Great looking bikes. The VFR, well of course I'm biased. While I love my Italian Red 6th gen, I've always appreciated the looks of the RWB bike.
And that naked CB, what a terrific looking bike. It looks kind of muscular and raw. Me? I'd be inclined to leave the wheels black, or go to silver to match the side pieces. 🙂
I've been in kind of the same boat for years. I love my VFR, and I've owned it a long time. I've looked at other bikes for years for a possible replacement, but only a few are really potential replacement bikes. I almost bought something else over the winter, and at times I wish I had. But I've put 1,000 miles on my VFR in just over the last week, and I still love it. Until the right deal comes along for its replacement, I'll just keep riding my VFR.
No telling if it'll make production but Honda displayed this concept version of the CB1000R. Styled like the 1979 CB900F, though it would look really hot in the CB1100F colours.
1982 was the first year of the blacked out engines/cases (in the US at least), which that concept/render looks most like in my opinion. They also changed the decal design and pulled it back onto the side of the tank only (the '81's wrapped around the corner onto the 'front' of the tank if you will).