All Tests – Honda NC700X motorcycle test: the utility-eco-trail! – NC700: Triple hit!

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Honda NC700X motorcycle test: the utility-eco-trail !

All Tests - Honda NC700X motorcycle test: the utility-eco-trail! - NC700: Triple hit!

Objective of the Honda NC700? Attract several types of two-wheeler users with a roadster, a scooter and a crossover built on the same mold. And given the qualities unveiled by the NC700X during its first test, the concept seems to have a future !

NC700: Triple hit !

To reduce costs on a global scale, two solutions that are as simple as they are economical are available to manufacturers: sharply slowing down the renewal of the range (a risky strategy within a furiously consumerist society: Suzuki is paying the price), or multiply the models starting from an identical platform.

Widely used in the automotive and motorcycle industries, this technique is tending to intensify due to the persistent economic gloom. The proof with some of the last creations from Honda, such as the (engine and chassis of VFR800), the (V4 and cycle parts stitched to the), and the all new family "NC700" (read in particular our).

Discovered in Milan, the NC700S roadster, the Integra scooter and the NC700X trail-road (or "Crossover", according to Honda) NC700X share exactly the same technical bases: a basic frame made of "Diamond" type steel tubes and a twin cylinder. 669.6 cc line. This engine develops 47.6 hp (35 kW) on the NC700S and 51.8 hp (38.1 kW) on the Integra. On the NC700X, it is available in these two configurations in order to meet the constraints of the new A2 license (read our).

Completely new, this block set at 270 ° is the cornerstone of this "one stone, three birds" strategy. Intended primarily for beginners and urban users (the famous "commuters"), this parallel twin absolutely does not play the sportiness card to seduce, on the contrary! The 62 Nm of torque available from 4,750 rpm (on the 51.8 hp version) are deliberately distributed linearly to facilitate apprehension and promote economic aspects.

Because one of the main qualities of this twin-cylinder generously tilted forward (62 °) lies in its sobriety: announced at 3.58 l / 100 km by the engineers of the winged brand, the average consumption of the NC700X tested by MNC during a short contact of 170 km rose to … 3.72 l / 100! A damn welcome little appetite with soaring unleaded prices !

Note, however, that the route imposed by Honda during this press launch in Portugal was not the most demanding: the route lacked reliefs and really winding roads, where we take pleasure in soliciting the least available horse. For the benefit of pleasure but to the detriment, of course, of consumption !

Nevertheless, reducing the excellent energy balance of this twin to "advantageous" travel conditions would be unfairly reducing: on the one hand because this test was carried out at a high pace – if not frenzied – on unknown roads, which does not promote consumption.

On the other hand, the sacrosanct "journalistic flock" at the end of the course was not sacrificed: big acceleration and a peak at 195 km / h at the switch in sixth do not really come within the framework of a eco driving !

Honda has therefore not in vain deployed all its know-how in terms of reducing friction and optimizing the slightest gram of gasoline: equipped with iridium spark plugs which promote the combustion of the air-fuel mixture, the "two-legged "has the sobriety of a camel. Just like its autonomy and reliability, since the NC700X carries 14.1 liters of gasoline (or 379 km of range with the MNC consumption!), While its revisions are spaced 12,000 km apart..

Another trendy argument: the NC700X would also be in phase with the most drastic ecological requirements, thanks in particular to its three-way catalyst placed almost directly at the engine outlet, in order to improve the efficiency of the cold system. So many arguments that will find, a priori, a favorable echo with the targeted targets.

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