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Shown at the Osaka motorcycle show were two Honda CB1100 concepts featuring naked litre-bike styling harking back to the days of four-cylinder UJMs (universal Japanese machines). While the first concept CB1100 had been shown at the Tokyo motorcycle show last year, the new bike, dubbed the \u201cCB Concept Type II\u201d by Honda, is subtly different from the first.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey keep saying these are concept bikes but I have been told these two bikes preview the way Honda is thinking of splitting the CB1100 range across classic and modern performance. I know the CB Concept Type II has already started track testing at Honda test tracks. It may not be immediate production but it\u2019s not that far away,\u201d <\/span>Motorcycle News<\/span><\/i> reported an unnamed source as saying.<\/span><\/p>\n That the market for retro litre-bikes is gaining traction is not news, with Triumph launching the Bonneville series of bikes this year, including the Street Twin, and BMW Motorrad with the R nineT and Scrambler in its range, bikes that the Honda CB1100 concepts will be going up against if Honda puts them into production.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\t