It’s not really designed for high performance in the twisties I guess. I don’t use it off road, so that element is wasted on me, but I did a recent 1,000 miles trip around the U.K. and it does make a good long distance tourer. Where it really falls down is build quality. ...
One day in late summer 1969, Soichiro Honda and Takeo Fujisawa sat down to a private dinner. The two co-founders had not met for some time — this was not unusual – but this was no casual catch-up. Senior Vice-President Fujisawa had an ultimatum to deliver to the company’s President...
the air box lid inlet that deteriorates, which then affects performance - this poor design element is to satisfy emissions requirements. Australia has the same thing. A permanent fix is to leave the crap foam piece missing, and swap out the main jets for #100’s. Power is fully restored!
There is now also a handy compartment in the base of the left hand rear seat, accessible when it is folded upwards. Opened by unscrewing two knurled wheels, it is able to accommodate the owner's manual. The air conditioning - a manual system on the 1.2 LS, and automatic on 1.4 models ...