This week brings another exciting All-New motorcycle / scooter model for 2017! Have you seen the City Adventure Concept that I’ve written about in many blog posts over the last year? If not, here’s a link to an archive on all of my City Adventure Concept (X-ADV) Blog Posts – Click Here. You can check out the “leaked” Spy Photos that I posted a couple of months ago here and some of the Patent Documents for the X-ADV can be found here. Another piece of interesting info is that Honda also filed trademarks for the name “X-ADV” instead of the
Now that we’ve brushed up on some of the information that I have posted in the past on the X-ADV, let’s get to the good stuff and why you click on this page…
Below, Honda of Europe, you’ll find that Honda of Europe just posted this video teasing the release of the X-ADV. When I say “teasing”, you’ll see I mean “teasing” in every form of the word as they pan away from the bike on multiple occasions throughout the entire 34-second long video.
At the very end of the video Honda states the “Story continues 8/30/2016”. What does this mean? Honda will let the car out of the bag on all the official details that everyone wants to know…
Will the 2017 X-ADV get the ever-so-elusive 745cc engine paired up with the NC750X that Honda won’t throw in our NC700X for the USA? Well the good question, more importantly, would be whether or not we’ll even get the X-ADV (City Adventure Concept) here on out side of the pond for that matter as there’s no guarantee we’ll see it in the USA. Sadly, there’s quite a few cool motorcycles and scooters that Honda doesn’t send over on the slow boat for us due to a multitude of reasons whether it be that they don’t meet our regulations or that Honda doesn’t think they’ll mesh well with our ‘market’ etc. Judging by the fact that Honda of America didn’t release the teaser video or any mentions of it doesn’t bode well in our favor but that’s not the end-all be-all as a lot of the time our USA motorcycle / scooter releases can come after Europe and other countries get them. The latest example of this would be with the newly changed-up 2017 Honda Grom known as the MSX overseas. They received what is known to us as the 2017 Grom back in 2016 as their 2016 MSX 125 (MSX125SF).
- What do you guys think about it?
Personally, I think it looks pretty cool and an interesting model segment for Honda to dive into. Is this a niche that’s been patiently waiting to explode? Who knows, only time will tell… Some get worked up over new and odd models like this that don’t really fit into the ‘normal’ model segments we’re used to like; Adventure, Touring, Cruiser, Naked / StreetFighter, regular Scooters etc but without manufacturers taking a stab at different styles that don’t fit the ‘norm’ then the motorcycle world as we know it would be rather boring with the same old style of bikes rolling around. Honda’s been on a big kick the last few years with motorcycles that don’t fit into normal model segments so it’ll be interesting to see how this pans out and if it ends up being a big hit around the world.
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I’m extremely interested in this model. Two more days to go before Honda does the big reveal. I get that Honda is trying to find the new path. At 62 years of age I’m at the tail end of the Baby Boom. Harley owners are aging out and moving to Can-Am’s. I don’t want a I-Can’t-Hold-It-Up-Anymore, though I would go for a a twin MP3 like bike that leans in the corners. Or a Neowing? Are you paying attention Honda?
No Silver Wing for sale in the USA, so I’m hoping Honda has plans to sell the X here. I had a 2003 SW for two years. The first year I had it was because of a damaged left foot from a MC accident. The second year I had it was because of the pure enjoyment I got from the bike, an absolute mile eating machine. I did my one and only Saddle Sore 1000 on that bike. The third year I stupidly traded it in for a 2009 BMW G650GS because I had been elected to the VP post in a local BMW club. I already own a 2014 NC700X DCT that I bought new and if I’m headed back to scooter land for something a little less heavy, a little easier to climb on to, I want something engaging to ride. The DCT on the NC is…I don’t know how to say this. With the DCT I’m more involved in how the bike is performing now than I have ever been on any other bike I have owned in the last 12 years. I look at the X-ADV and I see a lot of room under the seat, maybe a snorkel tank fill just below the handlebar clamp, sort of like on the ST, a possibility of foot pegs to stand up on. Wow, foot pegs on a big scooter. I can’t tell you how many times I wished I could stand up on the SW on bumpy surfaces and dirt roads. I cracked the floor boards on both sides on the SW by pushing down with my feet against the Utopia back rest that had been installed by the PO. I could be hoping for too much. Yeah, I am. I guess I got that off my chest. For now, anyway.
I’m guessing that the X-ADV will be available in the U.S. Yes, probably wishful thinking, but if we don’t get the ADV then it will be a new Burgman 650 for me in the Spring!
I don’t think American Honda will bring it here to the US. They still have the 2013 Silver Wing scooter on their main web page as a currently for sale bike.
get with it Honda: Give us this and the Integra. Or I buy a 650 Burgy
I would like to see the X -ADV available is the USA. Is it coming here, if so when?
A beltless maxi scooter works for me.