CB650R Neo Sports Cafe Concept

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I like how the pipes sweep down, not unlike the waterfall pipes of the old 400SS. Not a bad looking bike. That seat doesn’t look too comfortable though.

You and me both KE. Way back when Honda revealed the CB1100 Prototype there were two things in particular that from a visual standpoint really had me excited. The gas tank and of course the the header pipes. When they finally released the production version of the CB1100 they did a reasonable job with the shape of the tank, but fell much shorter when it came to the design of the exhaust headers. It is cool to see Honda go on to use that header design on one of their production bikes. It's just such a shame that it wasn't the CB1100. Ah well, such is life.

I didn't see a lot of follow-up talk on the forum about this bike once it finally came out as a [url=https://powersports.honda.com/street/sport/cb650r?year=2019]2019 model and now continues for [url=https://powersports.honda.com/street/standard/cb650r]2020.

I think it's very attractive and by all accounts, is built to a higher standard of quality and fit & finish than its competition.

Stichill, I failed to notice your resurrection of this thread. I too find this motorcycle attractive in it's own right. Had I a need for a new motorcycle the CB650R would certainly be on my list.

With regard to the engine and where it makes it's power, for me it is not so much about how low or how high in the engine's RPM range that power is made, so much as it is about how "happy" or comfortable the engine feels making power where it does. I am guessing that I might like riding the CB650R quite a bit. The only way to know for sure however is by riding one and that is just not in the cards for me. (I sure wouldn't mind living vicariously through other forum members' experiences should they be posted here at some point.)
Interestingly, based on the photos appearing in this thread, the stock production exhaust look by far the most appealing to me.