Test fleet: Honda CRF1100L Africa Twin
Apr 01, 2020
4 minutes
It is late January and (not unnaturally) it’s ruddy damn cold. I’m heading up the A1 and my fingers are numb: but they shouldn’t be as this pristine Honda CRF1100L Africa Twin is fitted with heated grips – or should have.
Re-wind 24 hours and I’m at KCS in Corby picking up my latest long-termer – the DCTequipped Twinkie. I’m being given a thorough talk-through of the controls and I’m confident that this iPad-savvy geek (that’s me) can handle the new touch-screen system up-front.
So off home I ride, comforted by the warm glow coming through the grips.
That night, in the garage, I fiddle about with the settings. Of course I’m not looking at
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