Power and torque. 100bhp / 75.7Kw @ 9250rpm. 77 lb.ft / 104.4Nm @ 6250rpm . Engine, gearbox and exhaust. The NT1100 motor is pure, undiluted Africa Twin – a 1084cc 270° parallel twin featuring Honda’s Unicam single overhead cam and running the same pistons, rods, crank, valvetrain, combustion chamber and cam timing as the adventure bike.
The Africa Twin’s standard seat height can be set to 870 mm (34.3 in) or, like here, to 850 mm (33.5 in). The bike still wasn’t quite ready. This was the DCT version, with an automatic transmission that can be set to Sport or Drive, and Automatic or Manual, which uses a button and a trigger lever on the left handlebar to shift gears.
We submit a full test of Honda's Africa Twin ADV bike to prove whether or not this adventure-touring motorcycle was worth the wait. In its standard position, seat height is 34.3 inches, but it
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