Hot on the heels of the Honda WN7 is this curious-looking model
Patent images published in March this year show a new Honda electric motorbike that looks like a cross between a scooter and a cruiser.
Honda’s commitment to building electric motorbikes is gathering momentum, as patent images, published in March 2025, show how its next new model could shape up. The bike in question was publicly revealed at the Beijing Motor Show in China in April 2025, although no name for the model or technical details were divulged.
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2025 was a big year for the Japanese giant, after it introduced its first full-size production electric model, the Honda WN7. Prior to that unveiling in November at EICMA, Honda had made no secret of its desire to bring more battery-powered bikes to riders globally. At the previous edition of EICMA in 2024, Honda showed numerous new electric concepts, including the WN7 (then known as the EV Fun Concept), and the EV Urban.
Then, at the Japan Mobility Show in October, Honda unveiled the EV Outlier Concept, a futuristic cruiser/scooter that blended Anime themes with a feet-forward design.
This latest, as yet unnamed bike seems to have little to do with any of the concept bikes we’ve already seen, though. While much of the design language used on the bike seems familiar, it features numerous details not seen on any of the previously revealed concepts. For starters, the cockpit features a kind of flying buttress which directly links the seat unit to the nose cone of the bike. It also uses forward-set footpegs, which seem to be adjustable for position. The riding position appears extremely relaxed and similar to that of the EV Outlier Concept, giving the bike a cruiser stance.
Away from the styling, the bike uses conventional USD forks, albeit shrouded in aerodynamic fairings, radially mounted four-pot calipers, and a belt drive to the rear wheel. The patent images published show levers on both bars and no pedals on the footpegs. That points to Honda utilising a scooter brake set-up - whereby the rear brake is controlled via the left handlebar - with a twist-and-go transmission.
With no other details or even a name for the model published, it’s hard to tell when the new model could arrive. Given how the launch of the WN7 went, we’d expect it to be at least two years before a more production-ready example of the bike is seen.
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Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!