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First Ride Review: Honda NT1100 DCT 2026 — We Spent Seven Days on Highway and Mountain Roads to See If This Understated Sport Tourer Is the Most Underrated Long-Distance Bike You Can Buy Right Now

After seven days and over 1,400 miles of highway slabs and twisting mountain passes, we put the 2026 Honda NT1100 DCT through its paces to find out whether this quietly confident sport tourer deserves far more attention than it gets. Equipped with Honda's slick Dual Clutch Transmission and a parallel-twin engine borrowed from the Africa Twin, the NT1100 makes a compelling case as one of the most capable, comfortable, and underrated long-distance motorcycles on the market today. Here's our full first ride review.