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Anyone ridden a Honda NC700x?

Versystim said:
You will lose all of your friends if you do.:x


I have no faith that that bike will sell in the U.S. Cheep, practical and unimpressive, not what Americans want to ride.
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A guy who works in my building has been rocking one for quite some time. He really likes it.

It appears to be the perfect commuter bike.
 
Meter Man said:
A guy who works in my building has been rocking one for quite some time. He really likes it.

It appears to be the perfect commuter bike.
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I still don't have faith in it. I think it's gonna be more like the pc800 (witch I like) but time will tell.
 
Versystim said:
I still don't have faith in it. I think it's gonna be more like the pc800 (witch I like) but time will tell.
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I think, although I could be wrong, that this is a fairly modular bike. Many of the parts are shared across 3 models internationally. Meaning they can still profit with minimal sales.

Similar to the NT700 which sells quite a few in Europe (and few in the US/UK) and shares its engine with the Transalp and before that with the NT650.

I might try to wrangle a ride on his before the snow flies.
 
Totally different engine,this is a parallel twin,not a vtwin like t
he transalp.
 
Cincinnatus said:
The Honda Hawk was all the above and it sold for YEARS. Fugly and low performance, all some people could handle. I couldn't stand the damned things.
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Ugly? Huh. I think they are actually some of the prettiest bikes Honda made-a naked RC30, with that nice aluminum frame and Elf single-sided swingarm. You can easily get 50 up out of them, not bad for a bike that narrow and light. The Marin SMR used to be mostly Hawks.

And they only sold 4 years, 88-91.
 
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I'm thinking this godawful POS:
 

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I bought this bike when it was the BMW F650CS - heavy, underpowered, totally quirky with extra luggage, ZERO street cred, great gas mileage and low maintenance. That was an awesome bike for my 90 daily miles of commuting. The NC700 series looks to be everything that bike was and better in every way. If I were logging on the hwy miles, this would be my bike of choice, even having never ridden one.
 
Zerox said:
Yup. Turbo Busa with extended swingarm, or GTFO. :laughing

Street Cred is worthless, unless you ride for ego not fun.
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I rode the shit out of that bike for about 2 years and loved every minute of it, but I can vouch for the fact that it was less impressive to riders, friends, and/or ladies than a Honda Elite 80. It was truly there for the ride.
 
ratpick said:
Totally different engine,this is a parallel twin,not a vtwin like t
he transalp.
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You missed my point.

My point:

This is a modular design which is cheap to produce and the costs are spread over several models and likely many years of production.

This means the per unit costs will be lower than something like a CBR600r, meaning they don't have to sell as many in the US to make a profit.
 
The concern I have is if you are commuting can it 1) get out of the way of a car with only 50hp while traveling at 70-75? And 2) can it stop to avoid something at those speeds with a single 320mm disc and old-school 2 piston caliper?
 
If I didn't have my wee-Strom, I would be seriously considering one of these. I am still very tempted to test ride one. Purely utilitarian with no flash or sex appeal. Good thing I'm old, married, and have good self-esteem. :thumbup
 
Price, storage, fairing, mpg all make sense. Styling is actually pretty nice, better than V-strom, Versys.

Tall bike and low power aren't too interesting. Couldn't they make the thing rev up a bit more, to 7500 maybe? Oh well. Faster than a Ninja 300.
 
This bike is going to be a big seller in Europe or anyplace else where gas isn't cheap and riders put serious miles on their bikes. They've built an engine that matches how commuters and tourers actually ride... what good is peak HP that comes above 10,000 rpms?

70+ mpg in real world riding, great low end torque, low maintenance and clever design. Plus being a Honda manufactured in Japan you know the build quality will be top notch.


P.S. People coming from I-4s will need to ride this bike differently... it'll be like my old Buell, no point in winding it out, just short shift and use the torque
 
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Gary856 said:
This is a very intriguing bike, the same way Prius was when it first came out. Like the styling and its design concept. Priced well, too. Better mpg than my DRZ?!!! If it's as fun to ride as all the review articles says, it'll be a winner.
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I hope so; a bike that has the positives you've mentioned and enough secure storage for a FF helmet stock sounds like a marvelous thing.

Honda hasn't been great at the price/value thing of late with their designs but on that score it's a home run.
 
All I know is that it looks way better in person than in pictures (saw one on the 101 the other day). I hope they sell a shit ton of them but, unfortunately, doubt they will.
 
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