Want to appeal to young urban riders and nostalgic old-timers alike? Come out with a scrambler. At least that’s the way the market has trended in recent years. Ducati, Triumph, Yamaha, and Benelli have all delivered their own neo-retro take on the genre, but recent rumors propagated by Japanese media outlet Autoby cast a spotlight on Honda’s potential entry into the scrambler category.
Excited by the prospect of the new model, the media company tapped Shinji Miyakubo to imagine a vintage-inspired CL250 and CL500. Thanks to the beginner-friendly powerplant, reliability, and dual-shock rear suspension, many speculated that Team Red would base the potential scrambler on the Rebel platform. Well, it looks like Autoby and Miyakubo’s premonitions weren’t far off.
