written by NiallO on 14/07/2004
Good Points
Easy to ride, economical, practical, comfortable
Bad Points
none
General Comments
I needed a replacement motorcycles for an aging XV535 that would reliably take me from home to work,a 26 mile round trip in comfort. In the Honda NT650V Deauville I found exactly that, it starts first time EVERY time, it is economical, the tank holds a weeks worth of fuel, the standard luggage is excellent and watertight, it holds a laptop bag in either side, the optional Givi top box is cavernous holding our two full face lids. The Screeen keeps most of the weather off, and isn't particularly noisy or liable to the side winds either.
This was an ex-dispatcher bike with 40k on the clock in 18 months but I cannot find a single mechanical glitch. The torque at low speed is awe inspiring. The other half says that she finds it much much more comfortable on the pillion too. Would I recommend it, Yes wholeheartedly.