10-25-2013, 03:12 PM
(10-25-2013, 02:23 PM)Rboe_imp Wrote: It appears to me the Japanese know their home market very well, the US less so. Understandable; we tell them to import something and then we don't buy it (W650, our CB1100, GB500 etc.) but from time to time they hit a home run (Goldwing). We're a fickle bunch.
I don't know that I'd call the CB1100 a dud yet. Honda imported it knowing that it was a niche bike and would not sell like their more popular models. Take the last generation CB750 as an example. It was never a big seller, but Honda sold it here for 12 years.