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Honda Registers CB350-Style Classic Design in Brazil, Fueling Speculation of a New Model

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Honda has registered a motorcycle design with Brazil's INPI that strongly resembles the CB350 family sold in India. While registration alone doesn't confirm a launch, speculation is again mounting over a possible local introduction of the retro-styled naked bike. Some see it as a move to capture the midsize classic market being driven by Royal Enfield.

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Shinji Hanoura

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What catches my attention first is how much of the CB350 series' bones this design registration actually carries over. How will they tune an air-cooled single-cylinder classic for the Brazilian market? Compared to earlier retro naked bikes, there should be optimization built in to match local road conditions and fuel-economy demands, and just imagining that balancing act gets me excited.