{"id":59730,"date":"2022-10-25T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=59730"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:25:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:25:44","slug":"forbidden-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2022\/10\/forbidden-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbidden Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honda\u2019s latest sports tourer not coming to Canada? Pity!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume:\u201d a perfect synopsis of the allure of forbidden fruit from otherwise forgettable romance writer Nenia Campbell. And while she might have been pontificating on vampire romance \u2014 yes, there is such a thing \u2014 it speaks to our universal desire for all that we can\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<p>At least that\u2019s what I was thinking when I walked into Stilmoto motorcycles in the tiny little northern Italian town of Sondrio. There, with pride of place in the centre of the showroom, was Honda\u2019s elusive NT1100. Now, for those not in the know, the NT1100 is a bit of a parts bin special. Basically, Honda takes the CRF1100 Africa Twin \u2014 which remains the best of the Japanese big-bore adventure bikes \u2014 and slaps on sportbike-spec 17-inch wheels and, speaking of alluring, some pretty sexy bodywork. The rest of the bike \u2014 the CRF\u2019s 1,084-cc \u201cUnicam\u201d parallel twin and the twin-spar frame. It is, for all intents and purposes, an Africa Twin in a new dress and shoes. That has done nothing to dampen my envy and ardour. Not at all. In fact, I\u2019ve been lobbying Honda Canada for almost a year now to get me in the seat of the NT since, as most pundits agree, the NT is surely destined for North American shores sometime in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An Offer I Can\u2019t Refuse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-59733\" src=\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/DSC02949-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\">Well, in a plot even the schlocky Ms. Campbell wouldn\u2019t dare write for fear of straining credibility, when I casually mentioned my covetousness to the dealership owner, Matteo, he a) knew what covetousness meant (most Canadians would struggle, never mind a motorcycle salesman for whom English is probably a fifth language) and b) he was willing to fulfill my quest for forbidden fruit.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it was his suggestion. Yes, a full year of constantly pestering in Canada was overtaken in Italy without me even having to ask \u201cCan I ride your bike?\u201d For those trying to decipher why motorcycling is more popular in the Bel Paese \u2014 quite literally, the beautiful country \u2014 than here in Canada, look no further.<br \/>\nSo, with nothing more than a promise that yes, I would take at least one picture of his pride and joy with a Stilmoto sticker front and centre, Matteo sent me off to the Bernina Pass \u2014 think of the Tail of the Dragon, only without the law&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honda\u2019s latest sports tourer not coming to Canada? Pity! \u201cWe hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume:\u201d a perfect synopsis of the allure of forbidden fruit from otherwise forgettable romance writer Nenia Campbell. And while she might have been pontificating on vampire romance \u2014 yes, there is such a thing \u2014 it speaks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,1846,2308,1853,1852],"tags":[2319,90,2243,2318,473],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2022 Honda NT1100 Motorcycle Review | Motorcycle Mojo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In the November\/December issue of Motorcycle Mojo, we have a review of the latest motorcycle from Honda; the 2022 Honda NT1100. 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