Might be.. it is a hybrid. So if they get the right combo of electric motor and gas powerplant with some nice batteries... might eat Can-ams on the track. But will probably also carry a equivalent price tag.
I forget which moto-journalist wrote this but it seems spot on: "Honda seems to be building bikes for the customers it wishes it had"
I guess it depends on your point of view. Without the editorializing the same journalist could with complete truth write: "Honda is the unrivaled #1 manufacturer of motorcycles in world. No manufacturer has has many customers as Honda has."
In corporate circles it's known as expanding market share. That doesn't happen by catering to the same old customers.
If it were a significant market to Honda there would be a new ST and the more significant the sooner we'd see it. As it is Honda is courting a younger more open minded customer with new designs in products rather than upgrading an existing product for an aging small market.
I'm with you WJ.
