This Is One Of The Best Deals In Adventure Motorcycles Right Now: 2025 Honda Transalp

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Get a first look at the updated 2025 Honda Transalp 750, Honda’s middleweight adventure bike built for riders who want versatility on and off the road. With its 755cc parallel-twin engine, long-travel suspension, and rider-friendly electronics, the Transalp balances everyday usability with real ADV performance. We walk through the key updates for 2025, share specs that matter, and give our first impressions of how the engine and suspension feel in the real world.   Check out the story at https://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle-reviews/honda-transalp-first-ride/   Become a Channel Partner: https://octanemedia.co/home/become-an-advertiser/   Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6CLI74xvMBFLDOC1tQaCOQ  Read more from Cycle World: https://www.cycleworld.com/  Buy Cycle World Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/cycleworld

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00:00let's take a look at honda's 2025 xl 750 transalp this bike has a couple minor changes for this year

00:08namely the windscreen has a new aero duct in the middle and that's for better aerodynamics

00:15it's not adjustable but the protection is really good we rode this today and with a normal moto

00:21helmet on it was really nice so one of the other changes for 2025 is the the new display

00:28okay turn that on this is a new tft display very similar to what's on the cb 750 hornet full tft

00:38display really easy to to navigate it's got the new control pod over on the left bar just like

00:45the hornet does and and overall it's so easy to navigate so much more logical than say the one

00:51on the africa twin you can get in there really easy with just a couple buttons make your changes

00:56um you can you know pick from six different user modes two of those are customizable

01:03and then you've got your standard mode a rain mode a sport mode and a couple of those things just as

01:10you would on the some of the other bikes that honda makes but overall i think that this new interface is

01:15really nice it's os ios and android compatible for bluetooth connectivity you can use honda's app and

01:23get some of your information up on your screen and do navigation and all of those things so that's a

01:28really nice addition to the 2025 trans alp one of the changes to the 2025 trans alp is the suspension

01:35settings now they've been stiffened up a little bit over the previous generation model and although

01:41this bike still only has preload adjustability at either end no damping adjustments overall the showa

01:48shock and fork have really good characteristics for a wide variety of riding from the asphalt to

01:55fire roads to some chunky stuff we did today overall i think that they really nailed the settings

02:01considering that it doesn't have much adjustability and there's really not a lot to to want i think

02:07they you know work really well but at both ends and it's just an overall good package for a variety

02:13of riding another nice feature is the trans alp comes standard with an up down quick shifter and

02:19works really really well super slick um riding today it didn't matter if we were on road or off

02:26road even with big motocross boots on um easy to grab shifts you know you might you may with certain

02:31boots need to adjust the the lever height a little bit just to get your toe under but overall riding

02:37off road the quick shifter really nice super fun to use both on on the road and on the dirt one of

02:43our only complaints about the transalp 750's electronics package would be that the abs and the

02:51tc settings cycle with the key so if you're going to get those locked in in a particular mode let's say

02:59you're running a custom user mode and you have your tc off and your abs off if you cycle the key they're

03:05going to go back to their default settings and you're going to have to go back in and reset those

03:09so if you're just on a normal ride where you're not getting off the bike and you're just stopped at

03:14intersections and stuff we would you know turn off our kill switch but not turn off the key and then

03:19those settings would hold until we got to the next place but then after lunch you'd have to go back in

03:24and reset those things to ensure that your settings for the dirt for instance were exactly where you

03:29wanted them when you are ready to take off so the transalp 750 has the same engine as the cb 750 hornet

03:37and this 755 cc parallel twin engine is such a great fit in the transalp for an adventure bike it just

03:45always has that bottom to mid-range torque that you're looking for but then when you get on the

03:50highway it still revs pretty nice and you know drives really good and it's a it's a quick bike it's

03:56really fun it's not as fast as an open class adventure bike but overall the engine performance

04:02is quite excellent but what's nice is that off-road in particular it's so tractable it just really

04:08torques out of the corners it makes it really easy to control the throttle when you're on loose dirt

04:14surfaces in this adventure bike this engine is just such a really nice fit and i think this middleweight

04:19class is super interesting the parallel twins that are out there these days are just so enjoyable to

04:26ride and the transalp is no exception to that i think that this is a perfect fit and honestly the

04:31transalp is the bike that was missing in honda's lineup they didn't have anything like this before

04:37they you know not in the united states at least you had the africa twin and then you'd go down to the

04:41300 cc singles and then now with this 755 cc transalp they've kind of filled in that middle ground

04:48and i think they've built out their adventure family very nicely other chassis notes that we need to

04:52mention the transalp comes with a 21 inch front and an 18 inch rear so there is no shortage of

05:00adventure tires that you can find for this motorcycle we're running these battle axes today

05:06we ran them at stock street pressures and overall i'd say that they worked really well the ride was a

05:13little bit harsher but we were hitting a lot of hard edge stuff today and so we didn't want to damage

05:17these super nice gold rims but overall i think that this this wheel and tire package you know gives

05:24you so many options if you're gonna be doing more touring you can get a less aggressive knobby but if

05:29you're going to really be doing some aggressive off-road riding or some soft sand you can really

05:34find a good knobby that works on this bike and there's so much to choose from out there so that's a

05:40really nice you know thing that honda did is to ensure that you can get the best adventure tires

05:45available on the transalp this middleweight adventure category is just such an interesting

05:51one because there's so many models in it but honda's transalp is you know 9999 and it doesn't

06:00have all of the bells and whistles it doesn't have cruise control it doesn't have an adjustable wind

06:05screen just has some you know more basic things but overall for that price this is such a great

06:12adventure bike i think you could accessorize this out and turn this bike into exactly what you want

06:17and it's lighter than the africa twin easier to manage you can kind of find a nice spot there and

06:24overall you know i think anybody looking for a middleweight adventure bike who it wants to be a

06:30little bit thrifty at 9999 is such a great bargain really cool bike

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