Honda bin Evo 6 production plan

[Dag]

FROM MCN

Honda's musclebike looks unlikely to go into production after the firm’s marketers decided they couldn’t sell enough. That’s despite 2011 looking like a boom year for the power cruiser, with Ducati’s Mega Monster (aka Vyper) swelling the class led by Yamaha’s V-MAX, Triumph Rocket 3 and Harley’s V-Rod Muscle.

The Evo 6 was a massive hit in the 2007 Tokyo show, and Honda went on to protect the design worldwide, something it normally does only for models earmarked for production.

Co-designed by the stylist behind the 1992 FireBlade Tetsuya Nakazawa the Evo 6 uses the 1800cc flat six motor of the Goldwing, housed in a minimalist chassis and bodywork, coupled with a single-sided swingarm.

A Japanese source close to the firm told MCN the bike could be revived depending on muscle-bike market performance pans out in the next 18 months.

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Thanks Dag.  They're still just playing with us, we'll never see another Valkyrie because most of the posers buying "cruisers" wouldn't appreciate it or understand it.  To get the performance we'll have to switch to sport-tourers.