Honda CB1000 Hornet prices unveiled for UK. Massively undercuts competition!

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Honda has announced the prices for the caller CB1000 Hornet, starting with the UK market. The motorcycle starts astatine ?8,999 for the modular mentation and ?9,999 for the SP version.

This massively undercuts the contention from Japan - ?3000 little than a Suzuki GSX-S1000, and implicit ?5300 little than a modular Yamaha MT-10. In information it undercuts rivals from a conception beneath with the Kawasaki Z900 being priced from ?9,699 and the Triumph Street Triple RS priced from ?10,095. Even stablemates from a conception beneath are priced excessively adjacent for their comfortableness with the CB650R E-Clutch astatine ?7,929.

The CB1000 Hornet is simply a caller bare motorcycle that was unveiled astatine EICMA past twelvemonth and uses a detuned mentation of the 2017 Fireblade centrifugal and replaced the CB1000R which was erstwhile disposable for merchantability successful the Indian marketplace arsenic well. The centrifugal makes 147hp of highest powerfulness and much than 100Nm torque. Honda has besides utilized a alloy duplicate spar framework to support the costs down.

Last edited by CrAzY dRiVeR : 15th October 2024 astatine 18:53.

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Wait, conscionable 47HP oregon is it a typo and it's 147HP?

Last edited by FlankerFury : 15th October 2024 astatine 18:53. Reason: Missed a word

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Typo. Corrected, thanks!

Some of the cardinal stats are arsenic below-

Compression Ratio - 11.7
Engine Displacement (cc) -1,000 cc
Engine Type - Liquid-cooled DOHC 4-stroke 16-valve 4-cylinder
Max. Power Output - 111.6 kw astatine 11,000 rpm
Max. Torque - 104 Nm astatine 9,000 rpm

Seat Height (mm) - 809 mm
Ground Clearance (mm) - 135 mm
Kerb Weight (kg) - 211 kg

Brakes Front - Radial mounted four-piston Nissin brake caliper, 310 mm floating treble disc
Brakes Rear - Nissin Single piston caliper, 240 mm azygous disc
Suspension Front - 41 mm Showa USD SFF-BP Fork 118 mm travel
Suspension Rear - Showa Monoshock damper, Prolink swingarm, 138 mm travel
Tyres Front - 120/70ZR17M/C (58W)
Tyre Size Rear - 180/55ZR17M/C (73W)

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Great pricing by Honda, if I americium not incorrect the basal exemplary adjacent undercuts the z900 UK pricing.

The bittersweet portion is if this motorcycle ever lands connected our shores, abruptly it volition beryllium astatine par with the ZX10r oregon S1000RR.

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Honda pricing shocker volition beryllium erstwhile they denote the Indian price. We volition each accidental yet different dormant connected arrival.

Hope they instrumentality a hint and atleast beryllium amended than Yamaha and suzuki.