The burgeoning adventure bike market, a trend started in part by BMW Motorrad’s big GS Adventure, has seen many manufacturers throw their hat into the ring, hoping for a slice of the lucrative, and expensive, pie. With that in mind, Honda has shown the Africa Twin Adventure Sports concept, a development of the 2016 CRF1000L Africa Twin that was launched in late 2014.
While the 2016 CRF1000L took many design cues from the original, and legendary, XRV750 Africa Twin, as well as the CRF450 Rally, the Adventure Sports concept has a massive, up-swept Termignoni silencer. This is addition to a large, aluminium bash-plate that covers all off the bottom surface area of the engine, as used on the CRF450 Rally.
The seat is a flat, narrow unit that borrows from Honda’s range of moto-crossers, letting the rider slide far back along the seat to place weight on the rear-end for rear-wheel traction. The tail-unit is new, and comes adorned with an “Adventure Sports” decal that was first seen in the original Africa Twin.
A proper luggage rack made from tubular-section steel is fixed to the rear, replacing the cast alloy items on the CRF1000L. Knobby tyres are also seen on the Africa Twin Adventure Sports, and the graphics go back to the 90s, again from the first-generation Africa Twin, which sees its 30th anniversary this year.
The 2016 CRF1000L Africa Twin has a 998 cc V-twin engine that puts out 93.8 hp and 97.6 Nm of torque. Coming with the option of a manual or DCT (Dual-Clutch Transmission) gearbox, the CRF1000L weighs in at 228 kg wet in standard form, 232 kg with ABS, and 222 kg with DCT.
GALLERY: 2016 Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin DCT
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