VOL. 50 ISSUE 22 JUNE 4, 2013
The CTX handles
well but you'll grind
off the footpeg
feelers in no time.
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themselves, so they require considerable skill and coordination to
operate. And it's these things that
tend to scare people away from
motorcycles. Maybe that's why
only less than 5 percent of the
U.S. population owns a licensed
on-road motorcycle. Well, Honda
wants to change that by tapping
into the other 95 percent. And
they aim to do so by luring them
into the market with unintimidating, easy-to-ride, practical, fun
and affordable streetbikes - like
the new CTX700.
The CTX700 is one of a number of streetbike models Honda
has introduced lately aimed at
the entry-level, female and/or
re-entry rider, many of whom no
doubt make up that 95 or so percent.
Honda began its recruiting
crusade a couple of years ago
by introducing the easy-to-ride,
gas-sipping and inexpensive
CBR250R, followed by the "automatic-shifting" NC700X, and,
more recently, the sporty threebikes in the CB500 range. The
latest entry-level platform is the
do-it-all CTX, with the CTX700
and CTX700N models arriving
first.
Honda says that CTX basically
stands for "Comfort," "Technology," and "eXperience" - as in a
good riding experience. Honda
could've added the letter "U" for
"Unintimidating," but while that
might have proven a bit excessive, it's definitely accurate. But
these three letters are what Hon-
