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New 700 Transalp
here it is , due to be officialy shown for the first time at this weekend,s paris bike show . it look,s to me as if honda has targeted the wee strom , and i think a lot of people will maybe choose this over the strom . thank god they have kept the wire wheels .
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Interesting: it does not show up on the Honda UK webpage which still shows the XL650 (although H UK are not claiming in there to be telling anyone what they are doing for 2008)-
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I suppose it had to happen because it is following the example of the Deauville which went from 650 to 700cc.
So, you will bring some pics back from the show of the real thing?
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what about technical info??
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The engine will be the same as this I would think:-
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Around 65HP then with FI.
And that Deauville is retailed at £6300.
Hopefully the new TA will weigh a bit less than the Deau!!
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i will be at the shows opening day this coming saturday, so i will get the full technical details and more pics then . i asked my local honda dealer just last weekend about a new transalp, he said he knew nothing about it !
dealers are sometimes the last to know .
do not forget that the deauville has a big heavy, power sapping shaft drive to deal with , so the 700 engine in the new alp should certainly feel a good bit more powerful than the much heavier deauville .
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They would say that
Those dealers always say that; take a look at the rumours on the which bike forum -- the latest about BMW and related to what the dealers "don't know".
Anyway, don't forget to find out the price for the TA and have a good visit in "Gay Paris".
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mr moto
here it is , due to be officialy shown for the first time at this weekend,s paris bike show . it look,s to me as if honda has targeted the wee strom , and i think a lot of people will maybe choose this over the strom . thank god they have kept the wire wheels .
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The same pic has turned up in the UKs weekly paper, MCN. It is described as having the same Deauville engine i.e. the 3 valve 65 HP with FI, displacing 680cc.
IMO, the pic looks even worse in large print - same drab colours and the old-fashioned plastics with round headlight seem very prominent.
The square swinging arm is totally unattractive; I am not saying that these things are the top priority, but it has to compete with new products from Yam etc, never mind existing bikes such as the DL650 and whatever else is announced in the next few months.
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Xl700v
Getting bored with the UK website infatuation with sports bike reporting, I have done a search for this new bike; yep, there it is, written up by a French website (which makes sense because the bike is at the Paris bike show right now!!):-
Nouveau Honda XL700V Transalp 2008 - emoto
Looks like that pic is "correct" then (or they have stolen it from elsewhere and have not been to their own show  ).
Now my French is rubbish, but I can tell from this report that you do get a choice of colours, so the buying public is not stuck with that metallic brown - how about metallic yellow, red, grey or blue?
Seems that it may have 17"/19" wheels, weighs in at 214 Kg, the seat height is 841 mm and it carries 17.5 litres of fuel.
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I wonder if that figure is
accurate?
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214 Kg
Hi Mollydog,
It could be my translation skills, lack of that is, but that's what I make of the French website; there are some figures in there for the front/back wheel weight distribution and they add up OK!
Your right - it seems to be heavy! Maybe the figures are wet rather than dry?!
But, it is a 19" front wheel --
Paris Show '07: 2008 Honda Transalp official launch news and pictures - Motorcycle News - MCN
and, inevitably, a catalytic converter.
My initial impression is that Honda have done with this bike as Triumph did with the Tiger; they are now aiming it at the road riding public with little pretence to a capability for riding on anything but the black stuff.
Time will tell, but it is not a replacement for the AT  in standard trim.
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My French is pretty poor too, though I think the quoted weight is the kerb weight - which may mean:
all fluids except petrol;
all fluids including a half tank of petrol;
all fluids including a full tank of petrol.
Still high but not unforgivably high.
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