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Yeah. Great tourer if you could get past the looks.It is a nice looking bike. Didn't they sell this as an ugly bike 15 years ago as the Pacific Coast 800?
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Yeah. Great tourer if you could get past the looks.It is a nice looking bike. Didn't they sell this as an ugly bike 15 years ago as the Pacific Coast 800?
My wife is is looking for a new bike and we have oft thought that BMW needs a mid-sized RT. We may have to take a real hard look at this... it looks near perfect for what she needs. It seems that BMW thinks we Americans are all 6'2". Even their smaller displacement bikes are tall.
that is a sweet looking ride. Getting back to smaller and simpler is the inevitable trend.
Hmmm? A mid-range touring bike with built in luggage and shaft drive. Probably reliable as hell and no final drive issues to worry about, and Honda dealers everywhere. Also 700cc insurance would be cheap too. Now why would anyone want to buy this?
But so are a lot of the newer plastic clad bikes, regardless of brand. It is my understanding the new 800ST must have body work removed to change the spark plugs!It might be because of this post I stumbled on from ADV:
I had pleasure. Worked on brand new Deauville of my friend and rode with him for 6000 km.
How difficult? VERY!
It is one of most maintenance un-friendly bikes I worked on. I hated every minute.
To take rear wheel off you need to remove exhaust, which requires 1 foot long extender for wrench, but if you drop exhaust you will break lambda-sensor wire, which can not be unplugged from connector on frame because part of connector that are fixed on frame is the one that comes off exhaust!!! Then take off brake caliper, rear mudguard can stay if you lift bike rear like 2 feet in the air. When my friend dropped it left side front indicator broke mounts and sunk into fairing. We wanted to fix it, but plastic fixed in a way that half of bike must be taken off...
Then he broke Honda original bellypan in first fall at 30 kmph. Went into pieces from slight knock.
Comparing to ST1300 I worked on at same time (prepared bikes of my friends for Norway ride I led them in) it was horrible. Yes, and ST1300 not most maintenance-friendly.
I am curious as to why Honda went with this displacement engine - granted, they might still get 65-70HP out of it but I'd think with an extra 100-200cc displacement it could run more relaxed and be tuned for more midrange torque, what touring riders use more than peak HP.
The only Honda in recent times that I just don't 'get' is the Crossover..
http://powersports.honda.com/street/crossover.aspx
But so are a lot of the newer plastic clad bikes, regardless of brand. It is my understanding the new 800ST must have body work removed to change the spark plugs!
I like the looks of the NT. But before we complain about heavy tall mid-sized tourers, I'll offer up my K75 as a specimen. Only the "low seat" and a LOT of seat time makes it manageable. I agree with those who say that you don't need 1000cc to tour 1 up, but 2 with enough gear to tour? On a heavy bike?