Honda Monster?!?!

Started by zooom, May 24, 2011, 11:31:01 AM

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zooom

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/New-bikes/2011/May/may2411-hondas-shock-new-700cc-auto-scooped/

or perhaps this is more targeted at the Aprilia Mana....but potenitally it could bite into the 696 market?!?!?




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Monster Dave

The pixilated spy shot looks an aweful lot like the 1000r





zooom

Quote from: Monster Dave on May 24, 2011, 12:09:26 PM
The pixilated spy shot looks an aweful lot like the 1000r






could be....but they say the real image will be revealed to subscribers soon, which means it'll hit the rest of the web a day or 2 later...
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Latinbalar

Well it looks like the forks are non-inverted and there is a dss.  but last i checked honda had one of these.

Honda 599 almost bought one till i realized that the monster was 1k cheaper and looks a whole lot better.
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dark_duc

Quote from: Latinbalar on May 24, 2011, 12:18:36 PM
Well it looks like the forks are non-inverted and there is a dss.  but last i checked honda had one of these.
Honda 599 almost bought one till i realized that the monster was 1k cheaper and looks a whole lot better.

I nearly bought a 599 as well but the guy sold it out from under me.  Glad he did though, because I eventually found my Monster which is what I wanted in the first place.

ItsaDuc

The looks are just so uninspired. I mean, its just O K. I'm sure like all the other rip offs of Monsters, it works great and will no doubt sell a bunch but.....eh.

I guess its similar to Toyota selling so many "eh" cars. Good form and function, but lacking otherwise.

Grrrly

looks like it's meant to compete with all the other similar nakeds (ie Yamaha FZ8) ... not necessarily the Monster.



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DucSeason

The parallel twin seems to target the Triumph Bonneville, but the looks seem more targeted at the FZ8. Odd.
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ducatiz

Honda has so much development money, they will make an engine/bike just because.



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zooom

Quote from: ducatiz on May 26, 2011, 09:46:26 AM
Honda has so much development money, they will make an engine/bike just because.





you forgot one VERY good one...

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ducatiz

Quote from: zooom on May 26, 2011, 11:03:07 AM
you forgot one VERY good one...



good one indeed.

point is, if honda wanted to make a rotary engined bike with 3 seats and a gerbil, they could do it without flinching.
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arai_speed

Quote from: ItsaDuc on May 24, 2011, 02:37:59 PM
...all the other rip offs of Monsters...

I've read this sentiment before and I'm curious if the Monster holds a patent as the only naked bike ever made? (rhetorical question)

I mean, when I look at this Honda it looks NOTHING like a monster, new or old...so I'm curious...where does the above sentiment come from?

ducatiz

Quote from: arai_speed on May 26, 2011, 12:17:48 PM
I've read this sentiment before and I'm curious if the Monster holds a patent as the only naked bike ever made? (rhetorical question)

I mean, when I look at this Honda it looks NOTHING like a monster, new or old...so I'm curious...where does the above sentiment come from?

it's just a sentiment.  the Honda Hawk predated the Monster anyhow and is considered an equally valid (if smaller) naked sport bike.  The Monster really popularized it though.
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zooom

Quote from: arai_speed on May 26, 2011, 12:17:48 PM
I've read this sentiment before and I'm curious if the Monster holds a patent as the only naked bike ever made? (rhetorical question)

I mean, when I look at this Honda it looks NOTHING like a monster, new or old...so I'm curious...where does the above sentiment come from?
Quote from: ducatiz on May 26, 2011, 12:20:25 PM
it's just a sentiment.  the Honda Hawk predated the Monster anyhow and is considered an equally valid (if smaller) naked sport bike.  The Monster really popularized it though.

there were others before the Monster, but like diz said, Ducati iconosized it. The Bandit 400 was one of my faves.



and while I have always loved the Honda Hawk GT/NT650, it was never a popular wide spreak model here, but it blew the doors off a lot of people's expectations in action.
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bikepilot

#14
Heck in the '70s everything was naked and moster-ish.  I love the looks of the monster, but it hardly started or made popular naked bikes.  Maybe it rekindled the love that had withered a bit over the previous decade and is probably one of the all-time best looking production machines ever made  ;D

As for the honda in the op, a 700cc parallel twin with an automatic - sounds more like a maxi-scooter than a motorcycle  [laugh]
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