A few months ago, drawings from a patent filed by Honda revealed the shapes of a new Honda CB 1000 R. It would be an unprecedented motorcycle, based on the 2017 CBR1000RR model, and will likely change direction considerably from in conventional café racer style, with a chassis that uses the engine as an important structural part.
The engine in the sketches is that of the 1000 CBR 2017 RR, with 190hp, although we do not exclude that it could use that of the current CBR1000RR-R, with its 217 hp. The CB could perfectly offer a little more than 200 hp, and join the very closed circle of hypernakeds which exceed 200 hp: MV Agusta 1000 Rush/Brutale, Ducati Streetfighter V4, BMW M 1000 R.
The Japanese site Webike, always very well informed, announces that the project for the new Honda CB1000R 2024 is under development and even puts forward some possible renderings, based on the Honda drawings that appeared in October in the patent.
If the Neo Sports Café design worked on the CB 650 R, it did not meet with the same success with the CB 1000 R. It seems that the streefighter concept is the one that is due to the success of the Ducati: a superbike, without fairings, straight handlebars, adapted suspensions and that’s it! In addition, the power of the current CB 1000 R, around 145 hp, is far from the 165 to 180 hp of current roadsters, not to mention the more than 200 hp of the three most extreme models.
A detail of the drawing where we see the exhaust reveals that it has two clearly differentiated outlets. This makes more sense after the introduction of the Hornet, which also features a dual-exit exhaust. On the 750, at low revs the gases exit through a single port, while at high revs they do so through both, changing the sound and behavior of the engine.
The designs coming from Japan take the lines of the new CB750 Hornet, but taken to a more radical extreme than on the Hornet. The aerodynamic appendages, although discreet, are not missing from the designs. Logical, given that the current competition has them.
The motorcycle's shock absorber in the rendering is located in a more conventional position, behind the engine and vertically, while in the sketches it is placed horizontally on the left side, like on the Ducati Panigale or Streetfighter V2.
We will undoubtedly see two versions: a more basic one and an SP, with more sophisticated suspensions and brakes. This machine should be unveiled at the autumn shows next year, to be officially presented in 2024.
