He said "July-ish" was the best Honda would give him. I think I'll call him Saturday and see what the status is.
Kurt On Jul 5, 2012 3:39 PM, "Joey Kelley" <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt, > If you could - keep us in the loop on that - any idea when the > demo bike will be in? > -Joey > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It's odd that the ABS is only offered with the DCT right now. When word > > first started going around it was going to be an option for both. An > > acquaintance in England has already seem and ridden one, says it would > make > > a killer commuter bike. Narrow even with their bags on, good handling > even > > built to a price point. > > > > I was told, when I signed up with a local dealer for a test ride when > they > > get their demo in, that it's a 60hp bike, not 51. The side cases and the > > mounting kit runs ~$1400, I'd have to see if the cases are a decent size. > > Depending on how my semester goes, I might go strong-arming a salesman > come > > December. :D > > > > Kurt > > > > On Jul 5, 2012 3:30 PM, "Todd Hamilton" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> 4 nighthawks and 4 VFR in my history both are great bikes. Have to say > the > >> nod goes to the VFR for just all around better performance in my > opinion, > >> but my smile factor was the same on both bikes. Love to have another > 700s in > >> my garage to go with my 2000 VFR. > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Jul 5, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> It all comes full circle back to the good O'l Nighthawk. BTW, Jon is > >> riding his NH again after he got the newness of the FJR out of his > system. > >> Just yesterday he remarked that if he could only have 1 bike he would > pick > >> the NH over anything he has ridden so far. I tend to feel the same way. > >> Though my VFR is a close 2nd, hopefully the GS I got off of Graham will > end > >> up being a good replacement for the NH. > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Joey, > >>> > >>> I think these are two different kinds of bikes. This NC700x goes more > in > >>> the direction of a dual sport, something you should be able to take > off-road > >>> (as long as is a nice, even gravel road). Nothing to do with a NT or a > >>> Concourse in my opinion. I have been saying that I will buy a concourse > >>> since the new version came out in 2008, but I have to admit that I sat > on > >>> one the other day and they are really huge. I have recently returned > to ride > >>> my NH750 more frequently and I forgot how nice and fun is to ride a > nimble > >>> and small bike for my daily commute. > >>> > >>> Javier. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> 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. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > -- > > 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.
