More Information: 2016 Honda CRF1000L
Honda's new African Twin arrive early next year as a 2016 model.
Honda revealed little about a real adventure prototype in Milan last year. And like a tiresome political home PC, it went on to say almost nothing about the aircraft in its recent press release announcing its 2016 launch in the United States. They've sent some provocative photos of us have been carefully fade dark Shenzaihefang naughty bits are hidden studio image. But based on these images, plus spy photos featured here, where we can share this new upgrade adventurer:
The new Africa Twin is (or close to) liquid-cooled parallel twin 1000cc, and easy to carry balancer shafts to quell vibration. Crank is staggered at 270 degrees in the horizontal plane format should benefit grip, and the DOHC cylinder head has four valves per cylinder. Of course, there are fuel injection and catalytic converters, as well as rumors of an output of 110 horsepower. Available transmissions include manual and dual-clutch transmission, one for the segment, adjusted for the off-road use.
Aluminum perimeter frame and a rear section of a steel carrying street guide 21 inches front and 18-inch rear wheels. Blue anodized knob above the inverted fork adjustable damping show. Front fender and the gap between the tire and generous show Honda has actually run this thing through Shrek's swamp, and provide sufficient space for knobbies and mud. Three petal-style discs may include ABS.
Saddle is a two-piece unit, with the front Obviously height adjustable, as is the Dakar upright windshield. Our eyes pry the front footpegs are rubber-covered metal splint instead; accompanied by chunky mass dampers on both ends of it, suggesting that Honda is concern from old twins reduce vibration. We'll see the first time. Nothing special attention to the twin headlights, but tapered handlebar clamp on top of the high risers spacious cockpit.
Fairing, it blends into the cabin containing double radiator, slightly narrow, which means that the Africa Twin has through the folds of Los Angeles hit the bushes to BARSTOW Las Vegas, while still providing the highway the basic protection of a fighting chance. Plastic handguard front bark busters are standard. Guest accommodations are modest, with aluminum footpegs and a fixed seat, but in the armrest are well integrated into the rack.
Honda has in attracting new customers value-oriented bike hard, so we can speculate that the new CRF1000L Africa Twin will compete with other big ADV project pricing. As a framework for Suzuki's 1037cc V-type Strom 1000 is $ 12,699, in the 1199cc Yamaha Super Tena Lei is $ 15,090, the 1215cc Triumph Tiger Explorer is $ 15,899, in the 1170cc BMW R1200GS as $ sixteen thousand one hundred seventy-five, and KTM's 1195cc 1190 to $ sixteen thousand six hundred ninety-nine adventure. If the Internet rumors insist, Africa Twin can be in the $ 12,000 to $ 15,000 range of land, making it the least expensive V-Strom bottom competitiveness, while at the top of the larger "brand premium" still evasive.
We look forward to Honda's first ADV literbike, when it reaches carried a big, bad, and dirty western shootout.
