Adventure Touring shoot-out

[2wheels]

This could be interesting to follow.
Part 1, 3 pages.

2018 Big-Bore Adventure Touring Shootout – Part 1: Street

(Motorcycle.com)

 

[bsacbob]

Not a good report for the new AT Adventure sadly.

 

[2wheels]

" All the careful planning by our acting EiC, who had confessed that placing all of the pieces of this shootout had gone rather smoothly, had suddenly been dashed by one ill-placed root and one eager 20-something who couldn’t wait to test the Africa Twin Adventure Sport’s pogo sticks in the dirt. "

Well, he wouldn't be the first 20 something year old to be the victim of an ill-placed root Bob!
Not a good testament to the AT's defences though.

 

[prince666]

Those are the only nitpicks we’ve been able to come up with so far, and truthfully, they’re pretty minor. Okay they’re not. Overall, the Africa Twin Adventure Sports is a bitchin’ bike.

To sum it up nicely, we’ll turn to Scott once more: if you chose to put an Africa Twin in your garage, “you’re going to get one of the best-sorted, do-it-all adventure bikes ever produced.”

 

[2wheels]

They sure are making us wait too long for part 2; probably the more relevant part.

 

[2wheels]

Well, it took quite a while but here's part 2 of the shootout.
Doing it in the dirt.

2018 Big-Bore Adventure Touring Off-road Shootout - Motorcycle.com

(motorcycle.com)