Honda ' s CB1300 Super Four, and its faired sister model the CB1300 Super Bol d ' Or are staples of the company ' s range in Japan, but are finally being discontinued more than 30 years after the original version made its debut. It ' s been more than a decade since the CB1300 models disappeared from European markets back in 2013, but the machines are iconic in their Japanese homeland. The model traces its heritage back to the CB1000 |
Super Four ' Project Big-1 ' that launched back in 1992, which grew to become the CB1300 in 1998 and has been only incrementally tweaked since then. To mark the end of the CB1300 ' s life, Honda has introduced four ' Final Edition ' models: the CB1300 Super Four Final Edition, CB1300 Super Bol d ' Or Final Edition, and higher-spec ' SP ' versions of each featuring Ohlins suspension instead of the standard Showa parts and Brembo |
front calipers instead of Nissins. In total, Honda plans to make 3400 examples of the bikes, all to be sold in Japan. The base versions are to be offered in just one colour, graphite black, while the SP variants get white-and-red paintwork that ' s been a constant though the model ' s life. Each Final Edition gains a sticker on the tank confirming its status but no other specification changes over the full-production versions that came before. |
That means they have the same 1284 cc four-cylinder engine, with double overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder, putting out a peak of 83 kW( 113 hp) at a modest 7,750 rpm – numbers that reflect the age of the design in a world where many companies make big naked bikes approaching the 200 hp mark. |