The 2019 Honda Africa Twin and the Africa Twin
Adventure Sports have been revealed. The 2019 Honda Africa Twin and
Africa Twin Adventure Sports are built around a steel semi-double-cradle frame.
There aren’t major changes to the way the Honda Africa Twin looks. The CRF1000L
Africa Twin made its debut in 2016. The Africa Twin Adventure Sports, which was
unveiled in 2018, is less minimalist than the Africa Twin in terms of styling.
Both motorcycles feature dual headlights, but the
Adventure Sports has a larger fairing and a taller windscreen. The bikes have a
semi-fairing design that is aimed to offer better comfort by providing wind
protection. The Adventure Sports badge brings a bigger sump guard, more fuel
carrying capacity, front light bars, heated grips and a 12V accessory socket as
standard.
Other features include wire-spoke wheels in 21-inch
front and 18-inch rear combination, a tall-set exhaust and a split seat. The
Adventure Sports offers 10.6 of ground clearance, which is 0.8-inch more than
the Africa Twin's ground clearance. Luggage solutions include aluminium side
cases and an aluminium top box with mounting equipment specific to the Africa
Twin Adventure Sports.
Suspension duties on the standard model are
performed by a 45 mm inverted telescopic fork with 9.1-inch travel at the front
and Pro-Link system monoshock with 8.7-inch travel at the rear. The Adventure
Sports variant, on the other hand, gets 9.9-inch and 9.4-inch travel at the
front and back respectively.
The Africa Twin and the Africa Twin Adventure Sports
use a 998cc, parallel-twin, SOHC, eight-valve engine that features 270° phased
crankshaft and uneven firing interval. The engine is tuned to deliver 89 PS of
maximum power at 7,500 rpm and 93.1 Nm of peak torque at 6,000 rpm. It is mated
to a standard 6-speed manual transmission or an optional 6-speed automatic
dual-clutch transmission.
Stopping power is provided by 310 mm dual disc
brakes at the front that are grabbed by four-piston hydraulic callipers at the
front and 256 mm single disc with a one-piston hydraulic calliper at the rear.
Dual-channel ABS comes as standard and can be turned off at the back. The DCT
system can be operated in three modes of gear-change – Manual mode, Automatic
Drive and Automatic Sport.
The 2019 Honda Africa Twin duo comes with Throttle
By Wire (TBW) system with four individual riding modes – Tour, Urban, Gravel
and User – and Honda Selectable Torque Control (HSTC) system. The HSTC system
has seven selectable levels and can be turned completely off.
