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ever, can be altered a bit via its
Engine-Mode Select button on
the right handlebar. You can still
choose among three settings:
Standard, Smooth and Aggres-
sive. With our 2014 test bike,
we generally bounced back
and forth between the Standard
and Aggressive modes. Smooth
mode only came into play for
extreme conditions, like when
the surface was bone dry, hard-
packed and ridiculously slick.
Even then, standard mode usu-
ally did the trick. Smooth mode
is almost too smooth. Honda still
offers its HRC Fuel Injection Set-
ting Tool (sold separately $349)
for customizing the internal
maps/fueling.
The Honda is last holdout
when it comes to launch control;
it's the only 450 of the Japanese
models without it. For some,
