There's definitely a gag in there...
Africa Twin is coming
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There's definitely a gag in there...
Davy F
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Complete Titanium......but then I don't speak Italian. 
Apparently, it costs €1600....£1120.00.
Apparently, it costs €1600....£1120.00.
PDiddy
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21 page review by Si Pavey in the E Magazine from www.rustsports.com
linnet
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Cheers Neil, good review and photos bike looks great!
It is a great write up - but it looks like it was written by Jon Bentman who I think works with Touratech... I don't know how much that makes it potentially biased...
Davy F
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Africa Twin
Been looking forward to taking delivery of my Africa Twin for some time. Now I'm going cold on the idea. I hate chains ( but prepared to put up with one) and 95bhp is a bit less than I anticipated. Now I find out that it is fitted with tyres that require inner tubes. Having had a catastrophe with tubed tyres in the past it could be the final deal breaker for me. Looks like the manual version in the states is about £8.5k wonder how much we will be charged? Been told sub £11k it will have to be well below that or I am out.
Been looking forward to taking delivery of my Africa Twin for some time. Now I'm going cold on the idea. I hate chains ( but prepared to put up with one) and 95bhp is a bit less than I anticipated. Now I find out that it is fitted with tyres that require inner tubes. Having had a catastrophe with tubed tyres in the past it could be the final deal breaker for me. Looks like the manual version in the states is about £8.5k wonder how much we will be charged? Been told sub £11k it will have to be well below that or I am out.
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Africa Twin
That comment made me smile. Studying the Super Tenere now!
That comment made me smile. Studying the Super Tenere now!
One of the most boring mundane bikes I've ever had the displeasure to own !!
Hi Rob
Perhaps I will see you at the NEC on Saturday. I'm rapidly running out of ideas what to get. Still miss the 660!I had off you. Just a bit small for my needs.
Perhaps I will see you at the NEC on Saturday. I'm rapidly running out of ideas what to get. Still miss the 660!I had off you. Just a bit small for my needs.
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Been there, done that. Only really like adventure style bikes.
Been there, done that. Only really like adventure style bikes.
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Tubeless tyres and shaft drive!
Tubeless tyres and shaft drive!
Ill be there matey, look Forward to seeing you, read the letter that came with the tickets there's brekky as well laid on weyhey! or is that a bit more advertising hike LOL
Ive also got a Versys 1000 as some may know and promise if the biking jurnos don't go mental about the new AT Ill keep the big V and cancel the order it is really that good, I think for me its the best of the whole bunch and ive had them all !!
will also talk to them about changing my order from the red to the tri colour !!
Ive also got a Versys 1000 as some may know and promise if the biking jurnos don't go mental about the new AT Ill keep the big V and cancel the order it is really that good, I think for me its the best of the whole bunch and ive had them all !!
will also talk to them about changing my order from the red to the tri colour !!
Versys
This one was completely off my radar. Food for thought.
This one was completely off my radar. Food for thought.
Davy F
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I'll be wearing a tuxedo with a white rose in my left lapel should anyone want to have a chat. 
Ffs!
This whole bhp thing is ridiculous. 95bhp is lots of power. My runaround nc only has 55bhp and it goes like billyo. The ktm 990/950 were only 85bhp at the back wheel and I don't recall anybody complaining they were slow bikes. Honda rate their power at the back wheel so it should be a very quick machine. Let's face it most gs riders can't ride for toffee, they spend a fortune tuning their bikes only to ride like moped riders. The fastest gs riders on the rides aren't even on the fastest bikes so it's all academic.
Weight - you need a bit of weight to make a bike feel planted. The new at weighs the same as my nc and that feels very light next to my airhead gs which supposedly weighs the same so I'd hold off on that until you've tried one. The big advantage of the Honda twins is the engine angle pushes the weight down low.
I'm looking forward to seeing how this bike pans out.
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Indeed Rob (says he who has a 150bhp adv bike 
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Also the Honda has 21/18 wheels, tubes and a chain BECAUSE it's an adv bike or at least because they are all desirable things to have on a high mileage dual purpose bike. Unless of course one just likes the idea/looks of an adv bike and never actually use the bikes potential........
Andres
). Also the Honda has 21/18 wheels, tubes and a chain BECAUSE it's an adv bike or at least because they are all desirable things to have on a high mileage dual purpose bike. Unless of course one just likes the idea/looks of an adv bike and never actually use the bikes potential........
Andres
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