2010 Honda Sport Bike reviews

Best luxury touring motorcycle you can buy. Hands down! She's not cheap but you won't regret it. Guaranteed! Only front suspension could be better but Progressive or Traxxion will solve the problem. Also front fork brace is highly recommended. Show less

Before the GL1800, I had the Honda Shadow - the VT750 which I wrote a review on, on this site as well. In 2011 I traded that in with something like 80,000 on the clock - but still running like new just like it came off the show room floor yesterday - for the GL1800. don't be fooled by the GL1800's size and weight, once it gets rolling. It seems to lose its heavy feel when standing still and corners and handles very nice with the grace of a ballerina while staying very firmly planted on the ground through corners that would make other bike rides have the hair on the back of there neck stand on end. Surprising really as this is my first GL1800 I have ever owned and it handles so light and nimble that it seems to be half of the weight that it really is. If you're seriously into touring, this is the bike to get hands down. don't let its flashy looks fool you into thinking that is a only a highway queen. I have taken my GL1800 on a 6-week, 28,000 km. touring ride through the Yukon, Alaska and North West Territories. If you think the roads are nice up there, think again. Many of the roads in the Yukon and the North West Territories are just plain gravel roads - sharp gravels that eat tires for breakfast and pot holes that you can lose a bike in! Rough...wow some, well many are so rough that the fillings in your teeth will fall out. The road's better suited to a 4-wheel drive truck then anything else. But this is what life is like up there. When it rains, then it's mud - sometimes ankle deep mud. These type of roads are the norm up there. Paved roads do not last through the harsh winters with temps dropping into the -40's and -50's for 6+ months out of the year. Again, the GL1800 excelled and handled all this in a exemplary fashion as it now became an over grown dirt bike must of the time. In all I think I did something in the area of about 3,500 or more km's up north on nothing but dirt and gravel and ankle deep mud when it rained, which was often enough. All this was done riding 2-up and loaded down to the point that I was well over the max weight limits set out in the manual. I know I was way over. I stopped at a truck weigh scale wondering just how much we weighed in at the beginning of the 6-week trip. I was well over the max. Then came the flash flood in the bad lands of Alberta that turned the small country highway I was on into a river that was near knee deep for a very long ways, and the GL1800 handled this like a real trooper. Then came the tornado, something I have never seen first hand and never experienced in my life. Now it turned into how fast can I get out of here, as there was no place to pull off, no place to hide. It was run for it, or end up becoming a part of it as in barreled right at me. With 2-up and well over weight, the GL1800 reached a speed of near 200 kmh. with ease and still had enough reserve power to take it beyond 200 and then some! The whole time it was well planted on the ground and under full control and did so with comfort. I on the other hand was nearing the point of having to need a fresh pair so shorts while staring into the eye of this monster tornado. I was doing very near 200 kmh. and being hit with leaves, twigs and other debris that was caught up and being thrown around by this killer which was now closing off my only way out its path of destruction. In a nutshell, it's a highway queen that knows how to have fun in the dirt and mud and has no problem going places that other bikes would fear to tread. For the serious touring rider this is the only bike you will ever need or want. Show less

The engine is smooth and powerful with major power available at any engine speed. The throttle is a bit sensitive at lower speeds but not unacceptably so. Handling and braking are quite good and the bike is stable even in significant crosswinds. The weight does show up at walking speeds and the electric reverse is a life saver when backing uphill. Storage space available is phenomenal. With the addition of the taller windshield and air wings, air management is near perfect. The seat is good and my wife loves the rear seat but the passenger backrest leans too far back. For my size/weight, more outboard support would be desirable in the driver's seat and I may switch to an aftermarket seat. The suspension could be more compliant to smooth tar strips. Overall, we love it and would buy it again. Show less

This bike is super smooth and comfortable, performs well and has decent ground clearance in turns. The navi, cb, and audio work seemlessly together for simpler operation than you might think. The switch housings put most of the controls at your fingertips. Stock lighting is more than enough as far as I am concerned. Air management is great with the help of airwings or similar. The aerodynamics are very stable at speed. Handling is so light and nimble when the bike is moving that you forget how much it weighs, however it will remind you at parking lot speeds, (a small price to pay for everything else the bike offers). The engine is in a class by itself with it's smoothness and the quality of its power delivery. The engine coupled with the handling characteristics combine for a superior riding experience. Show less

It's a great motorcycle. I previously owned a 1994 'Wing, but the improvements in ride and comfort in the '10 model are impressive. It's a great bike and I do not believe if anyone rides one, if they are honest, will be disappointed. Show less

This machine has so much power. I haven't been able to use it - or really come close. Other than that, it's light and nimble and really shines in medium speed sweepers; i.e., curves in the legal 35-50 mph. range. In those curves, it is easy to lean it all the way over to the edge of the rear tire if there is enough curve. Even then it feels planted. When it gets down to the 10-15 mph. hair pins, there is too much bike to get fast but it hustles right around them unless you give it too much gas. Then it gets choppy with brake and gas. I've set the suspension to a pretty soft setting and it works really well given some of the bad roads you run into along the Front Range here in Colorado; lots of holes and sharp bumps. If you want to cruise around, it's an easy bike to ride. It has a lot of low end and mid-range grunt. Compared to my other bike, an '02 RC51, this feels like a bicycle. Once leaned over and on track, they feel similar. Getting slowed down, this bike is much easier. Picking it back up, the RC is much smoother being less powerful, heavier and much slower. With this bike I think I could get bucked off if I wasn't careful with the gas. This bike would be really, really fun on a track (duh! what bike wouldn't). The body work is an origami special. You have to be very patient when taking the plastic apart. If you are it will go right back together. But working with it I am afraid it is going to break. Fit and finish are typical Honda; rich paint, everything fits as it should, I doubt I can break the motor. When you work the engine it fires right up to 225 degrees. As soon as you back off the temperature drops right back to 180. When the motor hits about 4k, it really starts to growl; about 8500 you better be hanging on-tight! I've changed the oil twice now and it's easy. I doubt you would be disappointed with any of the new liter bikes. I know I'm not with this one. The only "bad" mark is for comfort and it's a race rep. Its OK for a race rep. I like the looks too; a really gorgeous bike. Show less

This bike is absolutely incredible! I've had crotch rockets and cruisers, and neither come anywhere close to this bike. The bike is very comfortable, and it handles like a dream. I can honestly say I love this bike! You have to try one, you'll definitely be impressed. Show less

I love my Wing. I wish I would have got this bike four Harleys ago. The staff is great and made this a great purchase. This is the perfect bike it rides like a sport bike only it's fat. If you are looking for a great ride, try it, you will love it! Show less

The 2010 CBR600RR is by far one of the best bikes out there. Amazing throttle response and high quality brakes make this machine a dream to ride. It accelerates real well and turning corners even at high speed is more fun than one could imagine. It's an unbeatable bike. Show less

This VFR1200FD with the dual clutch transmission is the second Honda that I've owned. My other bike is a 1983 VF750S Sabre which was the very first of the VF line and that I bought new. My new bike is a fitting update to my collection. It is an amazing motorcycle. It is the best handling motorcycle that I've ever ridden and that is after 14 years of riding BMW's. It took me less than 10 minutes to get used to the bike and I forgot about the weight immediately. With the low center of gravity and the beautiful balance, the bike feels very light. The transmission is an absolute revelation with shifts so smooth that I have to keep looking at the digital gear indicator to know what gear I'm in. In the D mode, the shifts are a little early for my preference and you get much less of a feeling for the available performance. In the S mode, the bike comes alive with higher revs before upshifting and when it hits 4000 RPM, it takes off like a rocket and it will hit a 100 in the blink of an eye. The paddle shifters are a lot of fun and upshifts and downshifts are as smooth as silk with no lurches, just like in the automatic mode. You can switch back and forth between the paddles and the automatic modes on the fly and the transmission reacts instantly without missing a beat. As the review title says this bike with this transmission is "in a class by itself". As an all-round package, this bike has it all - great brakes, great performance, great rock-steady handling and great styling. The fairing works perfectly with no heat coming up from the engine and no wind buffeting. The faster you go, the more stable the bike gets. Even at my height I'm almost flat footed with the stock seat but I got the optional narrower seat which is as comfortable as the original seat and gets me flat footed. Over the years I've owned other bikes but I never got rid of my Sabre because it was such a great bike and so far ahead of its time. It has "historic" plates on it now because it is 27 years old. Bbut it is still current with modern motorcycles and my new VFR1200FD starts the cycle all over again. Show less