Honda confirmed the 2026 CB1000F today, a retro-styled roadster that pulls its visual cues from the 1979 CB750F that Freddie Spencer campaigned in AMA Superbike competition. The bike arrives in May at $10,599, undercutting the sportier CB1000 Hornet SP on which it is mechanically based.
The CB1000F shares the Hornet’s inline-four platform but with a retuned engine that drops peak output to 122 horsepower at 9,000 rpm and 76.0 lb-ft of torque. That is a deliberate step down from the Hornet’s more aggressive tune, positioning the CB1000F as a roadster rather than a sport bike. The styling pivots hard into early-1980s Honda aesthetics, with clean lines and graphics meant to evoke the CB750F and CB900F models Spencer rode in Honda’s early Superbike years.
The EPA certified the CB1000F in March, opening the path for U.S. introduction after Honda had announced the model for Europe in October 2025. In the U.K., the CB1000F is priced at £10,599, slotting below the £11,499 Kawasaki Z900RS, £14,420 BMW R 12 nineT, and £12,695 Triumph Speed Twin 1200. The U.S. price translates that positioning directly.
Honda framed the CB1000F as a spiritual successor to the CB1300 Super Four, which the company discontinued after a lineage stretching back to the 1992 CB1000 Super Four. The CB1300 never found a foothold in the U.S. market, but the retro-roadster segment it occupied has solidified in recent years around bikes like the Z900RS and the Triumph Bonneville family. The CB1000F is Honda’s entry into that lane, with a four-cylinder engine as the differentiator in a field increasingly populated by twins.
The announcement also confirmed the return of the 2027 CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP and the standard CBR1000RR. The Fireblade SP arrives in August at $28,999 in Grand Prix Red, carrying what Honda described as exotic materials and MotoGP-level engineering. The standard CBR1000RR follows in July at $17,099 without ABS or $17,399 with it, offered in Pearl White. Both models continue Honda’s supersport commitment in a segment that has contracted sharply over the past decade.
The CB1000F will be the draw here. A retro roadster built on a modern sportbike platform, priced to undercut the European competition, and wrapped in graphics that reference a motorcycle Freddie Spencer made famous 47 years ago. Honda is betting that nostalgia backed by a capable four-cylinder engine is worth $10,599 to a buyer who might otherwise walk into a Kawasaki or Triumph dealership.
The bike ships in Wolf Silver Metallic this month. If you have been waiting for Honda to build a roadster that does not require you to explain what a CB1300 was, this is the answer.
2026 Honda CB1000F Photo Gallery
Source: Honda. Images courtesy of Honda.
