Honda officially reveals new CB1000F in three colour options
Honda has added to its CB family with the introduction of its much-anticipated, 80s-inspired CB1000F, which shares similarities to the CB1000 Hornet.
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I think I might junk my old faithful R1 and get one of these - but at the end of next year in the salesView attachment 148563
Honda officially reveals new CB1000F in three colour options
Honda has added to its CB family with the introduction of its much-anticipated, 80s-inspired CB1000F, which shares similarities to the CB1000 Hornet.www.visordown.com
they are probably doing a Nero one too but I think the silver is better. I want the one with the small fairing though 
I had one of those, bastard cam chain snapped!!!
Put me off Hondas for life…..apart from a couple of SP2’s..
The problem was the cam chain tensioner. On the dohc inline fours the main chain from the crankshaft was supposed to adjust automatically under spring pressure as the chain wore, but it didn't work very well and premature chain wear was common. The B chain, the short one connecting the two camshafts had to be adjusted manually by loosening a bolt on the front of the engine block which allowed a sprung piston to apply more pressure to the blade, but they were prone to sticking. On my old CB 750 KZ loosening the adjuster nut rarely saw the plunger move at all, even though the chain was audibly too slack, and most bikes were run with too much slack in both cam chains which allowed the chains to thrash around causing a lot of mechanical noise and accelerated wear to both chains and tensioners. The endcap of the B chain adjuster plunger/piston on dohc CB 750/900's is often dented where people have tapped it in an attempt push it against the adjuster blade. Mine ended up with a hole in it which would weep oil.
Things were even worse in Honda's early chain-drive VF 4's. The VF 500 and 750's were notorious for cam drive failure. When they brought out the VFR 750 they used gear-driven cams in a removeable cartridge - one of the reasons why the VFR was so reliable. They went back to chain-driven cams with the VFR 800 and V-Tec model but they'd learned their lesson by then and designed tensioners that worked. The early VFR 750 had a characteristic aeroplane whine which came from the cam drive gears.
Things were even worse in Honda's early chain-drive VF 4's. The VF 500 and 750's were notorious for cam drive failure. When they brought out the VFR 750 they used gear-driven cams in a removeable cartridge - one of the reasons why the VFR was so reliable. They went back to chain-driven cams with the VFR 800 and V-Tec model but they'd learned their lesson by then and designed tensioners that worked. The early VFR 750 had a characteristic aeroplane whine which came from the cam drive gears.
The Suzuki bandit stroke GSX went through cam chain tenisoners like they where going out of fashion, i replaced my old 650 Bandit three times in it's 55K miles.Pain to fit and i still have them in the garage somewhere.
They should have left it as 155BHP like the Hornet SP, had retro clocks too, and a 20 ltr tank like the 80's bike instead of 16 ltr otherwise it seems quite nice
This is a Honda, anything else just doesn't look right.
I'm trying to imagine doing an emergency stop with that front brake...
Think aheadI'm trying to imagine doing an emergency stop with that front brake...
My old 400/4 cam chain was a pain in the arse for constantly rattling.
I found a louder exhaust was the answer
CB 250 was the same
My old man, said when the Japanese bikes came with hydraulic disc front brake, they were amazing compared to the twin leading shoe he had on his dommie.I'm trying to imagine doing an emergency stop with that front brake...
It didn't matter back in the day because that was all we knew. I never felt my old school bikes were particularly underbraked at the time because I'd never ridden anything else. It's different now when you've become accustomed to modern brakes and you then get on a vintage bike. You need to recalibrate your brain to avoid nasty surprises.
I knew a lad who had one back in the early '90's. It went well but sounded like a load of spanners being shaken up in a dustbin. The CBX 750 was a much better bike. I always wanted one but it never happened. I still think they look quite good. A bit dated but still a good looking machine.
i had a girlfriend with one of those, I thought it was horrible and suggested she changed it so she did. We found her a Katana 1000 instead which I sprayed in the bathroom with rattle cans in Tiger
colours much cooler 
But she then p/x’d it for a V-Max
My girlfriend at around that time had a baby Katana, the 400 twin. It was nice little bike but was plagued with Suzukis infamous alternator burn-out issues. It let her down several times and she spent a small fortune on replacement alternators. Then a bloke in our local MAG group who also worked at 3X Motorcycles as it was then figured out that we could adapt the entire charging system from a 400 Super dream. With his help I spent a weekend stripping it out and fitting Honda parts and rewiring it.
It worked brilliantly for a while till the engine went bang. She got rid of it and AFAIK never got another bike.
It wasn't just Hondas that had issues back in the day.
My little Yammy XS 400 which everyone laughed at until I customised it and turned it into a groovy little bobber type thing never missed a beat the whole time.
It worked brilliantly for a while till the engine went bang. She got rid of it and AFAIK never got another bike.
It wasn't just Hondas that had issues back in the day.
My little Yammy XS 400 which everyone laughed at until I customised it and turned it into a groovy little bobber type thing never missed a beat the whole time.
There was a proper baby Katana at Stafford at the weekend: a 250cc 4 Cylinder Jap market model
