Mon May 26 08:01:07 1997 - Message No. 903
From: muehlberger@grz.co.at

Subject: Antwort: Re: Rumour or true stories ??






Hi folks,



>>Honda sell 6 or 7 Transalp for each @ , big enduro bikes are no more  all
>>the rage , so there is no necessity to have two of such bikes in the
>>catalog : also consider Transalp received this year the double disc front
>brakes and maybe a bigger c.c. next year .

>Err, well.   I think my dealer cannot convince me to swap my @ against a
Transalp :-)  But perhaps the BMW dealer can ?
>Is this the aim of Honda ?  I canīt believe that !
>I think selling big enduros is not only a question of pieces, it is a
question of a status symbol for the company and I am sure >BMW would be
very
>happy, if Honda stops the production :-)))
>(BTW: On every @ I can see 5 1100GS here, so I am sure, BIG enduros are
not "out". )


Keep one thing in mind - there is no Honda Enduro that is really (by power)
competitive to BMW or Triumph. And as the market shows, big enduro bikes
are quite modern at the moment. Lots of people want to have big c.c.
because of the torque.

So my opinion is, that there will definitely be a new Africa Twin next year
- take a look in German and Austrian motorcycle magazines at the moment -
in every one there is an advertisement for the current @. Looks like if
Honda wants the people to

a) remind of the current version of the @
b) sell some more of it
c) put the sign "Africa Twin" back in peoples mind for the start of the new
one.


So - no fear, that there will be no @ some day... :-)))


greetings,

Achim






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