I wonder if the extra 50 ccs makes a difference.
Dave
According to my favorite motorcycle magazine, "Bike" from the UK, it does. They liked the NC700; they love the NC750 and give it a 10 out of 10 in their ratings. Not very many bikes get that 10.
What options are you talking about on the NC750, Chris?
Remember how many options we couldn't get for the NT that were available in the UK? Big lids, the undercowl, built-in fog lights, a stereo among others.
[...Does Honda not list options for the country the bikes are sold in?...Chris]
There really is no hard and fast standard other than the Honda winged logo so every distributor can order the bikes they want and in their colors, create their own ads, plus offer certain Honda-approved accessories because they best know their own market. Honda Canada is quite different from American Honda, Honda UK, Honda de Amazonia (Brasil), etc.
Now go back and look at that Canadian NC750 with nice matching panniers, wind screen, center stand, etc. Set up the VHF 800 like that.
If you like the VFR's motor, you will love the Crossrunner. Maybe it will make it to America in the future?
http://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/range/adventure/crossrunner-2015/overview.html
If you like the VFR's motor, you will love the Crossrunner. Maybe it will make it to America in the future?
http://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/range/adventure/crossrunner-2015/overview.html
Or move to New Zealand and get a cool looking blue one.
http://www.hondamotorbikes.co.nz/bikes/nc750x/
I have a US market 700 DCT.
I wonder if the extra 50 ccs makes a difference.
Dave
One thing to keep in mind is the reality that Honda Ltd (Japan) sells fewer than 2% of her motorcycles in the US. The 2% figure is from a long time ago but if anything, it has grown even smaller as our riding population ages while the number of 15-25 year old riders in other countries is HUGE and still growing. India, SE Asia, and Brasil are the biggies for Honda motorcycle/scooter sales.
ps. In ref to parts, "in stock" means at the distributorship - not at your local dealer because they don't stock anything! :-(
I wonder what the techs do if they drop a screw/bolt?
The NC700 in X and S versions sold well in Europe and Japan because of their much higher fuel prices. Here, people are amazed when you tell them your NC regularly gets 60-70 MPG but its not enough for them to go and buy an NC700X.
Some of the accessories are "locally sourced" so the currency exchange gets complicated and expensive because the Mother Ship (Japan) gets her cut. Some of the accessories for my NT700V were made in former Soviet Bloc countries but initially went to Honda UK first before coming to American Honda so that added even more to the retail price here.
In ref to your comment about accessories in NZ, my guess is that they go through Australia and the local NZ people probably decided against ordering them. If you order accessories and they don't sell, you essentially eat it because there is no way to return them - it's not like Costco! I know that initially Australia didn't order any NC700Xs. Those two countries and another smaller island (?) are part of Honda Oceania.
One thing to keep in mind is the reality that Honda Ltd (Japan) sells fewer than 2% of her motorcycles in the US. The 2% figure is from a long time ago but if anything, it has grown even smaller as our riding population ages while the number of 15-25 year old riders in other countries is HUGE and still growing. India, SE Asia, and Brasil are the biggies for Honda motorcycle/scooter sales.