Ducati Monster Forum

Since everybody got all fired up on the OCC thread, I thought I'd start another chopper related thread.  Sorry if this has been posted before but here it is.

Meet the Honda Fury.
http://powersports.honda.com/furyreveal/default.aspx#/home (http://powersports.honda.com/furyreveal/default.aspx#/home)

Nice reflectors........

It's not altogether bad, the 1300 engine is a single-crankpin design, so the exhaust sound is the popular potato-potato.

The problem - Honda is about 5-6 years too late.  They're very late to the party.

Why do the marketing people that run projects like this still have their jobs?

I predict it will sell just as well as did the Rune.

LOL, that is awesome! 

That must be one off the most ugly bikes ever made. 

They hit a home run for 1998.

mitt

bleh.

still not as ugly as a Ducati Indiana!!!

Late to the game, but it still puts Harley and OCC to shame.

snore.

It's a bit chrometastic (but hey, that's what attracts the cruiser crowd right?) but I'd still take one over a any harley.  Not that I have anything against Harley as a company, just think there are better bikes out there for the price.  It may be a toss up between the Fury and a Victory Hammer, however. 

Lego bikes put OCC to shame [roll]

Are ape hangers optional?

Does being a Japanese chopper change the expectation for the requisite skank that rides on the back?

If you ride it to Sturgis will all the other lawyers on Harleys point and laugh?

So who exactly do they think is the audience for that thing?  ???

Meh.

A custom VTX is all I see.

+1!  it is almost embarrassing to admit that Duc exists, but every manufacturer makes at least one mistake in the design dept

FUGLY!!! Cheap looking to boot!

Really?  That seems a bit extreme. 

I'm reserving final judgment 'til I see one in person, but IMO they did a nice job on the styling. 

Perform the obligatory reflectorectomy and give it some subtle turn signals, and it's a pretty tight style.  I especially like how Honda integrated the engine's radiator into the design - they did a MUCH better job than some other OEMs we're familiar with... 

(http://www.motorcycleshows.com/motorcycleshows/data/articlestandard/motorcycleshows/042009/576151/2010_Fury_MetSil.jpg) 

(http://www.motorcycleshows.com/motorcycleshows/data/articlestandard/motorcycleshows/042009/576151/2010_Fury_8.jpg)

Just following the suit of the Yamaha Raider, Kawasaki Mean Streak and the different looks you can get in the V-Rod ~

JM

I think that for a factory chopper, it's very nice.

That doesn't change the the fact that I don't like choppers...........

If you already like chopper-flavored bikes, I reckon you won't dislike this.  It definitely is not an attempt to reach out to a wider audience.  Something that is hard for me to overlook on this kind of bike is that triangle of visual dead space between the top front piston and the head tube - it is just... nothingness.

But I have to agree that this is a day late, and probably a dollar short.  If someone was in the market for a modernized chopper, I bet the Vrod will be more attractive.

That bothers me too, don't really like it at all ~

JM

I don't see anything wrong it with it.

If I wanted a chopper, I'd give it a look.


If nothing else, it'd probably be reliable and somewhat peppy.

Well, Honda already has had the Rune.  :-X

"Dang! You got shocks, pegs... lucky! You ever take it off any sweet jumps? "  -- Napoleon Dynomite   

I don't know why everyone's always slagging on the Indiana. It's not THAT bad for a bike made in the 1980's for the purpose of cruising.

(http://www.oliepeil.nl/archief/Ducati_Indiana.jpg)

I dig the ruckus.

Why don't you lock it now and save us all another 10 pages of reading before it gets ugly and then gets locked  ;D

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

 [clap]

the Fury is still waaaaay better than this

(http://imagesme.net/tuvie/honda-radical-dn-01-motorbike1.jpg)

Quintessential damning by faint praise.

Wait, that was more like praise by faint damning.  ;D

Fixed.   ;D

And while the US gets the "Furry," Europe gets this:
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/pompino/cd7d4982.jpg)

Perhaps Honda just sees US riders as short, fat poseurs.  :-\

I think that thing is around 12 to 13 grand too. Way overpriced IMO.

I knida like the Fury, it's a clean expresion of a popular bike design. I'm sure I'll find things that I won't like when/if I see it in person, but I tend to be a little nit-picky. Did anyone notice that it has less steering trail than a 9*6?

Where is the drool smiley   [bacon]

At least in the photo I like this one.

That's one fantastic looking bike!  Why didn't they just bring that over here?

I don't understand why companies would make US specific products that are terrible.  Take Ford as an example, the Euro spec cars are great!  They have the Ka, Mondeo, and even the Focus is great, built on a totally different platfrom than the US spec Focus.  I just don't get it...

That CB1100F is cool, but its UJM styling doesn't really do anything for me.

The CB1100R, on the other hand...   [evil]

(http://thekneeslider.com/images/hondacb1100r.jpg)

I think the CB1100F is still just a show bike, no production yet.  I dig it.
(http://thekneeslider.com/images/hondacb1100f.jpg)

 [evil] [thumbsup]

I like them both.

I like this "new" Honda (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2009/january/19-25/jan2109-honda-brings-back-monkey-bike/?&R=EPI-105630), too!  It's even fuel-injected.  I wonder if it'll be offered here in the States...   [moto]

(http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/219327/images/Monkey_1.jpg)

Oh man!  Now THAT brings back some memories.

The best part about this "chopper" is the shaft drive. 

I like choppers.  I just don't like this.  This, "bolt on to make it your own" bs that destroys the whole idea of a chopper.  Chopper - Chopped - Cut frame and extended.  Add a different seat and mirrors and voila - it's "custom".  It's not custom.  You cant change out a front sprocket with a shaft drive, you cant even change out for a different size rear tire with a shaft drive.  Its too small to be a beach cruiser so the bars look wrong.  Stock forks, stock huge fender.  They really didn't even try.

They'd be foolish not to - they'd sell like crazy. I'd probably even have to buy one.  :)

I remember I bought my Honda Shadow a long time ago when I was young and naive because it looked like a Harley but cost 1/3 the price. I agree they are 8-10 years to late with this idea, but I suppose I might fulfill someones dream about owning a chopper looking bike without paying 50k . Its OK looking, I would compare it to plain yogurt not good but not bad its just kind of there.

Thats nice!

I like the fury in a way its very clean and it doesnt look gaudy I am sure there is a market out there for it, they sell alot of rebels, hmmm the fury is the new rebel?

I really like the monkey too...but at $3500...that might be a bit steep.
<Goes back to searching craislist for an old one instead>

the fury looks fine to me...but not my cup o tea to start with

Not my type either, though seems okay enough for those who are into that.

It looks like someone crossed an H-D Fat Boy with a Victory Hammer, then stretched the snot outta the front of the frame.