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The Hengjian HJMoto HJ500-8 Is An Odd Honda Africa Twin Clone

If I were to ask you what your go-to adventure bike for long-distance rides with a lot of off-road terrain would be, I'm pretty sure a good number of you would turn to the tried and tested Honda Africa Twin. Having ridden the Africa Twin in both standard and Adventure Sports iterations, I'm welll acquianted with the bike's confidence-inspiring power and go-anywhere capability. 

That said, as I was daydreaming of adding the CRF1100L to my collection of two-wheelers, I stumbled upon this Chinese copycat of Honda's flagship adventurer. As you're well aware, there's no shortage of weird and wonderful copycat bikes in China, owing to their virtually non-existent intellectual property laws. Indeed, we've talked quite a bit about atrocious clones from the East, and today's bike is no different. Introducing the Hengjian HJMoto HJ500-8. 

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