Hi All, A newbie to the forum living in the UK.
The Honda Deauville NT700 finally arrived this morning, all good except the rear of the top box had enroute rubbed against folding ramp in the back of the van which gouged the plastic and removed some paint, the delivery guy said “I checked to make sure that was all good it must have rolled back during the journey”, the dealers gave me £250 back which I am more than happy with as it is an easy fix for me.
A quick visit to the Vehicle tax website, done.
Then I nipped out to fill the tank and give it a short ride and check all was well, typically it started raining so I headed out away from the clouds and found my short trip turned into 130 mile jaunt through Cheshire and Shropshire and wow what a fabulous no nonsense machine the Deauville is.
Some have named it The Honda Dullsville well nothing could be more incorrect, it a very comfortable bike to ride, all the controls are to hand, the dash board display is clear and easily readable.
I was surprised to find despite being an 08 reg machine, 1stregistered in September 2008 the wind screen wasn’t of the 5 position type, further investigation found is it was actually made in 2006 but not sold until September 08.
Coincidence being what it is I found a pair of the larger pannier lids the exact colour match, brand new still boxed in their original Honda packaging, the guy was actually coming to Chester this morning so perfect, Bike and Panniers arrived almost at the same time.
First job has been to fit a trickle charging lead, an easy 2 min job which involved removing the seat, which means you have to open the left hand side pannier and surprise I find the panniers have brand new bags inside, this just keeps getting better.
Tomorrow I will fit and hard wire my Garmin Zumo Sat nav then search for some daytime running lights.
First impressions are the bike is very comfortable, a typical Honda ride all the controls are to hand, the mirrors give an excellent view with no vibration, brakes are good with no fade under hard braking.
The bike is very nimble and handles well through the corners, whilst the screen and fairings gives excellent protection from the elements with no buffeting or back pressure.
This is definitely a keeper.
The Honda Deauville NT700 finally arrived this morning, all good except the rear of the top box had enroute rubbed against folding ramp in the back of the van which gouged the plastic and removed some paint, the delivery guy said “I checked to make sure that was all good it must have rolled back during the journey”, the dealers gave me £250 back which I am more than happy with as it is an easy fix for me.
A quick visit to the Vehicle tax website, done.
Then I nipped out to fill the tank and give it a short ride and check all was well, typically it started raining so I headed out away from the clouds and found my short trip turned into 130 mile jaunt through Cheshire and Shropshire and wow what a fabulous no nonsense machine the Deauville is.
Some have named it The Honda Dullsville well nothing could be more incorrect, it a very comfortable bike to ride, all the controls are to hand, the dash board display is clear and easily readable.
I was surprised to find despite being an 08 reg machine, 1stregistered in September 2008 the wind screen wasn’t of the 5 position type, further investigation found is it was actually made in 2006 but not sold until September 08.
Coincidence being what it is I found a pair of the larger pannier lids the exact colour match, brand new still boxed in their original Honda packaging, the guy was actually coming to Chester this morning so perfect, Bike and Panniers arrived almost at the same time.
First job has been to fit a trickle charging lead, an easy 2 min job which involved removing the seat, which means you have to open the left hand side pannier and surprise I find the panniers have brand new bags inside, this just keeps getting better.
Tomorrow I will fit and hard wire my Garmin Zumo Sat nav then search for some daytime running lights.
First impressions are the bike is very comfortable, a typical Honda ride all the controls are to hand, the mirrors give an excellent view with no vibration, brakes are good with no fade under hard braking.
The bike is very nimble and handles well through the corners, whilst the screen and fairings gives excellent protection from the elements with no buffeting or back pressure.
This is definitely a keeper.
