Quote Originally Posted by motozeke View Post
It was designed for overseas markets. Surprised we ever got it here in the States.
When on the other forums, everybody gets in a tissy because Honda builds all of these "odd, strange, ugly, futuristic, small size engines" and they go on and on about how they would never be caught dead on one. This is one along with the DN01, some of the scooters and a few others. When the truth is that America makes up a fraction of motorcycle sales when you consider how large Honda has become. Look at the population of the planet and this is considered cool and cutting edge in places like China, India and a lot of other countries that aren't into big engines and classic styling. The marketing for this is directly pointed there.

Remember disco is still big in Europe and David Hassellholf is an entertainment god in some countries. The world does not always think the same as the US.