2018 Honda NC750X | Road Test Review
Is this the perfect commuter" The Honda NC750X has a lot going for it: upright, comfortable seating, decent elemental protection, a user-friendly personality and, of course, a locking “frunk!” Photos by Kevin Wing.
I’m just going to come right out and say it: Honda?s NC750X is the best commuter bike out there right now. Don?t worry, I?m wearing my flame-retardant suit and a fire extinguisher is standing by. But I can also back up my bold claim, if you?ll bear with me.
When the original NC700X debuted in 2012, we proclaimed it “the bike many of you have been asking for?and more” (Rider, November 2012 and here). Base price was just $6,999, with the (then) newfangled DCT automatic ABS version coming in at $8,999, and it checked all the boxes: excellent fuel economy, accessible size, appealing ADV styling, comfortable seating, surprisingly decent handling and a locking storage compartment large enough to hold a full-face helmet.
Read our Tour Test Review of the Honda NC700X DCT here.
Smooth, liquid-cooled parallel twin is canted forward 55 degrees for a low center of gravity.
In 2014 the European market got a revised model, its 670cc parallel twin bored out to 745cc and dubbed the NC750X?but here in the States we were stuck with the 700 until last year, when Honda finally dropped it in favor of the 750.
So now we have the NC750X, which has matured into its role as a class-bending, do-it-all machine that hits the sweet spot ...
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