Transalp review
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It's a good bike but it's not all roses. Yes no cruise but it's not the only one in the group missing that.
Suspension is rather poor on the first few years and has been upgraded a bit (stiffer) just recently. Still mostly not adjustable though.
Gravel mode is useless if you want to actually go off pavement. Turning off TC and/or ABS is involving and annoying. There's a "custom" riding mode but it still won't allow these changes in it so it remains involving and annoying.
Video review commented that the AT is 18kg heavier and only a few HP more powerful and that they're pretty comparable. They're not. The AT has the TQ and feels significantly stronger. It also feels significantly bigger and heavier. I've ridden the TA and AT back to back and the TA feels like a mountainbike in comparison in terms of weight/size.
Not to say it's not a great bike as it's quite good. Just know what the strengths and weaknesses are.
Suspension is rather poor on the first few years and has been upgraded a bit (stiffer) just recently. Still mostly not adjustable though.
Gravel mode is useless if you want to actually go off pavement. Turning off TC and/or ABS is involving and annoying. There's a "custom" riding mode but it still won't allow these changes in it so it remains involving and annoying.
Video review commented that the AT is 18kg heavier and only a few HP more powerful and that they're pretty comparable. They're not. The AT has the TQ and feels significantly stronger. It also feels significantly bigger and heavier. I've ridden the TA and AT back to back and the TA feels like a mountainbike in comparison in terms of weight/size.
Not to say it's not a great bike as it's quite good. Just know what the strengths and weaknesses are.
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I took one out for a ride and was going to do a write-up on it, but realized I had zero nice things to say about it, so I skipped the review.
The suspension is terrible for off-road. Too soft and the bike doesn't track where you want it to go in the rough stuff. Horrible handling, easily the worst of the "mid-weight" ADV bikes on the market.
Would not recommend.
Pavey Jr of Brake Magazine bought one and the first mod he did was to switch out the suspension (to TracTive I believe).
Damn, while Honda has never been the choice for exhilaration but a few of their recent bikes that seem interesting at first glance (Transalp and 250 Rally) seem to be lost to the bean counters. Some more money in suspension and they may have been acceptable out of the box.
My buddy bought one of the 23/24 bikes and after the first year he spent a good chunk on new shock and fork internals. Not sure on brand, he got them sent over from somewhere in Europe. Also put crash bars, a Motoz Adventure rear and AX41 front tires, and some other stuff. It's a great bike on/offroad now.
sburns
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Why don't you have a AT and a KLR?
