I’ve never like Honda as a motorcycle company. Since working on them, I think they are over engineered lumps of steel that either had no thought put into the assembly process, or too much thought.

That isn’t to say they aren’t GOOD. They are. But unlike their cars, their motorcycles are not exciting. They offer nothing when comparing to rivals of similar class.

Suffice to say, I’ve always been more excited about Honda cars, not bikes. And this thing excites me. I could never afford one. But being the new car market, I’m not going to pass up test driving one.

It’s just a shame that this model won’t be seeing our fine shores. But coming from the land of motorcycles, I’m well use to it. There are a fair amount of desirable motorcycles that never made it here to Australia. This is one more vehicle we can look forwards to seeing on the Grey market in a few years I guess.

Steve