Honda NM4 - motorcycle honda - nm4 vultus

Honda has an interesting history of producing "what the hell?" motorcycle honda, and this is totally one of them. Nominally a cruiser, at least that’s where Honda puts the NM on the corporate website, the NM4 defies easy description—true whether you’ve happened upon it digitally or when you’re standing right there in front of it. Where to start? Let’s see. No footpegs. No V-twin. (Can’t be a real cruiser, right?) And no clutch lever. With that kind of feature set, Honda&NM4 really should expect some disparaging statements from those who wandered across it while shopping F6Bs and Furys. There’s even a parking brake. You brain keeps saying “scooter,” but Honda seems to be whispering, “no, no, no.” motorcycle honda Don’t let all the swoopy bodywork fool you. Underneath it is the same 670cc parallel twin engine, transmission and main frame we liked so much in the CTX700N, but with the addition of a new rear subframe. Like the CTX, the forward-mounted engine cants its cylinders at a 62-degree angle between the steel tubes, but the geometry’s a bit different on the NM, with a slightly steeper rake, a tad less trail, and a much longer wheelbase—a whopping 64.7 inches, as opposed to the CTX&60.2. That last dimension allows the NM’s seat to hover just 25.5 inches off the asphalt. The flat drag bar, set at what seems like waist height, is your first clue that the starting ritual will take some getting used to if you’re a long-time rider. Reach for the clutch, and you&only find...