2020 Africa Twin Adventure Sports (Euro Version) announced, with photos
So it's finally been announced - and there are two version, the "plain" Africa Twin "off-roady" version and the Africa Twin Adventure Sports, the more touring oriented "luxury"? version.
Below is the Africa Twin Adventure Sports ES.
It's certainly very pretty!
With a 1048cc engine from a 5mm stroke, and 100 HP and 77 lb-ft of torque, it's got 6 more HP than the previous version and 4 more lb-ft of torque, it gets a useful increase, though nothing earth-shattering.
Honda DID listen to the cries about weight and made a number of changes to cut it down rather than the usual increase. The changes to the frame, including an aluminum bolt on sub-frame (not so sure about that from previous ally sub-frames history!) and other mods resulted in a 5kg loss of weight. Not as much as we'd all like, but it's a step in the right direction, so kudos to Honda.
Suspension is essentially the same.
The Adventure Sports gets tubeless tires and "outside" spoke rims as you can see in the photo, but the base model stays with tubes as previously. The AS also gets an adjustable windscreen, bigger tank, heated grips - yay! and electronic suspension.
Lots more details on Honda's website
So is one of these on YOUR shopping list?
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