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« Reply #40 on: October 12, 2008, 01:15:46 am »
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The only faith I've lost is with American Honda Motorcycle Division... why I'd fire the majority of them...
starting with the ones who drive to work instead of ride to work...  

That is exactly what is wrong with Honda nowadays. The motorcycle guys have all been replaced with cars guys because thats where the big bucks are to keep the shareholders happy. It would truly suck to be a (motorcycle) R&D or future product development guy at Honda. It could very well be that we are witnessing the slow death of Honda's motorcycle division. Sad
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« Reply #41 on: October 12, 2008, 01:50:28 pm »
It is truly SAD when you have a CONcept motorcycle that does not even have tires.
I didn't really like the NAS.  I could appreciate it, but it just wasn't the bike for me.  BUT you could see that it was possible.
This one... well... its red and shiny.
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« Reply #42 on: October 12, 2008, 02:09:52 pm »
Quote from: Jeff N on October 07, 2008, 07:52:20 am

Sbarro's been working the concept for years.




Those wheels are not hubless, as evidenced by the big frigging hubs in the middle. They are simply "spokeless" wheels that use a clear plastic in place of the spokes that one would normally see. They are basically just clear wheels, that won't be clear after about five miles of dust from those gigantic disk brakes.
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« Reply #43 on: October 12, 2008, 07:21:06 pm »
Uhhhh, why waste money doing basically a large piece of jewelry versus a true concept?
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« Reply #44 on: October 12, 2008, 09:41:46 pm »
Quote from: keystonejenks on October 12, 2008, 07:21:06 pm

Uhhhh, why waste money doing basically a large piece of jewelry versus a true concept?

I have told women that jewelry itself is a waste of money as well, but I have had trouble selling that idea.  
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« Reply #45 on: October 13, 2008, 02:27:14 pm »
Quote from: UFO on October 07, 2008, 08:29:22 am

I don't get it.  How do you put power to the ground? Headscratch


If you have to ask, you have no clue as to the workings of Takeo Fukui or understanding of Honda Quantum Physics. Bigsmile
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« Reply #46 on: October 23, 2008, 06:36:41 pm »
And yet they've been sitting on this bike since '01   Headscratch




http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/08/when-will-honda-produce-the-nas/
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« Reply #47 on: October 23, 2008, 08:09:24 pm »
Wow I forgot about the NAS. It still looks pertty good for an 8 year old design. Some interesting functional points have found their way into production bikes. We got the rune but not the NAS...
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« Reply #48 on: October 23, 2008, 08:14:55 pm »
Quote from: Mookie on October 23, 2008, 06:36:41 pm

And yet they've been sitting on this bike since '01   Headscratch




http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2007/10/08/when-will-honda-produce-the-nas/


Did Eric Buell design this?
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« Reply #49 on: October 24, 2008, 01:26:37 am »
Quote from: Baz on October 23, 2008, 08:14:55 pm

Did Eric Buell design this?


Nah, those air scoops would have been increased by at least a factor of 10.   Wink

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« Reply #50 on: October 24, 2008, 08:25:33 pm »
Quote from: Baz on October 23, 2008, 08:14:55 pm

Did Eric Buell design this?

No...if he had, it'd be in production!!!

(I do see a couple of his "signature" design concepts in the NAS--both patented, too, IIRC.)
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