Comments on: Oooo, it’s beautiful.

By: Phil Hall

Phil Hall — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:42:03 +0000

Yeah, my problem is it’s just to damn expensive.

By: sanoptic

sanoptic — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:29:07 +0000

Was at Western Motorcycles today & had a look at the new Honda,they had one without the panniers & it was grey in colour.
I don’t know why but the rear end just didn’t look right,maybe something to do with australian design rules.
The salesman asked if i wanted a testride but i declined as i’m not interested in this bike.
Guess i’ll end up keeping my almost 15 year old triumph for some time yet.

cheers

By: Phil Hall

Phil Hall — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:08:28 +0000

Yep, they started ‘er up. It sounded very “gruff”, not the mellow sort of burble that you normally get from a VFR. Still, how it sounds on the road and from the saddle will be the clincher. I can’t wait to see what people like Leo Vince and Taylors and Staintune do with the exhaust. It’s going to be tricky, though, because there’s a flap in the top outlet of the muffler that is activated from the ECU so they’ll need to take that into account.

By: sanoptic

sanoptic — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:34:14 +0000

Must be better in the flesh cause it sure still looks like an ugly duckling in the 1st pic.
To me it looks like the seat is too thin for a tourer & because of the step up to the pillion seat you would be locked in position ,not ideal for long trips.
The exhaust muffler looks rather odd too but as you say pics of the bike don’t do it justice.
Did they start err up?
At the price they are asking don’t think many will buy & rich guys usually keep them for show & not as intended.
I check it out at Westerns Motorcycle in a few weeks time & then maybe i’ll change my mind on this bike.