Cycle News Online: “The four major Japanese manufacturers will present their vision of motorcycling’s future when the 39th Tokyo Motor Show opens to the public this Saturday.
The world’s motoring press will get a peek behind the curtain on Wednesday, and there is a buzz already on some of the surprises awaiting the show’s visitors…
Honda are tipped to launch the world’s first large-displacement scooter after teasing visitors at the two previous Tokyo Motor Shows with large-displacement concept scooters. Code named E4-01, little is known except that it has a 903cc four-cylinder engine and a sleek yet large trunk capable of holding two full-size helmets.”
20. October 2005 at 8:52 pm
This doesn’t make any sense.
If the E4 is simply a bigger-engined scoot [not hybrid or electric] then it is essentually a Silver Wing with a 900cc engine.
Why is this a good idea? The Griffon 750 flat-four was cool looking, different, and interesting. Why would I trade my 600cc SWing for a 900cc SWing?
What a rip.
And what about this:
HONDA’S AUTOMATIC MOTORCYCLE
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page=motorcyclenews.articles.articleCategory.article&resourceId=3468247&articleCategory=NEWS_NEW-BIKES
“Honda has launched a fully automatic concept bike at the Tokyo motorcycle show, which it promises will make it to full production… based around the Deauville v-twin 680cc engine… Honda has said that it aims to put the bike on sale in the near future.”
They said that the Griffon was a “near future production” scoot. So who knows if either of these concepts will see the light of day. But I would buy this 680cc Auto before I bought a 900cc scoot.
A 900cc scoot that looks esentually the same as the current crop of 250cc, 400cc, and 600cc scoots is lame.
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1. November 2005 at 3:14 pm
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