In 2017, along with the CB1100RS model, which was the sports-oriented version of the standard CB1100 bike, fitted for 2017 with LED lighting, a slightly revised engine, 17-inches aluminum wheels, a five mm shorter wheelbase, Tokico radial brake calipers, and sportier suspension, Honda also released the CB1100EX version.
The CB1100EX featured the same updates as the RS version but rolled on 18-inch wire-spoked wheels with smaller aluminum hubs and 40 longer stainless steel zinc-plated spokes instead of the 48 spokes featured by the predecessor.
The bike came with a tubular double cradle steel frame that housed on the front end a 41 mm Showa telescopic fork with spring preload adjustability and twin shock absorbers with spring preload adjustability on the rear.
In the braking department, the bike featured two 296 mm full-floating discs with four-piston calipers on the front wheel and a 256 mm disc squeezed by a single-piston caliper on the rear wheel that provided strong braking performance.
In the performance department, the 2017 Honda CB1100EX took its nerve from a 1,140cc four-stroke four-cylinder air-cooled engine fed by an electronically controlled fuel injection system that helped deliver an output power of 89 hp with maximum strength at 7,500 rpm and 93 Nm (68 lb-ft) of torque available at 5,000 rpm.