COMPARISON I HONDA AFRICA TWIN & YAMAHA TENERE 700
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Outside the rider interface,
the Honda Africa Twin's build is
simply higher level. The indus-
try's nicest turn signals are
on-board, as is the entire suite
of electronic tools like cruise
control. The Tenere 700 has the
industry's most laughable floppy
blinkers by comparison and,
once again, has no electronics
to speak of.
When it comes to purchasing
here, you absolutely get what
you pay for. Honda brings almost
$15,000 worth of adventure bike
to the table, and Yamaha brings
you a capable world-traveler at a
price closer to 450cc motocross
bikes than adventure-class ma-
chines. The value you get out of
the purchase will entirely depend
on what you expect you're getting.
ON THE
THROTTLE
The on-paper stuff is nice to dig
through as you consider a new
bike purchase. But nothing will
tell you more about the character
of a bike than simply riding them.
Luckily for you, I took these two
bikes into the Bishop, Califor-
nia, high-country, ripped paved
roads, climbed rocky passes
