In 2011, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer launched the Honda CB600F Hornet, a standard motorcycle made by Honda, powered by a detuned version of the 599cc engine used on the CBR600RR sports bike.
The 2011 model came with a new facelift that included a new headlight assembly, an instrument cluster that featured an LCD with an analog tachometer, wide handlebars, a dual seat with integrated pillion handles, die-cast aluminum wheels, and an under-belly exhaust system.
Also, the bike shared many of the same components, such as the swingarm, fork, frame, and engine as the Honda CBR600F reintroduced in 2011.
The bike was built around a mono-backbone frame with a rectangular-section gravity die-cast swingarm fitted on the front end with a 41 mm inverted telescopic fork and a single shock absorber with a seven-way adjustable preload.
As for braking power, the bike packed two 296 mm discs with a couple of two-piston calipers on the front wheel and a 250 mm disc squeezed by a single-piston caliper on the rear wheel that offered optimum braking performance.
In the power department, the 2011 Honda CB600F Hornet took its thrust from a 599cc four-stroke four-cylinder liquid-cooled engine that featured an electronic fuel injection system and delivered an output power of 102 hp at 12,000 rpm and 64 Nm (47 lb-ft) of torque available at 10,500 rpm.
All the power generated by the engine was converted into speed by a six-speed manual transmission that spun the rear wheel to a top speed of 224 kph (139 mph).