Honda Hawk 11 swoops in for 2022
Honda poised to unveil new Honda Hawk 11 neo-retro naked, but Australia is set to miss outHonda has announced a new Honda neo-retro naked model, the Honda Hawk 11, however the brand's local arm has confirmed it will not be making its way to Australia.
Despite being confirmed as a production model (rather than a prototype), the Honda Hawk 11 will only be available in Japan for the "foreseeable future". This means that Europe and the USA will also miss out on the new model.
Revealed at the Osaka Motorcycle Show this week, the bike is powered by the same 1084cc parallel-twin engine found in the brand’s Africa Twin adventure range, as well as its new CMX1100 Rebel cruiser and NT1100 sportstourer.
The swept and frame-mounted front cowling and screen is reminiscent of MV Agusta’s fully-faired Superveloce 800, while the newcomer looks set to pack an impressive punch, with its performance edge underlined by a twin-disc front brake setup with radial-mount Nissin caliper, an inverted fork, and sporty rubber.
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The model represents a resurrection of the Honda Hawk name. The Honda Hawk GT, also known as the Honda NT650 or Honda Bros, was a 647cc V-twin-powered naked bike produced from 1988 to 1992. Along with the Suzuki SRX, it was part of the first breed of modern nakeds, predating even the Ducati Monster – commonly regarded as the genesis of the genre – which was born in 1993.
Honda seems intent on breathing new life into its naked bike range, announcing at the EICMA show in Italy last November that it will also bring back the Hornet streetfighter badge in the near future.
Meanwhile, the marque’s flagship naked bike, the CB1000R, quietly disappeared from Honda’s local line-up last year, and Honda Motorcycles Australia confirmed to bikesales that it had been discontinued due to a lack of demand.
"We couldn’t find the ideal balance of cost and demand for the CB1000R, so it wasn’t feasible to continue to bring it in," said a Honda representative. "Feedback from press and dealers has always been very positive, but unfortunately it didn’t reflect on sales volume."
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