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HONDA ANNOUNCES AFRICA TWIN PRICING
A
merican Honda has announced pricing details
for the eagerly awaited Africa Twin CRF1000L.
If you want the standard version, it'll set you back
$12,999. But if it's the dual-clutch transmission
Africa Twin you want, you will need to part with
$13,699.
Those prices put the Africa Twin in a favor-
able position when compared to the Yamaha
Super Tenere, which costs $15,090,
and slightly ahead of the Suzuki V-Strom
1000, released last year, which comes
in at $12,699. Kawasaki's Versys 1000,
the more road-orientated of the Japanese
foursome, is on dealer floors for $12,799.
But the ones Honda is gunning for
are KTM's 1190 Adventure/Adventure
R ($18,134/$16,499 ) and BMW's
R 1200 GS/R 1200 GS Adventure
($16,175/$21,671), the established kings
of the big-bore adventure category, and
against both it comes out on top in terms
of price.
Will it come out on top in the real
world? The second we ride it we'll let you
know. CN
WALKER LIGHTS UP
RED BULL MEGAWATT
R
ed Bull KTM's Jonny Walker
added yet another extreme
off-road race win to his already
impressive resume when he
took top honors at the Red Bull
111 Megawatt event in Poland,
September 6.
The Brit didn't get off to the
great start after finishing fourth
in the qualifying prologue, but
once it was time to get down
to the real business at hand,
Walker stepped it up and came
from behind to take the win over
fellow countryman Graham
Jarvis and Swede Joakim
Ljunggren.
Poland's own Taddy Blazu-
siak, of which the event gets
its name, did not compete due
to health issues.
Walker overcame a few hic-
cups along the way but ended
up taking the checkered flag
three minutes ahead of Jarvis.
"After finishing second last
year I really wanted to win badly
today," Walker said. "To be hon-
est I can't really fault my race too
much."
Husqvarna's Alfredo Gomez
finished fourth overall, while
KTM rider Manuel Lettenbichler
rounded out the top five. CN
Jonny Walker came
from behind to win
the Red Bull 111
Megawatt extreme
off-road race in
Poland.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
FUTURE7MEDIA
One of these babies
will set you back
a very reasonable
$12,999 for the base
package.
