forgot to ask but where did that come from?
Ducati North America and Larry Pegram just announced a deal (and I mean "just" as in earlier today) for a factory support team racing AMA FX class on a 749
I looked on Ducati's site and the 749 isn't on there but I don't think any of the manufs have their entire 2007 lineup online

 

The 600's that are on the market now, are still very fast. To invest millions of dollars redesigning another bike to the sportbike line would then lower their sales in the 1000's. Honda already has several different models available, why reinvent the wheel when they already have something that works. Unless you feel you need to go 0-60 faster than 3.2 seconds and top out faster than 160 + mph, why do you need a 750? The 1000's are very fast, as stock bikes. To bring in a 750, it would take them several years to recomp their money investing in a new product. With Suzuki and Kawasaki already saturating the market, why compete? A 1000 will take the 750's, just go get a 1000. Size they aren't that much bigger and for the money, they are'nt that much more either, thats if you don't get a brand new one.

 

The decision to bring a new bike to market has more than just business behind it. Honda actually listens to it's Engineers, which is why they are so damn expensive and take a long time to get to market.

Stepens, I'd have to point you to the latest SportRider on the 750. The 1000 is no match in the right hands. Sure it's got more power, but it takes too much to manage. It's only on the long straights that it has an advantage.

 

I agree. What I'd really love to see in this country would be an update of the CBR400. It would be cheaper to insure and operate than a 600, a blast in the twisties, and really more than enough power for most street riding.

 

honestly woody, i was looking into getting a bigger bike but i think the 1000RR is a little too much bike for me (and i dont want to switch to a different manufacturer-i am a honda faithful). the jump from ~110hp for a 600 and ~160hp for a 1000 is huge. but i would love to have something bigger than my 6, but not too much to handle. a 750-800 would fall into that gap really nicely. plus, with the new motoGP rules, i was hoping the consumer market would beg for a sibling to the displacement of the race bike. i hadnt heard anyone mention a new bike, but i was hoping others had...

 

oh i'm not arguing that it would be nice to have or even that it would sell well but that doesn't mean its necessarily in the intrest of Honda to actually make one, especially as a long term investment

 

i really dont understand why people say they wanna upgrade from a 600. personally i dont look at it as an upgrade at all, except maybe in number of tickets, its hard enough for me to stay off the throttle all the time with my 600, but i got it to carve out twisties which imho is more practical than an extra 50 hp or so my f4i is faster than i need so i just dont see the point in "upgrading" to a bigger bike but i guess thats just me

 

Id personally love to see an 800rr or something come out. It would be nice to have the extra power like a 1000 but have the nimbleness of the 600. Not that I am agureing on the motogp to production trickle down cause I dont know a whole lot about that but what wins on sundays will sell on monday.

 

+1 on a cbr400. i think that'd be a more "ripe" market segment to tap into, since the only other bikes are a 25 year old design (ninja 500/250) and the kawi 650r.

 

if anything Honda should jump into the 650 twin market, those bikes are becoming more popular rather than losing ground as the 750s are
especially with the MotoST class being formed
its one of those types of bikes that racers love as well as new riders so there is a good market for them

plus those bikes are fun as hell on the track, hehe