purists will moan & groan, but automatic transmission motorcycles have a market, and are coming down the production line in ever greater numbers.
that said, yes - this model is overpriced & garish. but, it's a testbed. the chassis has redeeming value, just need to strip out all the plastic and turn this into a cruiser.
with Ridley going bankrupt, someone is going to step in and take over...
I like the idea of an auto transmission. But I'm not crazy about the looks, no place for storage, and I might like a little bigger engine. I've had two Suzuki Burgman 650 scooters and they are FAST. I cruised one day at 105 MPH for 95 miles without letting off. So I'm sure this 680 cc engine will go too...and the transmission is a real automatic, unlike the Burgman which uses a belt drive. But why not make it look just like a cruiser?
Where is the tolerance of the past. We are all on two wheels so what is the difference. Biking since 1956. 86 different bikes and still riding . Just enjoy it
Crossed the USA twice, and Canada . They do have twisties I can assure you .
Just done 3000mls through the alpes and back. Nice bike and I would have one but not on its own as I would need the shift gears.
I would not buy that bike. But it's nice thought.. It's great that you can switch between manual and automatic shifting. So you don't have this "scooter-feeling".
Its a gay ass hammer head shark with wheels..Man the only real reason why they even made such a bs bike is because,a bunch of idoits in the world dont know how to put the bike in N when they come to a stop..They think you have to hold the clutch down the whole time..What can this do in a 1/4? got to a 20second bike..Hell with this man..Honda gets thumbs down on this model..They was doing alright til they came out with this..
MCN should really get another mix cd for their reviews, all the music in their reviews suck! Don't get me wrong, I really like MCN, but something really needs to be done about the music!
looks like a very good bike. but i'd prefer it to have the traditional clutch lever rather than the plus and minus button to change gear when set to manual mode. but this bike is really cool. not a big fan with the low fairing as well.
I like Honda DN-01 Because this bike is use by Kamen Rider Decade.Looks pretty cool and i like this bike front!...HONDA is Really "THE POWER OF DREAMS"!!!!
i'm italian and an africa twin owner,but i think that this bike is interesting,'cause like slayer said it's good to know that there's also an auto bike (in europe there is also the aprilia mana there's in america too?) that can be a good choice for people that get has some handicaps or just doesn't want a classic gear system
Make something the masses will actually WANT to buy! Stupid Honda... When was the last time Honda made anything to compete with the Hayabusa or the ZX14? Concourse? Oh wait! Bold new Graphics! I forgot...
I admire them for trying this bike. I think there is a place for auto transmissions. I don't want one or need one but if I did, it's nice to know one is available. I don't think Honda will sell many at the price they are asking ($14,995 USD) and it is ugly. But again, I admire them for trying something new. Now, the Honda Fury, that gives me a woody and I'm not a cruiser/chopper guy at all.
@davidstowe358 Says Some fagot from the UK with bad teeth. Then again that's just stereotyping. Aren't you (got help you if you answer that). I'f you've even been to the U.S then you'd realize that we aren't a bunch of socialist cockheads that don't screw people over with road tax even though half the money people pay on road tax doesn't technically go to your already shitty and dated road system. here you only pay the registration fees (a minute amount) and insurance and gas.
@davidstowe358 But you guys have to pay different taxes based on the displacement of your vehicles engines. Hah don't even try to compare the shitty road systems U.K to the U.S. and while you are at it you might as well go and complain to your shitty government about it.
that is the biggest scooter I have ever seen. Would be cool if more people rode bikes, but most people drive cars and this just ends up being an over priced odity.
Im a Honda guy and even I say this thing is UGLY. I would take all that plastic crap off the front for sure. Other then that it seems like a good little bike.
That's the perfect bike for people who don't like to ride you just sit there and go from point A to point B. I can see myself driving to my granchildren's house when I'm 80 in that ugly futuristic scooter.
i bet it sell though, i know alot women who want to ride but cant get the hand eye feet co ordinationation thing going so this would make it accesible
It's a new-age scooter for the masses... just too laid back for me, i'd want something a lot more nimble...but if it were cheaper and I was looking for a long distance touring rig, this would be very high on my list.
This wouldn't be so bad if it was half the price. At the price, it's ridiculous... it won't bring anyone new into biking and it's unlikely to garner many existing bikers. I thought Honda had learned from the Pacific Coast, but clearly no.
Is it a scooter?
luv2mx 2 months ago
I love this bike just for the looks....different...but the fucking price HELL NO.
i rather go with aprilia mana 850 gt.
Lps2005 3 months ago
looks to me like this bike has problems with taking tight turns, not enough clearance ....but all in all i like it
DesmosediciAlice 9 months ago
Where can I puke?
NULUSIOS 9 months ago
screw all critics. I like this motorcycle. pity I can't afford it.
PaniczX 10 months ago
perfect for touring
Topthai23 1 year ago
purists will moan & groan, but automatic transmission motorcycles have a market, and are coming down the production line in ever greater numbers.
that said, yes - this model is overpriced & garish. but, it's a testbed. the chassis has redeeming value, just need to strip out all the plastic and turn this into a cruiser.
with Ridley going bankrupt, someone is going to step in and take over...
myancov 1 year ago
"It's quite high to justify". Totally and absolutely agree. Thums up.
chispygato 1 year ago
I like the idea of an auto transmission. But I'm not crazy about the looks, no place for storage, and I might like a little bigger engine. I've had two Suzuki Burgman 650 scooters and they are FAST. I cruised one day at 105 MPH for 95 miles without letting off. So I'm sure this 680 cc engine will go too...and the transmission is a real automatic, unlike the Burgman which uses a belt drive. But why not make it look just like a cruiser?
borge225 1 year ago
Where is the tolerance of the past. We are all on two wheels so what is the difference. Biking since 1956. 86 different bikes and still riding . Just enjoy it
Crossed the USA twice, and Canada . They do have twisties I can assure you .
Just done 3000mls through the alpes and back. Nice bike and I would have one but not on its own as I would need the shift gears.
extrem10
climbcompasswest 1 year ago
I would not buy that bike. But it's nice thought.. It's great that you can switch between manual and automatic shifting. So you don't have this "scooter-feeling".
R3AN1MAT10N 1 year ago
sexy bike!
TheDegrada 1 year ago
всё бы отдал за эту хонду...
Ecstasyvrn 1 year ago
remind me not to buy the honda dn-01.
pancakeessss 1 year ago
@pancakeessss Don't buy the DN-01
7StrangeFruits 1 year ago
the 2 front leg rest pad, scratches the road when turning at the bend. Especially when turning the road bend at a certain speed. Have you check this?
williamswee 1 year ago
Its a gay ass hammer head shark with wheels..Man the only real reason why they even made such a bs bike is because,a bunch of idoits in the world dont know how to put the bike in N when they come to a stop..They think you have to hold the clutch down the whole time..What can this do in a 1/4? got to a 20second bike..Hell with this man..Honda gets thumbs down on this model..They was doing alright til they came out with this..
89powerup 2 years ago
MCN should really get another mix cd for their reviews, all the music in their reviews suck! Don't get me wrong, I really like MCN, but something really needs to be done about the music!
HBmansL 2 years ago
looks like a very good bike. but i'd prefer it to have the traditional clutch lever rather than the plus and minus button to change gear when set to manual mode. but this bike is really cool. not a big fan with the low fairing as well.
geonlansis 2 years ago
I like Honda DN-01 Because this bike is use by Kamen Rider Decade.Looks pretty cool and i like this bike front!...HONDA is Really "THE POWER OF DREAMS"!!!!
FalconmusicINC 2 years ago 3
I'd wish someone awesome enough could make a homemade Machine Decader out of this bike.
nightslash3535 1 year ago
MY local dealer has dropped the price of these to £6500.....
rammers2006 2 years ago
電柱が無いので町並みが綺麗です！
ccpkillman 2 years ago
eeeeh.....como?
chumpilin 2 years ago
i'm italian and an africa twin owner,but i think that this bike is interesting,'cause like slayer said it's good to know that there's also an auto bike (in europe there is also the aprilia mana there's in america too?) that can be a good choice for people that get has some handicaps or just doesn't want a classic gear system
bandostyle 2 years ago 2
just save up guys and i'm sure you can buy it. (you'll have to learn to ride first of course)
Potato0verlord 2 years ago
CBR1500XX
Make something the masses will actually WANT to buy! Stupid Honda... When was the last time Honda made anything to compete with the Hayabusa or the ZX14? Concourse? Oh wait! Bold new Graphics! I forgot...
nfin8one 2 years ago
get with it Honda ditch this bike and make the CB1100r!!!!
arglebarglefoofara 2 years ago
I'm also a Honda guy and...
I admire them for trying this bike. I think there is a place for auto transmissions. I don't want one or need one but if I did, it's nice to know one is available. I don't think Honda will sell many at the price they are asking ($14,995 USD) and it is ugly. But again, I admire them for trying something new. Now, the Honda Fury, that gives me a woody and I'm not a cruiser/chopper guy at all.
slayer53744 2 years ago 3
Looks like the bike off the movie judge dread (I think thats the one). Does not seem very sporty, I would miss shifting too much to consider it
blitch1234 2 years ago
looks like something outta one of those 80's films that are set in the future.
sik1blud 2 years ago
A sportsbike/scooter hybrid will be good for the posers :).... especially in America where they have few bends on the road.
macca1088 2 years ago
America rules. and everyone in the entire world knows it.
Bremsstrahlung1 2 years ago
Just saying it's got lots of straight roads *shrug*
macca1088 2 years ago
What about Vietnam?.
Psycopath22 2 years ago
The only reason america has so many straight roads is because there all to fat to get round bends and everyone in the entire world knows it
davidstowe358 2 years ago
@davidstowe358 Says Some fagot from the UK with bad teeth. Then again that's just stereotyping. Aren't you (got help you if you answer that). I'f you've even been to the U.S then you'd realize that we aren't a bunch of socialist cockheads that don't screw people over with road tax even though half the money people pay on road tax doesn't technically go to your already shitty and dated road system. here you only pay the registration fees (a minute amount) and insurance and gas.
EpiDemic117 1 year ago
@davidstowe358 But you guys have to pay different taxes based on the displacement of your vehicles engines. Hah don't even try to compare the shitty road systems U.K to the U.S. and while you are at it you might as well go and complain to your shitty government about it.
EpiDemic117 1 year ago
@EpiDemic117 Stop being racist. you honestly think your doing the U.S a favor by playing into there hands of another.
fleetyboi 1 year ago
@fleetyboi What favor? did you even read the nationalist fuckheads comments?
EpiDemic117 1 year ago
Yeah hes right the bike with the foot boards cant lean like sports bike and dont have the power its like a bitsa bike.
Also with the cost why would you not want a conventional motorcycle which is easier to use instead of thinking what to switch to before taking off.
The problem is that the more complicated things get the more things that can go wrong as a Honda VFR800 rider ill be sticking to the same bike.
blueman4444444 2 years ago
JUDGE DRED
borbastamas2 2 years ago
that is the biggest scooter I have ever seen. Would be cool if more people rode bikes, but most people drive cars and this just ends up being an over priced odity.
earthboundcruiser 2 years ago
There is no words... Is so ugly that hurts... Honda need urgently new designers!...
ReisRR 2 years ago
Im a Honda guy and even I say this thing is UGLY. I would take all that plastic crap off the front for sure. Other then that it seems like a good little bike.
HuffPCair 2 years ago
You mean that it seems like a good big scooter... But it's you opinion. I respect it...
ReisRR 2 years ago
why are bikes getting so complicated? all this drive mode rubbish, keep them straight with gears and a clutch like they always have..
Biker16Madd 2 years ago 2
It might be fun to ride. It would deffinately be different. Of course i like to ride scooters and motorcycles both.
codeman1979 2 years ago
It is clearly not a scooter; you are not sitting "inside" it, like you would on a scooter. But it sure looks weird.
ukspizzaman 2 years ago
I hate Scooters, thats all this is a scooter with a big motor. why do people buy scooter's I just don't get it. you can get a use motorcycle, cheap.
seroyer2 2 years ago
I totally agree :)
streetracerm5 2 years ago
People buy scooters cause they don't want to mess around with shifting gears.
JayzBeerz 2 years ago 3
hahaha, thats have the fun, if you can't use a clutch you should not be on a bike.
seroyer2 2 years ago
I agree
JayzBeerz 2 years ago
Honda lost their way long time ago!...Agree with the ugly futuristic scooter comment...
serguti 2 years ago
not my kind of bike i like honda cb 1000r
yamimk 2 years ago
That's the perfect bike for people who don't like to ride you just sit there and go from point A to point B. I can see myself driving to my granchildren's house when I'm 80 in that ugly futuristic scooter.
lordrikardov 2 years ago
i think the only good thing about this is probably that people with no left leg below the knee can have a fast ish bike eh?
gangsta078 2 years ago
Overpriced scooter!!
viperq 2 years ago 3
@viperq most scooters won't do 110
PooPoo2U 1 year ago
look out judge dredd...!!
bghozali 2 years ago 4
Interesting idea. I suspect this is the direction the honda goldwing will be going soon.
LoomisLoftis 2 years ago 2
that is the ugliest bike i have ever seen for real
JayzBeerz 2 years ago
i bet it sell though, i know alot women who want to ride but cant get the hand eye feet co ordinationation thing going so this would make it accesible
gengiz 2 years ago
Glorified Scooter. Would be a decent choice for someone with disabilities, but thats about it.
cole1480 2 years ago
DN-0MEH
finstervonshamrock 2 years ago
batman´s slow bike
vicpik 2 years ago
It looks like a scooter/motorcycle might as well put some nobley tyes on it and go off road as well....
animal100000 2 years ago
its just a overpowered scooter
ceralkill3r 2 years ago
that is a scooter , mot a motorcycle!
m2thearcel 2 years ago
automatic???? whoa. wheres the fun in that?
NATEMAN360 2 years ago
dog ugly.
boywonder9481 2 years ago
I *hate* all-digital dash displays. I want analog back!
ftpaddict 2 years ago 13
@ftpaddict buy harley
youpornguy112 1 year ago
It's a new-age scooter for the masses... just too laid back for me, i'd want something a lot more nimble...but if it were cheaper and I was looking for a long distance touring rig, this would be very high on my list.
jesse0192 2 years ago
Great review
piratedebo 2 years ago
ex pen sive
powersliding 2 years ago 8
seems like its comfortably easy to ride. i like it because it introduces new ideas to biking although i agree with the scooter look
powersliding 2 years ago 2
Damn! you drive in the wrong side of the street!
For me is so strange see you driving on the left side!
If one day I came in england i will crash at the first cross :-D
PedtheFox 2 years ago
Peg drag at 2:24 and I wonder what deceleration IS like being an automatic. But I bet you it's 100 times more comfortable than my 08 R1!!
timdog9678 2 years ago
id still have an 08 r1 than this thing...:S
miky480 2 years ago 2
miky480
I would have to agree with you 100% I wouldnt get rid of my r1, i was just saying.
timdog9678 2 years ago
Imagine the confusion when... trying to figure it out???
mkgranger 2 years ago
That bike is amazing.
BritishRider 2 years ago
This wouldn't be so bad if it was half the price. At the price, it's ridiculous... it won't bring anyone new into biking and it's unlikely to garner many existing bikers. I thought Honda had learned from the Pacific Coast, but clearly no.
ShamanWS6 2 years ago
60HP?
WTF.
naythCC 2 years ago
LOOOOOOL I can't believe Honda made something like this...
Bikes should be either manual or auto...
"tiptronic" ROFLLLLLL be so weird to ride
wahthefck 2 years ago
looks as if it has a unibrown
biglandfarm 2 years ago
I like it. It's very cool and it must be very comfortable.
vic77link 2 years ago
Looks like a scooter+ cruiser - SCRUISER ...!
laughingskeletons 2 years ago
or a SCOOSER lol
dimos47ki7 2 years ago
umm i don't like this motorbike, it's too...scooter's style
ilchinca 2 years ago
yeah i totally agree with you and i think its not real motorbike because its boring automatic shit
cobfan91 2 years ago
You can put it on secuential and you just have to change up and down with automatic clutch.
DeScRuN 2 years ago
you can decided to use manual or automatic gear, but only the fact have a manual gear... for me it's a Scruiser!
ilchinca 2 years ago
sexy bike
SummerTheFuzzy 2 years ago
Switches eh?
I still think it looks like an elephant sat on the front and squashed it down.
theninj1 2 years ago