2025 Honda CB750 Hornet Debuts With a New Face
Honda has given its middleweight naked a nip and tuck for the 2025 model year, gaining tweaked styling, fresh tech and revised suspension
There wasn’t really a whole lot wrong with the Honda CB750 Hornet, but after a couple of years on sale, we have a tweaked version to dissect.
Arriving for the 2025 model year, the revised Hornet features tweaked styling that might just address criticisms of the outgoing model being a touch bland in the looks department. There’s a new cowl which Honda reckons “oozes streetfighter style” with its new dual projector headlight, and the colour palette has been revised.
Mat Pearl Glare white with a Cuprite Red frame has been carried over, while Mat Ballistic Black, Digital Silver Metallic and Glint Wave Blue Metallic are all new additions. The latter three are paired with a Mat Ballistic Black Metallic frame.
Honda has also added the same five-inch TFT display which is slowly making its way across the range. Most recently, we tried it on the 2025 X-ADV and 2025 Forza 750 and found it to be a noticeable improvement over the display it replaces. As before, there’s Honda RoadSync smartphone compatibility.
Also carried over is the suspension setup comprising a non-adjustable 41mm Showa SFF-BP fork (which stands for Separate Function Fork, Big Piston, in case you’re wondering), plus a seven-stage preload-adjustable Pro-Link monoshock at the rear from the same company. For 2025, though, the damping settings have been fiddled with for a better tyre contact patch.
The brakes haven’t changed, retaining dual 296mm front discs with four-piston Nissin radial-mounted callipers and a 240mm disc with a single-piston calliper at the rear. ABS is of the simple, two-channel variety. Rounding off the chassis is the same wheelset with a slightly narrow 160/60/17 tyre at the rear and a 120/70/17 hoop up front.
Honda has left the 755cc, 270-degree crankshaft parallel twin alone, but that’s just fine by us. The oversquare twin is a wonderfully revvy thing that kicks out a delicious exhaust note, and it’s more than pokey enough, kicking out 90bhp and 55lb ft of torque. It also looks a little smarter thanks to the relocation of the breather pipe which used to run across the engine.
The rider aids are all the same, with three levels for the engine power, engine braking and Honda Selectable Torque Control (in other words, traction control, but with integrated wheelie control) available to pick from. You can tailor all of that into a user mode, or let the bike do the choosing for you by selecting either the Sport, Standard or Rain modes.
The accessories catalogue has some new additions, including a Hornet-branded radiator grille, side tank pads and headlight stripes. Existing accessories like the wheel stripes have been tweaked to match the fresh colour options.
Everything can be bought individually, or bundled in a Style Pack, Sports Pack or Comfort Pack.
Pricing for the 2025 Honda CB750 Hornet hasn’t yet been revealed, but we’re expecting it to remain an excellent value bike that’s only a little more expensive than the £7,299 outgoing version.
Matt has a background in motoring journalism of the four-wheeled variety but has long had a passion for motorbikes, taking his first steps into riding in 2010.
