Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (HMSI) has launched its all-new adventure tourer, the XL750 Transalp in the Indian market. It comes as a more affordable alternative to the Africa Twin that has been on sale in the country for a few years now. The adventure tourer segment in India has been growing rapidly with bikes present in various categories and the Transalp aims to present itself as a viable option for the enthusiast.
Design
According to Honda, the XL750 Transalp carries forward the adventure from the iconic original Transalp of the 1980s. Its design ensures a feeling of adventure touring in a package that includes dignified styling and tough angular design. The bike gets a compact headlight, integrated windscreen and large tank shrouds which also help in providing a better aerodynamic performance. The rear design is tough too with an aluminum carrier and LED lighting system.
Honda’s latest adventure touring bike is equipped with a 5.0-inch TFT panel that provides a lot of information, including a speedometer, tachometer, gear-position indicator, fuel gauge & consumption, riding modes, and engine parameters. This display is customizable as per the rider’s preference and the management can be done via the screen or the switchgear on the left handlebar.
Incorporated into this ADV is the Honda Smartphone Voice Control system (HSVCs), which links the rider to their smartphone while on the move and allows voice management of calls, messages, music & navigation. It also gets an emergency stop signal feature that communicates sudden braking to the vehicles behind by flashing hazard lamps. The bike also gets an automatic turn signal cancelling function.
Engine
The XL750 Transalp gets a new 755cc liquid-cooled 270º crank in-line two-cylinder engine. According to Honda, it packs the brands Japanese engineering prowess into a small space and provides substantial top end punch with good amount of torque in the low to mid rpm range. This motor churns 67.5 kW power & peak torque of 75 Nm and is paired with a 6-speed gearbox.
The bike also gets a Throttle-By-Wire (TBW) system which allows the rider to choose between 5 riding modes to select their preferred combination of Engine Power, Engine Braking and Honda Selectable Torque Control (HSTC) with ABS & assist slipper clutch. The different riding modes are Sport, Standard, Rain, Gravel and User.
Honda says the XL750 Transalp’s lightweight steel diamond frame is engineered to achieve both ease of handling over short everyday commutes and comfort over long highway along with great sturdiness on unpaved terrains. The bike gets a 21-inch front wheel paired to an 18-inch rear wheel with spokes promising versatility both on & off-road.
This adventure tourer is equipped with Showa 43 mm upside-down (USD) front forks and rear shock operating through Pro-Link. You get dual 310 mm wave discs with hydraulic 2-piston calipers at the front and a 256 mm single disc with 1-pot caliper at the rear with dual-channel ABS as standard.
Price
The all-new Honda XL750 Transalp has been priced at Rs. 10.99 lakh (introductory & ex-showroom, Gurugram). It will be available in two colour schemes – Ross White and Matte Ballistic Black. Bookings are now open for the first 100 customers at brands exclusive BigWing Topline dealerships while deliveries will begin from November 2023.
The author is a Senior Editor at carandbike.com.