African Twin Adventure Sport 2018 info.

shedracer · Jan 6, 2018

Thought I’d just start a thread only for the 2018 African Twin Adventure Sport.

Please only use this thread for anything about the 2018 ATAS only, so it’s easy to find the relevant info. I know some of this info is in other threads, but it’s been mixed up with AT model stuff and it would be nice to have all the ATAS stuff in one place.

jj65 · Jan 6, 2018

Price for ATAS

Dct ATAS £13549

Manual ATAS £12599

Just popped into my local Honda dealer and was told Launch is in March and bikes will be available in after that.

shedracer · Jan 6, 2018

Africa Twin Adventure Sports Changes Summary

5.4 litre bigger fuel tank – 24.2 litres
Fly-By-Wire Throttle
Three Riding Modes and one customised setting
Seven TC settings
50mm taller seat height, flatter seat
20mm Longer travel suspension
Lithium-Ion battery saves 2.3kg
Modified Air-box & Exhaust
Stronger mid-range response
Lighter Balancer Shaft
Off-Road pegs
Stainless Spokes
Heated Grips
AC Charging Socket

Deleted account 210604001 · Jan 6, 2018

Does it get cruise ?

RBW.

John RTW · Jan 6, 2018

If shipping the bike by air, will the lithium battery have restrictions that you would have to purchase a new one after entry into a new country or is the space suitable for fitting a standard battery? Flight restrictions on batteries are forever changing, even the old samsung galaxy phone was banned. If only Flyer was still here, he could have answered my query.

Rushy · Jan 6, 2018

rainbow-walker said:
Does it get cruise ?

RBW.

Not from what I've read .

Rushy · Jan 6, 2018

John RTW said:
If shipping the bike by air, will the lithium battery have restrictions that you would have to purchase a new one after entry into a new country or is the space suitable for fitting a standard battery? Flight restrictions on batteries are forever changing, even the old samsung galaxy phone was banned. If only Flyer was still here, he could have answered my query.

I don't know about that but there will be quite a few customers putting their trust Optimate on and frying the battery I'd imagine.

jj65 · Jan 6, 2018

rainbow-walker said:
Does it get cruise ?

RBW.

No cruise control. I’m sure that’ll be in the next facelift a couple of years from now.

jj65 · Jan 6, 2018

John RTW said:
If shipping the bike by air, will the lithium battery have restrictions that you would have to purchase a new one after entry into a new country or is the space suitable for fitting a standard battery? Flight restrictions on batteries are forever changing, even the old samsung galaxy phone was banned. If only Flyer was still here, he could have answered my query.

It still has the same battery compartment from what I understand, so I’d guess you’d just buy a lead battery if you were shipping by air.

jj65 · Jan 6, 2018

Photo fest

Jus a few net pics for the thread.

Rushy · Jan 6, 2018

Are those 2 sets of extra wind deflectors available already for the standard Africa Twin ?

DING-DONG · Jan 7, 2018

Rushy said:
Are those 2 sets of extra wind deflectors available already for the standard Africa Twin ?

You would have to buy and retro fit as the standard doesn't have the fixing points, easy to do tho .

jj65 · Jan 7, 2018

Rushy said:
Are those 2 sets of extra wind deflectors available already for the standard Africa Twin ?

As far as I can tell, you won’t be able to fit them to the standard AT, it doesn’t have the 2 screws either side of the screen.

GSAHippo · Jan 7, 2018

jj65 said:
No cruise control. I’m sure that’ll be in the next facelift a couple of years from now.

Nice looking bike, does 2018 see tubeless tyres or a centre stand as standard?

DING-DONG · Jan 7, 2018

jj65 said:
As far as I can tell, you won’t be able to fit them to the standard AT, it doesn’t have the 2 screws either side of the screen.

It takes 5-10 mins to take the side fairing off, buy the deflectors, drill the holes and fit, I will be fitting some to mine when there available.

jj65 · Jan 7, 2018

GSAHippo said:
Nice looking bike, does 2018 see tubeless tyres or a centre stand as standard?

No, centre stand as an option like before, no tubeless

Warlord · Jan 7, 2018

DING-DONG said:
...when there available.

They're

Rushy · Jan 7, 2018

jj65 said:
As far as I can tell, you won’t be able to fit them to the standard AT, it doesn’t have the 2 screws either side of the screen.

As Ding Dong suggests the translucent one could be fitted , I wonder if the other set could be , hard to tell from the photos how the others fit. I would really like one of these Adventure Sports , the new paint scheme is really lighting my fire and the fact that it comes with quite a bit of extra kit I'd want to fit as standard ( like the Engine bars, heated grips , and bigger bash plate ) , I also prefer the neater rear rack arrangement to the one on the standard AT with its larger grab rails like on my Crosstourer. I'm struggling with the price though as Far more than I've ever spent on a bike , I also love the look of the Turban and I can pick up an as new X version with under 750 miles in the clock for around £9500 saving me £4K on the price of the AT. The Turban will have less whether protection , feel much more lively power wise but I'm not sure how much less comfortable it will be which is important to me.

Tried to get a test ride of the Turban at my local dealer but they've sold the demo pre winter so will have to wait until spring .

jj65 · Jan 7, 2018

Rushy said:
As Ding Dong suggests the translucent one could be fitted , I wonder if the other set could be, hard to tell from the photos how the other fit.

The others are black formed rubber, stuck on with double sided tape, I’m guessing they should fit the standard AT’s.

DING-DONG · Jan 7, 2018

jj65 said:
The others are black formed rubber, stuck on with double sided tape, I’m guessing they should fit the standard AT’s.

You can buy slightly smaller version from honda for the present AT, I have them on mine and they are stuck on with tape and do make a difference.

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