justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/22/15 at 14:23:05:


I dunno. I keep looking and it's still fugly.

Art Webb wrote on 03/24/15 at 15:29:58:


As cold as it has been.....I might turn the toaster setting to "DARK" if I rode it to work in the morning.

My wife asked me what color sheets do I want.
Told her I don't care, typically, I sleep with my eyes closed..
When I'm riding, I FEEL the bike. I feel how it pulls, how it shifts, how it handles and I hear it. Since nearly all of my riding was Other than highway, I didn't need something to run 70+ for hours on end..
Quick enough to be fun, not SO good handling that such a fool as myself would find himself in a sweeping turn at speeds beyond his ability,
All that to say this.

Making choices to satisfy some invisible critics just won't do.
Somehow, I don't think this crowd of rebels and misfits Really needs to be
Told that while we ride we really can't see much of what we ride and what others see has no impact or effect on how riding it feels for me. We who choose the Savage have already stepped well away from allowing what others may think to hold sway over our choices.
Is it ugly? Well, I think they chose poorly on the paint scheme..
The design looks like they set aside the whole idea that a bike should be visually attractive and designed solely with function as the guide.
I dunno all the specifications, the gearing, weight, top speed, price,,
but I just can't help but believe Honda KNOWS it's ugly and they built it anyway.. So, I'm guessing They believe that it has enough positive qualities to make it a marketplace success in spite of its lack of beauty.

I would be more sympathetic if the black bits were white and the blue bits black, but then I own an S40 and that causes virtual 100% satisfaction. even if I occasionally look at Bolts and W800's/650's

JOG2, that's a hard one as in the last thirty plus years, I've only ridden a Suzuki GN250 Chinese made and my S40. On Trade Me the NZ equivalent of EBAY there are about four W650'S  advertised at the moment. If you are interested go to www.trademe.co.nz and type in Kawasaki W650 and have a look at what they sell for here. A $NZ is currently worth about 75US cents maybe a bit less. I think I pointed out the current NZ price of a W800, just under $NZ 13000, which is still cheaper or about the same as a base Yamaha Bolt. Current S40 price street legal is about $NZ 8500 from a stealer/whatever.

Well there was a car that was "ugly"...


I think we all know where Honda is going with this...

Dave wrote on 03/26/15 at 13:07:00:


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Dave,

Yes sir you did, now that I think about it, I remember reading it a few days ago when this thing first popped up. I must've forgotten today when I was posting my last response. Sorry about that.



I remember my dad telling me about how the Aztek was a "design by committee" and he always said none of the guys on the committee had enough balls to speak up and say, "hey this thing is pretty ugly!" because they didn't wanna upset the boss. It's the perfect vehicle for Heisenberg though. I mean, the concept they had for the aztek was pretty cool. Being able to pop a tent out the back of it and all. Maybe Honda have/had some clever concept uses for the bulldog bike.

Just remember, even though the Aztek was mainly design by committee, the Cheif Designer, was in charge of this thing.....

hmm interesting enough