The much-anticipated 2026 Honda CB1000F SE has been unveiled at the Suzuku 8-Hour Endurance Race over the weekend. And yes, Honda won the race.

As we published earlier, it followed the concept which was unveiled at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show back in March, but with a headlight-mounted bikini fairing.

There is not much information about the bike, but we could clearly make out that it is based on the CB1000R/CB1000 (Hornet 1000) platform. The engine, frame, subframe, and swingarm are the same, thus the main difference is its bodywork.

The engine is a 1000cc, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve, inline-four which produces 155 hp and 107 Nm. It was adopted from the 2017 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, albeit tuned for low- and mid-range torque.

As for the chassis, it is a steel tube frame. The CB1000F was shown with black forks and a monoshock with a black coil spring, unlike the gold forks and Öhlins TTX36 monoshock on the CB1000 (Hornet 1000) SE. Also, the CB1000 SE has Brembo Stylema brake calipers up front.

The bodywork of the CB1000F SE was unmistakably inspired by the CB900F which made its debut in 1979, 10 years after Honda introduced the groundbreaking, “first superbike” CB750 in 1969. However, its seat resembles the cut-down race seat on the race-ready CB900F ridden by Freddie Spencer in the AMA Superbike Championship. Apart from that, the CB1000F uses a 4-into-1 exhaust system which ends in a megaphone.