Overview
The Monkey/Grom purists seem upset that the Navi’s actually a scooter in mini-moto clothes, with a swingarm-mounted engine and constantly variable trans instead of a real motor/gearbox and chain drive. That means we can’t leave Honda’s scooters out of the conversation either: The 49 cc, $2,799 Ruckus is also going to set you back $992 more than the Navi, and suddenly the PCX of my dreams is also looking wildly extravagant at $3,799.
We have once again transferred all the experience from the race track to the high-performance BMW ShiftCam four-cylinder engine in the RR: 205 hp.
Standard equipment
- 10.25-Inch Color-TFT display with connectivity and integrated map-navigation (by BMW Motorrad Connected App)
- Charging storage for mobile phones (USB-C)
- Fully LED headlight with light icon and adaptive cornering light
- Double tone fanfare
- 4 configurable favorite button cluster
- Dynamic traction control (DTC)
- 3 Ride Modes: Rain, Road and Dynamic
The Monkey/Grom purists seem upset that the Navi’s actually a scooter in mini-moto clothes, with a swingarm-mounted engine and constantly variable trans instead of a real motor/gearbox and chain drive. That means we can’t leave Honda’s scooters out of the conversation either: The 49 cc, $2,799 Ruckus is also going to set you back $992 more than the Navi, and suddenly the PCX of my dreams is also looking wildly extravagant at $3,799. The 6-stage DTC traction control with the new steering angle sensor enables two new functions: Brake Slide Assist for deceleration and Slide/Slip Control for acceleration. The new steering angle sensor measures your drift angle and, in conjunction with the DTC, helps provide optimum slip. DTC settings 2 and 3 have been optimized for the race track and slicks.
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Really, apart from the brakes, the Navi’s not half bad. It might look tiny in the photos, but it’s spacious enough for a full-size adult, maybe two. Our luxurious 50.6-in. wheelbase is 5.6 in. longer than the Monkey’s, and the Navi provides passenger footpegs which the Monkey does not. The cylinder heads with new channel geometry and reinforced bearing brackets also stem from the M RR. We have also optimized the standard Shift Assistant Pro. It now also permits gearshifts with overrun upshifts and overrun downshifts and provides improved load change damping – for gearshifting precision. And even the rear sprocket has more teeth now: just like in the M RR, it now has 46 teeth instead of 45 – for power down the straight.
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Navi uses front and rear are nigh-on impossible to lock up – in the dry, anyway. Having said that, the right-hand front and right-foot rear slow the 236-pound scoot pretty dang effectively anyway. On any kind of small vessel like this in traffic, the key is always to anticipate when accel and decel will be required as far in advance as possible. In fact, tiny vehicles like this teach you acute, meerkat-like traffic awareness.
- Liner for touring case and topcase
- Option 719 footrest system, adjustable
- Seats in different heights
- Engine protection bar
- 4 configurable favorite button cluster
- Dynamic traction control (DTC)
- 3 Ride Modes: Rain, Road und Dynamic
- Engine brake control (MSR)
