I would buy the [2021] NC750XD again, especially if I was a wee bit shorter.
I believe I'm about to buy one. (NC750X)
I still want a Trail 125.
Sheesh....
What the heck has Honda become? The glory days of the 80's thru mid 90's is long behind us.
(03-05-2021, 12:19 PM)WRXer_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Sheesh.... What the heck has Honda become? The glory days of the 80's thru mid 90's is long behind us.
Well, there is the 2021 Honda Africa Twin Adventure Sport. It has quite a bit of muscle in the right places.
Honda is like any other company these days, trying to remain viable in a time when sales are slumping, young people dont seem interested in buying motorcycles, and restrictions are getting more stringent. Honda has a board of directors, I assume, that makes sure things are being done for the long term health of the company so they will be around to provide products in the future.
The world is changing quickly (too quickly for this old man) and Honda has to plan to be a part of it. With many countries talking about outlawing ice vehicles in the next decade, would Honda be better served looking and developing products for that time frame now, or to spend their time and resources developing products that will soon fall out of favor with the general public?
In the meantime we will see small motorcycles for the developing Asian marketplace, where they actually buy motorcycles in large quantities out of need, and incremental improvements, new paint schemes etc, for the stagnant North American market, but I doubt we will see many fire breathing Honda motorcycles introduced for North America.
This isnt the 70's 80's and 90's any more.
Yeah, the alternatives have consequences.
Check out these beauts coming to an 'merican shore near you ... (scary).
Agreed. Glory days (motorcycling) are behind us. My picks for bench markers are......
1970’s CB750/ Z1
1980’s GSXR1100
1990’s Fireblade
2000’s Hayabusa/ ZZR1400
2010’s H2
2020’s ?
Everything has been done really- unless a racer none of us can exploit a fraction of what a modern bike can deliver (safely and legally on a road anyway). Performance wise the ceiling has long been reached and we are on the downward curve. It’s unnecessary tech that’s pushed nowadays (IMO), which is fine when it works but electrical gremlins seem to cause the most difficulty on this forum (even on our basic CB’s), let alone a modern fairing clad, awkward access whizz bang techno fest so let’s see in 10 years time eh.....
First thing I noticed from the video is that none of the workers are wearing hearing protection. Or any other protective gear, for that matter. No OSHA equivalent in China, I guess...
(03-05-2021, 04:28 PM)Jfro5687_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Agreed. Glory days (motorcycling) are behind us. My picks for bench markers are......
1970’s CB750/ Z1
1980’s GSXR1100
1990’s Fireblade
2000’s Hayabusa/ ZZR1400
2010’s H2
2020’s ?
Everything has been done really- unless a racer none of us can exploit a fraction of what a modern bike can deliver (safely and legally on a road anyway). Performance wise the ceiling has long been reached and we are on the downward curve. It’s unnecessary tech that’s pushed nowadays (IMO), which is fine when it works but electrical gremlins seem to cause the most difficulty on this forum (even on our basic CB’s), let alone a modern fairing clad, awkward access whizz bang techno fest so let’s see in 10 years time eh.....
For 2020's and 2010's really you should have the meteoric rise of the Adventure Bike, from a slew of manufacturers but mostly embodied by the sales figure conquering BMW GS & GSA. Those BMW models alone have probably outsold all of these bikes you mentioned.
I think the mid capacity Japanese Turbo deserve a little mention too, quite a unique time in motorcycling history which didn't really work out. I really loved the look of the Honda CX650 Turbo at the time.
https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/turbo...les-1980s/