Comments on: 2010 Honda Fury Unveiled

By: Bike-Mechanic

Bike-Mechanic — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:11:09 +0000

Just another production bike???? Every time I see a new Harley I yawn.. If anything always looks the same its each and every Harley… nothing original about them. I’ve test ridden the Fury and was surprised how well it handled… smooth… reliable… and shaft drive maintenance free. If I had to choose between a Harley and the Fury then I give the Fury the vote. Its not about what the name is its about variety and standing out. Nice too see that you don’t need to burn a hole in your pocket to get a piece of the action. Or are people saying that you have to spend rediculous amounts of money to qualify. Get real people its what the rider feels happy with not other bikes opinions.

By: Richard Demers

Richard Demers — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:40:12 +0000

I have owned 3 harley,, 1971 FLH,, 1995 FLSTN,, 2003 Road King,, after my first I swore I would never do it again,, but friens sid ” they’re all new,, better, faster more reliable,, GOD! I hate being lied to,, the best of the three was still my first,, at least I didn’t have to refinance my house whenever I needed to buy parts or pay for a repair,, both of my ” NEW” harles requred engine work before they had 25K on them,, so I went back to a bike i could trust to get me there,, so last week at my good old reliable Honda dealer I took possesion of the first Fury at my dealer ” Moore Dam Honda” greatest dealer and service I have ever had. My fury is metalic red,, and I love that honda didn’t put labels all over it,, not because I want to pretent I am on and HD,, just because I like any bike clean and uncluttered,, I took the tank badges of my old Norton Atlas,, back in 1967,, came off the day I bought it,, same with several Triumphs over the years,, I was proud as hell of all of them as well as my Honda,, the only bikes that has ever left me walking were the Triumps and the HD,, I guess we should be proud of Harley,, what a claim to fame,, WE ARE as RELIABLE AS ANY 1960′s British Bike

Quit your whining,, if you like it ride and enjoy,, if you don’t,, just shut up, dont buy one and wave when one passes you buy

Rich

By: BFA

BFA — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:12:48 +0000

Love the new Fury. Have read that all of the stickers and reflectors come off easily and the glue comes off with a little Goo-B-Gone then shine it up with a little wax.

The fact that HD folks hate this bike so much speaks volumes about how Big Red hit the mark with this one. Too bad there has to be such a culture war when it comes to motorcycles, this is supposed to be about fun.

Wish I could get one, the dark red metallic looks fantastic in pictures. Best looking bike I’ve seen in a while, the radiator design makes the V-Rod radiator look silly(even more silly.)

By: fireninja

fireninja — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:51:41 +0000

There was a time when Honda was an innovator. But, they haven’t always been rewarded for it. In the late 80s they made two of my all time favorite bikes — the NT650 Hawk GT, and the Super Magna, both of which sold poorly and were only made for 2 or 3 years. If you look at one now is seems incredibly modern, and if you can find someone willing to sell a decent specimen you will discover that they have held their value better than just about anything made during that period. The problem was that they were 10 years premature for the market — Ducati and Suzuki have made far more money on naked sporty small displacement v-twins than Honda ever did, despite pioneering the concept. Unfortunately, the lesson that Honda seems to have taken away from these and similar experiences is that copying trends started by others is financially safer than doing something groundbreaking. (And, what ground breaking they are doing is fricking weird: DN-01?)

In the abstract, the concept of a raked out chopper that is designed by actual motorcycle engineers, and can do things like take corners and start reliably is appealing. But from a company a with a tradition like Honda, I hope for more than just copying the basic silhouette of an American cookiecutter chopper and dropping in yet another boring V-twin. Adding liquid cooling and a shaft drive is NOT exciting. And, the real killer is that in current economic conditions the $30,000 custom chopper of 5 years ago is available for $10,000 OBO on Craigslist (often with less than 5k miles), which makes a MSRP of $13,000 for a Fury seem a little silly.

Honda has a much more interesting tradition to draw from: The original Metric motorcycle hotrod — The Magna.

Imagine the fame and tank from the Fury with a large displacement V4 engine and 4 exhaust pipes raked up at a 45 degree angle Super Magna style, but extending up past the fenders. People would stop and notice a bike like that. And, for perhaps the first time ever one of those stretched out chopper things would be as fast as it looked. Without any difficulty they could get in excess of 200 HP out of it and actually need a hurking big rear tire to transfer that power to the ground. Hell, if they made a special Bōsōzoku edition with an Imperial Japanese red and white rising sun paintjob I would seriously consider buying a new bike for the first time in my life.

By: pbiv13

pbiv13 — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:19:57 +0000

Cleanest bike ive seen!!! Less is a whole lot more. love my VTX but my wife can have it for all i care. would never go to work if i got my hands on this. Hello Myrtle Beach.