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Friday, February 20, 2015
Finally Revealed at 2015 EICMA Honda CRF 1000 F Africa Twin
Honda are continuing the build-up to the launch of the all-new Africa Twin next year with the second in a series of videos exploring the history of the famous name.
Despite the firm heavily falling back on the road and racing history of the famous Africa Twin name the company is still insisting on calling the bike True Adventure; the name the concept bike shown at the Milan show and then later at Motorcycle Live in the UK was called.
Episode 2 is called “Live Unlike The Others” and Honda says it “focuses on the personal stories of individuals who have all been inspired by the spirit of adventure in their own way. All riders featured are real people, with real stories and many of them are currently on adventures around the world, aboard their Honda motorcycles.”
The first video covered the Paris-Dakar rally racing heritage of the Africa Twin from the heyday of the racing in the 1980s when it was still racing across the desert of Africa.
The new Africa Twin is set to be shown in full finished form in 2015 to go on sale in 2016 according to Supermotoo sources.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
EICMA 2015 KTM 1050 Adventure
KTM follows up introducing the 1290 Super Adventure R at Intermot last month with the launch of the 1050 Adventure at EICMA this month. Including the 1190 Adventure and 1190 Adventure R, the 2015 1050 Adventure brings KTM’s big-bore, street legal Adventure model count to four.According to KTM, the “entry level” Adventure (140cc smaller compared to 1190 Adventure), produces a claimed 95 horsepower, but gets significantly better MPGs compared to its larger siblings. The 1050 comes equipped with a ride-by-wire throttle, three ride modes (Sport, Street, Rain), traction control, a slipper clutch and ABS.The 1050 Adventure is slowed by twin 320 mm discs up front, radially mounted, four-piston fixed callipers anda radial master cylinder. At the rear is a 268mm disc. Braking system is the two-channel 9M+ABS from Bosch. The inverted 43mm fork is non-adjustable, while the WP rear shock is adjustable for preload and rebound.Windshield height is adjustable as are the handlebars, footrests and control levers. Seat height is 33.5 inches, dry weight is a claimed 467.4 pounds and fuel capacity is 6.1 gallons. Details were few and retail pricing not available at the time of publication.
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