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Visionary
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | I know I'm gonna catch buckets of grief for even posting this but here goes. I read in the MCN on line that Honda has a new V4 concept cruiser, the picture is blurred on purpose of course, looks kinda like a Rune in the front end. That being said, Honda has made some excellent V4 motorcycles in the past, the most fun bike I ever owned ( this coming from someone who has owned 8 Harleys ) was a V65 Magna. I hope this new bike has a similar but larger engine. A modern Cruiser with a V115 now THAT would be a MONSTER !!!!  |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| Old news been out since December |
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Tourer
Posts: 447
Northeastern Penna. | You are right . Here comes some buckets of grief.
I don't give a rats patute about Honda, although, I almost bought a Goldwing before my Vision. |
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Tourer
Posts: 494
Akron Ohio area | I owned 2 Hondas in the late 60's and early 70's.
Great motorcycles.
Oil, tires, and chains was all they needed to carry me all over this country.
I like some Harleys too.
Each motorcycle company pushes the others, so all is good. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 623
| I will never own ANOTHER bike that is 3 or more cyl.
No soul. Nothing like the feel and soul of a big v-twin.
When I was shopping for a bike I test road the vision, wing
Ultra classic, and LT. I narrowed it down to the wing and
The vision. Took them both out again, the vision became the
Clear choice when I realized, to me, that a wing was a coverts less
Civic. It had no soul, no feel, no character of the visions
V-twin |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1109
| I owned a Goldwing when the sixes first came out. It was a great bike. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 965
New York State | When I was 16 I worked for a Guy who sold Cam 2 out of his Sunoco station he was a muscle car nut HD owner. Well he bought a Gold Wing and he took it apart . I was floored this thing was brand new. He put it back together and said "I'm keeping it " It was Silver with black rubber accents.
That bike was impressive power air control front and rear ,stereo, plug ins for heated clothing that was about 30 years ago
Edited by Trekwolf164 2011-05-13 7:20 AM
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Visionary
Posts: 2300
Georgia, west of Atlanta | I do agree with jeffmack, most 4 cylinders don't seem to have any soul, they just seem to run like a refrigerator in the kitchen doing the job silently and with no vibration, my ZX-11 was like that. I like big twins best too, thats why I have My Vision, kept my RoadGlide and once in a while take my XRTT lookalike 116 HP Sportster for a ride. I just remember back and that old V65 I had was really fun, wheelies all day and hauled ass everywhere, of course I was 26 back then. It's just that now I can afford a few motorcycles and if the new Honda V4 is bad enough I might consider one, at least take a test drive and smoke the tires......... Been looking at that new Norton 961 too, if the price would come down just a little................
Edited by XRsteve 2011-05-13 8:37 AM
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Visionary
Posts: 2300
Georgia, west of Atlanta | It seems there may be one 4 cylinder bike with what appears to be soul. If you listen to the sound track of the Motus V4 on the dyno it sounds like a NASCAR engine............ Hopefully they will be built, the styling is a little controversial, Hey but so is the Vision's to alot of people ( us owners not included ) You know how these start up or re start motorcycle companies go, some make it, most don't...............
http://youtu.be/X1V7CfB96Bk
Edited by XRsteve 2011-05-14 6:31 AM
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Cruiser
Posts: 188
| I use to not care for V-Twins, in fact, Honda's departure from multi cylinder cruiser was part of the reason why I left the brand to begin with. Of course now that Honda bikes are no longer assembled in the US, I would never buy one, but when they dropped the Magna, it was only a matter of time before I left the brand. |
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New Honda ???