I has a spare couple of hours whilst in Carlisle the other day and took a Honda Africa Twin out for a test ride as I had heard such great things and it was only £10 for 45mins.
It felt light and easy to ride but to be honest it was just OK , nothing special, loads of stuff on the touch screen which I wasn't interested in, suspension was good and it was fine but not something I would want particularly.
I would love to have a go on the new 1050 but no dealers anywhere near me.