Honda CB1100X Model Rumored for 2022

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Will we see a CB1100X sport-tourer released in 2022? If so, it could look something like this. (AutoBy/)

We might not have seen all of 2021′s new models yet, but rumors of the 2022 model year’s new bikes are already starting to swirl, with Japanese sources saying Honda will bring another Africa Twin-powered machine to the range in the form of the CB1100X.

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It’s a move that makes a lot of sense. Honda’s already shown that the compact, lightweight, 1,084cc Africa Twin engine is suited to wider use, creating the new Rebel 1100 around it for the 2021 model year. Just as the smaller Rebel 500 is part of a range of models that includes the naked CB500F, sporty CBR500R, and adventure-touring CB500X, it makes sense to use the Africa Twin’s motor across a similarly wide spectrum.

The rumors say it could be powered by the same 1,084cc parallel-twin engine found in the Africa Twin, bolted to a backbone-style frame. (AutoBy/)

The mock-up pictures you see here are the work of Japanese bike magazine AutoBy, which has a record of accuracy with its Honda scoops. As long ago as mid-2018 the same title predicted the style and performance level of the 2020 CBR1000RR-R Fireblade, accurately stating its power and many of the styling details more than a year before any official information was released.

According to the Japanese information, the new model will feature a backbone-style frame to keep it slim, and that detail ties in neatly with a patent application filed by Honda earlier this year showing the Africa Twin engine bolted to a tubular chassis with a half-length backbone and a cradle underneath, using the engine itself as the third side of the triangle to create a rigid structure.

An earlier patent showed the engine being used within the tubular chassis for more rigidity. (Japanese Patent Office/)

That patent also showed upside-down forks, radial calipers, and a cast-aluminum seat subframe, all elements that also appear in the mock-up images from AutoBy, albeit with differences in the design details. If the bike in Honda’s patent was described to an artist, it’s easy to imagine them coming up with something like these mock-ups.

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While the patent doesn’t show styling, the Japanese information is that the CB1100X won’t follow existing styles from models like the CB500X or NC750X. It makes sense that as the largest “X” model, it will be the first to show a new look that will later filter down to the smaller machines. There’s definitely a hint of the CB125X concept bike from the 2018 EICMA show in the renders, with a similar use of angles and flat surfaces on the bodywork. Despite a hint of adventure bike in its height, the overall stance is more like the Interceptor-based VFR800X Crossrunner, a bike this would effectively replace.

Although styling is an open question, there’s a hint of the CB125X concept bike in these renders. The side cases are a nice touch. (AutoBy/)

If Honda does in fact build a CB1100X using the Africa Twin engine, we also know that particular configuration is likely to make around 100 hp and 77.5 pound-feet, which would be roughly on a par with the VFR800X on power and significantly ahead when it comes to torque.

We’ve still got at least a year to wait before we find out how accurate these renders are, but the evidence for a CB1100X model is stacking up, so don’t be surprised if something very like this appears in Honda’s range come 2022.

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