Don’g get me wrong here. The CB is a great looking bike that goes like the clappers when provoked but it’s not the animal I was expecting. I had a close look at the build quality too and I suspect that the bolt heads will start corroding pretty quickly. They appeared to be made of a cheaper quality metal.

Balance wise the bike is good. The centre of gravity is low so slow speed control in traffic is good as long as you don’t touch the snatchy front brake too much.

One strange thing I did note whilst out on the road test was the amount of noise coming off the tyres. They were really noisy for a set of tyres that are the same size as the ones fitted to my Buell. So all I can say to Honda is “you can keep it” Im obviously a torque monster and dont like/need top end grunt that 4 cylinder engines offer. Oh and the exhaust note was terrible. It whined like a crying baby….

Buy it if you wanna go fast. Dont buy it if you want low down torque.

2 are better than 4.