CB900

Honda’s CB900 was part of the company’s late-1970s return to large-displacement road sports motorcycles. Developed alongside the CB750F and shaped by Honda’s endurance-racing efforts, the CB900F reached the European market as a 1979 model and quickly established itself as a sophisticated, high-performance big bike of its era. It used the then-modern CB-F formula: an inline-four engine, a sporty chassis, and styling that emphasized function as much as appearance. In Europe, Honda also expanded the line with Bol d’Or versions, adding fairing-equipped touring flavor to the same basic platform. The CB900F became an important bridge between Honda’s earlier air-cooled CB superbikes and the company’s later flagship roadsters, and it helped restore the CB name’s reputation in the large-bike market. The final model year for the original CB900F run was 1983, after which Honda moved on to newer air-cooled and water-cooled performance models.