Собственно попалась историческая иллюстрация к репутации этой модели
А ещё часто попадаются кругосветчики на NTV650 вроде этого:
ЦИТАТА
Stephan and Chenda from England were on their way around the world in 15 months. We met, saw each other's long distance touring mark, the aluminum panniers, hit the brakes, turned around and talked for half an hour before continuing in each our direction. They rode a Honda NTV 650 and had started in Kenya six months earlier, then flown the bike from Cape Town to Buenos Aires and headed north. Once in the States they would fly the bike to Australia.