A tale of 2 Hondas

[rotor]

Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul.

But when for one reason or another, one must move the body, isn't it better to keep the soul in tow, instead of leaving it behind?

And commuting on CB (or Valkyrie) is orthogonal to this discourse: a person that can afford one of those is not likely to be much concerned with economy. They are not motorcycle buyer demographic I believe motorcycle companies should be interested in reaching. It's the young dude that just might get a cb500f and get to his downtown office 45 minutes sooner (each way, every day) because he can filter through the traffic, and pay for the parking one quarter of what he pays for parking a car (because he uses one quarter of parking space).

Motorcycle market in North America does not need to convert those of us that can afford expensive toys into motorcycle commuters, it badly needs fresh blood that is concerned with economy and would be buying the most economical machine capable of dealing with suburban freeways as well as filtering through urban congestion - just like it was Seoul, South Korea (been there, done that