Honda’s Africa Twin has always been the most committed of big-bore Japanese adventure bikes. Blessed from its beginning in 2016 with a true dirt bike-like 21-inch front wheel and a vast suspension travel — not to mention almost comically soft springing — Honda’s big soft-roader focussed mostly on the adventure part of the ADV equation and a little less on the touring.
And bona fide were its off-road credentials. I can remember jumping logs and busting berms on the first-gen AT and thinking that such silliness really shouldn’t be possible with something that — back in the day — boasted 998-cc.
Absent, however, was the sporty on-road handling so many expect from the adventure tourers these days. Its ultra-skinny 21-inch tire, so blessed off-road, really screws with the big Honda’s…
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