Honda CB1100 RS 5Four

To celebrate 50 years of the iconic CB750 Four, Honda UK has partnered with 5Four Motorcycles and commissioned a limited run of unique custom motorcycles, using the CB1100 RS as a base.

Only 54 unitis of this limited edition tribute machine will be built, and each individually numbered.

Stripped back and lean the CB1100 RS already has the look of a golden-era race tool, with more than a hint of café racer. The 5Four special-edition is powered by the same 1140cc air-cooled inline four as the standard machine, which produces 88.5bhp.  Sporty steering geometry is matched to high-quality Showa suspension, front radial-mount four-piston brakes, cast aluminium 17-inch wheels and sports bike-spec tyre sizes.   Handmade aluminium single seat tailpiece with handstitched diamond-pattern Alcantara and leather seat cover.

The CB1100 RS 5Four’s riding position has been tailored using Renthal Ultra Low handlebars, Tomaselli racing grips, short racing brake levers and beautiful billet mirrors, all finished in black. The single seat is handstitched Alcantara and leather in a diamond stitch pattern. The footrest hangers are mirror-polished aluminium.

There’s no plastic to be seen either; the wind-cheating handlebar fairing and single seat tail unit are both handcrafted from aluminium. A pair of titanium Urban Growler end-cans from Racefit – the quintessentially British exhaust manufacturer – are beautifully welded and engineered to look stunning and provide a deeply distinctive, spine tingling sound.

For Guy Willison, the creative force behind 5Four Motorcycles - a professional bike builder who has found two-wheeled TV fame on The Motorbike Show and who has also been a despatch rider, mechanic and tuner in his time - the CB1100 RS holds the capacity to become something truly special. 

Guy Willison explains:

“5Four Motorcycles was created to move away from the one-size-fits-all standard and to build thoroughbred machines with cool design, a statement of individualism, quality, performance and exclusivity. From the moment I first saw the CB1100 RS I knew it had the potential to be a thoroughbred, single seat, point-and-squirt A and B road blaster.

So we’re making a strictly limited production run of 54 CB1100 RS 5Four motorcycles, each individually numbered. The number is etched subtly into the number 5 of the nickel plated 5Four badge which itself is inset into the tailpiece. And the paintwork had to hark back to the period in my youth when Honda dominated World Endurance racing with their red, white and blue works racers; there are no stickers or transfers – even the retro Honda logo and Wing are lovingly hand-painted. We’re passionate about this motorcycle.

We have just selfishly designed and built it and it stirs us when we walk up to it and we don’t want to leave it at the end of a day’s riding.  And why 5Four? Simple: That was my Despatch call number...”

Source Honda UK