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Yes it is and very rare. I think Canada and maybe Japan were the only countries that got the checker board models.

Those few in Canada - so the story goes - came as a single shipment of less than 20, delivered by Honda Inc. to Honda Canada only to avoid returning deposits some dealers took in haste before it was officially confirmed that 2016s will be sold on this continent.

(Other than bigger tank, there is nothing that any other CB1100 has that I would like better than my Canadian 2016. Tubeless tires, 4-into-1, 6 speed...)