Honda CB350 Cruiser

Honda has revealed it will be launching a new 350cc bike in November 2023. The Japanese bikemaker’s air-cooled 350cc platform already has both a retro and a scrambler offering (the H’Ness CB350 and CB350RS, respectively), and a cruiser will make the lineup even more wholesome. 

The engine on Honda’s 350cc cruiser will hopefully be retuned for a more relaxed riding feel. The mechanicals and underpinnings will also be altered, with a raked-out fork and forward-set footpegs, and possibly a larger front and smaller rear alloy wheel, a cue from the Royal Enfield Meteor 350, and in fact a formula already proven with the other CB350 bikes. The instrument console could also be carried over unchanged.

We reckon Honda’s CB350-based cruiser could command a price tag of approx Rs 2.30 lakh (ex-showroom), a Rs 15,000 hike over the H’Ness. Once here, it will not only go up against its chief rival, the Royal Enfield Meteor 350, but will also lock horns with the Yezdi Roadster.