HONDA CB1000R (2018-Present) Specs, Performance & Photos

The Honda CB1000R was a standard or naked motorcycle part of the CB series manufacturer by Honda from 2008 to 2016 and then again from 2018. The bike was unveiled in 2007 at the EICMA Motorcycle Show as a replacement for the CB900F Hornet.

The model packed styling cues borrowed from the 2007 CB600F Hornet and the engine from the CBR1000RR in a detuned version, which made the CB1000R a fast, aggressive, and maneuverable machine that brought superbike performance to the street level.

In November 2017, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer unveiled the new iteration of the CB1000R for the 2018 model year, along with the CB125R and CB300R. The CB1000R used a new styling direction called Neo Sports Cafe, which was previously applied to the CB150R ExMotion and then used on the CB650R, which was the successor of the CB650F.

The 2018 model came with a mono-backbone steel frame fitted with a 43 mm inverted telescopic fork on the front and the same single-sided swingarm with a monoshock absorber on the rear as the previous models, except for a three mm longer wheel travel.

The braking system remained unchanged, with two 310 mm discs coupled to four-piston calipers on the front and a 256 mm disc with a two-piston caliper on the rear wheel that offered strong braking performance.

In the performance department, the 2018 Honda CB1000R came with a more powerful 998cc four-stroke four-cylinder liquid-cooled engine fed by an electronic fuel injection system that helped deliver an output power of 143 hp at 10,500 rpm and 104 Nm (77 lb-ft) of torque available at 8,250 rpm.