Although the original was never officially available in Canada, the new Africa Twin will be available in our market, and likely as early 2016, several sources confirmed.
We haven’t seen an MSRP for the machine yet, but surely the price tag will be in the ballpark of the likes of the Yamaha Super Tenere adventure bike ($16,599 ). Technology like DCT transmission would theoretically raise the price a bit, if that option comes to Canada.
Want more details about the Africa Twin? You can find out more about the bike here. Officially, it’s the CRF1000L Africa Twin, sporting a parallel twin motor; we’re sure more details on horsepower, weight and other information will come over the summer, likely in small frustrating teaser snippets. Still, judging by the interest in the bike, it does look like Honda may have a winner here.
Wasn’t the Varadero around $17,000.00 when it came to Canada? And that was for a bike that had been in production overseas for years.
“Its Honda – they’ll do whatever they want …”
I’d argue that in this day and age each division must carry its own weight. From the standpoint of organization wide profit all is well but that’s not how successful companies view things anymore as they are beholden to shareholders. Crappy performing divisions are quickly cut or reduced in order to shore up the bottom line.
Its Honda – they’ll do whatever they want at whatever price they want (witness DN-01), they’ve got bags of car money behind them to help spread the brand image.
“It should be around $13K”
They need to recoup R & D costs too, which would be substantial with a new engine etc. It will need to be in the 16-18K range to compete with others, there’s no point in undercutting price when it won’t improve your sales volume enough to offset loss of profit.
I was actually considering a V-Strom 1000 this spring…if this is priced at about the same point, I’ll probably buy this instead.
Many years ago in the early 1980s, I remember Honda doing “demonstrations” to journalists of a Gold Wing with ABS, and making promises that it would be in production “real soon now”. Lots of articles were written and published going “ooh ahh” and we were all impressed.
Then BMW simply said that they were putting ABS on their K-bikes and they would be available next year. No fancy b*llsh*t stories, no sucking up to the journalists, BMW just DID IT.
So whenever I see Honda (or Kawasaki or anyone else) doing these long, drawn-out publicity stunts, I remember that it’s about 99% crap and I lose interest.
So Honda, how about you produce the bike, put it in showrooms and sell it? That’s YOUR JOB if you haven’t figured that out yet. Leave the overwrought marketing and long drawn-out b*llsh*t to the reality shows where it belongs.
I cant see why this would be priced much higher than a 1000 V strom. Same displacement category and same features, just with added wire spoke wheels. It should be around $13K
Well, this should definitely be the bike for all the people who wanted a litre-class ADV bike that doesn’t weigh a ton, has some off-road ability, and isn’t a spendy and/or somewhat unreliable BMW or KTM.
“Doesn’t weigh a ton” – the CRF250L is the heaviest bike in the 250 dual sport class. Big Red is perfectly capable of making a heavy off-road bike.