A balanced ride impression, and after owning my (white) Transalp for about 6 x weeks now, and covering 2,500 kms so far, there is little I would disagree with in your video. Apart from giving yours 10,000 rpm with just a few miles on it perhaps, but it is your bike... The fuel capacity reservations you express are valid, in comparison with the DE800 anyway (20L as against the Honda's 16.9) but I have to say the fuel economy of this motorcycle is quite remarkable for its performance, even when giving it some revs. Some reports suggest it is even slightly more economical than the Suzuki. Overall top-heaviness a consideration in its design I suspect. I am in (metric) Australia, and my average consumption only increased from 4.2L/100 kms to 4.3L/100 kms as I started to use the revs more, after I'd run it in. That is about 63 mpg (Imperial gallon - about 4.4L, as against the 3.8L of the 'US gallon') and as such, about what I usd to get out of a (Honda) 250 single back in the '80s! Such that I got to 370 kms before the last fuel 'bar' started flashing, and refuelled at 390 kms (about 242 miles). But the owners' book (yes I know - who reads that?) assures us that when the last bar starts flashing, the tank actually still contains 3.7L (almost one of your smaller US gallons) and as such could easily have exceeded 400 kms - roughly 250 miles. A lot, particularly on the (as you noted) rather hard seat. This consumption will be worse if really belting the thing, obviously, but I have a very light and fast (Ducati) sports bike for that, and I find that much of the Honda's charm is in being happy at any speed, including just touring along, possibly even as slowly as the open road speed limit! Yes, the tank is a bit small compared to its predecessor at my place (a '95 Cagiva Elefant 750, with 21L) but the performance, economy, smoothness, braking yada yada is all much better. That is, almost everything, except its weight, and its headlight. Another story. Another point capacity-wise is that whereas the book warns against filling the tank above the plate you need to fill it through (below the filler cap) in fact another litre fits in there if you're riding the bike immediately. Just don't fall over while it's overfilled. So the new Honda is a massive leap forward from my old model, as described, but I don't think the mahouts on the Elefant Adventure Bike forum are speaking to me these days! 😊
Interesting. I used to watch a channel with a guy who had an alp riding around all sorts of crazy countries - bike seemed pretty capable and tough. Enjoy these tours on bikes I'd never consider to research, interesting stuff.
Beware the hassle it is to disable TC and ABS if your going to be doing any offroading. Doesn't remember your settings even in their custom User1 mode. Meaning you cannot even program the custom user mode with TC and ABS off. It won't even save your custom settings. Beware...
Love your review on this Transalp 750. I heard the USA version Transalp 750 is down to 83 horsepower from the Euro version that gets 90.5 horsepower, correct me if I'm wrong, and it does feel like it has a little more than 83 horsepower when you start to wring it out though.
That is such a shame, we just got it here in Canada and i'm trying to find out if they limited the hp as well here, Do you know anything about that? Also is there anyway around giving it the 90hp back?
@@EthanFrank-df2bq no I don’t believe there’s any way to change that. Apparently it came down to American noise restriction requirements, and they registered it with the EPA at 8300 rpm’s at peak. You would have to refine the catalytic and get into the exhaust and then re-tune it. I don’t think it would be an easy feat to get that 7 hp back. But it did have plenty of guts when I rode it. Needless to say, I’m holding onto my 130 hp VFR 1200x crosstourer. Honda should’ve kept making that one.
i ve seen many reviews of this bike,and i ve noticed that americans love this bike.i dont get why they give it to the us with 8 hp less and only in black....
The 800DE has nothing to worry about. True the Transalp will outsell the 800DE 5 to 1. But the 800DE is a FAR superior ADV motorcycle. If you want a Transalp, just wait, next year they will be all over Marketplace.
@@daveo226 Do you meant facts? Let's talk again a year from now when Marketplace is flooded with Transalps. It's a nice touring bike just not an Adventure bike.
Johnnyboy, you sound like a sensitive one. Different bikes for different purposes/riders.Yes, the de has a better suspension, but it's also quite a bit heavier. If youre looking to adventure, the de is your bike. If your goal is some of that, commuting and just enjoying the ride, honda is the bike. That was their aim. To appeal to more than just adventure riding.
Red and black I love it
A balanced ride impression, and after owning my (white) Transalp for about 6 x weeks now, and covering 2,500 kms so far, there is little I would disagree with in your video. Apart from giving yours 10,000 rpm with just a few miles on it perhaps, but it is your bike... The fuel capacity reservations you express are valid, in comparison with the DE800 anyway (20L as against the Honda's 16.9) but I have to say the fuel economy of this motorcycle is quite remarkable for its performance, even when giving it some revs. Some reports suggest it is even slightly more economical than the Suzuki. Overall top-heaviness a consideration in its design I suspect.
I am in (metric) Australia, and my average consumption only increased from 4.2L/100 kms to 4.3L/100 kms as I started to use the revs more, after I'd run it in. That is about 63 mpg (Imperial gallon - about 4.4L, as against the 3.8L of the 'US gallon') and as such, about what I usd to get out of a (Honda) 250 single back in the '80s! Such that I got to 370 kms before the last fuel 'bar' started flashing, and refuelled at 390 kms (about 242 miles).
But the owners' book (yes I know - who reads that?) assures us that when the last bar starts flashing, the tank actually still contains 3.7L (almost one of your smaller US gallons) and as such could easily have exceeded 400 kms - roughly 250 miles. A lot, particularly on the (as you noted) rather hard seat. This consumption will be worse if really belting the thing, obviously, but I have a very light and fast (Ducati) sports bike for that, and I find that much of the Honda's charm is in being happy at any speed, including just touring along, possibly even as slowly as the open road speed limit! Yes, the tank is a bit small compared to its predecessor at my place (a '95 Cagiva Elefant 750, with 21L) but the performance, economy, smoothness, braking yada yada is all much better. That is, almost everything, except its weight, and its headlight. Another story.
Another point capacity-wise is that whereas the book warns against filling the tank above the plate you need to fill it through (below the filler cap) in fact another litre fits in there if you're riding the bike immediately. Just don't fall over while it's overfilled.
So the new Honda is a massive leap forward from my old model, as described, but I don't think the mahouts on the Elefant Adventure Bike forum are speaking to me these days! 😊
Well thought out and very thorough and I appreciate your comments. Thank you so much for watching.
Interesting. I used to watch a channel with a guy who had an alp riding around all sorts of crazy countries - bike seemed pretty capable and tough. Enjoy these tours on bikes I'd never consider to research, interesting stuff.
Thank you for watching!
Beware the hassle it is to disable TC and ABS if your going to be doing any offroading. Doesn't remember your settings even in their custom User1 mode. Meaning you cannot even program the custom user mode with TC and ABS off. It won't even save your custom settings. Beware...
Love your review on this Transalp 750. I heard the USA version Transalp 750 is down to 83 horsepower from the Euro version that gets 90.5 horsepower, correct me if I'm wrong, and it does feel like it has a little more than 83 horsepower when you start to wring it out though.
You are correct on that, i’ll re-edit tonight. Thank you for watching I appreciate that.
That is such a shame, we just got it here in Canada and i'm trying to find out if they limited the hp as well here, Do you know anything about that? Also is there anyway around giving it the 90hp back?
@@EthanFrank-df2bq no I don’t believe there’s any way to change that. Apparently it came down to American noise restriction requirements, and they registered it with the EPA at 8300 rpm’s at peak. You would have to refine the catalytic and get into the exhaust and then re-tune it. I don’t think it would be an easy feat to get that 7 hp back. But it did have plenty of guts when I rode it. Needless to say, I’m holding onto my 130 hp VFR 1200x crosstourer. Honda should’ve kept making that one.
i ve seen many reviews of this bike,and i ve noticed that americans love this bike.i dont get why they give it to the us with 8 hp less and only in black....
The 800DE has nothing to worry about. True the Transalp will outsell the 800DE 5 to 1. But the 800DE is a FAR superior ADV motorcycle. If you want a Transalp, just wait, next year they will be all over Marketplace.
What shit your talking 😂
@@daveo226 Do you meant facts? Let's talk again a year from now when Marketplace is flooded with Transalps. It's a nice touring bike just not an Adventure bike.
Johnnyboy, you sound like a sensitive one. Different bikes for different purposes/riders.Yes, the de has a better suspension, but it's also quite a bit heavier. If youre looking to adventure, the de is your bike. If your goal is some of that, commuting and just enjoying the ride, honda is the bike. That was their aim. To appeal to more than just adventure riding.