vultus test

[irev]

It's nice to see a manufacturer actually trying to move the direction of Motorcycle design forward.
Instead of churning out the same old **** year after year, squint your eyes at today's bikes and they have hardly changed in 70+ years.....
Could still go a whole lot further IMO

Andy

Yeah, they take a highly evolved style cue, contemplated riding position (shame they didn't go with more vertical controls, it would be narrower and far more natural for the hand position) then shag it in the arse with chain drive... how quaint.
And seemingly a non-adjustable screen, so I bet his chin was chilly.

And it has to be said the video was hardly exploring the limits of performance, I'd like to see this in `attack mode`...

[wozza]

I wish Honda well with this bike. I must admit I think they're being rather brave to bring it into Europe..

On a personal level I don't know what to think of it really. I neither love it, nor hate it, but you've got to see it to believe it.....

[MrGrumpy]

On a personal level I don't know what to think of it really. I neither love it, nor hate it, but you've got to see it to believe it.....

To me it seems a combination of cleverness and crap. Yes. good idea, make something with a really feet forward position, with a backrest! How many bikes have back rests? And make the big mirrors really useful as part of the fairing - good idea. And with sensible mechanicals.

But then your feet are totally exposed, undoing the point of the fairing, you are stuck with chain drive, and the panniers ought to be OK, we have to see how practical they really are - and how well it handles. I fear since you are so far away from the front, with those long bars, it'll be as vague as a chopper........I hope I''m wrong.

[horobags]

Agreed meldrew, the thing about honda's (for me), is when they get released you can be unsure, but they have a strange habit of growing on you.
The sh 300, first looks, its horrible, now, what a great allrounder stepthrough, light and fast.
The s-wing 125, first looks, surely too big and heavy for a 125, now , what an accomplished 125, could even tour on it.
Silverwing, first, big and ugly, now, the benchmark maxi touring scoot, built like a tank, minimal mods in 13 years of production.
Helix , the first feet forward scoot, shocked the 2 wheel world, executive 2 wheel transport for the '90s
Ect,ect, can you tell I like honda's.

[Bluebottle]

Nicely put

[irev]

Here's another video, from the same launch, but with some nice close-ups

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[phantom309]

looks like something someones created in there shed using what ever they had lieing around....i don't like it at all.....

[bikerdezzie]

Small story in this months BIKE magazine, apparently in the UK june/july, only 500 made I think and apparently 8500 ish estimated price.

[horobags]

The integra is £7,700, so £8,500 is a lot of money but I was expecting around that figure.

[horobags]

Well my honda dealer has just told me the o.t.r. price of the vultus is going to be £9666. absolutely barmey!!