Andrew Clubb, Editor of Australian Adventure Bike Magazine (AAB) and Dave Darcy of Motorcycle Adventure Dirtbike TV and Editor at Large at AAB test two versions of the 2022 Honda Africa Twin.
This is the second of a two part series and focusses on the Adventure Sport DCT ES series and its handling in the dirt and suitability of the DCT in the dirt.
In the first part Dave focussed on testing the standard Africa Twin model and Clubby rode the top of the range Adventure Sport DCT ES. In this final and second part of the series Clubby and Dave swap bikes and describe their experiences.
Dave decides which model he would buy and discusses where the Africa Twin sits in the highly competitive market of Mid Range and Super Tourer adventure bikes.
This detailed review will focus on both bikes' suitability as adventure mounts for Australian conditions. A strong focus of the tests will be on dirt handling.
The test has been broken into two parts due to poor weather conditions that has seen extensive flooding in the areas used for testing the bikes.
For those new to MAD TV I'd encourage you to look around the channel, we have international adventures, bike reviews and and Chris Birch extreme videos and other stuff and most recently some great films from Nick Sanders. Occasionally we go live for some fun. Here are some links to help you find the good stuff.
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