The 2016 Honda NM4 Vultus, the “feet-forward” super-scooter, shocklingly styled after character Tetsuo Shima’s motorcycle in Katsuhiro Otomo’s manga and anime “Akira“, has been up-dated for this year for the Japan market, andnow comes with two base colours, and 11 special-order paint schemes, ranging from red, gold and green, amongst others. The NM4 Vultus also receives some minor updates for 2016.
New is a re-designed exhaust can, but little else. The original NM4 Vultus came out in 2014, brought to the market in a rather staid matte black that didn’t flatter its polarising looks. There were two versions in Japan, the NM4-01 and 02, with the 02 coming with hard panniers that somewhat improved the scooter’s looks, while the rest of the world made do with the MN4-01.
The funky LCD instrument panel could also change colour to suit rider preference, cycling through a range of 25 shades, thus allowing the screen to match the paint-job. The adjustable rider back-rest allows for the rider to customise the seating position.
The 2016 NM4 uses the 670 cc parallel-twin, eight-valve, liquid-cooled PGM-FI engine derived from the rest of Honda’s range of super-sccoters such as the Integra and CT series, and an automatic six-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT). A wet weight of 255 kg makes this a heavyweight as far as scooters go, and the 11-litre fuel tank is not going to go give a lot of range between fuel stops. ABS and Honda’s Combined Braking system come standard on the NM4.
Never being a popular seller in the rest of the world, excluding Japan, perhaps this is the impetus the NM4 Vultus needs to boost sales for 2016, coming with a selection of colours, much the same way car manufacturers do it. The 2016 NM4 has a listed price of USD10,994 (RM46,000) and comes with optional accessories such as a taller windscreen and passenger backrest. The special colours adds approximately USD185 (RM781) to the retail price.
GALLERY: 2014 Honda NM4-01 Vultus
Damn..even if they attache 4 wheels to this thing, it’s still gonna look good !
Tetsuo!
Sweet, Real world akira bike.
My wishlist to have it parked next to candy red MX-5 in the same garage
very impressive design with futuristic looks.
by adding the passenger backrest and tall windscreen it is good for touring already, it would better if the tank is bigger
1st glance, KANEDA’S BIKE!!!
need to put Air Force and Casio decal and its complete
Great power train; slightly overboard considering streamlining could have been fully achieved via a tail to match the nose and lose 50 pounds just by backing off those wide wheels/tires and more aluminum for steel at this price point. Long build and acute front angle, combined with a tapering tail, with this power train, less weight, low height, less patch contact could have achieved 100 mpg highway. But alas, no tail, too heavy, and too much roll resistance, so much more air turbulence and engine load than necessary, yet it involved all the engineering that a full streamliner would have entailed. Therefore, where drag is concerned, still as aerodynamic as a brick like all bikes. One can tell by this design that HPS knows how to streamline a bike for doubling mpg like the Vetter amateurs do it. Only HPS could make them safer in cross wind and look more refined than those homemade jobs. But yet no one will do it.
Not even close to a scooter. Nothing about it’s design or manufacture resembles what defines a scooter. It’s all motorcycle, even if final product makes it look like one, and auto transmission does not make it more scooter like. Scooters are CVT, all but just a couple. This is dual clutch.
Where can I get one?
Please advice where i can find one. Brand new 2016 or 2017 model.