QUICKSPIN I 2025 Honda XL750 Transalp
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fter its reintroduction to Honda's lineup at
the end of 2023, the Honda XL750 Transalp
gets its first round of updates for the 2025
model year. New styling, new colors, and most
importantly, new suspension settings highlight
the changes for 2025, and I took it for a 175-mile
"quick spin" to check them out.
While we had many positive things to say about
the pre-'25 Transalp, its suspension wasn't one
of them. It's softly sprung and light on damping.
Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about it
with the available settings. In other words, there is
no easy fix. We weren't the only ones who felt this
way, so Honda responded by tweaking the bike's
43mm Showa SFF inverted fork and single Showa
rear shock's internal valving for 2025. You still can
only adjust the spring preload at both ends.
When we first tested the 2023 Transalp, we found
the suspension to be acceptable for casual and
somewhat spirited street riding but in need of im
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Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about it
