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dard Africa Twin's woeful pegs have been replaced
by proper, studier off-road items, and the passen-
ger peg hangers have been redesigned to allow for
more room when the rider is standing up.
Showa has fitted longer travel suspension, with
10.6 inches of ground clearance now available to
the Africa Twin Sport rider, up from 9.8 inches.
On the engine front, the Sport gets a new Ride-
By-Wire throttle with four individual riding modes to
do away with the old throttle cable, a bigger airbox,
20mm longer intake funnel, a lighter balancer shaft
and a redesigned exhaust, and some extra weight
has been saved by adding a lithium-ion battery
weighing just 5.1 pounds.
The traction control maps have been increased
from three to seven settings.
Honda is not releasing a finalized MSRP or U.S.
availability but has said it will be "approximately
$2000 higher" than the current Africa Twin, which
would make it around $15,300. CN
H
onda's Africa Twin will get a couple of key
updates and a new moniker in the Africa
Twin Sport label for next year.
The Sport was originally debuted as a concept
bike at the 2016 EICMA Show in Milan, so for the
2017 show, Honda went the whole hog and made
the Sport into a fully fledged production bike.
The Sport will get creature comforts like heated
grips, an 80mm taller screen, 12V plug socket and
a larger fairing for better long distance comfort
compared to the base-model Africa Twin. It'll also
get a fuel capacity increase from 4.97 gallons to
6.37 gallons. There will also be a flatter profile and
a 1.2-inch-taller seat height than standard model.
The seat adjusts 0.8 inches for a height of either
35.4 inches or 36.2 inches (compared to 33.5
inches and 34.3 inches). Handlebar position is 1.3
inches higher and 0.2 inches rearward compared
to the standard version.
Real ADV riders will be happy to know the stan-
There are some pretty serious hardware changes in the new Africa Twin Sport.
