It is the part of the Nova series of sports oriented underbone motorbikes produced since the mid-1990s.
It was adapted to liquid cooling due to hotter weather conditions.
[citation needed] The engine utilizes an overbore design with two bigger valves.
It is powered by a 150 cc liquid-cooled, DOHC, 4-valve, single-cylinder engine mated to a 6-speed constant mesh transmission.
The Sonic 150R is built at Honda's Karawang plant, West Java, Indonesia.