QUICK TEST: STEEL ART

The very first Honda XRV650 RD03 Africa Twin is a legend among motorcycles, but was never exported to Australia. I don’t know why. So, how did this particular Africa Twin get to Maitland?

Andy had first seen one when the family was living in Scotland. It was the 750, the second model to grow on the Africa Twin family tree. He had the hots for it right off, he admits that, but at the time he believed he’d never own one because he’s not a big bloke and this was a very big bike.

“Only one foot barely, barely touched the ground when I sat on it”, he says. He’s lightly built too, and this was a combination of physical characteristics that did nothing to prepare him for life