HONDA CB650F (2017-Present) Specs, Performance & Photos

The Honda CB650 standard and sports motorcycles were a range of 650cc machines made by the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer since 2013. The range included the CB650F standard or naked machine and the CBR650F, which was the sports model that replaced the CB600F Hornet.

In 2014, Honda released the CB650F as a successor to the Honda CB600F, which still got a single triangle headlight, a hi clip-on handlebar, a one-piece seat, and was offered in a Red and Matte Black color scheme, while other markets received it in the iconic Honda tri-color scheme.

For the 2017 model, Honda freshen up the model with a new color scheme and Euro4 emission regulation, the crankcase color was changed from black to bronze, an LED headlight, an updated air intake flow path, and a smaller two-chamber exhaust muffler.

In the performance department, the 2017 Honda CB650F took its muscles from a 649cc four-stroke four-cylinder liquid-cooled engine fed by an electronically controlled fuel injection system that helped deliver an output power of 90 hp at 11,000 rpm and 63 Nm (46 lb-ft) of torque available at 8,000 rpm.

The bike was built around a diamond-shaped twin-spar frame that housed a 41 mm telescopic fork on the front and a single shock absorber on the rear with spring preload adjustability.

As for braking performance, the model packed two 320 mm discs with two-piston calipers on the front wheel and a 240 mm disc squeezed by a single-piston caliper on the rear wheel.