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Honda Fury Coming January 16th

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Honda Fury Unleashed
Honda Fury Unleashed Countdown

Looks like the New York Motorcycle Show will be the debut of the Honda Fury and Honda is doing the countdown website that seems to be the thing these days. Then we’ll see if that spy photo was close to the real thing.

A Fury is Unleashed, … sure is a long way from “You meet the nicest people …”

Thanks, Jeeves.

Link: Fury is Unleashed

Of course, these are a pretty good indication of what it looks like, …

Honda patent drawing
Honda patent drawing
Honda patent drawing
Honda patent drawing
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Honda patent drawing
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Honda patent drawing

via MCN

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Comments

  5. 599 lbs? For a 680cc Honda? Is this a cruel joke? Makes the Burgman 650 seem light! (You know, the Suzuki they all call the Lardy.) Given that, what do you expect from Honda, if not another overweight, underpowered, Lumbering Behemoth from Heck? Ptoo!, and Feh!, also.

  10. Thank god someone is being innovative enough to bring in yet another big fat cruiser; maybe next year we’ll see yet another big fat sportbike.

    Bring in the AirBlade and watch the revenue pile up; for that matter bring in a bunch of those small bikes they’ve got running around Asia. They can still sell the big iron too.

  11. anybody else hate hype and hokum?
    honda: bring back the ascot500 v-twin and shadow500. 50hp and 10,000rpm from 500ccs !

  12. Can’t be true !!…. Hahaha…. ‘gona pee in my pants…..!!!! COME ON HONDA !! WAKE UP !!! Give us something, not that joke !!

  17. Obviously this is not the type of machine appreciated by the readers of this blog (I don’t like it either), but I still don’t believe that Honda is investing without good reasons to think their product will be successful. I don’t believe that one second. C’mon guys, we don’t like it here, but it will sell.

  19. another v-twin cruiser with the same styling cues as every other v-twin cruiser made in the past 20 years… what a huge technological advance… in this day and age you would think honda of all people could come up with something better than another copy of the same old thing.

  21. Predicting the market is certainly not easy, figuring out what the economy will be like when a product is ready makes it even more interesting. Honda certainly isn’t unaware of what motorcycle enthusiasts, riders and buyers are thinking and they may have very good reasons for bringing this out or maybe it was in the product pipeline for a long time while things changed. Like the Suzuki B-King which took years from concept to product and now looks like it will be discontinued next year after a very short life. Either way, the question of whether or not the Fury will sell will be answered soon.

  22. “A Fury is Unleashed, … sure is a long way from ‘You meet the nicest people …’”

    The tag line reminds me of the menacing “Even the Ninja must run from the Hurricane — Hurricane Honda, coming in the spring of the new year.” (That would have been ’87, for those interested).

    I guess nice people have not driven Hondas for a long time.

  23. I would say they are trying to use up all the leftover parts in the partsbin from the past 10-15 years.

  25. “Honda certainly isn’t unaware of what motorcycle enthusiasts, riders and buyers are thinking …”

    Agree, but this bike’s launch date could point to an untold story within Honda….

    Honda is a company capable of persevering through any challenge that would cause delays to a production schedule, especially one that does not involve radical engineering such as this pile. I thought HD was late to the game with their stretch job. Honda is coming in a year after them.

    About that Jesse James cafe bike…..

  26. Honda Fury, nah that doesn’t work, maybe call it the Honda Copy, or the Honda Duplicator. Or even the Honda same as every other fat cruiser/chopper out there.

    Man is this ever a great example of a company that has lost touch.

  27. A warmed-over, “refined” chopper for the pop culture crowd in only a way Honda could do it: Bland as hell.

    Is this not a rolling paradox of the bike it is trying to be from a company furthest away from its intent? Or has motorcycling popularity & made-for-tv marketing hype run that wide?

    That is blunt, but when Honda has a bike like the CB1100R ready, but will not bring it to the States, they are not tuned into the scene. Rapid prototyping mentality has not yet made its way through the entire product planning cycle.

    Jesse James’ quote, “Choppers are dead” was (I believe) a relative description indicating that the stretched style has peaked among pop culture. That surge will right itself back to a similar level of the original chopper scene (a welcomed change for that crowd, I’m sure). This bike doesn’t help matters on either side of the perspective.

  28. Indian was once the world’s largest motorcycle company.
    DKW was once the world’s largest motorcycle company.
    BSA was once the world’s largest motorcycle company.
    Honda…

  29. Pretty much all cruisers are overweight, but do they have to be? Couldn’t the makers come up with one under 600 lbs if they applied a little technology and designed for it? Obviously the target market doesn’t care, but even the cruiser riders would accelerate quicker and find it easier to handle their machines if they weren’t so porky . . . ummm as in Hog? Guess that explains it.

  30. It just seems this bike might have been a big seller 5 years ago, but not now. Weird . . .

  33. Honda as a whole has moved a long way from “You meet the nicest people on a Honda.” It’s a shame, but times change and motorcycles aren’t just for those perceived as trouble makers anymore. Having a bike is almost mainstream these days.

    I’m sure this bike will sell. Probably to people of a certain age who have always wanted a chopper style bike who know and trust the Honda name.

  34. It’s funny though, that’s when Honda sold the most motorcycles (largest market share), when they marketed sensible bikes to the “nicest people”. Ever since they tried being something else they’ve gone down hill.

    -todd

  35. Of course it will sell, at least somewhat. But it isn’t so very different from what Honda, and most of the other big motorcycle companies, are already selling in the USA. It’s no big deal, certainly not something that warrants any significant degree of hype. I mean it’s one thing hyping The Beatles in 1963, and quite another to hype yet another pop singing group in the 2000s. And where are they picking up these sales, from new customers? Unlikely. Instead they cannabalise their existing customers. That doesn’t produce more revenue for the company, no matter what the sales of this particular bike are.

    OTOH, as I’ve often harped on, Honda and others have a number of bikes ready to go that they could readily bring in (Thailand’s pollution standards are pretty high, so any Thailand-sold Honda would be an easy to import option for the company), and they fit in categories that are not covered by existing bikes, and which would bring in new customers and new revenue. No one is going to replace their 600lb cruiser or giant sportbike with an AirBlade or CBR150, although they might buy one in addition to their big bike.

    I think a number of Japanese MC companies are making the same mistake about China that the Europeans made about Japan in the 1950s, and it’s ironic that Honda is leading to charge to make amnesia a corporate characteristic.

  36. In all the talk about over weight cruisers how many know or care that Harleys are now about the lightest big bikes out there? The cruiser imitation bikes have become a cartoonish copy of a Harley, The Harley has continued to refine its lineup becoming the adult cruiser for the mature rider, It works.

  37. I would really like to hear comment from any legitimate potential customer(s) of this model; those folks who would seriously consider making it their next (or dare I say first) bike purchase. I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around it and would like to objectively understand the draw. Especially in light of the rest of the field. Is Honda’s target demographic something as simple as those who want a Victory but don’t want or can’t pay the premium? And no, “if ya have to ask, ya wouldn’t understand” is not the response I’m looking for…far too dismissive.

  38. Honda… you should layoff everyone that has come up with the idea for that thing!!
    Come up with a CB750-1000 retro cafe with lots of marketing stuff — licensing etc…. and you will make some $$.

  40. How about an updated CBX? I saw a guy who built one with single sided swingarm and inverted forks. It was tasty as heck. I can only dream………..

  41. About two years ago I was invited to take part in a focus group about bikes. The bikes on display were the typical Japanese Harley clones. We were asked questions about the looks and features of each bike. They wanted to know what we thought about a bike looking like it had big displacement but was maybe something smaller. I could tell the bikes were Hondas just by some of the details, I had kind of forgotten about it until I saw the pictures but it looks like they are going ahead with it. PLEASE HONDA NO MORE CRUISERS. I use to be a big Honda fan years ago but I cant get excited about anything they make these days, the replicia racers are great but I want a bike with more everyday usefulness and the sportyness of the old CBX or 750-900F. The new 1100 fours (F and R I think) could really pull Honda out of the duldrums they seem to be in and give them an identity again.

  42. “Tin Man 2 01.07.09 at 8:23 pm
    Wow, another Harley Clone! Just what we needed.”

    NOT EVEN CLOSE! Harley couldn’t even contemplate of breaking away from their “Jurassic” style. All their bikes look alike, the only excepts are the VROD and Rocker. They have their heads so far up their a$$es that they just add more chrome and new paint and call it “2009”…..COME ON! Harley isn’t what it used to be, it’s a status symbol now. That’s they I will NEVER own a Harley. I won’t settle for “Jurassic” styling and handling…. I’d rather own a METRIC BIKE! They have innovative styling and performance. As for the Fury, looks like Victory…..Imitation is the best flattery.

  43. Honda Fury……what a joke, another Harley clone with a Jesse James twist, How Original. What has happened to Honda?. A shaft drive Chopper with a radiator, I can see the Sixty year old wanna be cool but can’t afford a harley geezer crowd lining up to buy this piece of crap. Bring the CB1100r/f to the United States, Hell Just a couple of Thousand. I will buy one. Honda used to be an innovative company, now they are just immatators………….Geez, what a piece of crap.

  45. What Harley do you see that looks like this?! Stick two wheels on it and all the Harley fanboys scream “copycat”. IMO, Honda is playing more off of Victory than anything, and it still doesn’t look all that close to anything they’ve got. I like it.

  46. Ok, Heres a response to OLDBIKESRCOOL’sI

    ” would really like to hear comment from any legitimate potential customer(s) of this model”

    I’ll most likely get alot of razin on here, but hell, I can take it. First off I’ve been riding for 40 years as of last sept. and have owned more bikes than I can remember. At one time 8 bikes in the garage and no car. I curently own 4 and may pick-up another tomorrow. In the 80’s I worked at bike shop near Detroit. We did’nt really have true sport bikes bake then…we built em ourselves. I went thru the rd’s the Kawi triples and alot of the big (for the day) fours. I currently own a small Custom paint and airbrush shop, doing mostly bikes.

    With that said, I would’nt mind havin a Fury in my garage. I like the style and I like the Honda reliability. I don’t like the shaft and the radiator. The price is gonna be the factor. For me I can’t see dishing out 20K for a bar hopper. I have my bagger for trips, And as much as I’d like to buy a bike I could drag my knees with again…The risks are just not worth it to me anymore…Plus the 100mph over tickets are not worth the trouble they once were,And I’ve had a few….So would I buy one? Maybe…………………….Six

  47. Thanks for the response SIX….No razzin’ at all.
    I guess there’s no real mystery…the experience of motorcycling is as varied and unique as there are possible combinations of motorcycle and person.
    There is always ‘something’ in any moto-design that strikes a chord in each of us no matter what branch of the moto tree. We may not know what it is, we just know whether we like it or not.
    Form over Function?
    Hmmmm,…maybe the definitions have changed…
    What’s come to be know as the Harley clone phenomena branch of the motorcycle tree didn’t just happen. It’s taken a long time to grow and for good reason.
    From the beginning and up through the elemental stripped, no-nonsense bobbers of the ’40s and ’50s, Function reined supreme and defined performance as ‘mechanical’. Somewhere in the late ’50s early ’60s, something happened. Function, as we thought we knew it, was becoming no longer defined as merely mechanical performance but rather something more alligned with form. The Form was beginning to be the Function; how one feels on the bike and how one imagines being seen on it, or simply standing by it. By the ’60s and ’70s, feet-forward, raked and chopped customs were design to “function” as defined by their forms. Sure, there were, have been and will always be, succsessful marriages of both.
    I would argue the definition of Function has been redefined with this branch of motorcycle design. It’s just as true with the originals as with the clones. I’ve heard the Harley clone phenomena branch of moto-design described as ‘contrived radical’. I would argue, and the sales figures would support, that the attack of the clones are no less, and no more, legitimate than the rider’s own perception. Be it H-D, Victory or the Big-4.

  48. I have ridden for 34 years now, I rode a Victory for the last 7 years until soccer mom tried to take me out (gave it a good try). I am looking for a new bike and while the Victory was the absolute perfect bike FOR ME, my next bike will most likely be this Fury. There are no Vic dealers around anymore, my nearest Vic dealer is 90 miles away while there are 2 Honda dealers in my town.
    This bike looks good and I like the reliability of shaft drive and water cooled, besides its a Honda so it should be reliable. I don’t like HD’s, I just can’t see being part of the sheep club. I wish I could get another Vic but the dealer issue is just too bad for me. I for one am very anxious to sit on this Fury and see if its as nice as I hope it will be.

  49. I thought it looked pretty good until i seen the Cycle World article that had different views of it.It kinda looks like a cheap Chinese chopper.

  50. Argh. If I wanted an over priced Hardley Ableson and to run with the wanna-be crowd of chunps that rides them…,I mean that polishes them on sunny afternoons, …. I’d go buy one.

    Give me a 1987 Magna please 🙂

    Honda, for the love of riding, bring us some REAL bikes !

  51. I don’t care what other folks think. I love the look. HD wishes it was as reliable as Honda. I, like most Real Riders, cannot afford $20-30K just to “fit in”. I’m getting a Fury because it’s the style/size&fit/reliability/price I’m looking for. Real Bikers do not talk smack about other’s rides. They just Ride!

  52. “Archie” hit it on the head. I could afford a harley, but why? I’ve always wanted a chopper but unwilling to pay $35k for a custom. The only thing I don’t like is that it’s only a 1300. Why are there so many bad comments about the shaft drive and radiator? Honda shaft drive = hassle free drivetrain and the radiator extends engine life and more horsepower, I don’t see how this is bad?

    “Chuck” I agree, I had an 87 Magna. That was a great bike. I think this one will be remembered.

    And about the “copycat” comments: who are they copying? There isn’t a bike out there outside of a custom that looks anything like this or I would have bought it already.

    Alright, nuff said. Ride on!

  53. I drove 200 miles to see the Ultra Blue Fury. Test drove it, bought it. 2 months and 1,500 miles later, the looks of this bike still knock me, and almost EVERYONE else who sees it, out of the park! If it was my only bike, I might not be so happy, but I’ve got three others, and I rent a 2009 H-D roadglide from my local dealer for the over 300 mile trips. Thats a great bike also. Personally, I’ve always liked being apart from the crowd, and this bike fits that personality trait perfectly. This is the ultimate new “bar bike” for the price, and makes a great 30 mile each way commute to my job.