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RE: Technology and how motorcycles have evolved... - flynrider - 02-01-2015

(02-01-2015, 01:59 AM)CA200_imp Wrote: I worked at a Honda dealer when the 91-03 750NH came out.
Honda brought a test bike around to let the employees test ride.
They thought they could get the UJM customers from the 80s to buy it. It never did sell well. I had two of them in later years.
They had hinted the bike was taken from a domestic bike used by
the Police units, I don't know if that is true or not though.
I think you have to keep in mind what Honda had coming out then.
The liter super bikes and all the new cruisers.
I remember my first test ride on a 900RR, took me a while to calm
down after that.

The US Nighthawk was designed as a price point bike (target was below $5K) and was built mostly from off-the-shelf parts. The engine came from the Euro/Asia CBX750 (follow on bike to the 80s Nighthawks), which was popular as a police bike in Europe and Asia.

Civilian version
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Police version
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