Sorry,
Rider Magazine decided to be "butt-heads" about me using
their article, even though it's no longer available as a back issue!
If you want the article, you'll have to contact an individual listed
in their magazine, who for $4.00 will send you a photocopy of the
article. I will give you only a brief summary of what was said, then
you can decide if you want to spend the $4.00.
In the article, after having put about 400 miles on a 96 Nighthawk 750, the author begins on a humurous note, describing his conversation with the bike. He compares various bikes to people, then assign's the Nighthawk the personality of "Tim Allen". He follows this by tracing the Nighthawks roots back to the CB750's of yore, then states that it was intended to be a low priced all around easy to ride bike, one that would be satisfactory for newer riders yet substantial enough for the more experienced. Honda must have succeeded, since it was named by Rider Magazine as the "bike of the year" in 1991.
Discussing price, he informs us that the Nighthawk not only started off reasonably priced, but got cheaper over the years! Sounds crazy, I know, but when you look at the difference between the Yen vs. Dollar exchange rates, it's true!! Folks, Honda ain't making hardly anything on the Nighthawk. Of course it wasn't that expensive to make in the first place, since 80 percent of its parts came from existing machines! Here's a few examples:
Discussing color schemes, he compares the Yellow Nighthawk to a Pennzoil bottle (I'm not particularly fond of that color either)! His impression of the bike's performance is in line with most other reviews. The acceleration is adequate, the suspension so - so, the brakes are good, overall a nice package. His conclusions that the bike is a fair priced, good, all-around machine will come as no surprise to any of us who own one.
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