First Ride Vlog: Honda Africa Twin 1100 DCT On & Off Road

Honda Africa Twin 1100 DCT First Ride On & Off Road

Discover the new Africa Twin 1100 DCT with me in real-time. This is my frist ride on the bike, and my first time ever riding a DCT. How does the DCT work on the road, and off road? How is the new 1100 engine compared to the old 1000 that I own? How is the suspension of the new bike? What about the TFT dash and electronics? Discover with me as we take our first ride, together.

I have a lot more content coming with the CRF1100L, so stay tuned. Including a video on how to use the TFT and all the electronics, since it is so complicated!

#ridered #honda #africatwin #adv #dct

00:00 Intro
04:34 Street Ride
14:34 Off Road
24:14 Conclusions

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[BigRockMoto]

Received some feedback that I should know how to use the controls before doing a "review". This is not a review, it was titled as a "first ride" so you can ride along for the first time on the bike. In my full review and other videos, I will know how to work the systems (I already learned by now). Still have some complaints about controlling the ABS and TC, but I have the dash figured, and I am getting used to the DCT which is amazing in traffic and in city. For off road, I am torn, but will do a side by side with the manual Africa Twin for comparison. Thanks for the feedback as always.

[theperson]

WOW! Your house/cabin whatever it is, is beautiful and that view off the deck looks like it would be breath taking.

[KD-xofx]

Nice U-turns in the dirt... that's what I was wondering about in regards to the DCT.... great video :)

[EricKnight]

First complaint out of everyones mouth is “it short shifts in D mode”! Ok, D mode is mainly for commuting and highway. Quick shifts keep fuel mileage down. And when you’re not lugging around a pillion or 100# of camping gear it’s not really lugging.

[missionplatinum]

Bret Tkacs has an awesome video of the Africa Twin DCT off road. He loves it and rides it like a total Watch it because he has decoded the no clutch and gives great instruction!

[AJ-ysvb]

To read the Manual could help, itˋs less complicated than it seems on first glance!

[vohannes]

The whole idea of DCT is to provide a number of options to accommodate your riding style and terrain/purpose. It's just silly to expect drive mode to react the way you would normally ride. That is the idea of DCT. You have to find the mode that suits you. Choose manual mode to suit your individual preferences.

[DrumNut]

I’ve got a 2017 AT with the DCT. What all of us who own these bikes do is ride it in sport mode all the time.

[eyesonly]

Give it way more throttle on the slow speed turn while keeping pressure on the rear brake. Works like magic.

[dougsATadvs]

I currently own a 2020 Africa twin standard, Love it!

After spending one weekend on my new bike I come to thoroughly enjoy the tech that’s built into this, really not that tough to learn

As far as the TFT not coming up quick enough, what I do is turn the key on than put my gloves and helmet on and it’s ready to go, Not an issue

Not sure if you realize the suspension has a Lotta adjustability built into it through sag, compression and rebound dampening, I world never complain about a bike’s suspension until after I have spent some time dialing it in

All bikes come with a generic suspension set up up to the owner to dial it in

[NickMekanik]

I would like to see a video when you figured out the settings.

[alvaroamador]

I enjoyed this video because you get to see how it feels to actually first start on the bike. Looking forward to the review later on!

[zakparrish]

If you want snappier response on the throttle turn on G-mode. By default it's the star button.

If you wanna turn off rear ABS you need to set the off road mode's display to "Gold" mode, which gives you all the access.

Dragging rear brake will be weird for about a week. Once you master it, you will find it's actually a useful trick even on standard bikes.

[jerrytaylor]

I’ve purchased the ATAS es dct an love it. It take a while to learn all the settings…but so much fun

[tdarren]

Thanks for the great review. The more I learn about the AT the more I realize I definitely think I don't want the DCT. I want that manual clutch especially for slow turns and using the friction zone for maneuvering the bike.

[stevek]

As a long haul trucker who has 25 years experience with 29years over all, about 90% over all is with ten and twelve speed “automatic “ or DCT style transmissions they are AWESOME once you get used to it. My first time was 5 years into my career and using only 8-9-10-13&15 speed manual transmissions it took 5 minutes literally 5 minutes to get used to it and I WAS HOOKED. So from my observation of this video has me rethinking interest of what my first motorcycle should be. Myself I am 6’0” about 340 lbs and size 18 boots so I could really consider the Africa Twin with DCT. The other contenders are current year KTM 1290SAS, and BMW 1250/1300 GSA. Now focusing research here. Good introduction to DCT.

[PapaDougsAdventures]

I bought a 2021 Gold Wing Tour DCT a month ago. For the most part I enjoy the 7 speed DCT and its different modes. The Sport mode gives it a very aggressive shifting pattern while the tour mode makes shifting almost imperceptible. It has a manual mode with paddle shifters so I can “lock-in” a gear for certain situations. I would definitely buy the DCT again in a Gold Wing or other touring bike. I agree that it gets to 7th gear way too soon. Sport mode doesn’t do that

[chrisstaats]

For the street I use sport 2, manually down shift going into corners and letting it do it's own upshifting. In the dirt I use manual, it works like a really good quick shifter.

[gerardsalmon]

Great video, a Honda AT adventure sport DCT is probably my next purchase, after riding an 09 Yamaha FJR EA model with no clutch lever, i probably will get used to it quickly, keep up the great videos.

[karryhoward]

well that was nice to see someone who wasn't sold immediately on the DCT giving the bike a good shake down I was wondering about head shake at higher freeway speeds like my 2017 does.