Honda CB-1

Author's product rating:   

Comfort	Satisfactory
Handling	Excellent
Looks	Excellent
Features	Good
Fuel consumption	Good

Advantages:	chep insurance, low running costs, a lot of fun in a little packace
Disadvantages:	if your over 6ft might be a bit cramped, all to easy to lock front wheel

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

The CB-1 is available through grey import and can be bought from as little as £1000 The one i bought from a dealer set me back £2350 in as new condition with only 2000kms on the clock. From the monement i first heard it fire up i knew my life would not be the same after. I've ridden all manor of bikes But none would prepare me for this little cracker. It shares the same motor as the CBR400R it also shares it's performance which takes people by suprise as it's quite a small bike. I rember one ocasion when i was behind a guy on a KR1S 250 a bike i had been hankering after for quite some time but never managed to actually own one anyway we pulled up at the lights together and i thought to myself i got no chance hear as i could see the guy was well up for it, the lights changed and off he went screaming up the road in a cloud of blue smoke i thought i might try to keep up with him so i cracked the throttle open, as the revs hit about 9 thou the little bike turned from DR Jakkel to MR Hyde and the engine howled as the needle burried itself deep into the red line without any loss of power 14 though change gear and i shot passed thy guy on the KR1S, couldent believe it. The bike has such a sharp rake and short wheelbase that changes in direction are as easy and as quick as just thinking about them quick reflexes are needed when you up the pace. The running costs of the bike are quite modest a fiver should carry you a hundred miles or so and most of the service parts i.e brake pads, oil filters ect are shared with the NTV or Revere. There are a couple of points i will now grumble about, the front brake could offer a bit more feedback as i found loking up the front wheel all to easy on a number of occasions twice ending up with me landing on my cheeks and of course being a grey import finding the bits that break off after a tumble can be painstaking and expensive but there is a solution to this Don't drp it! if you end up with one of theese machines always fit the best rubber to the wheels don't buy cheep tyres and with it's light weight, mad powerband, and sharp handling you'll be despatching Fireblades and R1's with ease (in town or the twisties not the motorways though lol) and being a honda it should provide many trouble free miles , mine did 30,000 miles on just 2 services bad i know but it never was the worst for it. it's would still be going strong if not for a unfortunate encounter with a lorry at a junction with faulty traffic lights but as they say thats another story. I would always recomend the CB-1 to anyone who wants a fast inexpesive fun bike.

Thats all

Redline.