asphaltfighter?

[Porsche Monkey]

Anybody seen this yet?  Wonder what the insurance premium would be.

http://www.gizmag.com/motorcycles/

[justinrhenry]

i'll take one .  [moto]

[Raux]

gotta say though, horrible name for a motorcycle manufacturer.

[krolik]

Maybe it sounds better in German.

[deepak8612]

wow.. 170mpg bike for sale in india for 900$. 120cc for the money. but still

[1KDS]

wow.. 170mpg bike for sale in india for 900$. 120cc for the money. but still

+1
Beats a freakin vespa

[Fergus]

Maybe it sounds better in German.

Asphaltkämpfer (babelfish)

Hmm, about the same 

[Spidey]

It's a built Kawasaki with nitrous and some electronic gizmos and they'll set up the suspension and ergos to fit your body.  Neat, but did I miss sumptin'?

[Scottish]

I liked the Honda too. 

[CapnCrunch]

now why in the make the beast with two backs don't they sell those hondas here?

I'd buy a few

[Scottish]

now why in the make the beast with two backs don't they sell those hondas here?

I'd buy a few

Because if they were going to sell them here they'd have to charge $3,500 for a 110cc bike. Nobodies gonna pay that for a 110cc bike though. Why do they have to charge that? To keep the market inflated, can't have people running off with a good bike for less than a chinese POS from the auto parts store now can you? 


 Seriously though, if they offered that bike at that price they wouldn't be able to keep them in stock, the whole country would be motorcycling.

[LowThudd]

I agree, that Honda is hot. I'd buy one today and ride it for a month without refueling.

That Mavizen TTX02 electric superbike is pretty hot too. Variable between 130mph or 130 mile range! I think I'd take that over the Kawi.

[KnightofNi]

It's a built Kawasaki with nitrous and some electronic gizmos and they'll set up the suspension and ergos to fit your body.  Neat, but did I miss sumptin'?

yeah, it comes with custom leathers and a helmet too.

i'm assuming there is a lot of work done to the internals of the engine as well as all the "bolt-on" parts.

[Scottish]

Man posts about 280hp custom tailored bike and you guys talk about gas-mileage of the 100cc bike...

But yeah, that Honda would be more practical 

lol, as funny as it sounds that Honda really could set motorcyling on it's ear, more than an unobtainable 200+hp bike... I wonder if that bike runs on unobtainium?

Anyway my reasoning for that is if Honda actually managed to import it at $900 a bike. We could become a motorcycle nation, I could see fathers buying this bike for their children to learn on. I could see kids saving lawn mowing money, I can see people like myself getting one as a local run about "oh we need sugar, I'll run to the store real quick", I can see people like my parents buying one or two to strap to the back of their camper, and using them to explore the city around a camp ground. At $900 I think this could be in industry changing bike, at more than $1,100 I see another sales disappointment. At the right price Honda could put itself into almost every home in America.

  That Honda kicks balls! 

[deepak8612]

Because if they were going to sell them here they'd have to charge $3,500 for a 110cc bike. Nobodies gonna pay that for a 110cc bike though. Why do they have to charge that? To keep the market inflated, can't have people running off with a good bike for less than a chinese POS from the auto parts store now can you? 


 Seriously though, if they offered that bike at that price they wouldn't be able to keep them in stock, the whole country would be motorcycling.

It's actually interesting if they could offer that bike in the US for a similar or lower price point. India's import taxes are, if I;m not mistaken, about 100% of the bikes value. I had a friend who moved to India for job and move his relatively new bike there and get charged some insane taxes to import it. Unless, Honda manufactures the bike in India I would assume that they are paying taxes on each one. I cant imagine why they shouldnt be able to offer that bike in the US for the same or less unless, of course, we have safety standards that this bike does/will not meet.