?Sports tourers? were a bit of a thing a few years ago. People seemed to love them, and there were plenty to choose from. Nowadays though, a lot of the folk that were into their ?sports tourers? yesteryear, are bombing around on adventure bikes. Everywhere you look, there are adventure bikes. Big ones, small ones and everything in between. I don?t know whether the market?s led the industry there, or it?s the other way round, but I?m fairly sure there?ll still be people out there that would like a good old fashioned sports tourer. And Honda obviously know it too, because that?s exactly what the all-new NT1100 is all about.

If you?re looking at the pictures and getting shades of Africa Twin, you?d be right to. The steel semi-double cradle frame is the same as that of the Africa Twin, as is the 1084cc SOHC parallel twin engine. You could argue it really is very Africa Twinny.
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And with it being so very Africa Twinny, as you?d expect, there?s the option to have it with DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission).

But it?s not a Honda CRF1100L Africa Twin, it?s a Honda NT1100. And you can see just by looking at the images that the NT1100 has a very different focus. It?s not an adventure bike. Honda are calling the NT1100 ?a straightforward touring machine, but one with a rich specification and a sporty edge?.

So let?s dive into that rich specification, shall we" Electronics-wise, they?ve been reasonably generous. You get cruise control, five riding modes (Ur...