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...Honda does somethings just because they can.
That was funny the first twenty or so times I read it. Then again the fairing on your 1150 reminded me of the Dagmar bumpers of the 1950s and I posted as much when I saw it. You took it in good stride.I would rather have a bent walking stick. Are you required to wear a Batman suit when you ride it?
That was funny the first twenty or so times I read it. Then again the fairing on your 1150 reminded me of the Dagmar bumpers of the 1950s and I posted as much when I saw it. You took it in good stride.
At the end of the day Honda is a company that though conservative to a fault in many ways feels comfortable enough take risks and can do things like the Rune, DN-01, NM4 because they can and they want to. Should they is certainly open to discussion but no one sells as many motorcycles as they do and they can seemingly afford to make these out-of-the-box products without penalty beyond the jokes.All of these "because we could" atrocities (Rune, DN-01, and this mess) may well become priceless collectibles like the Edsels that some people squirreled away long enough for them to become sought after. Get 'em while they're cheap. I have a friend who bought a Rune and put it away, but he now thinks he won't live long enough to break even on it. His wife calls it "that thing".
At the end of the day Honda is a company that though conservative to a fault in many ways feels comfortable enough take risks and can do things like the Rune, DN-01, NM4 because they can and they want to. Should they is certainly open to discussion but no one sells as many motorcycles as they do and they can seemingly afford to make these out-of-the-box products without penalty beyond the jokes.
At the end of the day Honda is a company that though conservative to a fault in many ways feels comfortable enough take risks and can do things like the Rune, DN-01, NM4 because they can and they want to. Should they is certainly open to discussion but no one sells as many motorcycles as they do and they can seemingly afford to make these out-of-the-box products without penalty beyond the jokes.
Those mentioned models are not the only models that Honda made just because they could. Back in 1976 Honda came out with the CB750A Hondamatic and brought it to the public to show their engineering prowess and to step outside of the conventional box sort of speak. It was only sold in North America, so only we had to bear this burden.
It was not accepted widely by the public for good reasons. I owned one back the early 1990's, it was under powered and heavier than the CB750K models. I was also slow and accelerated like a snail.
Well in some way Honda succeeded because they got you to buy one.