I'm getting old(der) and fat(ter) and figure the time has come to hang up the sportsbike boots. So I was thinking about an africa twin (mainly cos I like the guys who run the franchise and will be chopping in my Ninja against it there).
Anyone ridden one? Thoughts? I know I could get a pegaso or cagiva gran canyon thing, but I've had Aprillias and Cagivas before and they always blow up!
Cheers
Chuck

 

Chuck,
I hired an Africa Twin in Tenerife last year, however I had a passenger so its difficult to comment exactly.

Nice smooth engine (legendary Honda reliability?), not a bad turn of speed, handling quite sharp, but sooooo heavy with quite a high centre of gravity makes it interesting in traffic.

You're never too old or fat to give up sports bikes - pull yourself together...

Cheers
Andrew

 

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