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I found an announcement about the Montesa 4Ride while perusing ADVrider. Looked interesting...

Most of the information about the new Montesa 4Ride has come from:
Honda Motor Europe España - Web Oficial de Honda Divisón Motocicletas (an official Honda web site) CLICK HERE.

A google translation of the announcement:

Montesa surprised with the presentation of the new 4RIDE!
04/11/2015

This is the most versatile model of the brand 25 years after the launch of the Escape, Montesa presents a model not specifically targeted to trial the model will be presented to the public at the next EICMA in Milan from 19 to 22 November.

Montesa is celebrating its 70-year history in style. And it is that a few months ago announced the new Cota 300RR, the brand has surprised with the announcement of his upcoming release, the new 4RIDE, which was presented today to the press at the headquarters of Honda in Spain, located in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda (Barcelona). With this release, Montesa already have four models in its range, as well as these two motorcycles in the Spanish factory they are still made the 4RT260 Cota and Race Replica.

With the new 4RIDE Montesa is determined to reach a wider audience beyond the trialeros, reinventing a new concept for the oriented offroad enjoy the surroundings, of the mountain, with greater ease and fun brand.

4RIDE keeps the identity of the Montesa range, whose main features are its advanced 4-stroke technology, environmentally friendly, reliability and quality of components. In this case, it is important that this new model has been completely developed by the technical team of the Montesa Honda factory, located in Mogoda.

The development team has worked 4RIDE based on the Cota 4RT260 for a more adventure-oriented motorcycle, all with remarkable ease of use, lightness and versatility. For this, the thermodynamic group has a completely revised exchange ratio and longer than in the dirt bikes, to ensure greater ride comfort and performance over long distances. Furthermore, ergonomics are also deeply revised for the same purpose, incorporating seat and raising the height of the suspensions of both the fork and the damper.
(my emphasis - ramz)

Another aspect to note, especially considering its adventure orientation, is the extension of the fuel tank to 4.4 liters (1.9 liters compared to its more trialeras sisters), representing a range approved about 120 Km.

In addition, under the seat, easily removable without tools, are an important cargo space where we can store, for example, a jacket, gloves and any object that we can be useful on our tour.

Importantly, the public can see for the first time the bike at the EICMA in Milan, to be held between 19 and 22 November.

Availability: February 2016

Some pictures from the web site are shown below.
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   The Montesa 4Ride exudes quality from every view.

You can view a 3 minute video HERE.
Right near the end (2:46), she briefly rides one-handed. Knock me out!

The video and pictures show:
   No starter button on the handlebars,
   No starter motor above the tranny,
   An obvious kick-starter on the right side of the tranny.
     Phooey.

Also seen are:

Headlight (very petite),    Taillight and brake light, again, rather small,    Turn signals, front and rear,    Minimalist license plate holder,    Horn,    No DOT-mandated reflectors,    Footpeg-to-shifter gap is HUGE,    Chain guard,    Stout skidplate,    Quiet, tucked-in exhaust,    Sidestand on the right!    Exhaust heat shield,    Fat bars,

FI map button on the left side handlebar?    Plush suspension in the action shots,    Low front fender,    Conventional small-ish forks with no booties!    Small-ish radiator (1),    Small-ish radiator shrouds,    The front sprocket is uncovered and quite small,    No stink-bug look,    No helmet lock,    Not much, if any, rear sub-frame,    Trials tires,    Red hubs,    Red stripes on the blacked-out rims,

Another Honda web site shows the following, in English:

With this new motorcycle Montesa Honda will expand motorcycle production and increase investment in its factory gradually, reaching an estimated 5,000 manufacturing units by 2018, surpassing the 1,230 units manufactured in 2015 and will also clearly expand its markets, expanding its presence in Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Mexico, and coming to Australia, South America and North and South Africa.

The new 4RIDE will be available from February 2016 and will be priced slightly higher than the basic Cota 4RT.
(Cota 4RT bikes are sold in Colorado for about $7,800 MSRP.   -ramz)

The 4Ride is similar in intent to KTM's Freeride 350 and 250R. The KTMs are street legal in Europe and elsewhere. The FR 250R that was imported into the USA is not USA street-legal. IMO, KTM dropped the ball by not importing the FR350 into the USA.

Notwithstanding the previous Honda comments about expanding it's presence in, among others, the USA, I don't have much hope that the 4Ride will ever show up in the USA, but if it did, I would be very interested in swinging a leg over for a short test ride. The apparently light-weight suspension says 'trail bike' to me, but I don't see that as a problem. Even if it was imported as an off-road USA model, it would be fairly easy to convert to street-legal in Colorado (based on my experience with 6 previous off-road conversions that I've done).

Stay tuned...

Specs from official announcements and other obscure sources.
For comparison, the Cota 4RT260 specs are shown also; differences between the two bikes are shown in blue.

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