Honda dropped teasers left and right about its upcoming Hawk 11 in February, 2022. The neo-retro-styled café racer, which would be based around the same 1,100cc engine found in the CRF1100 Africa Twin, was scheduled for an official unveiling at the 2022 Osaka Motorcycle Show in March.
It arrived on schedule, exactly as planned—and was seemingly well-received by both people who got to see it in person, and also enthusiasts who could only look at photos and videos on our computer screens. While the Honda Hawk 11 went on to a Japan-only release later in 2022, fans around the world wondered when—or if—it would ever make its way elsewhere.
