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Patent images show the finished version of last year’s concept

Honda City Adventure for production

Written by Ben Purvis , Date 12:18 PM

It’s still not clear if it will be called ‘City Adventure’, ‘ADV’ or ‘X-ADV’ but the strange adventure-tourer-scooter revealed by Honda last autumn is set to reach showrooms. And this is what the final version will look like.

Underneath, the new bike uses the same engine and chassis as the NC750 range. That means there’s a 54bhp, 745cc parallel twin in a steel tube frame. The engine is designed for economy rather than power and is bolted to Honda’s twin-clutch DCT gearbox, giving semi-automatic and fully-automatic shifting options.Honda City Adventure ADV design patent (8)

The styling sets it apart from any other NC750, and from anything else on the road. Part scooter, part tourer and part adventure bike, it’s a combination that shouldn’t work. But it’s surprisingly appealing with the same rugged attraction that makes off-road-oriented SUVs popular with city drivers who never take them off the tarmac.

While most concept bikes get toned down to reach production, these pictures show that the City Adventure is actually getting an improved specification. The brakes have been switched from conventional axial calipers to race-style radial four-pots and the final exhaust design is smaller and neater than the concept version.Honda City Adventure ADV design patent (4)

These new pictures come from Honda’s patent for the design. The changes on them confirm alterations spotted earlier this year when a disguised prototype for the new bike appeared on the streets of Rome. As well as these new patents, Honda has filed trademark applications for two possible names for the bike. Just as the Africa Twin was preceded by a ‘True Adventure’ concept bike but got a different name for production, the City Adventure is also likely to be retitled. The concept bike carried ‘ADV’ logos, and Honda has since filed trademark applications for both ‘ADV’ and ‘X-ADV’ as names to be used on future motorcycle models.Honda City Adventure ADV design patent (2)

Whatever it is eventually called, the new bike will be at the top of Honda’s NC750 range. It’s clearly got high equipment levels including an electrically-adjustable screen, upside-down forks and those radial brakes. There’s also a colour LCD instrument pack.

It’s likely that the final version of the bike will appear towards the end of this year, with production starting in early 2017.

Honda City Adventure ADV design patent (5)

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