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Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:55 am
by Oop North John
I usually try and avoid buying a bike just after it's being launched as every bike seems to have a few teething problems, and not just European or Japanese. In a year hopefully all the owners will be enjoying their bike fully, and new owners will have the bike the current owners expect to have.
My latest bike has just been released but it is an evolution of a current model, so that's good :whistle:
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:41 pm
by robson
gush, even manual gearbox has problems - jumping out of the gear is really not good...
http://www.africatwinforum.com/forum/17 ... blems.html
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:21 am
by redbikejohn
there will be stories about any bike let alone one that is "under the microscope" like the new AT. if you look at the xt660.com forum you'll think all the xt's are about to have their gearboxes explode
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:09 am
by robson
redbikejohn wrote:there will be stories about any bike let alone one that is "under the microscope" like the new AT. if you look at the xt660.com forum you'll think all the xt's are about to have their gearboxes explode
yeah, but just few batches from the 2009 production
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:10 am
by johnnyboxer
Hardly conclusive..............you really are a flippin' drama queen
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:43 am
by Mike54
robson, do you own a car? if so what is it?
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 10:39 am
by BigBashBonanza
Mike54 wrote:
robson, do you own a car? if so what is it?
Don't bait him Mike and he'll either go away or he'll stop being so dramatic.
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:05 pm
by moto al
A special paint job.
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Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:14 pm
by -Ralph-
moto al wrote:Foot note I'm aware other motorcycle hacks read this forum
This is certainly true. At least once a year, I read something in the motorcycling press, or even once on Top Gear TV programme, where it was almost word for word, something I'd written on a forum. They trawl internet forums for material and some of the stuff they write is certainly not their own.
Re: The Honda Africa twin 1000 , warts and all.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 1:10 pm
by Spout
moto al wrote:A special paint job.
image_2016-08-12.jpeg
Painted everything but the spokes :woohoo: