My totally biased review of the AT 1.0 or:
The good, the bad and the ugly.
Let me start with a little background info on my riding preferences: I'm 192cm tall, with long legs. I only ride street, no off road. I prefer enduros because of the ergos, the handling, and the suspension. The roads I ride are narrow, twisty and full of holes. Sometimes there is tarmac between the holes....and I weigh 97kg. About 50% of my riding is two up with my wonderful wife on the back. We both have to take care about our knees because of some old sport injuries, hers from Lacrosse, mine from football. Mostly day-tripping, no hard luggage. I did not have the old AT, so I don't really care about the mythical aura and this stuff. I just want a reliable bike, that performs to my preferences. And I like my brakes on the bity side and the suspension rather precise.
So, sit back, have a cake, light a pipe.
Tumbleweeds are rolling along a dusty road, Enio Morricone plays a tune in the background. A huge pig, dressed in black stomps into the saloon. The impact of his heavy boots let the floorboards shake. He grabs a big mug of coffee, folds into a creaking chair. From one of the numerous pockets of his enduro jacket a pipe, tobacco and a lighter appear. He stares into nothing, as if he collects his thoughts while preparing the pipe. He lights the pipe, puffs out smoke. His eyes get an angry glare and he begins: "Ok people, let me tell you, why this bike is an over-hyped piece of crap.::"
The good:
Ergos are fantastic. The bike fits me like a glove and the wife is happy as well. It just feels friendly, the bars shake your hand and tell you: ok, let's go for a ride, find some smiles.
Brakes are good. I think with some HH pads with more bite they can be fantastic as well. Rear ABS can be deactivated and till now the ABS has not bothered me.
Engine. Pulls like a tractor, always enough power and torque. While the modern 1200 class offers more raw performance this mill is smooth. And smooth is fast. It is just so easy to ride and the engine is very understressed. So I hope it will last long.
The anti-hopping clutch is fun and has a very light pull. Very controlable and smooth. As well as the six-speed gearbox. Super smooth.
Fuelling is nice. Very responsive throttle, I run about 4.2 to 5.5 l/100km so range is about 350km till reserve. Good enough for me.
Wind protection is decent, the OEM screen causes severe buffeting, but this is something I always experience. A short screen was an easy remedy.
The big and narrow 21 and 18" wheels give great stabilty, the long travel suspension soaks up bumps. Hovercraft experience.
Sound is deep and throaty. I have no idea, how this got euro-3 clearance. Will keep the stock can 
The bad:
Stock tyres. Easily the worst rubber I had since 1994. No precision, no feedback and outright dangerous in the wet. Luckily they only lasted 3000km and Conti Trail Attack 2 came to the rescue.
The pressure recommendation is a joke. On tarmac this heavy bike needs 2.4 to 2.5 bar front and 2.7 to 2.9 bar back to steer precisely.
Stock seat: Why, oh why put white decors on a seat? Grey after a couple of rides in the rain. And the foam was way too soft for me. After an hour my butt became numb...
Stock suspension: While fully adjustable, I was not able to dial the bike in for us. Heavy understeer with two up. Undersprung and underdamped. A stiffer hyperpro +20mm spring turned the AT from unridable to "meh" with passenger. Solo was ok-ish.
Traction control: when it switches on, it hits like a hammer. Takes too long to switch off. Combined with the suspension woes this was really annoying. So I always switched TC off.
General build quality: poor. Bolts from the suspension linkage and wheel axis were put together dry. The paint of the tank dulled after 4000km and the small bracket that holds the toolbox was not deburred, so I scratched my toolbox lid. I contacted Honda, they listened and sent two T-shirts. Did nothing about the faults though. Buffed out the tank and dremeled and repainted the bracket.
Sound II: obnoxious popping on decel. Mr Honda says: they all do that. The mixture is so lean, they start popping. Oh well......
The ugly:
The instrument cluster. Transformers much?
Never assume, japanese engineers are boring. They have a wicked sense of humour. Speedo and odo are good 10% off and the tach is unreadable. The thermometer mostly shows 5°C more, but who needs this stuff anyway. The engine does not care which gear or rmp, it just pulls. So no deal breaker for me.
But the real joke is the coolant temp gauge. @ 21°C it shows the fist bar after 500m, the second after 700m and the third after 1200m. The third bar is still on, when the vents kick in. So it must be a temp range from 50 to 110°C or so. When hitting reserve the fuel gauge seems to obtain its data from a random number generator. So the instruments kind of keep you entertained
And the horn and turn signals button locations are interchanged. First turns on intersections were a bit loud.
So I started to feel some buyers remorse. The German trueadventure forum was no place to find info, since most of the members there only accept praise of the "holy AT". What to do? Return the bike at a loss? Find another TDM? Try a Tiger Sport? Just ride Ye olde XT?
The other gnarly adventurers and weathered riders in the saloon start to feel uneasy. Will he continue ranting? Will he go out and shoot the damn thing? Drops of sweat start to appear on foreheads, hands holding cake plates start to shake...
....but then his face lights up and his eyes become friendly and filled with passion:
"Wait" he grunts, "not all is lost. This bike is a formidable basis to become YOUR bike. You can build a dirt oriented adventure tourer, a rally bike or as it is in my case a sports touring bike for bad backroads, that is filckable and can go very fast for a whole day without exhausting you. What I did to achieve this will come in my next incoherent rambling"
Glückauf
Ralf
Brilliant and funny write up Mr Erdferkel. The AF looks a really decent bike now you've sorted it. It's on my list, as is the Super Tenere, because I love big twins. Probably, in the end, I'll go for something lighter and cheaper though. Hurry up with the XT700Z Yamaha San.
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