's the 'adventure, sports, tourery' version, I assume touring doesn't involve carrying/torturing a pillion.

One of the reasons I bought a GS instead, 95% of my riding is two up.

[Count Steer]

I should add that I missed the 'Adventure Sports' bit from the thread title, which is the more tourery version.

If that's the 'adventure, sports, tourery' version, I assume touring doesn't involve carrying/torturing a pillion.

One of the reasons I bought a GS instead, 95% of my riding is two up.

Exactly. When some of us tour we like to take some home comforts with us.

[Taipan]

More road biased might suit me more. I'll get one ordered up!

[Dodgy69]

... Why don't they put dct in a nice bike. ??

[KungFooBob]

Do they do the Hawk with DCT?

(Yeah I know we don't get the Hawk in the UK).

[KungFooBob]

FYI,

The standard AT (not the Adventure Sport version) still comes with a 21 inch front and the leccy suspension is still an upgrade option rather than standard, as is the DCT.... the non-DCT without the leccy suspenders is £13.2k

[Taipan]

... Why don't they put dct in a nice bike. ??

[A_morti]

Just me thinks it looks pretty cool, then?

[Count Steer]

Just me thinks it looks pretty cool, then?

Well, it could, but a) it looks like someone has karate chopped it in the middle* and b) the pillion accommodation is pants.

* they seem to keep aiming these 'tall' bikes at 'short' riders so they just kind of sag in the middle and it looks odd.