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march 13, 2017 - Honda Racing
Africa Twin Reaches New Heights
A year after its longawaited and hugely successful return to Honda’s motorcycle lineup, the Africa Twin has reached new heights by breaking the record for the highest altitude reached by a twincylinder motorcycle. Scene of the record was the world’s highest active volcano, the Nevado Ojos del Salado situated between Argentina and Chile up whose slopes a team of five riders piloted the Africa Twin to a recordbreaking 5,965 metres above sea level. Fabio Mossini, enduro champion from Honda’s Sud America race team was the man chosen to reach the new landmark, before further progress was halted by 2 metres of snow. After five days of acclimatisation, and riding standard Africa Twins specially equipped with Termignoni exhaust, revised final sprockets, new Metzeler MC360TM tyres and a range of Honda genuine accessories, the international team completed their ascent within 24 hours. Their route took them in temperatures as low as minus 5 degrees Celsius through broken asphalt, gravel, mud, sand and finally stretches of ice pockets known as ‘penitentes’, underlining once again the Africa Twin’s credentials as the bestperforming offroad motorcycle in its class. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13.March 2017 Africa Twin Reaches New Heights Honda Motor Europe Press Information Monday, March 13th, 2017, 11:00am CET. Africa Twin reaches new heights A year after its longawaited and hugely successful return to Honda’s motorcycle lineup, the Africa Twin has reached new heights by breaking the record for the highest altitude reached by a twincylinder motorcycle. Scene of the record was the world’s highest active volcano, the Nevado Ojos del Salado situated between Argentina and Chile up whose slopes a team of five riders piloted the Africa Twin to a recordbreaking 5,965 metres above sea level. Fabio Mossini, enduro champion from Honda’s Sud America race team was the man chosen to reach the new landmark, before further progress was halted by 2 metres of snow. After five days of acclimatisation, and riding standard Africa Twins specially equipped with Termignoni exhaust, revised final sprockets, new Metzeler MC360TM tyres and a range of Honda genuine accessories, the international team completed their ascent within 24 hours. Their route took them in temperatures as low as minus 5 degrees Celsius through broken asphalt, gravel, mud, sand and finally stretches of ice pockets known as ‘penitentes’, underlining once again the Africa Twin’s credentials as the bestperforming offroad motorcycle in its class.
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