I showed those pictures to several buddies at work and everyone that saw them wants one.
I was at the local Honda dealership a couple of weekends ago and all they had for street bikes was cruisers and sport bikes. Not that there is anything wrong with either of those, but if you want a cruiser then you should get a Harley in all fairness. I have been by the Harley dealership and in truth Harley does an amazing job with their cruiser styling and the quality, fit and finish is top notch. Regarding the sport bikes... Once you've seen one bike covered in plastic you've seen them all. And of course there's the touring bikes. So...
I asked the salesman if they had any standard bikes and he said no. They did have a very cool retro VFR800. Sort of a reproduction bike. Why do I bring all of this up?
Well... I think Honda would do well to capitalize on their own heritage, like Ford, Dodge and GM are doing with the Mustang, Charger, and Camaro line. Honda has a rich racing and biking tradition. They should revel in it, and it looks like they are leaning in that direction with these new bikes.
These bikes draw styling cues from the several of the older bikes from the CB750, to the nighthawks, to the newer sport bikes. They are both beautiful.
