In mid-summer 2026, Honor presented the Honor Watch 6 Plus Motorcycle Edition at the BW2026 exhibition as the company's first joint product with Chinese motorcycle racer and ZXMOTO brand founder Zhang Xue. But if you set aside the collaborative appeal, the difference between this version and the regular Watch 6 Plus comes down to the software layer.
What's actually new
The watch is hardware-identical to the base model: a round 1.46-inch AMOLED panel with peak brightness of 3,000 nits, a 1,000 mAh battery with a claimed lifespan of up to 35 days, and dual-band GNSS. According to GSMArena, all technical specifications and core features match the standard Watch 6 Plus — the "motorcycle" aspect is focused exclusively in the firmware.
The list of exclusive features includes:
- Motorcycle Sport Mode — a separate sports profile for motorcycle riding.
- Intelligent speed warning — the owner independently sets a threshold, after which the watch provides three levels of progressive vibration.
- Engine sounds — imitation of engine roar "for the feeling of the road".
- ZXMOTO logo splash screen and themed watch faces.
«Riders can configure their own speed thresholds, and when the preset limit is exceeded, the watch provides three levels of progressive vibration alerts»
iGeekPhone on the speed warning feature
The vibration alert function is perhaps the only one listed that has practical safety value: even in a noisy helmet, the rider feels the signal on their wrist. The rest is branding.
Battery as a real advantage
Paradoxically, the most interesting feature of this "motorcycle" watch has nothing to do with motorcycles at all. As Forbes notes, the Honor Watch 6 Plus contains a 1,000 mAh battery — roughly twice as large as the Apple Watch Ultra (564 mAh) and nearly twice as large as the previous generation Honor Watch 5 Pro. Thirty-five days without charging — an argument for any long journey where there are no outlets.
Price and availability
The Motorcycle Edition costs CNY 1,599 (≈ $220) and is available for pre-order on Honor's official Chinese website — deliveries began on July 22. The base Watch 6 Plus was released in late May 2026.
The price difference between the Motorcycle Edition and the standard version is essentially the cost of software rebranding. If Honor adds at least a tilt sensor or automatic emergency fall detection to the next iteration — the argument for purchase would become far more compelling. Without this, the "motorcycle" version remains a collector's item, not a tool.
