2020 HONDA CRF1100L AFRICA TWIN & ADVENTURE SPORTS ES
R I D E R E V I E W
P68
shock giving 8.7 inches of travel.
The difference is the Adventure
Sports comes with a 45mm Showa
fork, those too with 9.1 inches of
travel and a Showa monoshock with
8.7 inches of travel, but they run
the Showa Electronically Equipped
Ride Adjustment Suspension (EERA)
system that contains four different
modes (Hard, Mid, Soft and Off
Road), as well as electronic pre-
load adjustment, which has its own
settings of Rider, Rider/Luggage,
Rider/Passenger, and Rider/Pas-
senger/Luggage. Like the Ohlins
system fitted to the Ducati Multistra-
da, for example, the Showa system
is dynamic and monitors suspension
behavior in real time and adjusts the
damping to suit. However, unlike the
Ohlins system, there's no manual
mode on the Showa's.
Switch everything off
(and there's a lot to
switch off), and the
true dirt bike nature
of the Africa Twin
shows its teeth.
