QUICKSPIN
P194
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY KIT PALMER
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upersport bikes are
dead in the water.
Across Europe sales are
down as much as 70 percent
from 10 years ago and they're
not much better here. Too
small, too revvy, too focused.
You wouldn't buy one if your
nan was on fire, right?
Well, people who spout
that crap clearly have never
ridden a CBR600RR, or an
R6 or 675R, for that matter.
A Honda CBR600RR is not
the best bike I've ever ridden.
Far from it. But it is a brilliant,
dedicated sportbike in the tru-
est sense of the expression.
Dependable, quick, youthful,
the CBR makes you feel like
a 14-year-old with your first
girl when those four pistons
are bouncing up and down at
over 10,000 revolutions per
minute and the wail of intake
and exhaust mix together in a
cocktail of anxiety and energy.
A CBR600RR is not for
everyone. It's a hedonistic
weapon of speed, designed to
DEATH AND TAXES
THEY AREN'T THE ONLY THINGS GUARANTEED IN LIFE. HONDA
ALWAYS AND (AND PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL) MAKE A GREAT
600, AND THIS ONE IS PROOF OF THAT.
Got any
blacker? It also
comes in all red
– clearly Honda
is not big on
multi-colors
A CBR600RR
IS NOT FOR
EVERYONE.
IT'S A HEDONISTIC
WEAPON OF
SPEED, DESIGNED
TO CRUSH
CORNERS IN A
FINER FASHION
THAN IT WILL
TOUR TO AUSTIN
IN APRIL.
HONDA CBR600RR
