Kyle and All,
What I meant by the 'Nighthawk' reference was the low
(ish) sticker price - basic construction - high relative fuel mileage
- plus it being billed as the do-it-all bike, good at many different
tasks.
Your maintenance comment is apt - anything with that
style of fairing is a pain.
-Joey
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not sure if I would call it a Nighthawk with that parallel twin and a
> claimed 51 peak HP. Other than that it looks interesting, but it also looks
> like a real pain to work on. I've gotten spoiled to the accessibility of the
> NH powerplant.
>
> -Kyle
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> All,
>> Saw an ad for this in the new American Motorcyclist and didn't
>> think it had come up on the list before:
>> http://powersports.honda.com/2012/nc700x.aspx
>> She is the all new 2012 NC700X - an inline twin 700cc powered
>> bike that looks like a sport bike, has the storage of a sport tourer
>> and is rated at 64 MPG.
>> Base price: Just a whisker under $7000.
>> Compared to the NT700V - its a relative bargain -
>> http://powersports.honda.com/2011/nt700v.aspx - over $4000 more than
>> the new NC700X.
>> Of course - it isn't a completely fair comparison, the NT has
>> ABS, the NC base model doesn't. It also appears that you can't get the
>> NC with ABS without getting the automatic transmission (although to be
>> fair, I wonder if that is something you could order) the NT comes
>> equipped already with bags, they have to be added to the NC, but
>> frankly, I doubt even at Honda's prices that a set of bags is going to
>> cost $4000!
>> Thoughts?
>> -Joey
>>
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