02-21-2018, 04:02 AM
(02-20-2018, 06:19 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: I'm afraid I find myself in the curious position of wanting to defend Ulvetanna on the question of his speculation about a new 900cc air cooled Honda. I think his position has been clear all along, irrespective of whether or not he's right.
Broadly speaking, as I've understood it, he's saying:[ul] [li]Honda will walk away from the CB1100 in the US as it has developed (or will soon develop) a more high-tech air-cooled 900.[/li] [li]It will not be imported to the US until the current inventory of CB1100s has been cleared. That is because of Ulvetanna's view that the existence of unsold CB1100s will cause potential buyers of the 900 to speculate on 'what's wrong' with the CB1100 and thence avoid the 900.
[/li][/ul] Now all we have to do is hang around long enough to see whether he's right.
Should all of this come to pass, I'll repeat what I said when I bought my '17 EX: I bought an instant classic.