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New Africa Twin debut?

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Smiles? Bikes don't rate until the giggling while riding starts.
 
I wonder if any are going to sit on the showroom floor long enough to take a look at.
 
kickstand~prophet said:
+3 I cannot remember ever riding a bike that did not make me smile.:deal: Some of the smiles were bigger than on others.:mrgreen:
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I am with you. The smallest smile I ever had was on a Harley Sportster that vibrated so bad I literally can't have children if I wanted to. I still smiled.

Sorry to thread jack. Keep the info coming about this bike!
 
Does anyone have any ideas when these'll hit the showroom floors?
 
Went by my dealer today. He said April.
I also got reimbursed my deposit. Not waiting.
Other bike on the horizon. Not paying 15 grand without getting the color I like. Plus I'm really concerned this bike will have some bad vibrations after the statement Honda made about the rubber handlebar dampner.
 
Jeff S said:
Does anyone have any ideas when these'll hit the showroom floors?
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I believe I read Honda said Spring of 2016 for North America. April sounds about right seeing how they've been dragging it out. Probably want to get all the reviewers on them, and articles out, before they hit the showrooms.

Europe gets them this Fall.
 
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KamLeeR said:
Went by my dealer today. He said April.
I also got reimbursed my deposit. Not waiting.
Other bike on the horizon. Not paying 15 grand without getting the color I like. Plus I'm really concerned this bike will have some bad vibrations after the statement Honda made about the rubber handlebar dampner.
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Which direction now? I bet it's a good one. :rider:
 
There's a 1-page article about the Africa Twin in the new issue of Motorcyclist Magazine. Due in showrooms in "early 2016."
 
KamLeeR said:
Went by my dealer today. He said April.
I also got reimbursed my deposit. Not waiting.
Other bike on the horizon. Not paying 15 grand without getting the color I like. Plus I'm really concerned this bike will have some bad vibrations after the statement Honda made about the rubber handlebar dampner.
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That does not make any sense that you could not select the hue you wanted. To me that is crazy for a new ride. What color where you going to get?
 
A lot of bikes come in only 2 or 3 paint schemes. According to Motorcyclist, this one will debut in 2 colors: red/black/white, or silver.
 
tshelfer said:
A lot of bikes come in only 2 or 3 paint schemes. According to Motorcyclist, this one will debut in 2 colors: red/black/white, or silver.
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The Honda dealership is right down the road from me. Plan on going to look just to see what she looks like in person. Will try hard not to look at the Wings when I am there. Must save for the remodel must resist temptation.:trust:
 
tshelfer said:
A lot of bikes come in only 2 or 3 paint schemes. According to Motorcyclist, this one will debut in 2 colors: red/black/white, or silver.
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And, the Red/Black/White is only available in Manual and the Silver is only available in DCT.

Not so much a color choice as it is a transmission choice.
 
MotoTex said:
And, the Red/Black/White is only available in Manual and the Silver is only available in DCT.

Not so much a color choice as it is a transmission choice.
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Where did you get this intel? Hadn't heard it and I stay fairly current on the Twin.

Thanks . . TTR

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I remember the V-Strom 1000 over a year marketing hype. I wanted one but after listening to all the rumors and watching secretive videos, that by the time it came out I was tired of it and just kept the bike I have. The kind of marketing like the V and the Duc Scrambler now the A Twin , I personally think can hurt sales. Any one else see it this way? I saw several people selling their deposits for the D S at reduced rates before the bike arrived.
 
It is probably a matter of geography and economics. To Honda, North America is a car market. North American motorcycle sales made up less than 9% of total Honda motorcycle sales and that includes ATVs. By revenue, motorcycles/ATVs were less than 3% of all North American revenue. Financial services alone dwarf motorcycle sales and power equipment, like lawnmowers and snow blowers, isn't far behind bikes. Why spend resources to rush a bike into a crowded, and sometimes fickle, North American ADV market when their real growth is in mid-weight bikes, both here and in the market of markets, Asia? Don't get me wrong, I like the promise of the Africa Twin, I just don't think that the Hachigo gives it any thought as he goes through his day.
 
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"I remember the V-Strom 1000 over a year marketing hype. I wanted one but after listening to all the rumors and watching secretive videos, that by the time it came out I was tired of it and just kept the bike I have. The kind of marketing like the V and the Duc Scrambler now the A Twin , I personally think can hurt sales. Any one else see it this way?"

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Meriden said:
Why spend resources to rush a bike into a crowded, and sometimes fickle, North American ADV market when their real growth is in mid-weight bikes, both here and in the market of markets, Asia? Don't get me wrong, I like the promise of the Africa Twin, I just don't think that the Hachigo gives it any thought as he goes through his day.
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I want to like Honda, but they make it so hard. They are non-competitive in the markets that interest me for years at a time, then arrive late to the game with a product at the top price range for non-luxury bikes. They then refuse to update their products for fifteen years while jacking up the price to meet the newer offering of their competitors. This doesn't even include their refusal to offer bikes in the American market that are readily available in the European market.
 
I agree with this ^^^ and in the same light, BMW makes the bike I like but the average hack like me can't afford the specialty tools to work on the ever increasing in complexity of the GS.

Guess I'll hang on to my 05 and keep fixing it until it is no longer worth it at which point I will probably no longer be interested in riding. :mrgreen:
 
TimeToRide said:
Where did you get this intel? Hadn't heard it and I stay fairly current on the Twin.

Thanks . . TTR
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I can't find the reference now. It is probably buried somewhere in the ADV Africa Twin Speculation Threadfest. I recall reading the info on a Honda press release or web site that was specific to the USA distribution.

The spec sheet on the Honda Canada site supports the association between color and model:

"Dimensions & Additional Information

Colour Standard model: CRF Rally, Matte Black Metallic; DCT model: Silver Metallic"

Personally, I prefer the two color schemes that aren't being offered in the US. Black, as shown on the Canada site, and, the White/Red/Blue that Europe is getting.
 
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kurt said:
I want to like Honda, but they make it so hard. They are non-competitive in the markets that interest me for years at a time, then arrive late to the game with a product at the top price range for non-luxury bikes. They then refuse to update their products for fifteen years while jacking up the price to meet the newer offering of their competitors. This doesn't even include their refusal to offer bikes in the American market that are readily available in the European market.
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I've always been a Honda rider. From my first 1970 SL-100 to the 2008 Gold Wing, I loved Honda's, but it is getting harder to do.

I can't see why you'd buy the Africa Twin over the Tiger 800 XCx. I can't see the Honda being that much better that I'd give up the cruise control for those highway stretches between the dirt riding.
 
(800 XC) “A wonderful all-round road bike that’s not quite as good as you’d hope off-road. It’s also got a big problem: see that long, long, long rear subframe? It acts like a lever and will pop its welds to the main frame if you drop it at any speed over about 10mph. The pillion peg mounts are welded to that subframe and are the widest points on the bike, so those ensure the subframe takes the brunt of any impact, exacerbating the issue. And yes, popping welds on a frame will total your motorcycle.

http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/how-the-new-honda-africa-twin-compares-to-its-dirty-adv-1719991973

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