Charley Boorman review / HONDA AFRICA TWIN 1100 

Ewww you bought an automatic? Guhhhaaayyyy

Yes, and what almost no one mentions is that the "Auto" can be over-ridden with the push of a button, and now you have a" Semi Auto", where you simply Paddle Shift through all your gears. I've beared more traffic jams than anyone ever should, and this feature is a GodSend! I wish more companies would join in!!

Traffic jams 😂😂😂 it's a fuckin motorcycle 😅 who sits in traffic ffs😊

I had it 25.000 km with dct. Now no dct. It’s boring for me the dct

Yup, a minimal amount of effort went into this video.

@@DanTube2010 You won't get an answer from him, not seen a single reply on any of the vids.

@@Banditmanuk He did advertise "his" Quadlock" though. It is a minimal effort video. I did not do the research but I think a fully specced GS should be way more expensive than the ATAS.

@@offroadagain correct! Here in Portugal it's about €5K more than the ATAS and 7 or 8K more than the standard version. Think this standard version has a 20 litre tank.

Video starts off with a huge mistake 😂

I don't know what Charlie would say, but for me ease of serviceability would be very important factor "Long Way 'Round". Which unfortunately most new bikes no longer have, if it comes to valve adjustment or similar more involved maintenance items. Of course one could counter, that valves have a tendency to remain within specs for a rather long time and so adjustment may not be needed until the 'round is over. Still, I personally would not count on that. But even if the bike is only used in the neighborhood, I reject the extra complications involved maintaining these newer bikes. I have an XRV750RD07A and I think I will stick with that as long as parts are available. 60hp is plenty enough for me and the bike handles very much to my liking.

You nailed it 1990! I have a DCT with ES. We've ridden MX all our lives, mountain sledded Rockies and row gears in Z06, Boss's, Challengers ect. But on these bikes DCT is the bomb! Highways, forestry roads and tighter than you want adventures, the bike can/is over ridden by left hand shifting at a whim. Doesn't stall, and makes 98% of riding calmer, easier, smoother for sure, and relaxing most of the time. You have to learn it, not sure if it's great for a beginner, but none of us are going back manual on this bike. By the way electronic suspension is a game changer on the adventure model :⁠-⁠) Cheers to you "Adventure 1990" from Canada :⁠-⁠)

@@billmcmeekin7909 Good post, Bill.

I had the 1260 enduro amazing bike much better than the thirsty v4. I changed for one reason I couldn't pick it up! Bit older and weaker now at 64.

Try the new transalp?

@chrishall734 I've been keeping my eye on it yea

Good point. Would be great if Honda make a base model with less fancyness and drop msrp another 2000$

You’re in luck, they’ve just released the new Transalp! Failing that, have a look at the Rieju Aventura - Baby AT with 39L fuel capacity and a version of Hondas 500cc parallel twin (produced by Loncin, whom also build the 800cc BMW engine).

I’ve had the Adventure Sports for 18 months, keeps up with some surprisingly “quick” sports bikes! FYI - I have Conti Trail Attack 3’s on it currently and they’re awesome.

lololol

He got one point wrong. The ATAS actually IS tubeless.

@@durtyred86 True. But this is the regular version. For the price it should be tubeless. KTM, Husky etc. all have it in this price range.

I disagree. Split a tire open on a sharp rock way out in the bush and you're done with tubeless. But you can always stuff a new tube in a split open tire and still be able to get somewhere.

Why does it “need” tubeless wheels? I’d say tubes are common in the competition - Yam 700, Transalp, VStrom 800, VStrom 1050 front….

Its got Cruise control as standard.. 😅

KTM?

​@@buzzinbritain8222 😂

He’d probably pick the mythical loaded GS that costs less than this AT. 😅

One of the instructors at the Honda Adventure Experience told a story of how Guy Martin got given a DCT Africa Twin to race round a track - I think it may have been Cadwell Park - and he gets out there & of course being Guy Martin he passes everyone, laps a bunch of people. There's a video from a guy on a Hayabusa trying to catch him & despite having a much faster bike he never does. But anyway, Guy came in after his session & he's like yeah it's ok but it's not great, & Pat asks him if he'd had it in manual mode or sport or what, to which Guy looks nonplussed, & Pat shows him, you have 3 sport modes on top of drive, and you can use the manual shifters if you feel the computer's got it wrong, and there's manual mode where you're in control. So he asks "Well, did you at least turn traction control off?" No idea. Bleep bloop bleep "There you go Guy, now you have the full fat version." Guy walks off in disgust. He'd beat everyone in the high fuel economy drive mode.

I added the foot shifter to my ATAS DCT - that really is the best of all worlds :)

Stalled just yesterday in mine. They're not infallible, ... but they are perfect. ;)

@@monunyabidness5949 how'd you manage that? Is your DCT in need of a reset, maybe? There's a sort of Konami keypress that makes it go back to factory settings if it's getting a bit wonky.

I e owned both and the suspension is a lot better on the 1100. The 1000 was the only bike I’ve ever owned where I really needed to adjust the ridiculously soft forks and shock.

I agree , i had the 750 AT +1000AT and now the standard At 2023 with the non electronic showa suspension , witch works wonderfull ... in compare with suspension of the AT 1000!...😀

Ten kilos make THAT much of a difference? Nah.

You're not kidding! Shocking quality at this price point.

Ha ha, yes nothing is quite as good as that

Thank you Vikky that’s so lovely to hear.