I picked mine up last week, first impressions are good, mine came fitted with:
Akrapović exhaust (sounds and looks lovely but the baffle screw is spot welded in
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Centre stand (Very useful as my paddock stand is now useless and I'm not paying nearly £150 for a new one)
Tom Tom sat nav (not a Tom Tom fan so I'll probably change to my Garmin which is far superior)
31L top box (nice addition but would have loved the panniers too)
Honda hugger (I'm glad it's there but it's too short)
SW Motech hand guards (very pleased with these but I feel that the bike should come fitted with hand guards as standard)
Fender extender (pleased it's fitted but annoyed that it's the one with the plastic fixings that leave holes in the mud guard)
Overall I'm very pleased with it, initially I found the riding position a bit weird (seat was set in the low position) as I feel the foot pegs are too high, raising the seat improved that slightly.
Buffeting is a problem on all bikes I tend to find but that could be because I'm 6'2" tall
Mine had only done 370 ish miles from new so I'm sticking at a max of 6k RPM between gear changes until it's run in, appears to be good on fuel for its size but she's a big girl compared to my previous bike which weighed in at 190kgs
Love the LED headlights and dashboard display, thank god they moved away from that awful orange and black colour combo like my last bike dashboard had, this seems to work really well in bright sunshine which is a bonus
Suspension appears to be a bit on the jittery side but I'll set that up to my preference in due course.
I like the split seat although I feel like it rakes you forward slightly and due to the material used on the seat cover, I find it difficult to sit back in my preferred position, up near where the 2 parts of the seat meet each other, I tend to keep sliding forward so I may have to address that with some sort of top cover or even have the whole seat re covered in a less 'shiny' material !
The overall feel of the bike is good, it has a quality feel to it although it feels a bit lumpy at slow speeds, it picks up well, rides nicely and the brakes aren't bad bearing in mind the considerable weight they have to stop ! It doesn't ride like it weighs 242kgs, it actually feels quite nimble once you're moving, it is a handful to manoeuvre where manual handling is concerned but because of my height, I tend to sit on the bike to move it around just so that it can't get away and I end up with an expensive repair bill from dropping it.
Back to the exhaust, why oh why do they have to make it so difficult to remove the baffle, I spent 2.5 hours drilling, filing and chiselling at the screw to get the damn thing out, good lord it sounds well without the baffle though
It's not cheap at over £10 grand (UK) but it's a fabulous looking thing, it's missing maybe a couple of key accessories that would really help attack this corner of the market (in my opinion) and that's cruise control and an adjustable screen.
The negatives (in summary) for me are as follows:
Accessories - panniers, £700 for 2 plastic boxes
??? 12v accessory socket £75 ? Really ? Come on Honda, sort it out guys !
I fitted a waterproof socket from eBay that cost me £4
Weight - she's a big girl at 242kgs, even my best friends BMW S1000XR doesn't weigh that much with all the luggage fitted !
Options - (or partial lack there of as mentioned above) cruise control and adjustable screen for starters.
Those are my initial thoughts and findings, hope they help someone out that may be looking into buying a new bike soon
