What are your thoughts on the latest motorbikes?

[jackcorbett 2]

I have a Yamaha Nouvo which I like very much. As most here already know it is fully automatic and it has a long life drive belt instead of a chain. It seemed to have this market segment all to itself but now Honda has introduced the Honda Click and the Honda Air Blade. Whereas the Nouvo has a 115 cc. air cooled engine, the other two machines have 110 cc's. Like the Nouvo the Click and Airblade are fully auto with drive belts but they are water cooled unlike the air cooled Nouvo. I've heard the horsepower is the same but I've also heard the two Honda entries have more horsepower since they are water cooled. The Airblade also has much longer travel shocks than the Nouvo so it might ride better. However, the aircooled setup of the Nouvo is simpler with less to go wrong.

 

The Click is smaller than the Nouvo and Air Blade and it has smaller wheels which means less stability at speed. But it is more easily managed than a bigger bike by small Thai females. It runs 45,000 baht to the Nouvos 53,000 baht and about the same for the Air Blade.

 

So what are everyone's thoughts on the bikes I've mentioned?

[York 0]

Honda Air Blade looks good. But I like that new bike from Tiger TG200 for about the same price.