1992 Honda CB1000F CB1000

Way back when big, naked fours were called standards, or just plain motorcycles, a handful of fresh-face engineers at Honda R&D; were dreaming up something different. Something they wanted to ride. Working after hours and weekends without adult supervision, they called that bike the Big One. Senior management liked the idea, which evolved into the 1992 CB1000. When it came to America two years later, everyone with an aversion to cruel ergonomics and acres of plastic bodywork liked it, too. And unlike the average mid-’90s standard, there’s nothing standard about this one...

Forged-aluminum triple-clamps carry meaty, 43mm Showa cartridge forks, which hold the front axle in hinged, quick-release clamps. Twin Showa shocks came with natty remote reservoirs. A pair of über-rigid, 40 x 90mm extruded-aluminum main beams formed Honda’s most massive swingarm yet. Meticulously refined and exquisitely finished, the CB1000 is more than a stripped-down CBR1000 and a whole lot less as well, starting with the engine.

Though blessed with the same basic architecture as the 998cc four in its plastic-wrapped brother—oil-cooled alternator, gear-driven balance shaft and so on—the naked version got slightly less compression, milder cams and 34mm constant-velocity carbs in place of the CBR’s 38s. It also came with five speeds in its gearbox instead of six. Bolted into a double-cradle steel frame, the 582-lb. result is at least 30 lbs. lighter than an equivalent CBR1000F with 5.8 gallons of fuel on board, and the rest of the bike is nearly flawless.

For power, the Honda CB1000 had its soul brought to life by a 998cc four-stroke four-cylinder liquid-cooled engine that delivered an output power of 98 hp at 8,500 rpm and 84 Nm (62 lb-ft) of torque at 6,000 rpm.

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