VOL. 51 ISSUE 22 JUNE 3, 2014 P69
Step By Step
BY ALAN CATHCART
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCESC MONTERO, ZEP GORI,
FÉLIX ROMERO & ULA SERRA
H
onda's ongoing introduction of a
huge array of New Age models
aimed at kick starting customer de-
mand threatens to overwhelm all the other
manufacturers, and especially its Japa-
nese rivals. Honda is doing so by offering
a wide spread of choice for the customer
dollar in developing new models aimed at
addressing the belief that you won't attract
new customers with the same old bikes.
So after the debut a year ago of the CB500
twin (in three different versions), here's the
next stage in that step-by-step climb up in
the capacity, price and performance lad-
der.
This began with the debut of the
CB650F four-cylinder model introduced at
the EICMA Milan Show last November, to-
gether with a fully-faired CBR650R sport-
bike variant with identical chassis and en-
gine tune - just dressed up differently. But
with Honda Europe anticipating that this
THE FIRST FOUR-CYLINDER HONDA BUILT OUTSIDE OF JAPAN
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