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I went with: Cool

IMO, it's not cool, but if it did show up at a bike night, it would definitely get attention. I can definitely see the similarities to the Big Ruckus 250cc Ceemes brought up but I also think it's a bit of a Honda Grom "monkey bike" idea as well.

Not sure if it would really fly in North America, but you are all right, the Japanese are aiming this at non-riders and the shock factor so how would it sell... IMO it's a roll of the dice!

Mike

Uncool, and the only thing saving it from a fail vote is Hondas reputation.

I guess I just don't see the point. This machine would be just fine on a well maintained dirt path or a fire road, but the tiny wheels and lack of ground clearance mean you probably wont get anywhere else, at least not without a fight.

2016 Honda Bulldog Concept - Coolness Factor = 53.3%
Featured: January 8th - January 15th 2016
Most popular vote category: Awesome


Motorcycle Cool Wall discussion: viewtopic.php?f=61&t=52503
Total Motorcycle model page: http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/motorcyc ... ulldog.htm

Your Coolness Factor of the 2016 Honda Bulldog Concept is:

Awesome (3 points) 32% [ 8 ]
Cool (2 points) 28% [ 7 ]
Uncool (1 point) 20% [ 5 ]
Fail (0 point) 20% [ 5 ]

Total votes: 25

= a Coolwall Factor of 53.3%


Notes: Is the world ready for another shocking Japanese bike design? Will the Bulldog bring out non-riders to experience riding? Honestly, we don't know! But the Bulldog concept is both good, weird, odd, works and is broken all at the same time! If anything, the Bulldog shows us all that there is no limit to what future motorcycle design could hold. Are you in on the revolution?

Get excited as the next TMW Cool Wall bike for 2016 is now up for voting and discussion, have fun!

jstark47 wrote:I think "people who don't usually ride motorcycles" is the key to the whole thing, along with the DN-01, the NM4 Vultus, and other assorted recent oddities from Honda. This thing isn't intended for us. It's for people who don't ride yet, and don't have preconceptions about what works (..... or in this case, what doesn't work).

It might well be that "this thing isn't intended for us", more likely it is intended for markets where far more people ride motorcycles than in North America or Europe. Many of those people have a more pragmatic understanding of what works or doesn't work than anyone buying an expensive H-D encrusted in custom chrome or a RR super bike or even a dedicated off-road platform for weekend fun.