Honda is testing the most awaited model of the CBR family on Indian soil now. This also indicates that the bike will be assembled in India. Motorcycle is seen testing in the NCR region. Honda has already announced their confirmation over the launch of the motorcycle in year 2015. Note: The picture added is for representation and it is not the actual picture of the test bike.
HMSI will be sourcing much of its parts from India. Honda might be following the same philosophy as the Harley-Davidson followed for their street 750. Bike is expected to cost around 7 lacs INR. The motorcycle is powered by a DOHC inline-4 cylinder 649cc engine producing 87 Bhp at 11000 RPM and 62.36 NM of torque at 8000 RPM.
Honda CBR650F is a sports-tourer and will be targeted to audience looking for an upgrade from their single or Twin-cylinder to an inline-4 cylinder motor. The bike weighs only 210 kgs and thus will be a good alternative to Hyosung GT650R and Kawasaki Ninja 650. The bike sports a twin-spar steel frame. The underbelly exhaust has a beautiful exhaust note. The dashboard of the bike looks really cool and styling is somewhat derived from the interceptor range.
currently we don't have the pictures, but we will be following each and every movement of the bike to bring you guys some awesome pictures of the test motorcycle. The bike is targeted on the developing market, and India is a place where bikers are in need of a 600cc inline-4 cylinder engine offering from manufacturers. For the overview of the Honda CBR650F; Click Here.
Keep watching this space for more.
By: Mohit Bhardwaj