It is official: Honda’s greatest forbidden fruits have come to the US. After a report final month saying the CB750 Hornet, Cb1000 Hornet SP, and NT1100 would make their solution to our shores, Honda confirmed this week that we’ll see all three bikes this coming spring. Greater than that, although, the corporate introduced how a lot they’re going to value, and it is lower than you might need anticipated. Lower than the competitors, even. The CB750 Hornet prices $7,999, whereas the CB1000 Hornet SP is available in at $10,999.
Let’s evaluate these to their closest opponents. The Hornet 750 goes up towards the remainder of the much-loved middleweight bare section: Yamaha’s MT-07 ($8,599), Suzuki’s GSX-8S ($8,849) and SV650 ($7,399), Aprilia’s Tuono 660 (10,499), Triumph’s Trident 660 ($8,595), Kawasaki’s Z650 ($7,749), and the KTM 790 Duke ($9,499). Of these, solely the SV650 and the Z650 undercut the Hornet’s MSRP, and each of these bikes make significantly much less energy than the remainder of the pack. Narrowing all the way down to the circa-80-horsepower crowd, the Hornet is the most cost effective by a substantial margin.
Honda is undercutting on value
The CB1000 Hornet is a little more sophisticated, however nonetheless a deal. We’re solely getting the SP variant, with its Öhlins rear suspension and Brembo font brakes, so the fairest comparability could be to similarly-spec’d bikes. However bikes like Yamaha’s MT-10 SP ($17,299) have even higher-tier elements that make such a comparability a bit unfair — the extra correct competitor in Yamaha’s lineup could be the MT-09 SP ($12,399). The Hornet SP additionally goes up towards the Kawasaki Z900 SE ($11,849), Suzuki GSX-S1000 ($11,909), and you possibly can make an argument for the Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 ($16,199). It is positioned between Triumph’s Avenue Triple 765 RS ($12,795) and Pace Triple 1200 RS ($19,995), however undercuts each on value.
In a simply world, Honda’s pricing construction right here would put the producers of different bare bikes on discover. Think about a world the place Suzuki and Triumph slash costs to beat Honda’s entrants, a world the place a Avenue Triple 765 is available in at $9,000 to make room within the lineup for the 1200 to go face to face with the Hornet. Would not that be a pleasant world to reside in? Perhaps, if we’re actually fortunate, we’ll see one thing prefer it — however till then, the Hondas appear to be the way in which to go on efficiency per greenback.
