Who is Honda aiming this at?

Looks like a Harley Goldblade

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http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCa
tegory.article&resourceId=4572307&articleCategory=NEWS_NEW-BIKES

Or the picture only :

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/jpeg/457/12028894.jpeg


It's rather.. unique.

 

Looks like a sportsbike for fat fuckers.

 

The back looks like a scooter, the front looks like it's been squashed
in a vice.

And there don't seem to be any footpegs - unless they're the silver
bits sticking out in 'cruiser' stylee.

In which case it's a scooter/bike/cruiser abomination.

They'll probably sell loads.

 

<Forsees large market amongst UKRM denizens>

Phil

 

Variable transmission and a scooter like seat.....
I suppose they are aiming at people who want to upgrade from a silverwing
scooter to something more bike like.
Oh and they must be blind and have more money than sense

 

I blame the scooter I had for accelerating a lot of my back problems
due to the rubbish seating position.

 

For us less mechy minded simpletons, wtf is a 'hydraulic-drive' all about?

 

Slushomatic, innit. Autobox.

 

Cunts

 

Now this is much more interesting[1]:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCa
tegory.article&resourceId=4532068&articleCategory=NEWS_NEW-BIKES

a six cylinder replacement for the 'Busa

About time too. Whether or not it actually turns up of course....

[1] for the Suzuki zealot^W fans like me

 

Tasteless, short, fat fuckers.

 

Hmmmm, but I wonder whether the engine will fit in a Smart car?

 

A mate of mine got a T-max 500 after owning a Varadero 1000 and a Fazer
1000. He added wave disks and a decent brake pump, plus a
<frog>homoloquoi?</frog> exhaust. The scooter couldn't follow the RR
bikes on open roads at steady 180km/h. But then came the twisties. He
was as fast as usual... and didn't get tired after a 250 miles run of
permanent twisting (Pyrenees). I want one of those... when I grow up.

And a Min Grau, seven times winner of Barcelona 24 hours (breaking all
bones as well), he sold his ZX9R and moved to a Silverwing 650 to full
satisfaction at the honorable age of 50.

May we see a Lozzo on a 1000cc moped?

Concerning the GPZ500 comparison, yes, it is a vertical? parallel twin
500, but offering some 10 bhp less, for the sake of Kyoto standards I
guess.

 

is this in Barcelona?

When I was there last year, I saw a (burgundy?) T-max 500 with a
race-style carbon end can.

 

<waves angle grinder and MIG welder>

<puts them down 'cos they're heavy>

 

Probably marketing bollocks. True hydraulic drive would be a hydraulic
pump at the back of the engine and a hydraulic motor at the rear wheel.

I suspect the advertising weasels really mean an autobox of some sort,
but the poor little technologically-impaired darlings don't have a
fucking clue what it really means.
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Dave
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Caterpillar drive, innit.

 

Dulville owners with no taste.

Oh, wait...

 

I wanna MHD drive!

Phil