Honda has put a shot across the bow of the chopper industry! I was at the New York Show, and I have not seen this much excitement or traffic at the Honda booth in a few years. The consistent complaint from the motorcycle press has been that “there is not excitement in Honda’s line up”. You can rest assured the Fury will bring it, with its extreme chopper style and Honda’s traditional reliability and ride-ability it should prove to be a threat to some of the great looking but less refined chopper brands out there.
The Fury was there in several colors including a flat gray, but it was the light blue metallic version that really caught my eye, with it’s same color frame and body work. The stretched frame provides that all important empty space above the engine and is truly shocking to see from a main stream company like Honda. If memory servers none of the other OEM’s have come close to this amount of stretch and some have never ventured there at all.
I sat on the Fury and to my surprise the ergonomics seemed very comfortable, Honda has managed to capture the chopper feel but remain true to its self with excellent fit finish and build quality! Mr. Honda’s little piston ring company has come a long way, I’m sure he would be proud of the Fury.
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- They Stayed very true to these early release sketches!
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- Bear of Old Bike Barn on the new Honda Fury
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- Look at that Stretch!
