Honda Deauville Review

Good Points
Cheap to insure, lots of storage space especially with a large after market top box fitted, good fuel economy, solidly built, good torque engine, on board clock, body panels make it easy to keep clean.

Bad Points
650 model-no fuel gauge - annoying when you have to reach down to turn the reserve fuel tank on, no engine temperature gauge, quite heavy and tall, bad paint finish on engine casings and wheels.

General Comments
The Honda Deauville is one of if not the best bike I have ever had. Tall screen is better than standard, side panniers are small but very useful there are two pockets in the front fairing one of which is lockable and they are very handy for smaller items you may wish to get to quickly like sunglasses-money-cloth wipes-mobile phone etc. I think it is quite a heavy bike but you soon forget that when on the move. Easy to squeeze through traffic, nice loud horn, all switches are where they are easy to operate, the clock is a nice touch although a fuel gauge would have been nice, it can be quite scary and dangerous if you let the fuel tank run on to reserve especially if you are in the middle of an overtake but this can be avoided by keeping the tank topped up and resetting the trip meter to warn you of low fuel levels.