New Honda 80's retro bike

[Rogue Hawk]

Looks pretty cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axo8Lmph_Zg&t=80s

[Chupaca]

All except the trunk....:yikes: reminds me of the CB900 F2 from europe. Those were awesome bikes. Must be a beast with the watercooled 1300 cc....:2thumbs:

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Retro 80's? The label on the gas tank says Since 1992!

[Bob Denman]

What is old; is new again! :D

I LIKE it!! :2thumbs:

[ARtraveler]

I like it. Looks like back to an inline 4 cylinder. Smooth, quiet, and fast, I am betting.

I also do not like the back top trunk. That can go away as far as I am concerned.

Not going to run and buy one though. Darn! I need more years and more money. They keep introducing good stuff. :yes::yes::yes:

[ofdave]

pretty sharp!
now if they give it the same attention and marketing they gave the CB1100, I bet they'll sell a hundred or so.

[Rogue Hawk]

Retro 80's? The label on the gas tank says Since 1992!

True me, it screams 80's.

https://cdn.rideapart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014%2F01%2F1980s-Pinups-The-Most-Beautiful-Motorcycles-Of-The-Decade_02.jpg

[Bob Denman]

:D Nothing screams the 80's like a Bimota. :bowdown:

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[kep-up]

That MIGHT be enough to get me back on two wheels! (w/o the trunk) I like it!

[Mazo EMS2]

A cross of the Nighthawk, Sabre, and ST1300.......I like it. I loved my ST1300, but my wife......well, not so much.

[Peter Aawen]

I had one of the last CB750/4's & absolutely loved it; then was not so impressed with the early Bol D'or's... and while this retro re-release looks pretty good for what it is, I couldn't help but spend most of those intro vids looking for more of the 'new' retro CB1100's you can see in the background!! This 'latest' or revised CB1100 re-release looks even more interesting than the last version, especially the CB1100EX - I can only hope Honda releases them here in Aus too! ;) I reckon that there's a very good chance that I could be tempted onto one of them as a long distance tourer.... :thumbup:

[ARtraveler]

I had one of the last CB750/4's & absolutely loved it; then was not so impressed with the early Bol D'or's... and while this retro re-release looks pretty good for what it is, I couldn't help but spend most of those intro vids looking for more of the 'new' retro CB1100's you can see in the background!! This 'latest' or revised CB1100 re-release looks even more interesting than the last version, especially the CB1100EX - I can only hope Honda releases them here in Aus too! ;) I reckon that there's a very good chance that I could be tempted onto one of them as a long distance tourer.... :thumbup:

Those were the bikes that tourers were made of. Long before the introduction of the Goldwing. We Vettered them up and away we went.

[JerryB]

Hi Alaska,

Re: Darn! I need more years and more money.

Welcome to the That's My Problem Club. We are a growing organization.

:banghead::banghead::banghead:

Jerry Baumchen

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Those were the bikes that tourers were made of. Long before the introduction of the Goldwing. We Vettered them up and away we went.
Long before the intro of the 'wing would mean the '60's then, right? The Goldwing came out in 1974.

[ARtraveler]

Long before the intro of the 'wing would mean the '60's then, right? The Goldwing came out in 1974.

Early to late 70's. The Honda 750 was one of those "starter" tourers. Kawi 1000 was another. Back in those days $5K was very expensive for a tourer. Some of us made do with less. I did not get my first factory tourer until 1983. A Yamaha Venture. I think I paid about $4,500 for that one. When I bought that one I remember thinking--I could have got a new car. :roflblack:

[Peter Aawen]

..... I think I paid about $4,500 for that one. When I bought that one I remember thinking--I could have got a new car. :roflblack:

I literally swapped an almost brand new car for a new Honda K7 CB750/4 in thd early 70's; and then a couple of years later sold an older car for a Honda CB550/4 K3... they were both well worth it. :thumbup:

Shame that I hadta sell the bikes a few years later when our kids started arriving, but I guess they were worth it! :rolleyes: :roflblack:

[kep-up]

A cross of the Nighthawk, Sabre, and ST1300.......I like it. I loved my ST1300, but my wife......well, not so much.

I really liked my ST1300, too, until it went into a mountain ravine and left me layin' in the ditch at the top. Then I took the insurance check and bought my RSS. But this HONDA might mean sayin' goodbye to the RSS.

[Bob Denman]

That trunk fits perfectly into the "retro 80's" theme.
How many of us ordered trunks and cargo racks from J.C. Whitney, and then mounted them onto whatever bike we were riding at the time? :D
Nothing was integrated: you had to cobble stuff together in the best way that you could manage.

[Rogue Hawk]

I also really like this one. I had a 1993 Night Hawk 750. Coolest looking bike I ever owned.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3NXbCL8DHA&t=350s

[ARtraveler]

That trunk fits perfectly into the "retro 80's" theme.
How many of us ordered trunks and cargo racks from J.C. Whitney, and then mounted them onto whatever bike we were riding at the time? :D
Nothing was integrated: you had to cobble stuff together in the best way that you could manage.

Brings back some fond memories--don't it? J. C. Whitney was the other go to. I liked them for seats. After doing two or three with Vetter stuff, I kind of liked what was going on. Then, the factories figured out they were losing to much money, and the "tourer" was born. Great choices in the seventies-eighties. Venture, Cavalcade, Goldwing, and Voyager. All good competition for HD. :yes::yes:

[Joe T.]

I rode one of these in 1985. AWESOME! Most powerful bike I had ever ridden, up to that time. Imagine if Honda 'updated' this monster!

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/Honda%20VF1100S%2083.jpg

[Bob Denman]

The Sabres flew! :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
But the Magnas would just JUMP!! :yikes:
I've never had any other bike pull the front wheel up so violently....nojoke

[oldguyinTX]

Makes my old '76 CB 750 SS look dinky.


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Sorry the pic is so small.

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: It IS a bit on the tiny side...
Is that a "Single-cammer"?
(Can't see the top of the engine well enough to tell... :banghead:)

[Navydad]

Do it right. Yeah, it takes some work and it gets interesting finding parts, but it can be a lot of fun.

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[ARtraveler]

Makes my old '76 CB 750 SS look dinky.


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Sorry the pic is so small.

I remember when those first came out. I am thinking 1968 or so. They were the "big" bike (not counting HD 1200's). They were inline 4 vs. 2 v cylinders. I cut my teeth on the little stuff at first. I was driving a Honda 305 Dream in those days. I remember my first look and I thought--that thing is really big. I gradually worked my way "up." I eventually bought a new 76 Hondamatic.

[Rogue Hawk]

I rode one of these in 1985. AWESOME! Most powerful bike I had ever ridden, up to that time. Imagine if Honda 'updated' this monster!



Honda is coming out with a new 'Super Naked'. 140 ponies :doorag: This puppy is high on my list for my next bike.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqvX44W7DGE