The Honda XRV 750, better known as the Africa Twin, is a legendary model of the Japanese manufacturer, appreciated as being one of the most robust and reliable motorcycles ever produced by Honda.

While several rumors from last year announced the fact that Honda will most likely produce a descendent of the Varadero model, powered by a V4 engine, the Italians from infomotori assure about the reviving of the renowned adventure model seven years after being removed from the Honda lineup.

Apparently, the future Africa Twin will be powered by a new 1000cc V2 engine, 200cc less than what the competition has to offer. Look at motorcycles such as the BMW R1200GS, Yamaha Yamaha XT1200Z Super Ténéré and Ducati Multistrada for a comparison base. Still, Honda will have to ensure similar performance figures while weight should be significantly down.

Like in the case of yesterday’s Aprilia Tuareg rendering, the Honda should have chain final drive and a 21-inch front wheel.

Expect Honda to introduce the all-new XRV 1000 Africa Twin at the EICMA show in Milan.

We will come back on this subject as more as we have more details.

2010 Honda Africa Twin rendering originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 1 April 2010 13:50 EST.

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Ever wondered how official motorcycle videos are made? We did too and came to find that it is a great deal of work now that Ducati released the backstage videos for two of their 2010 models, the Ducati 1198 and Ducati Hypermotard 1100.

Remember that these are professional riders performing on closed courses and there’s still a great deal of risk for the guys with the cameras as they are often filming/photographing skids and slides with them as the target. Follow the jump to see how the Italians from Ducati make their motorcycle videos.

Behind the scenes: Ducati’s great video ads originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 8 February 2010 12:54 EST.

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