As the days spin out and we get closer to 2023, motorcycle OEMs continue to roll out their latest and greatest new machinery. On September 9, 2022, it wasn’t a new motorcycle that Honda Europe pulled the covers away from. Instead, it was an entirely new engine—the beating heart of the revived Honda Hornet.
Rumors of an all-new 750cc engine from Team Red have been swirling for quite some time. Although the firm already has a solid 745cc parallel twin that currently powers the NC750X, Forza 750, and X-ADV, it was understood that this would be a completely new and different engine. Up until now, though, those were just rumors.
