Recently, the Japanese media broke the news that Honda is secretly developing a new retro model, which is a new Scrabler style retro, which will restart the CL naming, and the two renderings exposed today are CL250 (above) and CL500 (below). In fact, the CL series has been around for the last century.
The CL500 and CL250 renderings exposed this time can actually see many existing Honda models, the headlights are like the same model of Rebel, and the internal structure is also the signature four LED layout. The fuel tank and rear of the car, as well as the car seat cushions, are very similar to the exclusive CB350RS in India. However, the exhaust pipe is a bit like the design of the Triumph Climb retro model, and the swingarm is the style of the CB series street car.
In fact, Honda's CL series was launched as early as 1962, when the cl family's iconic design was to wind the exhaust pipe, and after the discontinuation of the CL400 in 2002, the CL family faded out of history. Restarting the classic car is something that Japanese brands love to do in recent years, so Honda's restart of the CL series is not unreasonable.
In terms of the current model layout, Honda's retro models in small and medium displacement are only the Rebel series, while the classic CB400 is only available in a very few regions, and the retro models in the small and medium displacement market also need an expansion. Probably this is also a reason why Honda wants to restart the CL series, and if Honda really puts the CL500 and CL250 into practice, it will certainly be welcomed. According to foreign media news, the new CL series is expected to debut at the end of 2022 at the earliest.