I do know what you’re pondering – didn’t we do that already?
Properly, sure: Honda first confirmed the brand new Hornet 1000 off round this time final yr, as a 2024 mannequin. It’s kinda heartening to assume that the big moto-industrial complicated which is Honda is rather like us: Venture bikes taking for much longer than you thought they’d to complete off…
The bike, now a 2025 mannequin, is a reasonably commonplace Honda tackle the roadster theme: An outdated (2017) CBR1000RR Fireblade engine, suitably detuned from 190 to 150bhp with tender cams and fewer compression, bolted right into a metal body with cooking working gear and neat styling. It weighs 211kg moist, which isn’t wonderful, however isn’t horrible, and also you get a reasonably unremarkable 2025-spec set of rider aids together with wheelie and engine brake controls.
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However the massive H has made up for that 12-month delay in two methods: Firstly, it’s made the brand new bike a stone-cold discount, with retail pricing that’s seemingly from the Nineteen Nineties. And the engineers have additionally produced a cheeky SP model, that not solely has Brembo Stylema brakes and an Öhlins TTX36 rear shock, but additionally has a novel new ‘Revolutionary Managed’ (RC) valve ultimately can, which closes at low revs then opens at 5700rpm for full-power respiratory.
As we mentioned although, probably the most wonderful factor is the pricing. The inventory bike is simply £8999, which seems such as you’d want so as to add VAT to it or one thing. The SP is a grand extra, at £9999, additionally spectacular. Each bikes might be on sale in January and we’ll be driving them very quickly…
