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Honda's $10,599 CB1000F Quietly Outguns the Retro Roadster Class

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Honda has launched the 2026 CB1000F at $10,599, packing a reworked CBR1000RR-derived inline-four tuned to 122 horsepower. At roughly 470 pounds, it comes with IMU-enabled cornering ABS, lean-sensitive traction control, and Showa suspension. It undercuts most rivals in its retro-roadster class while offering more power than any of them.

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Shinji Hanoura

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Looking at the spec sheet, the CB1000F basically brings over the CBR1000RR engine and tunes it to 122 horsepower — that's the decisive change from the outgoing model. Cornering ABS and lean-sensitive traction control at $10,599 feels like Honda's leaving margin on the table. Between that and the Showa suspension, this is the part that gets me.