Personal Review : XRV 750 1993 Honda Africa Twin

The 1993 Africa Twin, this is one of my favourite bike in Feast and Furious Cafe, The V twin engine of 750 cc is a great engine for it! Throttle response is totally linear and instant.

The seat for the rider is tall. It's relatively narrow in the front, which permits my height to step a foot on the ground, I'm 180cm tall so I do feel a little bit of a confidence there. As the rider seat is placed high, the traffic surveillance is unobstructed.

Introducing Alex Wong and the AT XRV 750 

My hands are kept wide on the large handlebar. The comfortable riding position places me little in, mostly over the bike. The width of the bike as well as the bulk is average compared to modern 1000cc category standards.

The bike feels and looked heavy, around 210 KG while centre of gravity is high, riding with it is totally fun. It produces a heavier sensation than modern bikes. The suspension is soft. The steering lock is really huge, turning radius is little. The AT is a great advantage in traffic congestion, manoeuvring the bike or off-road explorations, if that will ever be necessary. The leisured power output is another advantage for stress-free town rides. Most of the times, the increased agility compensates for the bike’s heavy feeling. Manoeuvring is easy as the height of the handlebar is higher than car mirrors, except from the huge SUV/twin cabin car.

Finally we took the XRV750 out from the cafe, it's been there since opening (2016) I remembered it feels like yesterday me and Alex pushed the bike to the garage and I took it home for few days, when Alex is riding another XRV750 in Thailand.

ENGINE                : Liquid-cooled 4-stroke SOHC 52˚ V-twin

CARBURETTORS: 36mm flat-slide CV-type × 2

STARTER: Electric

TRANSMISSION: 5-speed

FINAL DRIVE: ‘O’-ring sealed chain

SEAT HEIGHT: 860mm

GROUND CLEARANCE: 215mm

FUEL CAPACITY: 23 litres

WHEELS: Aluminium rim/steel spoke

TYRES   

Front:  90/90–21 54H (Bias-ply)

Rear: 140/80 R17 69H (Radial)

SUSPENSION:

Front: 43mm leading-axle fork, 220mm axle travel

Rear: Pro-Link with aluminium swing arm, 214mm axle travel

BRAKES:

Front:  276mm dual hydraulic disc with dual-piston callipers and sintered metal pads

Rear:  256mm hydraulic disc with single-piston calliper and resin mould pads

DRY WEIGHT      208 KG