Honda CBF190TR: All You Need To Know

Here’s everything you need to know about Honda’s latest neo-retro for the Chinese market

Sundiro Honda, the Japanese brand’s subsidiary in China, recently unveiled a neo-retro motorcycle, the CBF190TR. Its distinctly classic styling with modern features have intrigued a lot of us enthusiasts and here’s everything that you need to know about the bike:

Gets delightfully tasteful neo-retro design:

The design language of the Honda CBF190TR is reminiscent of the Honda CB300R but there are enough unique elements to make this bike stand out. For example the fuel tank extensions feature an asymmetric design with brushed metal finish. Even the front fender bracket gets brushed metal look for the added premium quotient. Honda has also equipped the bike with a small bash plate; however, it looks like it can only protect a portion of the exhaust pipe. The bike comes with a single-piece seat and the stubby tail section is complemented by the fat rear rubber with tyre hugger.

Comes with nifty features:

The Honda CBF190TR comes with a full-LED headlamp and tail lamp. The instrument cluster is fully digital and houses speedometer, odometer, clock, gear position indicator, tachometer and tell-tale lights. For added convenience, Honda has included a 5V, 2A USB port on the side of the instrument cluster to charge your electronic devices. The port also gets a small cover to prevent the ingress of rainwater. 

Powertrain details:

The Honda CBF190TR is powered by an 184cc air-cooled, fuel injected engine from the CBF190 lineup. It produces 15.8PS at 8000rpm and 15Nm of torque at 7000rpm. Compared to the Honda CB Hornet 160R sold in India, this motor makes 0.8PS and 0.5Nm more, which isn’t all that impressive considering the fact that it gets fuel injection and an extra 21.28cc’s. The power is sent to the rear wheel via a chain drive linked to a 5-speed transmission.

Sports premium underpinnings:

Honda has equipped the bike with modern inverted fork and a monoshock. For optimal braking prowess, the bike gets petal discs on both ends with Nissin calipers and a single-channel ABS. Compared to conventional ones, petal discs offer relatively better heat dissipation. The alloy wheels are shod with block pattern tyres which round off the scrambler look.  

Will it come to India?

The presence of ABS and fuel injection make the CBF190TR ideal for the Indian market as it would be easy to comply with both the emission and safety norms. But as much as we’d love to see the bike in India, Honda is unlikely to launch it in the country. That’s because the bike’s platform is different from Honda’s lineup in the country. Also, Honda is generally known to be a conservative player in the market, and with the recent economic slowdown, the brand is likely to concentrate more on its bread-and-butter models than make efforts to introduce a completely new product.