2016 Canada

[Offroad]

Looks like it still has the "brown" stainless steel headers.....the main thing I wish I didn't have to battle on mine.

[Frulk_imp]

It's all in how you look at it. One mans "brown" is another mans "bronze"....Over on a Guzzi site I'm on they fret about the "blue" on the headers. I have that same bluing on my Guzzi. I like to think it gives them a kind of titanium hue.

[Gumby 1100_imp]

saw the black 2016 in the metal today....the pictures do not do it justice....effing gorgeous !!!

The dealer in Milton, Ontario, where I purchased my 2014, has 1 of only 5 of the 2016 CBs destined for Ontario.

They feel justified in asking more than the $12,999 CDN MSRP.
I really don't see how $13,975 CDN is fair for a bike that looks like it was blacked-out for Mennonite use

I paid less than that for a CB with plenty of polished and cleared aluminum components and chromed fenders. The manufacturers must really love this blacked-out trend as it costs them much less to simply slap black paint on everything. They must be going for the younger market, because the look just doesn't work for me.

Maybe the black paint is deep and rich looking up close, but to me, a blacked-out bike is always going to look like some high school kid took a rattle can of Tremclad to an otherwise great bike.

[Guth_imp]

The all black look is a big hit with a lot of folks. While not to my taste, Honda's treatment in this case doesn't at all appear cheap to me.

On the other hand, for me the checkered flag graphics just don't match up with the rest of the bike. I don't know, they just don't seem all that well thought out. What do you guys think?


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[Cormanus]

I'm prejudiced: my CB is black, but has a silver engine. I prefer that to the blacked out look. I'm also not a big fan of the checkered flag graphics. The bike'd look better without them.

[Capo]

I think the checkered flag appliqués on the tank ruin what is one of the best tanks on any motorbike. Tacky and forced.


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[Rocky_imp]

I still can't believe that this model is available in Canada and not in the massive market of the USA
But I suppose Honda knows what they are doing. Who am I to second guess them.
That said, I wouldn't leap at this model as I did for the 2014 I have now. Too much black and the gas tank looks tacky.

[Chapomis_imp]

Its a winner !

Well, according to the tank anyways, not in my eyes. I guess we should be thankful that they didn't put gold anodized fork tubes on it. Sorry Yamaha.

[Cormanus]

What did it win? The spots on the tank race?

I don't understand why it's not available in the US either. Nor am I convinced Honda knows what it's doing.