Quote Originally Posted by dezzertrider View Post
Thanks for the info. I suspect that if a smoking deal came along on a black 13, I just might have to forget about the cruise. I agree that any new bike that is advertised as a long distance touring machine is expected to have cruise control as standard equipment. I guess the same would be true for ABS. The Canadian and Euro versions of the F6B have ABS, not sure why they eliminated that on the US versions. I guess to keep the costs down. They are balancing costs with features.
I don't think that the F6B was ever advertised as a long distance tourer...Goldwing has that honor....Most articles I have seen/read refer to the F6B as a kind of mini-GW, lighter, more nimble, and a little faster for shorter rides and easier to handle around town etc...I know many take longer trips on the thing and Honda finally gave into the demands for Cruise control on later models, but for me I am just fine and see no need for it....Ride safe....ABS brakes are nice also, but Honda's linked-brake system works just fine on the F6B and stops my ride just right.....JMHO