Honda CB Hornet 160R all set to enter India

Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Ltd. is coming up with its new two-wheeler CB Hornet 160R on December 10.

This will be Honda's 15th motorcycle in 2015. The bike was first unveiled in August 2015 at the Honda Revfest. With a new and different styling, CB Hornet 160R is amongs the best looking bikes in the segment.

The CB Hornet 160R will be offered with a masculine design, sharp headlight, split spoke alloy wheels, rear mono shock suspension, dual petal disc brakes, CBS (Combi brake system), digital console, 'X' shaped LED tail lamp and attractive handlebar. Honda CB Hornet 160R will be directly competing with Yamaha FZ-S FI V2.0 and Suzuki Gixxer. However, these bikes belong to a upper premium class category.

As the name suggests, the CB Hornet is expected to have similar engine of CB Unicorn 160R, its 162.7cc, single-cylinder. air-cooled, HET engine is expected to produce a maximum power of 14.5bhp at 8,000 rpm and a peak torque of 14.6Nm at 6,000 rpm.

Mated with a 5-speed gearbox, CB Hornet 160R will have a wet multi-plate type clutch. Also, it is likely to have a sporty short muffler to give it a excellent throaty sound. The bike will be priced a bit over Unicorn 160R and might get a price tag of around Rs 80,000.

This bike will be the smallest displacement machine from the Hornet series. The brand new styling and decent ergonomics makes this machine worth waiting for. As reported, Honda is replacing CB Trigger with CB Hornet due to its low market performance.

The CB Hornet 160R might come in three different variants, standard version with single disc brake, second with dual disc brakes and the third one with ABS.