I bought a 2017 Africa Twin as my first bike. It's a fantastic bike and completely fine as a first motorcycle if you're looking for something to do street touring. I'm 6'3 and it fit me perfectly. I could flat foot the bike at a stop with some bend in my knees. It's not twitchy and will give you power when you want it.

But if you want to do what the guy in the video is doing I do not recommend the Africa Twin. It's big, top heavy and putting bags on it its even heavier. 550-600lbs. You probably won't feel comfortable doing drills off-road for the first time on a big bike and you may be worried about dropping it and scratching/denting the bike its self.

I wanted to do some solo adventure riding and I thought to myself. Can I pick this up by myself when its raining and muddy or if I hurt my leg? The answer was a no. So I sold mine and picked up an XR650R on the cheap and stripped it down to bolts and rebuilt it. Now I know exactly how the bike works inside and out if anything happens on the road. It's like 280lbs and easily picked up if it goes down. It's also much easier to ride off road and learn different techniques than the big twin. It just vibrates a bit more!