2022 Honda CB300F review - why the F? | OVERDRIVE

[@ChinmayKashid]

You got a point there with CB300x . They should have launched it with adventure/Sport Tourer avataar. Although I think what Honda may thought that they could capture average 150cc user looking for an "upgrade in power displacement without having to change riding style "so more power in same package as their convenient hornet style package. People do not like changes so Honda got that right. But I don't know why they overlooked the scenario of market. FZ25 is great machine and was launched on similar grounds ,failed. Gixxer 250 again great bike,failed. But Retro styled RE Clasic or CB250 highness or Jawa or Himalayan is pulling great numbers. Why? My take would be reason is simple. People who want to upgrade,who are spending 2.5L on motorcycle would want something different than normal 150cc segment. They want it look different,feel different. Hence FZ16 worked but FZ25 couldn't and same for Gixxer 250.

[@keshavpandey6417]

As you said, honda really needs to review their strategy

[@alzig2061]

Someone said that Honda don't make bikes that people want to buy, they sell what they want to sell. What a true statement.

[@123edwardzpad]

I love this review.. I find the reviews from India to be so much more thorough and comprehensive; than most of the ones in my home country of the United States of America. Thank you and happy trails friend.

[@keshavpandey6417]

300F now available with 50000 DISCOUNT

[@ChethanSrinivas]

Spot on comment, the numbers suggest it's cb300x rather than this f. It's a daily bike for weekend rides on the twisties. Touring meh I guess, with no proper mid to top end. Honda already has cb350, so they cant price near to that, so they priced with 25k extra, which I feel is similar in performance for an average commuter. Looking at the figures surely it's a city bike and an occasional highway bike. To give honda the benifit it could have been around 2.1lac or undercut the cb350. For the 300x if you launch 10-15 k extra it'll be pointless. It's having good features, but somehow, cb350, vstrom 250 make better options. Although I need to ride it to think about this. In any case if D400's weight and over the top fugly design was not the case it would have been a master class. In the end if if choose it, I'll blame Honda! 😅

[@the_winged_helm]

Should have been named CB300FU. Since that's what they seem to be telling the Indian market.

[@nighthawk4028]

Or CB300 SU 😂

[@shadow_realm47]

:p this was the best roast. F in the chat bois.

[@rv6569]

@@nighthawk4028 bajaj su

[@AmanKhan-sq5hx]

While I was watching the review my younger brother came and said - why are you watching hornet 2.0's review now? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Honda stop confusing people

[@anshulsingraul6639]

KTM and Pulsars have exact same all the models in their line-up bro. What about that? 😀

[@AmanKhan-sq5hx]

@@anshulsingraul6639 they are new models of same bike. Not new bike looking like other bike from same manufacturer. I hope you understand 😄

[@anshulsingraul6639]

@@AmanKhan-sq5hx Pulsar and ktm new models are not going to change at least 10 years for sure, are you happy with that bro. 😄

[@AmanKhan-sq5hx]

@@anshulsingraul6639 i gues you don't understand English that well. So let me explain it to you again. What I said was cb300f looks quite like hornet 2.0. To that you said that pulsar and ktm have bikes which looks same and my reply to that was that is bcuz bikes of pulsar and ktm which looks same are new iterations of the same old gen bike. But cb300f and hornet are two different bikes from same manufacturer. They shouldn't look same. I hope you understand now. If not I will try again in Hindi 😄

[@sniperkyle6152]

@@AmanKhan-sq5hx To that, I would like to point that they are Not "completely" different bikes from the same manufacturer. Hornet 2.0 was inspired from CB190F for Indian Market with some slight cosmetic changes but same engine and everything. This bike is literally named CB300F which is sold in international market as CB F series bikes of Honda. How are people confused about a bike (which is not even named different) not being a completely new machine from Honda. Yes, they have made some changes like the engine and the numerous features (bluetooth, Dual Channel ABS etc) which people were crying about in Hornet 2.0 while comparing with TVS Apache and Bajaj Pulsars. So, yeah it looks similar to Hornet 2.0 because IT SHOULD, the same way it looks similar to CB 500F because IT SHOULD as it's the same series.

[@prorider4992]

Rohit is only good anchor of overdrive Big fan sir 🔥🔥🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@SD_003]

Hows the high speed behaviour? Can it do 110kph with pillion on highways without vibrations? Just like hornet 2.0, would this also get a X sibling? 300X? 🤔

[@satyajitroy726]

Does hornet 2.0 do 110kph with pillion

[@SD_003]

@@satyajitroy726 Obviously not but this has a 50% bigger engine 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@rohit_paradkar]

Yes, it should be able to do 110kmph with a pillion and even cruise at that speed.

[@tanmaymirashi1]

During my limited city test drive, it touched 85 effortlessly and could sustain it very easily. So 100 should be easily doable. I also like its stance and ground clearance

[@rv6569]

Test rode today. I totally agree with you performance and braking. It's awesome.. you and biker prakash did a honest review

[@aravindbnr]

Fantastic and a very detailed review , really impressed.

[@ChinmayKashid]

This bike was on sale with 50k discount till March 25 2023.

[@sivajay968]

What the F, and a naughty smile...ok noted...Also the background whilst F for Filmy and F for Fly were perfect!! Added more meat!!

[@rohit_paradkar]

Thank you 😉

[@ldhanush425]

Hii sir.... I'm planning to buy a new bike....I have 2 bikes in my mind... I'm majorly confused between which one choose...Suzuki v-strom SX 250 or the Honda cb300f... Can u please suggest me the one best bike Between these two.....??

[@midhungopan9270]

Book a test drive bro....i had driven both of them, i disagree with the overdrive review about the engine refinement....this CB300F engine is super viby from 1st gear,which is very surprising to me since my own bike is a hornet 160 which is very good on refinement....and talking about V strom 250 the seats are remarkably good for touring and noticabley more refined and powerful than cb300f,but the suspension is on the stiffer side just like the gixxer siblings (good for straight line and cornering though).....if i was you i'll go with the v strom

[@paragadkar471]

How is seat feeling for long drive

[@narendrababu2439]

Can I go for touring in CB300f?

[@vet967]

If one has to ride in city without too many gear changes one can go for TVS ronin, the most easy and fun to ride in city, if one needs a street fighter to ride in city and little bit on highways with a talking engine one can go for fz25, why to spend 75 to 90000 rupees extra and for what hornet 300, and if one has around 3 lakhs of rupees why not he will go for dominar 400 KTM 250 vstrom 250,

[@PrashantWarik-d2j]

Anyone who wants to purchase a new bike of any company then always insist for the latest manufacturing month and year of the bike before invoicing. Otherwise you will definitely get cheated by the showroom by getting old bike model.

[@amitbisht5253]

Why did they price it above 2 lakh?

[@rohit_paradkar]

Because Honda

[@electrob7864]

Rich man's Hornet 😀

[@rohit_paradkar]

Pretty much

[@Shariq46]

KTM meanwhile: HMSI, lol 🤣🐶

[@shadow_realm47]

KTM meanwhile: good good now people will by Husqvarna :)

[@AkshayChaudhari5]

Contradictory review when compared to rest channels.

[@rv6569]

This review is genuine. Others r paid by jabaj.

[@harryl69]

@@rv6569 Bro the engine's refinement isn't really good, there are lot of vibrations in the footpegs. You can check the review video comments of CB300F in "Technical SHT" channel

[@midhungopan9270]

@@harryl69 i took a test drive previous week, yes the engine is super viby,very un honda like ....the clutch is super light good handling positive gearbox, good room for pillion.....but i have to say the engine side is a total disappointment for me

[@dinu365]

fan edition :p

[@themask2087]

Styling should hve been better as it's identical to hornet.. Buyer's may turn it down on dat

[@anshulsingraul6639]

Why nobody questioning about ktm and new pulsar N series bikes identicalty? 🤔 they are all exact same model. Why only Honda? 🤨

[@shadow_realm47]

@@anshulsingraul6639 pulsar is cheap af and none of the Dukes is a commuter. Hornet 2.0 is commuter. CB 300 F is big commuter. Will you pay 2.7 L for a commuter? You can if you want it's your money.

[@anshulsingraul6639]

@@shadow_realm47 What about Duke 125 ? Isn't it a commuter bike from KTM That is super slow bike ever made by ktm and charging 2 Lakh for that super slow premium commuter. All dukes looks similar to its commuter duke 125. 😄

[@anshulsingraul6639]

@@shadow_realm47 Even, Honda's superbikes have good mileage than rest of all the other brands. It means they are all commuters for you. 😀

[@Aiimsdelhi75]

270k on road 38km/l

[@wc2270]

For sale in europe any one know..???

[@rv6569]

Don't think so. Exclusive to indian market 😀❤️❤️❤️

[@wc2270]

@@rv6569 ok cheers pal

[@rv6569]

@@wc2270 you may get honda cb350 which is an excellent model. Superb engine sound and good cruiser.

[@athullal7438]

Trying really hard to justify the overpriced bike

[@rohit_paradkar]

Who? Honda or me? 😂

[@UPSCpointbyBarnelBey]

Cause they fuc#ed the 300 tag i guess. Too overpriced

[@PRO2358]

Is it better than Gixxer 250

[@anshulsingraul6639]

For top speed lovers - Gixxer 250 Initial Acceleration and pick-up - cb300F 🙂

[@rv6569]

@@anshulsingraul6639 man do u think it's top speed can't match Gixxer. Pity on u.

[@rv6569]

@@anshulsingraul6639 power delivery is much better if not the best in segment bro. Vstorm engine is very slow in comparison. These guys read specs.

[@anshulsingraul6639]

@@rv6569 Bhai, aap bhi sirf power hi dekh rahe ho, agar top speed zyada matter karti hai aapke liye, toh power dekho, warna koi dikkat nahi, cb300f is initial acceleration beast. 🔥 Top speed atleat 145 toh easily touch kar legi (achhi hai top speed bhi, itni bhi kam nahi hai) Lekin, Torque toh best in segment hai na bro. Bhai, Power kam hone se, top speed thoda sa kam rehta hai, 🙂 But, Torque kam rahega toh initial acceleration slow hoga bike ka. But, cb300F torque bahut accha hai. Streetfighter category bikes mein power se zyada torque matter karta hai , "Torque @ lower rpm" zyada matter karega. 🤨 CB300-F ka Torque gixxer se zyada hai, isi wajah se cb300F initially bahut quick accelerate karegi, jabki duke 250 or gixxer 250 slow hai cb300F ke comparison mein. Top speed mein gixxer aur duke 250 jeet jaegi. Gixxer aur duke 250 dono hi city aur highway dono jagah ke liye tuned hain, jabki cb300F only tuned for city/street racing. City race mein 100 ki speed kabhi nahi touch karoge.

[@rv6569]

@@anshulsingraul6639 exactly. Noone cares about top speed.

[@nithinp4830]

Blue Hotttt

[@bonjovi1354]

yamaha nd suzuki laughing in corner ...hondas recent cb350 nd 350 rs is still better than this

[@rohit_paradkar]

Not really comparable

[@sourabhpurohit4140]

Overpriced

[@anshulsingraul6639]

Price is all about Honda' premiumness. Maintenance free bike unlike kTMs. 🤨

[@sourabhpurohit4140]

@@anshulsingraul6639 Bro, I agree about Honda being a hassle-free bike. But that doesn't justify the premium it is asking over it's Japanese counterparts. The KTM is a different animal altogether and there is no comparison

[@rv6569]

@@sourabhpurohit4140 bullshit

[@RajKishore-pc6gf]

F stands for fool 😎 i.e cb 300 for fools

[@Indian-dr1xf]

You mean 'why the f..k?"