The Honda CB1300 is a 1,284 cc motorcycle

Motorcycle

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 released in 1998 as a successor to the CB1000

Honda CB1000

The CB1000 is a standard motorcycle made by Honda from 1992 to 1997....

. Its engine, with only minor modifications, came straight from the Honda X4, which had been released the previous year. In 2003, the CB1300 received a slightly different engine, lacking the external cooling fins of the previous one.

Beginning in 2005, Honda has simultaneously offered two versions of the CB1300: the standard, unfaired model, and the Super Bol D'Or (in Europe the CB1300S), which is fitted with a half-cowl.

The CB1300 has never been officially sold in the United States. Unofficial importers brought in small numbers.

Specs

Specifications in the box to the right are from the Honda UK sitehttp://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/DispatcherServlet?hidAction=Lookup&hidActionDetail=viewproductspec&hidMSGID=10&hidMSGCode=TRADITIONAL&hidMSGName=Traditional&hidProductID=83&hidSelectedProductCode=CB1300+ABS&hidProductName=CB1300+ABS#focusHere

External links

• Honda press release, February 18, 2005
• Model information, Honda UK
• Retro dream machine (review), Independent (UK), June 7, 2005