Should YOU Buy Honda Africa twin CRF1100?
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Should You buy a Honda Africa Twin CRF1100? There is a great deal of choice now when it comes to choosing you next adventure touring motorcycle. I have Reviewed most of the bikes in this segment and in this video I will tell you my thoughts on some of the main contenders in the Adventure bike market and explain why I bought the Honda Africa Twin CRF1100
You can find the Full Reviews of each of the adventure motorcycles mentioned and there will be lots more content on the Honda CRF1100L Africa Twin on the channel so if this content is for you..... You know what to do...!
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Nice ride! As an off road and dual sport guy I am warming up to the idea of touring by bike vs trailering to a stage point in the expanses of Canada.
I am quite interested in the same base Twin for more fun on the road and the ability to tour yet able to tackle off road trails.
Yes your bypassing half your adventures by putting your bike on the trailer, The AT is a perfect do it all machine
Had mine sine 2017 no problems at all
Love the beast but only the 1000l
Love it so much
Still look back at it every time i get of the bike
LOVE IT❤
We agree, we are loving our Africa Twins!
I love my kitted out 2021 ATAS! Great on the road but even better offroad! Many many kms of back roads, fire roads, BDR roads! Capable, reliable and beautiful!
Can’t ask for more than that from a bike. Do you still have Africa Twin?
The Africa Twin is definitely an incredible bike. I'm so jealous! LOL!
I’ve been modifying today! I do love a big noisy Twin!
Great vid again, I've currently got a street triple r 2010, funny because I've been looking to get an adventure/touring bike to replace mine. I do like the africa twin but I'm going to get either the tiger 900 gt pro or the 1200 gt pro in black. Roll on April next year 😎 again great vid I'll be watching your next episodes 👌🏻👊🏼
You can’t go wrong with the tigers, I absolutely loved mine. Personally I think the 900 is enough unless you do allot of two up riding. The extra bill and weight for the 1200 seems to much of a trade off for more power that I don’t need. Once you have a adventure bike with all its comfort you’ll not go back to sports bikes! Thanks for joining us
@@ontheroadadventure I did test ride the 900 gt pro last month. Absolutely fell in love with it and it felt just as quick as my str, but a heck of a lot more smooth. I'd imagine the 900 would feel similar to the str 2up as my str. So thinking of getting one 😁 then possible the 1200 gt pro the year after. I'm based close to the brecon beacons so nice roads everywhere. Will definitely be touring a lot more when I get the tiger 😎
@@jakecorsi8709 You may have seen our wales and Ireland tour on here I used my tiger for. I’ve also ridden it all over Europe last year. We love the Brecon Beacons great place to ride, here’s one of our favourite videos there…Brecon Beacons - Devils Staircase Motorcycle Ride
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Already watched them all lad 😎👊🏼
@@jakecorsi8709 Awesome! Have you seen the Devon Playlist? We have a epic one we are editing currently to add very soon. Our goal this summer is to try and highlight just how great touring in the uk can be, we dont always need to go to Europe for adventure
I was boring and swapped my 19,000 mile GT PRO for another one in May this year. Great bike.
Amazing bikes I loved mine and came very close to doing the same but couldn’t bring myself to buy the same bike twice
I wanted one since I first laid eyes on it. It does everything I want it to, its got enough power, Its comfortable, capable and I still enjoy every minute riding it over 2 years of 90% offroad riding.
Awesome, which country are you in? In the uk there isn’t too many places to ride off road but they make excellent touring bikes for us
@@ontheroadadventure I'm on the NSW south coast in Australia. The entire great dividing range is covered in 1000s of dirt roads and fire trails from cape york in QLD to VIC in the south.
My street turns into a long dirt road up into the mountains. I also have some of the best mountain twisties 5 minutes up the road. I have to ride some highway to get to most the best offroad riding so the AT fits the bill perfectly.
@@TRAVERSE_ADV wow you are a lucky person! We are lucky to find a small muddy lane here in the uk
@@ontheroadadventure you can do some pretty good riding on mainland Europe though by the looks of it!
Yes we have been looking at these options, Portugal seems to be a favourite
I'm on the CRF1000L which is basically the same thing minus a couple of CC's. I love the bike. I've had many bikes. This one just keeps my attention. It is a bike that just keeps me excited about motorcycling. When it's time, I'll get the 1100 version, and keep it going. Right now, I'm holding out for the upgrade till Honda puts the promised radar on them. Yes, they are supposed to get Adaptive Cruise Control in the future. That combined with DCT will give this bike the ultimate niche.
It’s so good to hear someone talk so enthusiastically about their bike and riding. This is exactly what I was saying about choosing your bike you just know when you have the right one for you! What mods have you done to your Africa twin?
@@ontheroadadventure hey sorry for the delayed reply. I’ve done just about every mod you can do on mine. High fender, crash bars, bags, tubeless, etc…. It really is an easy bike to stay enthusiastic about.
@@WhiskeyDeanRides have you done anything for the engine? Power commander etc? What’s you favourite or must do mods?
@@ontheroadadventure I’ve always felt the power to be plenty and more than adequate so no mods to the power train. My favorite mod has been the panniers. I have Husky boxes from Home Depot in there. I feel like they look great on the bike and I can easily replace them anywhere that has a Home Depot if I mess one up.
@@WhiskeyDeanRides I wish I could see them, we are also looking at panniers now and we’re thinking of soft luggage this time however we like the security of lockable hard cases when away
I ride a ‘22 Africa Twin standard in the GP Red, a great machine indeed. I fitted Givi pannier rack and tried the Givi Outback panniers for one trip, but ultimately found the Lomo 30L panniers (same design, but bigger than your crash bar bags) a lot better for me. I hated how the bike felt a lot heavier in the back with the hard luggage, plus constantly keeping their width on my mind was a pain. The Lomos fit perfectly with the Givi rack, and with a strap through undearneath the seat, you can rest assured nobody will remove the bags from your bike to steal them when you park away from sight.
I am very much like you, I prefer not to have all the scaffolding and boxes so have also gone down the route of soft bags. Lomo bags are great. Ewa has gone for a much more premium option! We will have videos on the different luggage options soon and will do some comparisons, I suspect I’m winning the pound per litre of space category!! How did you attach the bag under the seat?
@@ontheroadadventure the bags themselves come with an extra strap and a metal buckle, giving you the option to connect them (like saddle bags, sort of). That strap is thin enough that it can be fitted underneath the pillion seat, which is of course locked, so the strap has to be cut in order to remove the bags without the bike’s key :)
Pound per liter is a good way of describing the bags, 60L between the two of them and a 48L top box proved to be more than enough for my 2 up tours (even up to 10 day trips!)
@@KikoBW7 Yes and you can get a 66l dry bag for about £40 or pay about a grand for a rack and two panniers for about the same storage
@@KikoBW7 a great solution 👍
I’ve just done a second hand review of the Africa Twin. Interesting to see the 2024 changes, especially the 19” front on the ATAS!
I don’t know about you but I won’t be changing mine for it anytime soon! I don’t want the smaller wheels on the 2024 Africa twin and I’m not interested in the adventure sport version either with its huge unnecessary sized tank. Il be keeping my CRF1100
@@ontheroadadventure I tend to agree. It seems odd to give the ATAS the 19" front and the long range tank and the standard model keeps the 21" front with the small tank. Odd.
The Africa twin 1100 is the perfect Example of If it Aint Broke, Why Fix it! @@BikingChap
@@ontheroadadventure absolutely, the biggest problem I had with the review of the 2017 model was thinking of very much to criticise, apart from it being quite a stretch to throw a leg over, it was pretty damn good from day one imho.
@@BikingChap How many miles you done on yours? Any problems so far?
Brilliant bike you got there. So much better then KTM bike you had. Honda looks more beefy and alot going. Amazing price. Hopefully you have many happy miles.
Thanks Ash, Beefy is the word for this big twin! I’m in a privileged position to have have ridden all the bikes that are the main competition for the Africa twin and for me this one is the winner as the best all round adventure touring machine
great video I'm interested in this bike . im hearing the tiger has vibration issues at highway speeds . How's the twin?
Which tiger are you looking at? I’ve ridden a few
the 900 ...moving towards the africa twin because there'smore Honda dealers here in Canada@@ontheroadadventure
@@cdnrider6200 My last bike was the 900 GT pro you’ll see it in my earlier videos, I did 22k in about a year problem free, no issues with vibration at all. Sadly a chain snapped on mine and finished the engine so I didn’t want to buy the same bike twice. Both are amazing choices
I came so close to getting the Honda but my budget was 10,000 and I couldn’t afford the one with tubeless rims and I can’t live with tubed tyres I get puncture anxiety lol 😂 so I bought the last bike I developed for triumph and that’s the mighty 900 ❤
Did you go for the GT or the rally? I had GT Proband it was a fantastic bike but unfortunately the chain snapped and finished the bikes engine so moved into the next one
@@ontheroadadventure I bought the rally as I love that 21 front wheel that and the rally gave me a blank canvass to add the bit I wanted to add like heed crash bars the triumph oe bars are shocking
Have you heard of the Acerbis 25l tank? Would you consider or is the fuel consumption good enough with the stock tank?
It depends where you are riding… if your crossing Africa then maybe you will want it, but anywhere in Europe you don’t need it, there’s always fuel stops with no issue. One of the reasons I did not go for the adventure model was because of the larger tank, all that extra weight that high up is not ideal and for me, unnecessary
Hi! I treated myself to a 2021 crf1100 base model dct! One lady owner, 2900miles fhsh. It came with oem aluminium panniers, heated grips, 12v socket and tankbag! Since then I've got oem center stand, altrider full crashbars, light protector, rear brake reservoir protector, adjustable side stand, Leo vince silencer( sounds nice low revs, but the oem sounds better in high revs and pops more when off the throttle) Garmin zumo xt2 with touratech mount and lock. Denali D3 and D2 with soundbomb horn! Top box, Also fitted mitas e07 plus, which for the 1st 100 miles feel horrible! 1st time on 50/50 tyres, plenty riders really like e07 so we will see!? If I can't get on with them, I'll go back to the ax41, even shot they stuck to the road like glue! My build is done, but Honda have just built a more powerful 1100 with electric suspension and tubeless options for both models! Personally I love the black and red!!
Fantastic choice sir! Sounds like yours is kitted out well! We have been looking at the Denali lights. Did you fit a thunder box to power them from? Personally I’m not fussed for the 2024 model, tubeless tyres would be nice but I’m not fussed for electric suspension, I had the triumph gt pro that had it and honestly rarely used it
@@ontheroadadventure morning! All the denali hooks up to a cansmart, my mechanic did the work! The 2024 Africa twin has electric suspension and tubeless options for both models! I got on the band wagon and was worried about tubed! After alot of research I found that modern tyres and tubes offer more resistance to getting a puncture! Most of us can remember back in the day...we would change a tyre and not the tube! Now it's every tyre or 3000miles! I'm 98% road, the odd track, I don't ride fast, so I don't worry about tubed! In fact, most large cruising bikes have tubes!
@@terrystratford1235 Well that makes me feel allot better! The reason the tubes tyre bothers me is because upto now I’ve always carried a puncture plug kit and a can of foam and felt confident I can repair fixable punctures, but the tubes means carrying allot more tools and I have tried doing a tube before and pinched the bloody thing putting the tyre back on, it was so much hassle!
@@ontheroadadventure tubed, you can air down a bit for off road. Tubeless, if u air down u run the risk of breaking the bead. If u hit a rock and slice a tubeless, u gota put a tube in! As I have found out....30 years ago u had specific tyres for tubed and tubeless, you couldn't put a tube in a tubeless as it created friction and heat which caused a blow out!today tyres and tubes are much better! Don't put HD tubes in, they ok up to 50mph! I thought they'd be better, turns out they will work against you on the road! I know 3 bike mechanics and they will only ride a bike that has tubed tyres!! So, people that ride hard off road with tubeless and keep getting flats with air down, they probably wouldn't have an issue if they ran tubed! Yes, fixing a tube isn't easy, but you have less chance of a flat with one! Buy tubes 50%natural 50%synthetic rubber!! Change tube every 3000miles or 3 years! Or every tyre change! In 31 years I've had one flat, rear, tubeless!
@@terrystratford1235 Every 3k miles will not suit us lol, We would be always whipping the tyres off lol
Are you worried about the tubed wheels?
Hi, Not particularly. Don’t get me wrong I’d prefer if they were tubeless but it’s not the end of the world a bad puncture will finish any days riding no matter which type you have. No hardship to carry a spare tube and you should be carrying basic tools anyway… There’s is products like tyre slime you could add and you can swap out your tubes for heavy duty ones too for peace of mind
Hi Rich, sorry, I dont understand how the Africa twin is more fun than the 1259 GS? The GS can do everything the Africa twin can and more. Not dissing the Honda, but after 45 years of riding, I would say the GS is a better bike.
I guess all these things are subjective, No doubt the GS is a fantastic machine for sure…but for me the engine on the GS is not as engaging as the twin, it’s a more get to 6th and do it all day kind of bike, so much power it’s hard to play with it at sensible speeds. For this reason I preferred the smaller 850 gs over the bigger one. Both have enough power for single riding and touring but the smaller engine allows for more fun playing with the box and wringing its neck, it just feels more fun than the big GS for me
Change or rebuild the seat. It’s a cunningly disguised instrument of torture.
Which do you recommend to change too? I would like to change it for a heated one by winter
Go tubeless
I don’t think there is a good option for these unless changing the whole wheel which is very costly, especially that we have two of these twins..
Yes CWC in Birmingham can do a tubeless conversion. They might have to Change the front wheel rim...phone them
We do wonder weather instead of spending that money we should just upgrade to the 2024 Model that is tubeless