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Africa Twin

Post by fixxervi6 » Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:20 am

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Re: Africa Twin

Post by LonestarCBR » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:12 pm

Pretty decent weight for a liter ADV. I often find it a shame however that Honda doesn't build the bikes they are capable of building. Time will tell, hopefully they hit a homerun.
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Re: Africa Twin

Post by Rhino » Tue Jul 28, 2015 7:54 am

That's a Versys with better ground clearance and better wheels and a bigger engine.

Yes please.

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Re: Africa Twin

Post by LonestarCBR » Tue Jul 28, 2015 8:15 am

Excuse me sir, you've somehow wandered off the golf boards and onto a motorcycling board. :-D
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Re: Africa Twin

Post by Rhino » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:28 pm

LonestarCBR wrote:Excuse me sir, you've somehow wandered off the golf boards and onto a motorcycling board. :-D
Tournament was this past weekend. I no longer have to be quite as much of a golf fanatic.

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Re: Africa Twin

Post by Stardog » Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:46 pm

LonestarCBR wrote:Excuse me sir, you've somehow wandered off the golf boards and onto a motorcycling board. :-D
Perhaps he needs an adventure bike to access some of the areas where his golf balls land.
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Re: Africa Twin

Post by Striple » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:06 pm

Stardog84 wrote:
LonestarCBR wrote:Excuse me sir, you've somehow wandered off the golf boards and onto a motorcycling board. :-D
Perhaps he needs an adventure bike to access some of the areas where his golf balls land.
Perfect habitat for the CRF450R. :))
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Re: Africa Twin

Post by LonestarCBR » Thu Sep 03, 2015 1:32 pm

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Re: Africa Twin

Post by fixxervi6 » Thu Sep 03, 2015 1:37 pm

Tubes..... :icon_thumbdowncopy1up:
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Re: Africa Twin

Post by LonestarCBR » Thu Sep 03, 2015 1:39 pm

There’s 9.1 inches of front suspension travel, and 8.7 in the rear. :icon_thumb:
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