The soap opera on the development of the new V3 engine of Honda continues with the recent registration of the acronym V3R by the Golden Wing brand. A new step towards the first model equipped with this interesting mechanics also assisted by an electric compressor. The register patent requests a wide category of possible uses, including: “Vehicles; parts and accessories for vehicles; cars; car parts and accessories. “
But this is only the beginning, since it also covers: “Four -wheel vehicles; parts and accessories for four -wheeled vehicles; tricycles; parts and accessories for tricycles; three -wheeled vehicles; parts and accessories for three -wheeled vehicles; motorcycles; parts and accessories for motorcycles; Two -wheeled vehicles; parts and accessories for two -wheeled vehicles “ta and as they detail from Cycle World.
Honda V3r ¿First model of the brand with the new engine?
Since Honda showed for the first time its new V3 engine with electric compressor, on the occasion of EICMA 2024, there have been different theories about what will be the first model of the brand that ends using this mechanic in scoop. Perhaps the answer has not given it Honda with the request of the V3R patent registration. Although it does not clarify that this denomination could be associated with a new invoice mount, its similarity with the technical description of the V3 engine, they leave us a few doubts that this may come to be given.
In any case, taking an eye on the opinion and knowledge of someone as well informed as Ben Purvis is, we see how Honda makes use of the letter R in this denomination. This makes us think of a sports cutting but not necessarily RR type. Rather, a high performance NAKED similar to the current CB1000R.
In fact, the cycle part used in the presentation of the V3 engine in EICMA 2024 was precisely the latter. Brakes, tilting and fork are the ones Honda uses to give life to his maxinaked.
If we get carried away by our own imagination, it is possible that Honda could also be thinking of a Sport-Touring style motorcycle with which to release these V3R acronym. We already mentioned this possibility, even before the brand presented the V3 engine. We refer, of course, to a substitute for the already extinct last generation VFF, although we are doubt about whether the brand would dare to put an end to such iconic acronyms with almost four decades of history.
Another option, perhaps the most coherent taking into account the current market of the two wheels, is the one that the genius of the Virtual Rénder, Kardesign, was proposed. We talk to you about the crossover style mount with which it imagined the premiere of the Honda V3 engine. But there is even more, do you know how it baptized her? … V3R900 chance?
We are one of those who believe that these do not exist, so Kardesign is likely to have access to some privileged information that made him think of such a motorcycle, and under those acronym, as the first Honda model with V3 engine.
Returning to the patent itself, it is specified that: “In addition, to offer attractive products that exceed customer expectations, Honda developed the first V-3 motor for the world’s motorcycle equipped with an electrical turbocharger (sic). With a plan to adopt it for future Fun models, Honda continues development towards mass production. ”
Finally, it is worth saying, at this point in the film, that both the future V3R and much of the models that equate this mechanical, will share a common platform, as is currently happening with several of the product ranges of product of The brand. In addition, it is very likely that Honda bets on a displacement between 800 and 1000 cc, and even finally adapts this same V3 configuration to several models in different segments.
All this, yes, never before 2026, although it could present a first concept of the future V3R before the end of the year. On the other hand, if we talk about the world of competition, it would probably be since 2027, coinciding with the change of MotoGP regulations.
