{"id":60077,"date":"2023-02-21T08:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/?p=60077"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:24:53","slug":"adventure-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/2023\/02\/adventure-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure on the Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overall updates and an increased engine size make the new Africa Twin a desirable bike by anybody\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n<p>Honda\u2019s CRF1000, when it was originally launched six years ago, was a bit of a rebel. Powered by what was then unique (as in no one else dared produce a big-bore engine in the supposedly lesser parallel-twin format) it was a poke in the eye to the then Boxer and V-twin orthodoxy that dominated big-bore adventure touring. Completely ordinary in concept \u2014 that\u2019s me trying to say \u201cbland\u201d politely \u2014 it was also modest on the spec sheet: the 2016 Africa Twin boasted but 94 hp, not exactly class-leading even six years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward seven short years and Honda\u2019s once pilloried parallel-twin is now mainstream, BMW\u2019s mid-sized GS is starting to sell in numbers, KTM\u2019s high-powered twins are gaining much respect and Suzuki has just launch its first all-new engine in some two decades \u2014 you guessed it: a 776-cc parallel-twin. What was once disparaged has, in a world now dominated by cost-cutting and ever more stringent emissions standards, become the go-to internal combustion configuration of the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Modest Boost in Power<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60089\" src=\"https:\/\/motorcyclemojo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Africa-Twin-AS-ES_Gallery_006-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">What has not changed is that the Africa Twin remains, on paper at least, modestly powered. Despite a boost in displacement \u2014 thanks to a longer stroke \u2014 to 1,084-cc, a 2022 CRF1100 boasts but 101 hp, the seven horsepower gain a modest improvement by any measure and positively overwhelmed by the 170-plus hp some of the ruling adventure touring behemoths now claim. And yet\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In real life, Honda\u2019s Unicam parallel-twin doesn\u2019t feel underpowered. Oh sure, if you were \u2014 for some strange reason \u2014 on a racetrack or lived in a country without speed limits, the lack of top-end power might be a thing. But here in the real world where radar cops are enthusiastic and the speed at which you can be charged with \u201cstunting\u201d moving ever downwards, there\u2019s more than enough power. It is an adventure touring bike, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, as a result of a 86 cubic centimetre bump in displacement, the CRF is actually on a more equal footing with its competitors despite only gaining seven horses. Yes, a good KTM 890 pumps out more horsepower, but thanks to that 6.5-mm longer stroke, bottom-end torque is decidedly beefier. Hammer the CRF\u2019s throttle at 2,500 rpm and it fairly leaps ahead. It does sign off by about 7,000 rpm \u2014 when some of the more monster motored of ADVs are just getting started \u2014 but until you get to superbike-like revs, Honda\u2019s single-cam parallel-twin is plenty powerful enough. Loaded up like a pack mule or hustling over a twisty road, I never&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall updates and an increased engine size make the new Africa Twin a desirable bike by anybody\u2019s standards. Honda\u2019s CRF1000, when it was originally launched six years ago, was a bit of a rebel. 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