All,
I'll admit - I was attracted to the 700 I started this thread
with because I thought it might be a lower displacement, lower cost
sport tourer than say the ST1100, 1300 etc. That having been said, I
don't think I'm in the market - for a couple reasons (one being Kyle's
comments about buy toys after you're out of debt) the other being at a
32 inch + seat height, I'd never be able to get on the thing.
Somehow, if I had to re-work the suspension on a brand new
bike, I'd rather just get a bike I fit on in the first place.
-Joey
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> The FZ8 was a new model in 2010 so a lot of dealerships still have demo
> units. I wanted to test ride one, and I can tell you this. 0-100 it is
> faster than my VFR, my brother was riding my VFR and we took off from a red
> light. I was throttling to prevent a 1st gear wheelie, but he had to ride
> one in order to keep up with me. The suspension isn't all that adjustable,
> however yammi did a good job as the bike was really well balanced and felt
> planted. The rear brake was kind of weak, and it was running really lean,
> but I think that was because it doesn't get ridden very much. In fact the
> sales guy had trouble starting it, and told me to "blow it out for him". It
> is in the 400Lb range and makes 110 HP with about 65 Ft/LBs torque, so when
> that inline 4 gets wound up it really screams, I think I did power wheelie a
> little in 2nd at about 70 MPH. The torque is nice too, it didn't grumble at
> all, even when I let it go down below 3K and did a hard roll on. If I was in
> the market for a modern naked, I'd definately pick one up, you could
> probably get a demo unit for 6K.
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I would like to sit on one of those and see how it feels compared to a NH
>> 700S, Graham
>>
>> On Jul 5, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Joey Kelley wrote:
>>
>> > And how - Allen - HOW would you know that?
>> > :-)
>> > -Joey
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >> 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
>> >>>>
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