It may be 2021 but have you considered the 2017 Honda Africa Twin? 

I bought the same bike new. It has been perfect. A great all rounder: not the best at anything but good at everything. I really appreciate the simplicity of these earlier models. I don’t need or want modes, DCT, giant top heavy fuel tanks, or other gadgets that just break and you can’t fix them yourself. Off road performance is surprisingly good with the right tires. Passenger comfort is acceptable. All I do is change the oil and filters, add gas. Its a Honda.

Like this better than the newer mod. Less gadgets, less fuzz. Beutifule bike.

All I can say is Thank You Been juggling a decision and pretty sure you just helped me make it. Very informative and honest review.🤝

Great video - thank you. Just bought one used (28000km) and looking forward to my first trip. Has the original Honda carriers but your SW-Motech's look amazing. Thanks again!

I bought a 2019 model and registered 1st March 2020 for £10K Done most of the mods you have done fantastic bike.

Nice review.. enjoyed it. Watched various stuff now and its all good comments on this bike .. going to be getting one later this year all being well...

I have one and love it. I'm a road rider rather than trail rider. Best thing I have done is putting Bridgestone Battlax Adventure A41 on it. The standard tyre were dangerous when riding spiritly. You could ride off the edge of the front one causing front end trying to tuck. They transformed the bike. I had a fuel exhausts can on mine for a while which I took off to get a price to change the bike and it brought back a load of low down torque and smoothed the engine out quite a bit.

Thanks for the update love them

Really interesting vid. You've made some great choices buddy

After few years looking how to go back to motorcycles, you helped me decide to get a 2018 AT, no regrets so far. Great bike, without having to deal with overcomplicated gadgets and screens. Cheers from Costa Rica!

I have the same bike...in red. I’ve put 20k miles on it, a lot of that is dirt. I too love this version. It’s super reliable and great in dirt. I do use the same cruise quite a bit when on tarmac. I put a bigger screen on it, and many other aftermarket stuff on it. But nothing crazy. Simple, smooth and....it’s a Honda!. Cheers from Arizona

Great reviews, cheers.

Awesome ride. Keep us updated. King regards from barcelona!

Good review. I am in the market for a 2017AT at the moment. Prefer cable throttle and less electronics myself.

You lucky bastard :-) Such insanely beautiful scenery to drive through day in and out. Happy you went for Honda and not BMW.

great video great bike ive got the Honda panniers and top box but I must admit yours look great

Picked up my 2018 Adventure Sports on Saturday from the Ardèche! 2 and a half hour drive home on twisties avoiding the autoroute was a great introduction to the bike. Can't wait for our first road trip!

I own a 2017 Africa Twin non DTC. I’ve owned 27 motorcycles and the AT is the best bike I’ve ever owned. It’s the first and only “forever” bike I’ve owned. I just rolled 39,000 miles on it and I’ve yet to check the valves. It’s done the MABDR and most of the NEBDR. It’s my main year-round commuter bike and I’d give up my new Harley Pan America before I gave up this AT.

I’m looking at a used 17 in my local market so came across your video here when doing a little research. Off topic but thought I’d mention that I have family history in Jersey. Can trace the tree from several generations in New Zealand (where I have lived most of my life but now living in Colorado) back to Jersey Island and my last name is Hellyer. Hoping to make it to Jersey one day to check it out. Cheers

Love mine too , dct is great, forever bike.

I bought a 2017 Honda Africa Twin new & it was a great bike but I sold it for a 2018 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports. The 2017 Africa Twin had a fairly comfortable seat better than the 2018 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports seat (IMO). Both are nice choices. EDIT: _Memorial Day_ is tomorrow (USA): remember the men who died for us.

I like my 2018 with the ride by wire and wild noise stock exhaust pipe. Changed the tires for Pirelli trailmax2. Better grip than the battlax a41 stock ones on tarmac .

I own this exact bike since last september. Got it with only 8k kms. I've tried the 2020 DCT one, and i think it's better in every aspect, except the over complicated electronics. I think eventually i'll get myself a dct version.

I have the same bike , enjoyed it...

Informative review, two things I'm concerned with one is the poor tank range & two having to do the tubeless conversion, other than that they seem a good used buy 😊

I just bought a 2017 Africa Twin with only 1700 miles for my first bike 2 weekends ago. Came with Tusk aluminum saddleboxes, givi 15l tank bag, full givi crash bars. I put on doubletake adventure mirrors with extensions, tank grip pads, Barkbuster VPS handguards, camel adv camel toe kickstand and windscreen brace, centerstand, ims adv 2 footpegs, xgrip ram mount, fastway billet cargo rack. I have an altrider skidpIate in the garage waiting to be installed. I was planning on the F850gs until I was able to mount and compare the 2. The BMW was way more top heavy. Bought some Alpinestars boots and their v3 drystar honda jacket. Bought a cheapo Yema helmet from Amazon but now looking at an Arai XD4.

Great vid thanks.

Greetings from Leeds. An excellent appraisal. Looking to purchase an adventure bike, keep going back to the ATs. This would make a fantastic 2nd bike, current steed Triumph Street Triple RS. Not looking at anytime soon to be slowing down,even @ 55 years young. By the way, I am also a fair weather rider 😀

I have the same motorcycle exactly in Texas. I am good. Love it. The color is all Texas. The best motorcycle for off-road. Come to Texas and giddy up!

I bought a 2017 mine last year

Good all round summation of the bike. If you allow me I can pass on my 5 years 137,000 klm, 63 country experience with our 16 std. Essentially what I think I can add is the issues to look out for. First let me say, there aren't many, but like all bikes there are some. You've already mentioned the rusting spokes. The front end is cheap and will wear internally in the upper part of the stancion, right where the lower tripple clamp grips. (They all do it after as little at 10-15,000 klms) Some have speculated that this clamp is done up too tight, causing a slight crush and hence wear. I've replaced my front end with an Ohlins unit. Far superior in every respect. The rear Showa is a better spec unit, but will benefit from respringing and valving to your weight and riding style. Ours has been trouble free after it went to a local Tech for the rework. Watch your front disc's for excessive wear on the bobbins, a common fault. Whilst there, keep an eye on your spoke tension. A lot of bikes have early rear right wheel bearing failures. As low as 25,000 klms. But this is mostly prevelent on bikes that get ridden hard over rough ground or heavily loaded. I Have done a conversion to a 4204 dbl row ball bearing instead of the original 6204. Now I change at 50,000 klms with confidence of no early failure. A lot of early bikes had water pump failures. This is identified with a slight coolant leak at the pump. There is a weep hole to atmosphere and the leak will be seen here. Touch wood I've been OK until now. Hmm, what else. Oh unlike you, we both hated the seat. To stay married that has been replaced with a local custom made one here in Aus. far superior thats for sure. I'm perfectly happy with tubes, so no issues that department from me so far as tubeless rims go. Oh, I've only had to make minor adjustments to both the inboard exh valves. Simple enough process, seeing at they are old school screw and locknut. (Inlets are shims). Whilst your in there fit a set of Iridium plugs. Good for 100,000 klms and saves the fiddly hassle of chaging more regularly. I've found that this bike likes a slack chain. Don't be tempted to over tighten. if you do, you just find that you have to regularly retension. I go for about 40 ml total"up & down" slack. Hmm, thats about all I can think of. If you are at all interested you can read more here. advrider.com/f/threads/rtw-on-a-h-a-t-in-the-slow-lane.1172713/

Hi, thanks for the vid. I keep on thinking about buying one. It' s interesting you're a sports bike rider. So many talk about the AT's mushy suspension/handling on the tarmac but you don't mention it. Would that be cos there's not much in it and that some are just being super picky? Cheers.

Thanks for sharing mate. Got the same bike, DCT one, same colour scheme, got SW motech panniers, no top box. kinda regret it. want manual one now, want to swap? if anyone reading this, Im in Perth, West Australia.

Thanks for the vid, I'm really struggling with this very issue. I have only had smaller bikes, currently ride a 250 dual sport and I am really concerned about the weight of this bike off road mostly. I was thinking about the DCT for ease of use in off road difficult terrain. I'm only 5'8"/160.

good overview!

Great video thank you When are you gonna make the new video Riding it ? Thxs

I have a 2017 AT since new. 10k miles on it. I like the new ones and could get one, but they're not the same as the 2017. Some stuff the last one I looked over, a 2022, seemed cheesy.

I have and prices are insane at the moment. Sellers are pricing 15k+ miles 2017/18s near the cost of a new model from a dealer.

Recall on the spokes for quality spokes they will honour it

Great review. And yes what a bike.. I’ve been waiting to be able to get hold of one of these for a couple of years... And I did go straight in for the 2017 model.. All though the DCT.. one of the main reasons why.. I myself always road sport bikes. Kwaks mainly and one Suzuki gsxr. But I developed foot drop and I could change gear.. hence the DCT. I did also before this and because of the FD have four years on cruisers. But nah.. was indoors more that out.. Hence the second reason why I got the Africa Twin.. And you know what I love it to.. it’s actually the best bike out of all I’ve had... So glad I’ve come across your video. Right now I’m looking for good crash bars.. and after the crash you had. And I think like I’m going to be having when I go off road.. I think I may go for the ones that you have.. I’ve been online looking for that last two days.. in between work 😂 Anyway great video. Ride safe and have fun... 👍👍👍

Jes man how do you live with a 40mph speed limit? great bike these, there is a new transalp on the way I think, 750cc parallel twin, waiting to see it but one of these older AT would be a good buy too, think I'd go crazy on an island that size.

Just a reminder that the Africa Twin 1000cc and 1100cc is tuned for a lower power output in order to run on lower grade unleaded fuel for when you end up on a round the world trip unable to get premium unleaded. Same like the old Africa Twin 750 I had that could literally run on a bottle of whiskey, rum or whatever you could throw at it to make it to the next fuel stop. There is a reason for the Africa in the name, to deal with so-called 3rd world African problems. Of course don't try that with your new AT. 🙂 Otherwise, Honda has no problem making a more powerful engine than most of the powerhouses out there.

Hi, were did you buy the trottle holder/cruise control thing ? 😃

Hi, what is the name of the camerasystem ? Do you have a link ?

Tell us more about your job. How did you train to become an airline pilot?

Just asking, if the silencer is made perfectly horizontal (can it be made like that?🙂), will it increase the mileage?☺️

can you post a link where to buy the cameras?

What's the difference between the 2017 and 2018 DVT? Thanks

Can I ask u have u ever had starting problems as I have 2017 with 7200 mils and every time I take my finger off the start button it cuts out

No need to be in a rush with Twins 😉

Interesting but, with respect to the Africa Twin, am I right to think Honda shit the bed in 2019?

Have they fitted it with cruise control yet?

Nice video mate, but if you're sticking strictly to under 40, you must be the only one. 😄

11:37 man how on earth you fell there??? how could you?

If the rim is bent the tube rules!

name of the bike? is it honda 2017 crf 1100? or adv

Let me know if you selling that arrow setup :)

Is it an ATAS?

No cruise control, no dice.

Too expensive for a first bike

Why do Brits always talk in miles? It never made any sense to me

Sorry but I can't watch a "review" on an adv bike from an owner that stays on tarmac 99% of the time. Stopped watching at 4:41 🤮