Honda CB300R India launch on 8 February

- Will be priced below the Rs 2.5 lakhs mark

- Follows Honda’s Neo Sport Café design

- Bookings open at Rs 5000 

Ever since Honda confirmed the CB300R for India, we have been eagerly waiting to get our hands on one. Luckily, the wait won’t be too long as the company has announced that they will be launching the motorcycle in India on 8 February. With bookings already started at a token amount of Rs 5000, the CB300R will be brought to India via CKD (Completely Knocked Down) route and will be priced below the Rs 2.5 lakhs (ex-showroom) mark.

For that price, what you’ll get is a modern-retro streetbike sporting a 286cc motor draped in Honda’s current Neo Sport Café design language. The CB300R is basically a smaller version of the litre-class CB1000R+ that was recently launched by the company. The motorcycle features a classic retro round headlamp with modern LED lamps. The fuel tank is well-sculpted and is further accentuated by the brush alloy radiator shrouds. The motorcycle features an all-digital LCD instrument console displaying all the important information to the rider.

It rides rides on a set of 17-inch wheels which are suspended by 41mm inverted fork up front and a monoshock with adjustment at the back. For braking, the CB300R employs 296mm petal disc with a radial four-pot caliper for the front and a 220mm disc with a single-piston caliper for the rear. Powering the streetbike is a 286cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine that is rated to produce 31bhp and 27.5Nm. The motor comes mated to a 6-speed constant mesh gearbox.

Once launched, the Honda CB300R will rival against the BMW G 310 R and the KTM 390 Duke in India.