Honda keeps making bikes! More choices! http://powersports.honda.com/2015/cb300f.aspx $3,999.00 Available in the Fall.
Wow, that is a beauty, how the hell can they build that thing and sell it for only $3.999? that is way cheap for a nice brand new bike.
think this is gonna be my next new bike purchase...told myself that I wasn't gonna get another street bike anymore but I never expected Honda to come out with one of these
Call me crazy, but there is a substantial difference in fit/finish between the Thailand Hondas, and the Japanese Hondas. Especially the random aluminum castings used throughout.
well idk about all the bikes they are building there, but this one does have some downmarket bits on it being its a low cost model. built to a lower price point we don't expect to see upgraded componentry and the highest aesthetic quality but for what it is, "it is what it is," as they say. and it would seem to be a well made, quality bike with an affordable price tag. simple simon. its "a Honda" no matter where it was built, and its a little inexpensive one a rider can most likely beat to hell and keep on goin' 'til the damn thing rusts out. that would seem a good deal for a cool little bike
Based on my Ninja 300 experiences, come back in around 10k miles and you'll know damn well how they did it.
well based on my made in China elite110 experience with 38k+ miles and crossing the country twice in 5weeks covering 10k+ miles Honda does great. Fact is Honda quality is Honda quality doesn't matter where it is made. Of the four japanese brand Honda overall has the highest quality.
Yeah, many tell themselves that. The CBR250 might as well have been built on the same assembly line as the Ninja 300, (and it might have been). Most of it looks close enough to be interchangeable, and that is not a compliment. So far the engine has held together, maybe they used Japanese bearings in that at least? Outsourcing is outsourcing no matter what decal they slap on the tank.
I dunno. I was cross shopping an FZ07 with a CB500F. Little things irked me about the CB. The lcd dash for example looks like an old gameboy screen, while the Yamaha's has much better fit/finish; similar to an iphone in execution. The switchgear was much nicer on the Yamaha. The mirrors as well. The heel guards near the footpeg of the cbr500 series bikes look incredibly crude. Same with the turn signal stalks near the headlight. Granted the FZ07 is more expensive, but even the CBR650f had similar issues. I'm sure the quality control is there, and these things will run forever, but there's no doubt that Honda is skimping on the Thailand bikes.
You've never actually worked in manufacturing, have you? Products made in China (or anywhere else) can be world class, or utter crap. The management of the company is the critical factor, not the country of origin. BTW, what kind of phone, computer, WIFI router do you have? I guarantee all of those were made in developing countries and yet their form, fit and function is top notch. Hmmm...
This is where your ignorance shines thru. Honda has dozens and dozens of manufacturing plants world wide. The Honda accord and civics made in the south is made by Honda not out sourced to GM or Ford cause they are made in the USA. Honda bikes made in Italy are made by Honda not Ducati. Same holds true with hondas that are made in Thiland, China, Brazil, etc. etc. What it boils down to is manufacturing specifications, a Honda is a Honda made the Honda way. Honda is a manufacturing company they are not a design house like many other companies that design something and has someone else make their stuff. Honda doesn't make everything themselves they do out source lots of parts, the easier to make parts that smaller vendors can do while they make the more complicated stuff. Does this mean that those parts not made by them are sub par? No, those parts still have to meet specifications set by Honda. The business of manufacturing is complicated and manufacturing vehicles is one of the more complicated things to manufacture. Fact is it is better business to have multiple plants globally then it is to have one giant plant in one location. The logistics alone with one plant would be a nightmare and raise the cost of a product considerably.
The cbr250r kicked off a whole new phase of world production at Honda. Like a lot of Japan, projects spring out of and utilize a central philosophy, the subtleties and nuances have a profound effect on the project. I think the new thing is something like 'family.' All the 'producers' are encompassed into a new, whole circle, you're not outside, making something for some random company, you're part of the family. That is probably how we will have to work together if we want to start manufacturing again here in the USA
