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Nov. 2, 2009 11:29 a.m. pinchvalve UltraDork

I always hear people complain that Honda's Enduro-Style bike the Transalp is not sold in the US. I rented "Observe and Report" over the weekend (boredom + cheap PPV = this rental) and Seth Rogan rode a Transalp! I checked, and sure enough it was available here in the late 80's. Never knew that!
Nov. 2, 2009 1:08 p.m. Woody SuperDork

A friend of mine had one until he got cut off by a guy in an Escort and T-boned him.

I loved that bike. I think they were sold here for three years.
Nov. 2, 2009 1:12 p.m. Tom Heath Marketing / Club Coordinator

That motor was the hot swap for NT650 / Hawk GTs for a while.
Nov. 2, 2009 8:00 p.m. 924guy Dork

there are a few around, but hard to find.. very cool bikes!
Nov. 3, 2009 9:32 a.m. John Brown MegaDork

http://www.transalp.org/
Nov. 3, 2009 4:25 p.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork

I've wanted one of these really bad ever since I saw one at a local bike meet. Soooooo cool.
Nov. 4, 2009 7:12 a.m. HappyAndy Reader

Tom Heath wrote:

That motor was the hot swap for NT650 / Hawk GTs for a while.

You are incorrect sir. the africa twin 850 (not available in the USA) was the hot motor for the hawk GT swap, the transalp motor was also a 650 (for the amaerican version at least)
Nov. 4, 2009 7:53 a.m. Tom Heath Marketing / Club Coordinator

Ah yes. It's been a while since I was looking for one. Thanks for the correction!

I still miss my Hawk GT...
Nov. 4, 2009 4:19 p.m. ddavidv UltraDork

Good bikes, very popular with the adventure rider crowd. They still come up for sale quite a bit, and you can get them for $2500-$3500 pretty often.
Nov. 4, 2009 10:03 p.m. HappyAndy Reader

Tom Heath wrote:

Ah yes. It's been a while since I was looking for one. Thanks for the correction!

I still miss my Hawk GT...

I miss mine too