The times, they are a-changin' at Honda. First, Big Red discontinued its air-cooled inline-four-powered CB1100 in 2021. The brand didn’t send the old steed galloping off into the sunset without commemorative EX and RS Final Edition liveries. The iconic CB400 Super Four met the same fate this year, taking its farewell tour in a special-edition Super Bol d’Or configuration.
According to Japanese outlet Young Machine, the Japan-exclusive CB1300 could be next on the chopping block in 2023. Honda introduced the CB1000 back in 1992. Throughout the model’s 30-year run, the modern-classic has adopted the latest technology. In 1998, Team Red renamed the platform CB1300 thanks to the liquid-cooled inline-four's new 1,284cc volume.
