Yamaha FZ8, is the closest thing I've seen to a naked standard out there. Fantastic bike BTW, except it has the most masochistic seat ever devised. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Joey Kelley <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:24:47 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] A Modern Nighthawk in different clothing? Javier, On that front - you could consider a larger displacement bike - I sat on a Concours last weekend and even though it was too high for me, it was only $3200 at a dealer! (To be fair - I don't remember the mileage, it wasn't relevant since I'd have to dump some money in to get it lowered... -Joey On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > This is an adventure style bike, I guess in the same category of a bmw > gs650, klr650 or the vstrom 650. I do agree is a good price for all the > things you get, and it looks quite good, but I am sure the price reflex the > motivation to insert this new model in an already competitive market. I will > definitely consider get one of those in a couple of years with low miles > and for half of the price ;-) > > Javier. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:19 PM, 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 >> >> -- >> -Joey Kelley >> JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online >> JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! >> JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- -Joey Kelley JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
