It's long been a legend in Europe—and now it's finally returning to North America. The new Honda Transalp is designed to expand your exploring horizons: around town, on the highway, in the mountains, on the unpaved, less-travelled roads. Sized right to balance comfort, maneuverability and compactness, it's also a showcase for one of our best engines ever, a new 755cc Unicam® parallel twin. Loaded with features like selectable riding modes and available with a wide range of accessories. Rally-bike-inspired aerodynamic bodywork offers just enough wind- and weather protection. Smooth. Tough. Agile and smart. It's the machine so many of us have dreamed of for so long—and now the dream has come true.

TECHNOLOGY

• Five Ride Modes: The Transalp features five separate riding modes: Sport, Standard, Rain, Gravel, and an additional rider-customizable setting. That lets you dial in not only power delivery, but engine braking and ABS intervention too, depending on the riding surface. Plus, switching between them is super easy.
• Honda Selectable Torque Control (Hstc): With Honda Selectable Torque Control (HSTC) and the Transalp's selectable ride modes, you can choose a level which allows some rear-wheel spin—on gravel or dirt for instance—or pick a second level which reduces wheel spin, particularly on slippery roads.
• Throttle By Wire: The Transalp features throttle-by-wire (TBW) technology. Light, precise, and proven, it's also the reason our engineers can build in the Transalp's five selectable riding modes.

PERFORMANCE

• Unicam Engine Design: Like our Africa Twin and CRF450R, our Honda-exclusive Unicam®engine design helps us give the Transalp a compact cylinder head for optimal engine placement. The engine also benefits from superior performance, thanks to the entire cylinder-head layout. It's the best of both worlds!
• 755cc Twin-cylinder Engine: The Transalp showcases a new engine that's absolutely at the top of its class. Based on the Honda Hornet from Europe, the parallel-twin design is narrow, and delivers torque everywhere from idle to redline. You'll have more grunt down low, and cruise easy on the open road.
• Parallel-twin Engine Layout: The Transalp's parallel-twin engine layout makes the bike shorter front-to-back. That means the front wheel can tuck in closer to the engine, shortening the wheelbase and making the bike more nimble off road and on pavement.
• Vortex Airflow Ducting: This is a big breakthrough you're seeing on several Honda engines now. By speeding up intake-charge airspeed at the critical low- and mid-engine speeds from 3000 to 8000 rpm, you get better throttle response and acceleration.