Honda Africa Twin con DCT o senza? Video evidence

Honda Africa Twin is the bike of the moment: I finally tried it with DCT is not and this is the video of my first ride!

probably if Honda had not called Africa Twin we would have drooled immediately and so many. For once the marketer has done well to revive a legendary name, una moto ancora oggi apprezzata e ricercata sul mercato dell’usato nonostante non ne venga costruita una nuova da più di tredici anni. I, like many others I “lined up” to try it, and I too had a load of greater than usual expectations, especially after reading the first tests of the trade press, all enthusiastic. Beyond the name, however,, I do not see any links to the old Africa Twin despite many will be launched in flights of fancy to find the common gene. Apart from the fact of being un'endurona travel, I have not found; Is it an evil? I would not say, the new Africa Twin is a new bike, modern, easy to drive that gives you the confidence when it is astonishing.

As known from video, my expectations were not disappointed at all. The new Honda Africa Twin is an excellent bike. Honda this time could do no wrong, The stakes were very high and did not do it. After models in my opinion questionable as the Cross Tourer, ha presentato una moto bella da vedere e da guidare, for more at a competitive price. Not, I'm not saying that Honda Africa Twin cheap, I am saying that is aligned to the market and the feedback is easily done with the many orders that are coming in demonstrating dealership that crisis or no crisis, when there is the product (and a good marketing action) sales still come.

Honda Africa Twin is already ruffling the road and tourist enduro market, segments that already have good candidates, but now you get to see a tough and clever opponent, that avoids direct confrontation with skill. Let's talk about one thousand parallel twin, un corpo snello e una ruota da 21″, characteristics which in fact allow the new Africa Twin to be different from time to time dall'avversaria. For example with the V-Strom 1000 It has in common the displacement, but not the arrangement of the cylinders and the size of the wheels, and so on with Tiger 800, BMW R 1200 GS or F 800 GS, Yamaha Super Ténéré, KTM 1190 Adventure can play around to find similarities and differences, but you'll never find a direct comparison.

DCT o non DCT?

For video, thanks to the collaboration Honda dealer Schivardi of Brescia, I could drive both the version with DCT gearbox is the normal one. The DCT is impressive, they did a great job and is light years better than what we already knew, of the first generation, that of CTX and NC to understand. I suggest you try it, really. Però, what the hell, It is an Africa Twin! Io la comprerei con il cambio tradizionale.

Why buy it

For all that I mentioned above! It is not difficult to give a direct motivation: It is the only true endurona, is Honda, is Africa Twin… Except this is one of those bikes to buy, use for whatever you can think of and do not sell more. Some time there was talk of “total motorcycle” almost like a holy grail unreachable… Draw your own conclusions.

Why do not buy it

Because it is just out and there may be some teething vices as sometimes happens. Since Honda, the risk is somewhat reduced but not excluded. I say this from personal experience (having a Honda that has a defect of series never recognized and never repaired). Altre controindicazioni francamente non ne vedo.

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Il video è stato realizzato con:

Sena Prism e l’audio con Sena 20S, i controcampi con GoPro Hero 4 Black Edition.