Рет қаралды 710
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.
We commuted in Tokyo city and did high speed highway touring, and then we got rid of our chicken strips in the mountain.
This time I prove that the Transalp might be the most expensive middle weight. It’s not a bargain of cost performance if you have to still buy suspension, tubeless wheels, cruise control, and maybe even reprogramming the computer aids. Not to mention this can all void your warranty.
And finally, I’ll need to decide, would I actually buy this as my one and only pavement prowler for everything I can imagine?