After getting to know the ’24 version of the Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sports in the Algarve, which this year has a 19-inch front wheel and electronic suspension as standard, we rode the popular Japanese model again, but in its base version.
We went to see this bike in the Gorafe desert, in southern Spain, and what awaited us was a route that was almost entirely off-road. Like its more off-road-oriented “sister”, the base Africa Twin benefits this year from a parallel twin-cylinder engine that now has a 7% improvement in torque from low engine speeds, due to new internal components that have increased the compression ratio. The crankshaft and connecting rods have been redesigned, the injection has been improved, and so the latest Africa Twin looks livelier and more fun.
The windshield is higher and wider, and can be adjusted to different positions, and a few other small improvements have been made all over the place, making this CRF 1100L Africa Twin one of the most versatile bikes on the maxi-trail market, for riding on and off-road.