Honda Archives - MCNews https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/latest-bikes/honda/ Motorcycle News, Sport and Reviews Mon, 02 Jan 2023 05:24:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://www.mcnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Icon-32x32.png Honda Archives - MCNews https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/latest-bikes/honda/ 32 32 Honda RC181 as raced by Mike Hailwood https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-rc181-as-raced-by-mike-hailwood/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-rc181-as-raced-by-mike-hailwood/#respond Mon, 02 Jan 2023 05:24:00 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=403239 Honda RC181 Mike Hailwood Honda entered the 500cc GP class in 1966 in an effort to break MV Agusta’s eight year stranglehold on the title. The RC181 was the bike used and the riders were Mike Hailwood (who had won the previous two years’ titles for MV) and Jim Redman. Although Redman won two races […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-rc181-as-raced-by-mike-hailwood/feed/ 0 Restyle in 2023 for Honda’s popular Forza 350 along with new instrumentation https://www.mcnews.com.au/restyle-in-2023-for-hondas-popular-forza-350-along-with-new-instrumentation/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/restyle-in-2023-for-hondas-popular-forza-350-along-with-new-instrumentation/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:24:19 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=406649 2023 Honda Forza 350 Honda’s popular Forza 350 is restyled for 2023 and scores an updated LCD dash. We’ll have to wait a little longer for details on Australian pricing and availability. Forza 350 gets a redesigned front fairing and headlights, a new analogue/LCD dash and Pearl Siena Red and Matt Robust Gray Metallic joining […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/restyle-in-2023-for-hondas-popular-forza-350-along-with-new-instrumentation/feed/ 0 Honda XL750 Transalp breaks cover! Full specs and details https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-xl750-specifications-transalp/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-xl750-specifications-transalp/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:34:11 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=405773 Honda XL750 Transalp When we first broke the news of the new 90 horsepower 755 cc parallel-twin coming from Honda our minds immediately thought, son of Africa Twin!  Honda have kept us waiting though… First revealing the new CB750 Hornet, but now we can reveal the one we have really been waiting for, the 2023 […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-xl750-specifications-transalp/feed/ 5 Honda CMX1100T – CMX based bagger coming to Australia https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cmx1100t-specifications/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cmx1100t-specifications/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2022 03:40:23 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=405777 Honda CMX1100T Honda’s learner legal CMX500 has a been a huge hit in Australia and was more recently joined by big brother, the Africa Twin powered CMX1100.  In 2023 another sibling joins the line-up, and this one has baggage… The CMX1100T, T for Touring, features a fork-mounted bat-wing style half-fairing and hard panniers with hinged […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-cmx1100t-specifications/feed/ 1 2023 Honda Hornet specifications and full reveal https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-honda-hornet-specifications-images/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-honda-hornet-specifications-images/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:45:44 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=400821 2023 Honda Hornet Honda’s new CB750 Hornet was unveiled in Europe today and now we can see the new machine with the covers off, bring you the details and 2023 Honda CB750 Hornet specifications. It looks pretty damn good. Honda generally does this category of bike very well. We are big fans of the CBR500R/CB500F/CB500X […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-honda-hornet-specifications-images/feed/ 8 Honda expands CRF kids line-up with 2023 range https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-expands-crf-kids-line-up-with-2023-range/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-expands-crf-kids-line-up-with-2023-range/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:19:11 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=393168 Honda reveals four-model 2023 CRF kids range Honda have announced the updated 2023 range of CRF kids models for the Australian market, including the best-selling CRF110F, CRF50F, and the ever popular CRF125F and CRF125FB models. There is a model to suit all sizes and abilities. The easy to ride CRF50F is the smallest in the […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/honda-expands-crf-kids-line-up-with-2023-range/feed/ 0 Honda honour CR/CRF history with 2023 CRF450R 50th Anniv https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-crf450r-anniversary-honda-celebrate-50-years-of-cr-crf-motocross-legends/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-crf450r-anniversary-honda-celebrate-50-years-of-cr-crf-motocross-legends/#respond Sat, 28 May 2022 01:52:23 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=384279 50 years of CR/CRF Motocross legends The 2023 CRF450R marks 50 years since the arrival of Honda’s first motocrosser intended for all riders, not only racing teams. The five decades since have been marked by a number of technological leaps that have made the letters ‘CR’ and then ‘CRF’ synonymous with off-road performance. Here is […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-crf450r-anniversary-honda-celebrate-50-years-of-cr-crf-motocross-legends/feed/ 0 Fireblade SP gets more grunt and some sexy new clothes for 2022 https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-cbr-1000rr-r-fireblade-sp-specifications-30th-anniversary/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-cbr-1000rr-r-fireblade-sp-specifications-30th-anniversary/#respond Wed, 24 Nov 2021 23:38:12 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=360671 2022 Honda CBR-1000RR-R Fireblade SP Many of my long-term readers will know I have somewhat of a fetish for Fireblades. I own a 1993 first generation, a 1995 and a very tasty 2014 Fireblade SP that won the Australasian FX Superbike Championship in the hands of Wayne Maxwell.  I had to have the SP as […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-cbr-1000rr-r-fireblade-sp-specifications-30th-anniversary/feed/ 0 Africa Twin based sports-tourer revealed – Honda NT1100 https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-nt1100-specifications/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-nt1100-specifications/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2021 09:33:05 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=357027 The post Africa Twin based sports-tourer revealed – Honda NT1100 appeared first on MCNews.

]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-nt1100-specifications/feed/ 7 Honda 500 range significantly updated for 2022 https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-cbr500r-cb500f-cb500x/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-cbr500r-cb500f-cb500x/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2021 04:09:31 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=350961 Honda CBR500R – CB500F -CB500X Honda’s versatile 471 cc parallel-twin 500 platform receives some significant upgrades for model year 2022 and will arrive in Australia later this year, the last quarter of 2021. The pricing for the updated range will be announced closer to the release date and while in recent COVID times the prices […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-cbr500r-cb500f-cb500x/feed/ 1 2022 Honda CRF250R | Huge revamp for Honda’s MX2 machine https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-crf250r-specifications/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2022-honda-crf250r-specifications/#respond Fri, 30 Jul 2021 16:00:54 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=347509 2022 Honda CRF250R No doubt this is largely what Australian wunderkinds Hunter and Jett Lawrence have been riding to victory in AMA Pro Motocross and Supercross this year but now Honda have revealed the new for 2022 CRF250R that the likes of you and me can walk in and purchase from a Honda dealer, even […]

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