RIDE REVIEW I 2023 HONDA CBR1000RR-R SP FIREBLADE 30TH ANNIVERSARY
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I've just spent four
months riding this
$28,900 CBR1000RR-R
Fireblade SP in every possible condi
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tion (café runs, press engagements,
a day at Chuckwalla, and, yes, even
rain, thanks to the gods dumping all
over SoCal this winter). And for the
first time I can remember, I think the
performance aspect is now too far
skewed to the track.
I cast my mind back to when I
had a Suzuki GSX-R1000R a few
years ago, which was like a couch
compared to this CBR. A quick look
at my report from the 2021 Honda
CBR1000RR-R SP Fireblade press
launch from Thunder Hill confirmed
what I initially thought in that the er
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gonomics are now so tight they only
make sense if you're either under
5'9" or you're tucked in trying to break
the sound barrier, or both. I'm 6'1"
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