2010 Honda FuryHonda is known globally as an engineering powerhouse whose R&D efforts are second to none in the motorcycle world. But a chopper-style motorcycle, with its extended wheelbase and raked-out front end, forces dynamic compromises not present in other classes of bikes.
You already know if the Honda Fury design appeals to your taste buds, but we’re now able to share with you how the bike works as a vehicle in motion.
Straddling the Honda Fury for the first time, a rider is greeted by surprisingly hospitable ergonomics. My 5-foot-8 bod appreciated the modest reach to the handlebars and the secure footing provided by the low 26.7-inch seat height.
Straddling the Honda Fury for the first time, a rider is greeted by surprisingly hospitable ergonomics. My 5-foot-8 bod appreciated the modest reach to the handlebars and the secure footing provided by the low 26.7-inch seat height.
Style Points
Honda understands vehicle dynamics like no other, and hard numbers reveal objective data. But for cruisers/choppers, style is king, and this is judged purely by subjective criteria. “It had to be number one”
Honda understands vehicle dynamics like no other, and hard numbers reveal objective data. But for cruisers/choppers, style is king, and this is judged purely by subjective criteria. “It had to be number one”
Specification Honda Fury
- Frame: The requisite chopper stance is provided by the tall steering head. Frame tubes, nicely color-matched, are on full display, especially at the triangulated steering head. “The negative space is very important,”
- Fuel tank: Tanks are a focal point of any motorcycle, and here Honda has hit it out of the park. Its sculpted design sitting high atop the frame’s backbone tube looks sensational, made extra distinctive by its character lines that gently arch as they run down the flanks. It ranks as among the prettiest fuel cells ever fitted to a production bike.
- Wheels: The multi-faceted nine-spoke front wheel looks sensational, especially the right side where it’s not obstructed by a brake rotor.
- Fender: A close-fitting fender that wraps tightly around the radius of a front tire is fairly uncommon in the realm of production bikes. The Fury’s is lovely.
- Headlight: Chrome, of course, and jutting proudly into the wind with a gentle arch and a subtle eyebrow.
- Engine: Creating a liquid-cooled motor and having its attendant plumbing look clean is incredibly difficult. Honda packaged the unobtrusive radiator neatly between the frame’s dual downtubes, and the radiator hose leading to the forward cylinder is cleverly concealed beneath the valve cover in a patented arrangement.
