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is some “slippage” between the two clutches and the gearbox. It is ever so slight, and almost unnoticeable. However it does rob a little bit of performance, so to remove this, Honda has fitted a button marked “G” just below the screen on the panel. Press it once and the clutches and all the other bits work like demons… still smooth and seamless, but with a pleasing taughtness that combined with a fabulous induction howl make canyon riding enormous fun. Ok so now that we’ve done our best to explain how it all works, what is it like to ride? On the fully automatic DCT version it only takes 30 seconds from selecting 1st gear with the right hand rocker switch and turning the throttle to pull off to forget that bikes ever even had things like clutch and gear levers! Everything just feels so natural and it all works so well. We were put into groups of five, each behind a riding leader, and told not to pass him, which we dutifully did not do… for about five kays. It was a brilliant Karoo summer day, with such clear air we could probably have seen Madagascar from the top of one of the nearby hills. After 5 kays we came to a T junction, and all of us had the same thought in mind. If we were expected to ride the 150 something km route like this we were going to turn right at the first opportunity when the riding leader turned left. Luckily for us Heine and Dieter second guessed us and we were asked to follow a film crew in a truck one by one for some video shots, so we forgot about riding away from our minders. After that we were taken on a succession of brilliant mountain passes, and at speeds we all enjoyed, and which exposed the new Africa Twin to real, fast touring conditions. One of the great things about riding in South Africa is that the roads are generally in great condition, traffic is sparse and policing is minimal. Our minders proved to be excellent riders and kept us all at a fast but safe pace. As the day wore on we stopped quite often and the entire group “One of the great things about riding in South Africa is that the roads are generally in great condition, traffic is sparse and policing is minimal.” 52 DIRT & TRAIL MAGAZINE JANUARY 2016 1601 DT Africa Twin.indd 52 2015/12/16 9:41 AM
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