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Honda made the XL 750 Transalp and advertised it as a road bike, despite having long travel suspension, 21in tubed spoke front and 19 inch tubed spoked rear wheels. No tubeless option and not even a 19in front wheel option like on the Suzuki vstrom 800 re. Despite this seemingly off-road design, I decided to take Honda at their word and put this midsized Africa Twin to the test as a road bike.
This is the first installment of my 24 Hours with the 2024 Transalp 750 in which I treat it like a road bike and only a road bike. I want to fine out, “if you never took this bike off road, is it still a good bike”. And I don’t mean to play nice. I rented this bike with my own money so I own no curtesies to anyone. I have no car, only have the means for 1 motorcycle, and it’s my main form of transit.
In this part 1, we see if the Transalp is a good bike to commute in the biggest city on earth, my home of Tokyo Japan. In the following parts we will see how well it holds up on high speed highways without cruise control. Can it be a sport bike in the twisty Kanto mountain roads? What is its real value for money? And would I actually buy this as my one and only pavement prowler for everything I can imagine?