You’d need a good reason not to dig a little deeper for the Crossrunner. And it only costs £700 more than the CBF. That’s a brand new model released last month with a stonking V4 engine from the latest VFR800F, exceptional build quality, digital this, digital that, traction control, and Honda are throwing in a load of useful goodies like an Akrapovic exhaust, top box, satnav and centre stand too. Not because it’s lacking in power, it’s definitely not slow, but when you place it alongside the similarly powered, equally practical, and much newer CBR650F, you have to wonder why you’d pay the extra £2,500 for the CBF1000F.Īnd the new Honda Crossrunner isn’t helping matters either. In fact that was probably one my biggest bugbears with the CBF - for £9,500 I’d expect an extra 30hp to make up for the dated technology. But don’t get too excited, the motor has been neutered from 170hp to 106hp and it hasn’t made up for it in extra torque either, making 71ft.lb compared to the Blade’s 84ft.lb. And that’s not the only hand-me-down from the RR family the CBF1000F uses a detuned version of the 998cc engine from a 2006 Fireblade.
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