Honda want your V4 feedback

That's been out for about 9 months, hardly breaking news Visordown!

Posted: 18/06/2009 at 18:18

Yep the bike's been out but Honda have just started pushing the survey on their website.

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 12:54

this might be a stupid question, but how do the wheels spin?

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 12:58

artschool wrote (see)

this might be a stupid question, but how do the wheels spin?

I've not studied it but presumed it was just Hondas version of the Sbarro Osmos wheel

Sbarro was doing vehicles with them more than 20 years ago - I guess the patent might have expired now - so Honda can nick someone else's idea without paying for it.

 

  

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 14:37

cool, makes sense now.

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 14:49

What's going on with the front? They've tried to hard to integrate the front wheel into the fairing...looks weird.

Other than that, I hope that's what electic bikes eventually look like, but with non-metal tyres and some form of suspension.

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 15:06

non-metal tyres. lol.

unless they resurface all the roads on corten steel and we can get hover bikes.

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 15:14

That red Sbarro looks like a two-wheeled tin-opener.

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 17:17

Admin wrote (see)

That red Sbarro looks like a two-wheeled tin-opener.

It was the 80's.     Although I think I thought it looked pretty gash even back then.

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 18:22

artschool wrote (see)

this might be a stupid question, but how do the wheels spin?

in a circle

Posted: 19/06/2009 at 20:01

FJSRiDER. wrote (see)

It was the 80's.     Although I think I thought it looked pretty gash even back then.

Oh, I don't know. If you can get past the blood colour it's a bit like modern hyperbikes. The Sbarro wheels would look mint in a futuristic cruiser, though! Especially with a V4 heart...

Posted: 20/06/2009 at 19:01

Flo wrote (see)

The Sbarro wheels would look mint in a futuristic cruiser, though!

Like this?

Posted: 20/06/2009 at 19:51

that is bizarre looking! where are the brakes?

Posted: 20/06/2009 at 23:58

 That's class FJS. Although I meant futuristic, not retro. Manga style, you know? Like those photoshop numbers that turn up every now and then in the comic...

Posted: 21/06/2009 at 14:30

You mean like Akira's?  

Posted: 23/06/2009 at 13:32

Honda may not have invented fugly...but seem determined to take the concept to new heights.

Posted: 23/06/2009 at 13:35

A former affectionado, I now don't give a stuff about anything Honda.

Foisting "dedicated honda-only showrooms" on their dealers.

Incrediblly high prices on spares.

Bluntly, some really stupid designs.

These days I like Ducati/Suziki/Yamaha and Triumph, particularly the first and last.

I would like MV Augusta too, but I can't afford one.

 I don't want to diss Honda's engineers, but the marketing/sales organisation seems to have caused the company gestalt to loose the plot.

 Oh.. I admire the sheer practical honesty of the Chinese Cub & CG clones though.

Posted: 23/06/2009 at 14:40

Fragula wrote (see)

I would like MV Augusta too, but I can't afford one.

As i was thinking about purchasing one I called Bennetts once for a quote on insurance for an MV Augusta. Couldn’t get the bloke on the other end to stop laughing long enough to give me the quote.

Posted: 23/06/2009 at 14:47

Bit of a daft bike really. They're only worth having when you or somebody else is actually looking at it...which isn't all that often really. Unless you spend a lot of time cleaning and not much time riding.

Posted: 23/06/2009 at 14:51

iiMarcus wrote (see)

You mean like Akira's?  

is this one real? or just a model.

if its real i could definately be converted to feet forward! 

Posted: 23/06/2009 at 14:52

Dunno, it was a quick google, lots of people have recreated that bike, some good, some really bad

Posted: 23/06/2009 at 22:40

iiMarcus wrote (see)

You mean like Akira's?  

Can't believe I missed this at the time. Love it , although 'Big Red' had a huge back wheel in the anime- love it even more.

Posted: 16/07/2009 at 18:18