Japan - motorcycle - 250cc
This is Honda brilliance through and through but with a nice naked-flattrackerish imalgamation of dirt & street without being a motard. It rides great, very stable on chunky dual-sport tires, economical on gas and carries a pillion easily with it’s strong tried & tested bulletproof 250 engine. Additionally it doesn’t stand as tall as a motard so you can flatfoot the pavement at stop lights. It also comes in nice colors like this pale slate blue. Again, unfortunately, it has a limited availability worldwide which is puzzling considering the guaranteed appeal this thing would have on the US market. It seems that manufacturers forget the majority of US motorcyclists only travel short distances on their machines; very few bikers are interstaters or trans-ammers and therefore would love the availability of cool looking rides to commute or cafe-hop or take birds home on after scoring at the bar.
