At Wing Ding this past September, Honda showed up with:
Goldwing
F6B
Valkyrie
CTX1300
VFR800
Several flavors of the CB500
NM4
NC700XD
CBR300R
CTX700 DCT
And maybe a couple more. My favorite ride was the 500X.
I rode 7 of the bikes. Test rides are easy to get because most Wingding people aren't shopping for a new bike. If The Africa Twin shows up at all it will probably just be there to look at but not ride. That's the way they did the NC three weeks before it hit dealers. You could look and sit but not start it up.
I like the Honda crew and the rides. They are very safety oriented but it's still fun.
The Harley Livewire demo at last year's Progressive show was just a short ride on a treadmill inside the building. That thing sounds awful, like a gearbox with dry bearings. Still, it's better sounding than a Harley V twin.
Goldwing
F6B
Valkyrie
CTX1300
VFR800
Several flavors of the CB500
NM4
NC700XD
CBR300R
CTX700 DCT
And maybe a couple more. My favorite ride was the 500X.
I rode 7 of the bikes. Test rides are easy to get because most Wingding people aren't shopping for a new bike. If The Africa Twin shows up at all it will probably just be there to look at but not ride. That's the way they did the NC three weeks before it hit dealers. You could look and sit but not start it up.
I like the Honda crew and the rides. They are very safety oriented but it's still fun.
The Harley Livewire demo at last year's Progressive show was just a short ride on a treadmill inside the building. That thing sounds awful, like a gearbox with dry bearings. Still, it's better sounding than a Harley V twin.
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