Honda Africa Twin: More Power and Rev-Happy. The Honda Africa Twin, on the other hand, features a 1084cc parallel-twin engine that delivers 101 horsepower and 77 lb-ft of torque. While it may have slightly less torque than the Super Tenere, the Africa Twin’s engine is more rev-happy, providing a sportier and more exhilarating riding experience.
Im about to take a dommie for a roundtrip Africa and im a 1.90m/85kg bloke! Its true, with my length i do not have any space for tankpanniers.. Mainly Ive chosen this bike for its relativly lower weight, reliable engine and positive feedbacks on the tripreports at www.adventure-motorcycling.com and sure its a financial thing as well.. Both
Exactly. Or get the exhaust where you hacksaw the mount in half and mount the exhaust up way higher and out of bent frame reach. The lack of electronics is the reason that bike is rad. Seen way too many tech packed bikes stranded in the middle of nowhere. My brother just bought a 2021 Ktm 890 adventure.
Okay, so there is a caveat here. The 1991 Africa Twin we have here isn't technically the original Africa Twin; there was an earlier, limited-production version with a 650cc V-twin in 1988 built at HRC to replicate the Honda NXR Dakar Rally bikes. For model code aficionados, that is the RD03, replaced by the bike we have here, the RD04 in 1990.
Honda Africa Twin Price: $14,499 Onwards. If Honda managed to make them solid and reliable back then, there’s no reason why they’d stop doing that now. Naturally, then, the Honda Africa I kindly disagree that Honda = reliability without fail. Not specifically the Africa Twin..rather Honda in general when the name 'Honda' is dropped. I agree, generally speaking, that I also presume a used Honda AT would be more reliable than a used BMW GS with zero data to back it up. Others: please provide reliability data directly for an Q5oj.