NE-Okie
Well-Known Member
That is where I found mine with 468 miles on it.Post review comments and online motorcycle forum comments over 10 years follow your sentiments pretty closely. In the beginning there were a few people that thought a bike like the low priced NC was going to bring in new motorcyclists and be good for the sport but many self identified riders dismissed it, sometimes brutally. That was OK because they weren't the riders in Honda's target demographic. As an experienced rider in 2012 I did not fit the new rider demographic but I was looking for an easy to live with 50 hp motorcycle that was budget priced and promised low operating costs and could be seen filling diverse roles. It was just what I was looking for to add to the bikes I owned but not as the only bike in my garage. Where I think things went wrong is that motorcycle salesmen were often made up of riders looking for traditional 'power, excitement, and more of it' associated with riding in the USA. If a dealer even ordered one it might well have sat in a corner of the showroom gathering dust.
A lot of people tried it but the sales guys always had something more shiny to sell .