2011 Honda Crossrunner 800 models unveiled

[chornbe]

Mindless speculatin'

[atadaskew]

Just some quick numbers...


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CB1000R

8525

Mid 12s???

These are not FX-rate calculated, these are comparing prices in the UK to prices in the USA for the same bikes. Just doing FX-rate conversions on vehicles is not a viable comparison.

You had better be wrong Chris.  I'm diggin the CB, love the headers, love the look, even ok with the rumoured 110 rwhp.  Butt it has to be priced at Kawi Z1000 levels.  A bike that apparently offers much more motor.

What's the price spread on the Z1000 in the UK vs USA?

I'm not gonna pay a Harley tax for a Honda...
 

[Xanth]

Just some quick numbers...

CB1000R	8525	Mid 12s???	$11k - $12k
VFR800CR	est 10k	High 13s, low 14s???	$13k - $14k

These are not FX-rate calculated, these are comparing prices in the UK to prices in the USA for the same bikes. Just doing FX-rate conversions on vehicles is not a viable comparison.

I forgot to take ABS into consideration on my earlier guess. Though I'm not looking at this style of bike at the moment, it's always good to have more bike options. Let's see if they bring the Crossrunner over.

[chornbe]

I'm not gonna pay a Harley tax for a Honda...
 

3 VFR1200 owners and 1 DN-01 owner globally say you're wrong!  

[Giaka]

You girly men and your 530lb wet weight heaviness issues. My god you guys bitch more than 20 menstruating women locked in a dark closet with the heat stuck on 95.

[chornbe]

You girly men and your 530lb wet weight heaviness issues. My god you guys bitch more than 20 menstruating women locked in a dark closet with the heat stuck on 95.

It takes a better rider to pilot 700lbs of big heavy ST machine at a good clip than a 370lb surgical track weapon.  

[atadaskew]

You girly men and your 530lb wet weight heaviness issues. My god you guys bitch more than 20 menstruating women locked in a dark closet with the heat stuck on 95.

That reminds me, I'm all out of Pamprin

[1KPerDay]

You guys are an odd group. This Honda is ugly and the new multistrada is shit hot?    My opinion is this is exactly what the VFR needed, to be NAKED!

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
/inigo

[atadaskew]

You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
/inigo

You killed my father.  Prepare to die.

[UFO]

It takes a better rider working harder to pilot 700lbs of big heavy ST machine at a good clip than a 370lb surgical track weapon.  Just think what that better rider could do on a 370 lb bike!  

FTFY

[bubba zanetti]

You killed my father.  Prepare to die.

This will help you be recognized.

[GRN]

It takes a better rider to pilot 700lbs of big heavy ST machine at a good clip than a 370lb surgical track weapon.  

Some folks who learn to throw the weight of the heavier ST's very proficiently ride them better because they don't trust the feel or perceived instability of a bike half the weight... odd, but true. Even after 18K miles on my Sprint, I doubt I could have kept up with myself on my ST13.

[atadaskew]

Some folks who learn to throw the weight of the heavier ST's very proficiently ride them better because they don't trust the feel or perceived instability of a bike half the weight... odd, but true. Even after 18K miles on my Sprint, I doubt I could have kept up with myself on my ST13.

Sumfink must be messed up wid ma Ducati St4s, cuz it's much more stable than ma old Wing 1800.

[JamesG]

Photos deleted from post for mercy's sake.

Both bikes look better than the models sitting on them.  Just sayin  

Yah.  They should have plopped a coupla' big boned bull dykes on them instead.  Would make the bike look both smaller and more attractive.

[sammyseaman]

Yah.  They should have plopped a coupla' big boned bull dykes on them instead.  Would make the bike look both smaller and more attractive.

Oh crap, the Honda faithful just put you on their list. You'll probably get 2 to 3 ignores because you just disrespected their kid.

[JamesG]

I'm pretty sure I'll live.  Thanks though.

[forester]

Nice looking bikes from an obvious quality conscious manufacturer, but too status quo in design.

BMW seems to be the only one who is getting it right these days.

[coho]

It takes a better rider to pilot 700lbs of big heavy ST machine at a good clip than a 370lb surgical track weapon.  

That 700lb. ST bike probably has 130+ hp and 100 lb/ft. to help it get out of its own porky way, too.

Just sayin.

[Nodaclu]

From this angle, the front fairing looks like the Honda CBF bikes.



CrossTourer Concept

Good lord!!! Underweight models on overweight bikes. I need some cheeseburgers for one group and a couple treadmills for the other....stat!!!!  

Judging from those pictures, it would take about 6 of those models to equal the weight of 1 Honda Crossrunner 800.  

Seriously though....like the idea. The execution really isn't that bad, but the pricing.....like Chris, I'll withhold judgment until we see if (a) all of these bikes make it to the States and (b) whether Honda decides to move product or continue to pretend they are BMW's.

[JamesG]

Hmmm... If they'd have married the shaft drive onto the 800cc VFR mill with this 1200's long travel suspension I might have been interested. It would have been a good foil for the Triumph Tiger 800s, and bracketed nicely Stroms and the assorted 1200cc "adventure" (big road bikes with offroad pretensions) bikes.

But I really can't understand this "Butch VFR" and "Fat Varadero"...

I can hear Soichiro Honda grumbling from here.