SUMMER’S coming and many of the young-at-heart begin thinking of motorcycles… but did you know they make great business sense as a ‘company car’?

That’s because they are considered as operational plant for a SME and enjoy a 100% write-down on tax.

And far from having to elect for the head-down-bum-in-air race replica, the biggest booming market in the UK is for super comfy pot-hole defying adventure bikes like the lovely new Honda Africa Twin. This modern day icon is among the few go-anywhere motorcycles that encapsulate the two-wheeled version of the 4×4.

The original XRV650 Africa Twin, which was born in 1988, after the first three-out-of-four consecutive wins at the Paris-Dakar Rally, was one such machine. Its rugged durability, easy-handling agility and all-day comfort made it the perfect partner with which to explore. And it helped to define a motorcycling segment that has now grown into one of the most popular worldwide. The new Africa Twin remains true to all the attributes and abilities of the XRV650 and its successor the XRV750, while adding the benefits of everything Honda has learnt on and off-road over the last decade, including Team HRC’s return to the Dakar in 2013.