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Originally Posted by tremens
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Fly by wire throttle technology leaves me distinctly underwhelmed.
Slipper clutches from the race track to shave milliseconds off the lap times, ditto.
The 2018 colour scheme is straight out of the year "eons ago" - "United Colours of Benetton" advertising would be appropriate.
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Originally Posted by Endurodude
I they're the same heated grips as the 'previous' model, I would stay well clear, even if free! I paid around £200 for mine and they were useless.
At the NEC last year, Honda made a big deal about the AT being simple (relatively, I appreciate) and robust for travel. Not sure how the newer one will fit into this mould?
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Quite a few bits and pieces fitted as OEM can be very cheap and need to be replaced quickly - that goes for more than one manufacturer, to keep down the headline pricing in the shop window.
Original sprockets, chains, tyres, suspension, handlebars, to name a few.
So long as the plastics are "shiny new" then the customers will buy.
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Originally Posted by tremens
price  but seriously I don't like tubed tyres and throttle by wire.
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I prefer what Suzuki have done with their XT range of the VStroms; no holes drilled through a perfectly good rim = tubeless tyres fitted and spokes are still used.
BMW/Behr rims ditto, but Honda probably won't pay royalties to use a patent?
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