Honda has used the capable foundations of the H’ness CB350 to spawn a new motorcycle. The resultant CB350RS is more youthful and vibrant than the more old school H’ness, but also misses out on some of its features, despite being more expensive. Honda has also made some small tweaks to the underpinnings, and we’ve ridden the bike to find out how much of a difference all these changes make.
Virat kohli’s won us another test series donald trump managed to avoid impeachment and karthik started dyeing his hair i’ve also had to start wearing spectacles and in the meantime, honda has launched this the cb350 rs now it’s powered by the same engine housed in the same changes if honda is to be believed to
Find out just how true that is and what difference these changes make we’re going to be riding two parts the first is what honda has done differently as a manufacturer and the second is to be fair there are quite a few changes on the rs on the one hand honda’s giving you a sportier riding stance more blacked out
Bits a sleeker kind of zone but then they’ve also thrown in a the rear wheel is down from 18 to 17 inches and wrapped in a fatter 150 section tyre but honda snatched away bluetooth connectivity and mobile phone charging other differences include redesigned side panels and a new tuck and roll seat while the
Height remains the same at 800 mil the seat is now slightly wider so shorter riders might just find it a bit more troublesome to get their feet down the highness’s old school heel and toe shifter has made way for a more modern toe only shifter on the rs if we put on our corporate caps for a moment and think about this
From a cost to company point of view there’s less chrome bits which should theoretically make this cheaper for hunter to manufacture similarly the omission of bluetooth and usb charging should help shave off some bucks for honda and the more conventional rear wheel should again make it more affordable 000
This is about 10 grand more expensive than the similarly equipped dlx variant of the the ride is actually done more to highlight the similarities than the differences you still get the same 348 cc motor a little flat at the bottom but then it pulls quite cleanly and strongly it’s just about as quick as its more old-school
Sibling only half a second separates them to 100 kph and this is probably down to the two kilos that this bike has lost by virtue of its chopped fenders and smaller wheels while this engine’s laid back power delivery felt quite natural on the easy-going highness it begins to feel a little lethargic from the sportier
Saddle of the rs tall gearing that has remained unchanged from the highness even something as simple as sprocketing changes would have gone a long way appeal you also get the same excellent ride quality from the highness but handling is a rs in this name tag stands for road sailing fatter rear tire has
Made this feel a little more heavy steering than the highness and don’t be fooled by honda’s claims about a lower stance tire with a fatter sidewall so the overall the other biggest change is to the riding posture it’s slightly sportier which means the bars are slightly further forward than slightly lower down
The footpegs have been moved by a greater margin than now more rear set and placed higher up it’s definitely not uncomfortable this position you can live with it on a daily basis it just means that on the longer rides you will start to get tired out a little bit earlier than the highness we actually wish honda had been a
Little more drastic with changes to the ergonomics we would have liked maybe a full-blown cafe racer with the front drop down and clip-on handlebars that would solve the issue of front-end lightness that so now that we know what honda has done from a riding perspective we come to the final piece of the puzzle which
Is who is this bike why you or anyone else would buy this over a highness is because you’re a big fan of the way it looks because in terms of riding experience you could get yourself a very similar perhaps even slightly better riding experience for less money opportunity from honda because it could have
To create a more well-defined motorcycle with a more unique identity that would appeal to a different set of buyers instead they’ve taken that’s resulted in a sort of confused bike
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Honda CB350RS Road Test Review | How Different Is It? | Who Should Buy It? | Acceleration, Features By ZigWheels