The 2021 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports has been launched in India. The updated version of the very capable, dual-sport motorcycle is less powerful and costlier than the 2020 model. There are no major changes in the new Africa Twin. It continues to use the same 1084 cc parallel-twin engine. However, for MY2021, Honda has reduced the power and torque output by a small margin. So, instead of 101 PS/105 Nm, the 2021 Africa Twin has 99 PS/103 Nm. Since the motorcycle was already BS6-compliant, we wonder, why did Honda make these changes.
Honda is also saying that the 2021 Africa
Twin has been given new colour options. However, that’s not really the case.
The company has just swapped the available paint schemes between the two
variants. The 2020 Honda Africa Twin with the manual transmission was available
in Pearl Glare White colour option whereas the Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT)
variant could be purchased in the Darkness Black Metallic livery. Now, it is
just the opposite - manual transmission in Darkness Black Metallic and DCT in
Pearl Glare White.
The 2021 Africa Twin with manual
transmission has been priced at INR 15.96 lakh* which makes it INR 61,000
costlier than the 2020 model that retailed at INR 15.35 lakh*. On the other
hand, the 2020 DCT variant used to cost INR 16.10 lakh*, Honda is yet to
announce the pricing of its 2021 model.
Bookings for the new Africa Twin are now
open. Interested customers can make a reservation by visiting a Honda BigWing
premium dealership.
