Honda has revealed the 2022 NT1100 which is a road baised version of the manufacturer's Africa Twin. The motorbike is available at 2 variants such as manual and DCT. This NT1100 is focused more for touring as the adventure tourer segment is blooming much these days. Manual variant is priced at £11,999 and DCT from £12,999. It is offered in 3 color schemes such as black, grey and white. As the motorbike is revealed now, official launch will happen next month and the deliveries are expected to begin from the month of February 2022.
This also helps in lowering the seat height by 820mm which suits for all riders. Engine is a 1,084cc, 270deg parallel twin, 4V/C, LC, uni-cam motor producing about 100.5bhp & 104Nm. It is paired to a 6 speed transmission system where quickshifter comes as an accessory. DCT expands as Dual Clutch Transmission system. The manufacturer describe the system as a computerized electro hydraulic control system to switch the gears of a conventional transmission system. Unlike normal multiplate clutch, this system has two clutch packs, one for odd gears and the other one for even gears. Simply saying, the manual gearbox will be operated by a computer in the automatic mode. Will post a separate content explaining about the DCT system completely.
Equipped above the steering head is a 6.5" TFT display with both Android Auto & Apple Car Play support for navigation, music and calls. Others include traction control and cornering ABS. Braking jobs are handled by twin 310mm disc rotors along with the radially mounted 4 piston Nissin calipers at the front and 256mm rotor with the single piston caliper at the rear. Fuel tank's capacity is 20.4L. Manual transmission variant weighs about 238kg and 248kg for the DCT. As said previously, the motorbike will be officially launched by next month and we can expect this model to reach our shore in the late 2022.
It do look like a perfect adventure tourer in all aspects. Some of the components including the frame is borrowed from the Africa Twin. The motorbike is equipped with greater aerodynamic profile and a large wind visor at the front helping very much in controlling the wind blast which is much necessary for a tourer model and also it is 5 step adjustable.
17" wheels are present at both the ends instead of 21" & 18" at the Africa Twin and the suspension setup is aslo now more road focused. 43mm USD forks with preload adjustable comes at the front where the rear end has got a monoshock with remote preload adjuster. Both the units are from Showa and have a 150mm of travel. The thing we have to notice here is the rake angle. From 27.5deg on the Africa Twin, it is reduced by 1deg that is 26.5deg which absolutely results in the reduction of trial length from 113mm to 108mm. This helps much in improving the handling dynamics along with the help of road biased tyres, sportier suspension and lower CG.
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