[StijnATAS]

Nice bike Hood! Congrats and hope you have a lot of safe miles and big smiles on it. Still hoping the DCT upgrade will be available soon for 20/21 model. Contacted the dealer but not yet available in Belgium, I will keep nagging to my dealer until he is sick and tired of me and gets me the update

 

[WeeWilly]

If I am honest I much preferred the colour scheme of my 2021 matt black with the red sub frame and red accents on the fairing but once I get the bits and pieces on this I think it will look better still prefer it to the red/white/blue though..

Yup...Red is good!

Ol' Red agrees!

 

[Hood]

Yup...Red is good!

Ol' Red agrees!

In limited quantities
I do like the 2022 red of the standard AT and I do like some of the CRF1000's in red but matt black is still my preferred scheme Thankfully everyone is different or it would be a really boring world.

 

[DoubleThumper]

(+1) on the matt black.

 

[samsa1]

Cool


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[StijnATAS]

I like to think when I'm riding my tricolor AT i'm on a rainbow looking for the pot of gold

 

[Hood]

Headed 20 miles up the coast to measure for a job and just got back, somehow I must have taken a wrong turn as I have done 120 miles

Loving the ATAS, the changes they have made to the DCT just make things much nicer. They have definitely tightened up the free play in the throttle, it still has a small amount but very little in comparison to the 2021 AT I had but they have also made big changes to the way it works at take off and low speed, it seems to me as if they are slipping the clutch slightly at take off as there is not the sudden jolt I got on the 2021 AT if I never used the back brake to modulate. With the 2022 I don't need to use the back brake any where near as much and most times it is not needed at all.

 

[DoubleThumper]

... is good to redirect mind cycles to more important things while riding.

Good to learn the experience is much improved.

 

[Hood]

Removed side panels, fairing and tank to route the cables for the lights and to fit the ezCAN, also got the handguards and phone holder/charger fitted and finally the cornering light covers. Not sure I like the positioning of the dots on the light covers but it will do for now.
Also removed the throttle grip to see what they have done to eliminate the free play and it seems to be different TPS as I put the old grip on from the 2021 AT for a test and there is no play in that either.
The ATAS side panels and fairing are a lot different to remove from the AT's but not any harder really.

A few pics.

 

[DoubleThumper]

Almost time for a new Africa Twin @Hood, and something to anodize on the current one before it is traded in.

But yeah, get the mods installed first so you have actually something to remove.

 

[Hood]

This one will be with me for a while, I know I said that about the previous one but the tubeless wheels and the improvement to the slow speed manoeuvring has made this a perfect bike for me so it will be staying for a long time, also I am now skint so...

 

[DoubleThumper]

This one will be with me for a while, I know I said that about the previous one but the tubeless wheels and the improvement to the slow speed manoeuvring has made this a perfect bike for me so it will be staying for a long time, also I am now skint so...

Awesome. At least you didn't say, " ... this will be my forever bike, ... plan to retire with it, ... yadda, yadda, ... ".

 

[mechahayai]

I'm told that black bikes are top sellers but nobody can tell me the reason?? I've got one but I just don't know why?
007? 🧐😬

Black is, or was, the top vehicle color of choice for males >35 years of age. My first AT was a black and gold 2001. I like the RWB of the original much better than the black, but if I couldn't have RWB I'd be on a black 2018/2019 for sure.

 

[AffricaTtwin]

Removed side panels, fairing and tank to route the cables for the lights and to fit the ezCAN, also got the handguards and phone holder/charger fitted and finally the cornering light covers. Not sure I like the positioning of the dots on the light covers but it will do for now.
Also removed the throttle grip to see what they have done to eliminate the free play and it seems to be different TPS as I put the old grip on from the 2021 AT for a test and there is no play in that either.
The ATAS side panels and fairing are a lot different to remove from the AT's but not any harder really.

A few pics.

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Looking epic @Hood Good job! Proper classy look. Batman’s Africa Twin!
The wiring job looks slightly more involved than I thought, or have you gone the extra mile in removing the tank were otherwise you wouldn’t need to?
Awaiting news from the dealer on a collection date for mine… must resist ordering parts in the meanwhile…

 

[Hood]

Looking epic @Hood Good job! Proper classy look. Batman’s Africa Twin!
The wiring job looks slightly more involved than I thought, or have you gone the extra mile in removing the tank were otherwise you wouldn’t need to?
Awaiting news from the dealer on a collection date for mine… must resist ordering parts in the meanwhile…

Lots of people just lift the back of the tank to access the IMU connector to plug the ezCAN into and then just thread the wires to the front lights under the tank. I prefer to have them secured all the way, either by utilising the original cable clips or with additional cable ties if needed.

 

[Hood]

On course for the miles for the first service, I have just done another 100 miles today and I have 2 weekends before the service so should be fine

 

[Hood]

Looking epic @Hood Good job! Proper classy look. Batman’s Africa Twin!
The wiring job looks slightly more involved than I thought, or have you gone the extra mile in removing the tank were otherwise you wouldn’t need to?
Awaiting news from the dealer on a collection date for mine… must resist ordering parts in the meanwhile…

Are you planning to fit aux lights to yours? If so are you just going to wire to the oem plugs or fit an ezCAN?

 

[AffricaTtwin]

Think I’ll go Denali D3’s via an EZcan. Likely also go B3 rear light and soundbomb whilst i’m at it

 

[Little Bill Daggett]

Lovely bike...just looking at the earlier photos. Is the seat height set at low or high?

 

[Hood]

Lovely bike...just looking at the earlier photos. Is the seat height set at low or high?

It is on low, I am a short arse.