panigale monster/streetfighter

[Raux]

ok. I have to COMPLETELY AGREE. the Honda NAS is the grandfather of the 1199 

[jaxduc]

nice.

[philsu]

if the NAS is suppose to be a street oriented sport bike, why did they give it a dry clutch?

[polivo]

nice.

understatement of the year.. that thing is just plane sick. Also consider, its a 10 YEAR OLD DESIGN!  looks like it belongs on the show room floor today.. and it would still be cutting edge. Why they never build it, beyond me. People would snatch this thing up like hotcakes. Maybe the streetfighter scene wasnt mature enough when this came out.  But the world is ready now!!!!

[polivo]

if the NAS is suppose to be a street oriented sport bike, why did they give it a dry clutch?

It never had a dry clutch.. it was never built. There was never a single verified report.. that that prototype ever even ran. It most likely was just a beautiful model.

[Travman]

if the NAS is suppose to be a street oriented sport bike, why did they give it a dry clutch?

Seriously?  You know Ducati made street bikes for years with dry clutches that did just fine on the street.

[philsu]

Seriously?  You know Ducati made street bikes for years with dry clutches that did just fine on the street.

Yes. I'm quite serious. I found dry clutch motorcycles much harder to ride than wet clutch in urban traffic. Maybe if I were a better rider, I would find dry clutch bikes easier to ride than wet clutch.  With that said, the clutch on the 1199...