Honda WN7 confirmed for Australia
Honda Australia is preparing to take its first significant step into the full-size electric motorcycle arena with the WN7, but rather than simply sticking a price tag on it and hoping Australian riders come knocking, Honda is taking a very different approach.
Only 50 examples of the Honda WN7 are initially destined for Australia, and riders won’t buy them in the conventional sense. Instead, Honda will offer the WN7 under a $400-per-month subscription arrangement that includes registration and insurance.
We understand Australia will be the only market outside Europe to receive the WN7 during this initial roll-out.
MCNews first detailed the production Honda WN7 in September 2025, before Honda Australia subsequently confirmed the WN7 was under consideration for Australia when outlining its 2026 model plans last November.
That consideration has now turned into reality, albeit on a deliberately small scale.
$400 a month – with rego and insurance included
The subscription model is arguably every bit as interesting as the motorcycle itself.
Electric motorcycles have struggled to gain serious traction in Australia, with purchase price, resale uncertainty, battery longevity and the rapid pace of EV development all potentially giving prospective owners reason to hesitate.
Honda’s approach removes a sizeable chunk of that uncertainty.
For $400 per month, registration and insurance are included in the WN7 subscription, allowing riders to focus on riding the motorcycle rather than making a sizeable upfront investment in still-developing technology.
Honda’s first serious electric road bike
The WN7 represents a considerably more serious commitment to electric motorcycling from Honda than the small urban EVs and concepts we have seen from the company previously.
It grew out of the EV FUN Concept displayed at EICMA in 2024 and later evolved into the production WN7.
At its heart is a 9.3 kWh fixed lithium-ion battery powering a compact, water-cooled electric motor and an integrated inverter.
Maximum output is 50 kW while peak torque is a much more substantial 100 Nm.
Honda likes to equate that output with the performance of a 600 cc internal-combustion motorcycle while suggesting the torque figure is more representative of a litre-class machine.
Of course, electric motors deliver their shove rather differently to either of those combustion-engine equivalents, with no clutch to operate and no gearbox ratios for the rider to work through.
Drive to the rear wheel is via belt.
The WN7 weighs 217 kg ready to ride, runs on conventional 17-inch wheels and has an accessible 800 mm seat height.
Around 140 kilometres between charges
Honda quotes a WMTC riding range of around 140 kilometres from a full battery.
The WN7 is clearly much better suited to commuting, metropolitan riding and shorter recreational runs than crossing the Nullarbor.
Charging flexibility is therefore an important part of the package.
The WN7 supports CCS2 DC rapid charging, with Honda claiming the battery can be replenished from 20 to 80 per cent in around 30 minutes.
Type 2 AC charging is also supported, with a complete 0-100 per cent charge taking less than two-and-a-half hours under Honda’s specified normal charging conditions.
Regenerative braking feeds energy back into the battery during deceleration, and the rider can adjust the level of regenerative braking through the switchgear.
Plenty of Honda tech
A five-inch TFT display incorporates Honda RoadSync connectivity, while the WN7 also features Smart Key operation, LED lighting and a USB-C charging outlet.
One particularly useful EV feature is a low-speed walking mode that allows the motorcycle to drive both forwards and backwards at parking speeds.
That reverse function might seem somewhat unnecessary until you remember there is a 217 kg motorcycle beneath you and no clutch with which to feather the bike around.
The battery housing itself forms a structural component of what Honda describes as a frameless chassis, helping package the substantial battery while retaining the proportions and ergonomics of a fairly conventional naked motorcycle.
Australia becomes Honda’s WN7 test bed outside Europe
The limited allocation and subscription model also gives Honda a relatively low-risk way to determine whether Australian motorcyclists are ready to embrace a machine like the WN7, without asking early adopters to shoulder all the financial risk themselves.
For riders curious about electric motorcycles, $400 per month, including registration and insurance, might be a much easier proposition to contemplate than signing on the dotted line for an expensive EV and wondering what it will be worth in a few years.
