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Count Steer wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 6:34 pm

DefTrap wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 5:29 pm I was out cycling in the countryside and a bunch of geezers came past on some Africa Twins.
I'd never thought much of the AT line before, or ADVs in general, but it was cool as fvck, I was jealous.

I do think it's a shame they only make the 1100 version though. A 650 or 750 like they used to do would be a welcome variation. I really liked the early ones.

Transalp?

KungFooBob wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 6:39 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 6:34 pm

DefTrap wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 5:29 pm I was out cycling in the countryside and a bunch of geezers came past on some Africa Twins.
I'd never thought much of the AT line before, or ADVs in general, but it was cool as fvck, I was jealous.

I do think it's a shame they only make the 1100 version though. A 650 or 750 like they used to do would be a welcome variation. I really liked the early ones.

Transalp?

Oh yeah...I'd forgotten about the Transalp. Looks nice in white too.

Count Steer wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 6:34 pm

DefTrap wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 5:29 pm I was out cycling in the countryside and a bunch of geezers came past on some Africa Twins.
I'd never thought much of the AT line before, or ADVs in general, but it was cool as fvck, I was jealous.

I do think it's a shame they only make the 1100 version though. A 650 or 750 like they used to do would be a welcome variation. I really liked the early ones.

The early HRC 650 was actually pretty good, after that they turned into top heavy tourers

Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 10:20 pm

Count Steer wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 6:34 pm

DefTrap wrote: Wed Mar 25, 2026 5:29 pm I was out cycling in the countryside and a bunch of geezers came past on some Africa Twins.
I'd never thought much of the AT line before, or ADVs in general, but it was cool as fvck, I was jealous.

I do think it's a shame they only make the 1100 version though. A 650 or 750 like they used to do would be a welcome variation. I really liked the early ones.

The early HRC 650 was actually pretty good, after that they turned into top heavy tourers

It was the 650 that I really liked the look of (I loaned someone some kit for a trip to Chernobyl on his and I thought his bike looked like a very handy piece of kit).

A few of the Dakar inspired bikes got lardified over time. The 80s BMW R80 GS was a very different proposition to the current 1300 beasts. (I could have bought a really nice condition one for not a lot of euros in 2004 and I kick myself occasionally that I thought it was too much of a faff getting it back from Germany ).

I'd take the Tenere over teh Transalp.