Another really nice "modern retro" from Honda

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Excellent post, such a great looking bike. I've seen these NC36s in Japan when I was last there in 2011.

I would get one for puttering around the neighborhood (maybe? my CB1100 does a good job around the neighborhood as well), but I'd imagine the US market for these would be tiny: if some Americans feel our 1100cc bike is too 'tame', one can imagine what they'd consider a mildly tuned retro bike with approximately 1/3 the displacement (the CB400Four and the CB1 were terrific bikes which did not sell well in the US).

The "bigger is better" attitude in the US is the reason we miss out on a lot of nice motorcycles. The only way for small bikes to sell well here would be to go to a tiered licensing system like the ones used in other countries.