To say the Honda Hawk 11 is eagerly anticipated by many around the world would be an understatement. Yet, of course, there are a lot of obstacles to be overcome between now and its September 29, 2022 release date. For one, that’s its release date in Japan—not anywhere else. That leads to point two, which is that Honda has only confirmed a Japanese market release so far.
Will the Hawk 11 remain another in a long line of theoretically awesome bikes that we don’t get? That’s not clear at this point. Full specifications for the bike came out in mid-April, 2022. We knew going in that it was powered by the same 1,082cc parallel twin that powers the Africa Twin and NT1100, but that’s when we learned that, at least in Japan, Honda only plans to release the Hawk 11 with a six-speed gearbox and no optional DCT.
