written by Bill Radcliffe on 10/12/2004
Good Points
Great city / country compromise.
Bad Points
Noisy, clunky gearbox
Loud harmonic noise at 4000 revs in all gears
General Comments
This Honda Deauville Tourer Motorbike handles really well at all speeds and suspension is comfortable. Gearbox is clunky, noisy and even drops out of second on accelleration occasionally. I am told it will improve by 10,000 k's. There is a loud harmonic noise on accelleration at 4,000 rpm in all gears - caused by the fairing I would think. Overall a good mile muncher, but at 4.8 litres/100km how come Honda can make a car (the Jazz) just as economical? Come on guys, it's just a 650 cc motorcycle. Surely you can do better than that!