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Photo by George Guille, It's going to be a long 300km... Bolivian Amazon

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It's going to be a long 300km...
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New Honda Transalp 750

Finally its here - the new and much anticipated Honda Transalp 750.

https://www.motorcycle.com/new-model...irst-look.html

Looks good on paper me thinks although a gas tank of only 16,9 liters is a bit disappointing imo. 21/18 spoked wheels, wet weight of 208 kilos is about the same as the Tenere 700 and the Tuareg 660 but the Transalp have more displacement and power. And its a Honda so reliability should be top notch.

Edit: Just noticed that the exhaust pipes goes under the engine and by that will be exposed to the ground if riding at uneven surfaces and thats not a good thing I guess..?

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Yeah, I have seen the video from the Milan Show, it looks really nice.
I was going to put my deposit down on the CB500x this week but I am not too sure now. Although I don’t know when it will be out in Thailand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ8lX905w84

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Looks pretty sweet to me!


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It will be a great overlanding bike for sure. Won't buy the first years model tho. I also want to see the maintenance interval and test how the engine feels.
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Nice looking bike, but tubed tyres. What is so difficult about tubeless tyres? That was one of the main reasons I went with the kTM 790.
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The Transalp looks very good. We are getting spoiled for choice in the middleweight adventure bike market.

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Nice looking bike, but tubed tyres. What is so difficult about tubeless tyres? That was one of the main reasons I went with the kTM 790.
I have made spoked wheel tubeless. It's not rocket science.
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I'm more excited about Rieju Adventura Legend.. 39L of fuel with Honda 500cc parallel twin.

https://www.visordown.com/news/new-b...bike-announced
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Its a copy engine ! but it does look good

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