Hi all
I am a week away from picking up my new ST1300, as I have said already this is my second one in 7 years. When I bought mine in 2010 it was an A9 and at that point my dealer told me that was the last of them. Yet here I am buying another new one in 2017, granted it's an AE model which means it must have rolled of the assembly line in 2014 or thereafter, there is conflicting information on this. I took advantage of a good discount on a great bike I already know. This time it looks official and the end of this Pan.
Now I am probably typically buying the last of a model and then find that a new one gets released, I am not concerned as I am happy to be buying a bike that has been well developed and had a long production run, a bike I already know well.
But Honda seems so silent about a replacement, what do you all think, have we seen the end of this great bike.
I have an Africa Twin with DCT and I love this technology, I know there is rumour the next Wing will have this option this would also be great as an option on a future plan. What would you want on the next Pan if it was released. Do you think we will see another. I hope so.
If Honda ignore a replacement that would seem a massive oversight when there is such a large following that has huge presence through groups like this and the Pan Clan.
Finally are we seeing the real start of the demise of the combustion engine, as fuel and emission laws change, we know the resources are running out and hence the emergence of electric vehicles, I can't imagine never having the beautiful sound of an engine or the aesthetics of it in a motorcycle. At 52 I am maybe fortunate that for me the change will not really affect me.
New generations will adopt what is available and the art of riding a bike will still survive, I will just be some old git talking about the smell of fumes and the revs and vibrations that made me feel alive and mourn the losss of a major part of my past.
Cheers
Paul
I am a week away from picking up my new ST1300, as I have said already this is my second one in 7 years. When I bought mine in 2010 it was an A9 and at that point my dealer told me that was the last of them. Yet here I am buying another new one in 2017, granted it's an AE model which means it must have rolled of the assembly line in 2014 or thereafter, there is conflicting information on this. I took advantage of a good discount on a great bike I already know. This time it looks official and the end of this Pan.
Now I am probably typically buying the last of a model and then find that a new one gets released, I am not concerned as I am happy to be buying a bike that has been well developed and had a long production run, a bike I already know well.
But Honda seems so silent about a replacement, what do you all think, have we seen the end of this great bike.
I have an Africa Twin with DCT and I love this technology, I know there is rumour the next Wing will have this option this would also be great as an option on a future plan. What would you want on the next Pan if it was released. Do you think we will see another. I hope so.
If Honda ignore a replacement that would seem a massive oversight when there is such a large following that has huge presence through groups like this and the Pan Clan.
Finally are we seeing the real start of the demise of the combustion engine, as fuel and emission laws change, we know the resources are running out and hence the emergence of electric vehicles, I can't imagine never having the beautiful sound of an engine or the aesthetics of it in a motorcycle. At 52 I am maybe fortunate that for me the change will not really affect me.
New generations will adopt what is available and the art of riding a bike will still survive, I will just be some old git talking about the smell of fumes and the revs and vibrations that made me feel alive and mourn the losss of a major part of my past.
Cheers
Paul
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