1981 Honda 1062cc CB1100R B2

• Sympathetically recommissioned
• Owned and offered by an ex-Chiswick Honda technician
• Original engine & frame

The Honda CB1100R was produced as a homologation special, to race in production and endurance racing. Approximately 110 were produced in 1980, and a believed 1050 in 1981. It remained in limited production until 1983, after establishing itself as all but unbeatable, with the right pilot, in its class. After winning its debut in the Castrol 6 hours race in Australia, with Wayne Gardner and Andrew Johnson aboard, the organisers banned it for the following year. However, it went on to score further victories in the 1981New Zealand Castrol 6 hours race. Modified slightly in 1982 with a dual seat to help classify it as a road bike, the model won the Australian 6 hours race again in 1982. As well as these endurance races, it excelled in production races of the time and was campaigned by the likes of Ron Haslam, Wayne Gardner, and Joey Dunlop. In 1981 Haslam won 7 out of 8 rounds of the MCN British Streetbike championship. In the single race he didn't win, he had been leading the field before he fell off, then remounted, and still finished second.

HWV 852X was purchased by the vendor in February 2025 (invoice on file). It had been imported from Germany by the preceding owner in 2016, but had remained in storage and not registered in the UK. The vendor is a retired Honda Chiswick technician, and well-versed in this type of machine and, after registering the bike, he set about bringing the bike back to full roadworthiness. New brake hoses were fitted, and new seals to all calipers and master cylinders. New brake pads, tyres, valves, rear O-ring chain and sprockets, spark plugs and caps, float valves in the carbs, steering head bearings, stand bobbins, NOS l/h front brake disc, and a UK-spec side stand were all sourced and fitted. In addition, oils and filter were replaced as a matter of course, plus the machine was fully checked over, lubed and adjusted as necessary, the carbs were balanced, a new MPH speedo fitted, replacement tachometer, swinging arm bearings stripped, cleaned and greased, the valve clearances were checked and re-shimmed. The exhaust system is original, as is the bodywork paint, the swinging arm was repainted due to paint flaking on the welds.

Following recommissioning, the vendor has used the machine for regular fine weather riding, covering approximately 1000 miles since returning it to the road. Whilst enjoying the big Honda, he is advancing in years, and would like the bike to go to a new owner who can perhaps exploit the bike's potential more fully. The old speedometer (with the bike) had recorded 26,034 kms (16,177 miles) which, when added the mileage on the replacement speedometer, equates to a total mileage of approximately 17,200 miles. Documentation comprises a current V5C, a quantity of invoices, a copy of the German registration document, the vendor's purchase invoice, details of tappet shimming, a copy workshop manual, and sundry papers. The machine is currently taxed.

Offered with key