As part of its relauch of the Africa Twin, Honda took a team of riders on the twin to what is becoming the standard venue for altitude records, Ojos del Salado in Chile in late February 2017.
The attempt was heavily commercially backed by Honda and Metzeler and included top class riders. Fabio Mossini, an enduro champion from Honda's South America Race Team set the mark at 5,960 m (19,554 ft) for twin cylinder bikes (all higher rides have been singles).
The team also set a record for directness ... from sea level to 5900m in less than 24 hours. I have to say that having been there and having spent a good 2 weeks aclimatising, the attempt to go from sea level to 5900m in a day seems rather ill advised, and its not surprising several of the team were evacuated down the mountain with potentially life threatening altitude sickness.
For more see here:
https://www.cyclenews.com/2017/03/article/metzeler-mc-360-sets-three-world-records-climbing-nevado-ojos-del-salado-volcano/
https://enduro21.com/index.php/rally/1953-honda-s-africa-twin-hits-new-record-heights-in-chile
The attempt was heavily commercially backed by Honda and Metzeler and included top class riders. Fabio Mossini, an enduro champion from Honda's South America Race Team set the mark at 5,960 m (19,554 ft) for twin cylinder bikes (all higher rides have been singles).
The team also set a record for directness ... from sea level to 5900m in less than 24 hours. I have to say that having been there and having spent a good 2 weeks aclimatising, the attempt to go from sea level to 5900m in a day seems rather ill advised, and its not surprising several of the team were evacuated down the mountain with potentially life threatening altitude sickness.
For more see here:
https://www.cyclenews.com/2017/03/article/metzeler-mc-360-sets-three-world-records-climbing-nevado-ojos-del-salado-volcano/
https://enduro21.com/index.php/rally/1953-honda-s-africa-twin-hits-new-record-heights-in-chile
