A really old thread, but I thought I'd have my say. I used to lust after these bikes ever since one swept past me in Tokyo when I was onboard my Africa Twin RD04 in 1992, but I've never ridden one. What a handsome machine, though. I always wished Honda had perfected this bike; fitted it with a nicer swingarm and rear disc brake and a gearbox that didn't go wrong. As I understand it, this was the real problem with the bike.
I am trying to get a psychological crime published at the moment. Set in Japan in 1990 (the first of an early 90s Tokyo trilogy), the main protagonist rides a Honda XLV 750. If I can't ever ride one, Pete Bond can.
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