At this year’s Chicago Progressive International Motorcycle Show, Honda announced a new model lineup for 2014 – the CTX series of motorcycles.The CTX, which stands for Comfort, Technology and eXperience, is available in two ways – the CTX700, a fully-faired model, and the CTX700N, the naked version.And both models will be offered with Honda’s automatic transmission – the DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission). For the DTC models, a “D” is added to the end of the name (CTX700D and CTX700ND), and each model also receives ABS. Unfortunately, ABS isn’t offered on the models without the DTC.Following are the specs for each model, with a photo gallery attached above. For a preview of the 2014 CTX700 and CTX700N, click here.2014 Honda CTX700N / CTX700ND Specs:
Engine Type: 670cc liquid-cooled parallel-twin
Bore and Stroke: 73.0mm x 80.0mm
Compression ratio: 10.7:1
Valve Train: SOHC; four valves per cylinder
Induction: PGM-FI with 36mm throttle body
Ignition: Digital transistorized with electronic advance
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In this week’s first segment, Editor Don Williams takes the smallest BMW ADV bike on an urban adventure in Los Angeles. The BMW G 310 GS is a full size motorcycle with a modest engine, so of course we wonder if it is a little too underpowered and might struggle. Don put it through its paces and gives us his take.
In the second segment, Neale Bayly and Kiran Ridley have returned from the Ukraine to Paris where Kiran is based.
Kiran is an award winning photojournalist, and as an accomplished documentarian, he has covered stories as diverse as drug smuggling around the Mexican border, to the devastation of the Australian Bush Fires, to the tragedy of the Mediterranean migration crisis. Neale and Kiran reminisce about their motorcycle adventure in the Ukraine, and their observations and experiences with the incredibly resilient people of Ukraine, who have been put through such brutal hardship.
