04 October 2024

Honda refreshes NT1100 for 2025

 

Honda has made something of a name for itself in the touring motorcycle market.

Sadly, it also made a not very good name for a bike that deserved better.

Amends have since been made, courtesy of the NT1100, a much admired tourer which the Japanese biking behemoth is set to refresh for 2025.

 

Honda has had, in the past, a very usable and practical motorcycle in the NT700, also called the Deauville.

Whilst it’s discontinued now, it was a shaft driven 698cc small tourer. It wanted for nothing.

Except, that is, for a decent name.

Rapidly nicknamed the ‘Dullville’ the bike never really sold in the numbers that it should have.

Then in 2022 Honda launched a new 1,100cc ‘sports’ tourer using a derivative of an Africa Twin motor and a modification of the legend’s chassis. The NT1100.

Name checked

It didn’t, hasn’t and won’t be called a Deauville.  This makes it much easier to approach and, indeed, allow it to be as good a bike as it’s younger sibling once was.

For the coming year, 2025, the Big H has given the bike a going over, with a few bits added and tweaked. 

They’ve taken the feedback from the touring bikers amongst us and reworked some of our thoughts into a refreshed NT1100.

The rider’s seat has been changed for added comfort. They’ve also improved the bodywork, making a bike with a sharper fairing, integrated indicators and redesigned panniers.

Some of these changes have immediate positive benefits for the rider, including a new windscreen complimented by a set of wind deflectors.

Handling with care

On the handling front the bike benefits from electronically adjustable suspension by Showa.

This “EERA” set up is the latest in a long line of similar systems.

They’re all well proven and offer the NT1100 rider the ability to tune the suspension to match their own riding style and comfort demands.

That last one is very helpful when it comes to our pillions! 

The parallel twin engine is still the same one as deployed on the Africa Twin. This latest one has been tuned to present a lot more of the bike’s power in the mid-range.

This, once again, makes for a bike that’s easier and less urgent to tour on. The DCT, a type of automatic electronic gearbox option, has been tweaked to offer a smoother and more realistic cycle through the box.

Great expectations

Before it was even released the NT1100 had a rich heritage to draw on.

The old 700 and the 650 before it set quite the standard, while the latest Africa Twin supplied an excellent powerplant in the form of that parallel twin. So far it’s lived up to expectations.

The standard NT1100 is available from €16,699 while the DCT one starts at €17,799.

A staggering amount of accessories are available.

For more details, click here to find your local Honda dealer.

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