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2016 HONDA CBR1000RR C-ABS ROAD TEST P90 great streetbike, and if you don't mind a touch of discomfort as a taller rider, there's still a brilliant argument to put one of these bikes in your garage. We all know a new Honda CBR1000RR is coming. But no one who has anything at all to do with Honda will go on the record to state one is even in develop- ment, at least in this country. What is guaranteed to hap- pen, though, is when the new 1000RR does drop, be it next year or the year after, it'll have most if not all the electronic bells and whistles the competition has. It'll be a great bike - lighter, faster, more powerful, and more technically advanced than this one - meaning dealers will be doing runout sales of this ma- chine, and you could pick one up for next to nothing. This is indeed a fantastic bike. It's the last of the analog super- bikes. The last of a dead breed, which alone makes it special. And that's before you ride it. CN 2 0 1 6 H O N D A C B R 1 0 0 0 R R ENGINE: ...... Inline four-cylinder four-stroke DISPLACEMENT: .............................. 999.8cc BORE X STROKE: ......................76 x 55.1mm COMPRESSION RATIO: ..........................12.3:1 FUEL SYSTEM: .... Programmed Dual Stage Fuel Injection (PGM-DSFI) with 46mm throttle bodies, Denso 12-hole injectors EXHAUST: ..................................................4-2-1 TRANSMISSION: ...Six-speed cassette type gearbox. CHASSIS: .......Aluminum twin-spar chassis FRONT SUSPENSION: .. 43mm inverted Big Piston Fork with spring preload, rebound and compression damping adjustability. 4.3 inches travel. REAR SUSPENSION: ................ Unit Pro-Link Balance-Free Rear Shock with spring preload, rebound and compression damping adjustability. 5.4 inches travel. FRONT BRAKE: ....Dual Tokico radial-mounted four-piston calipers with full-floating 320mm discs. Optional Combined ABS. REAR BRAKE: ..............Single piston caliper, 220mm disc. Optional Combined ABS. FRONT TIRE: ............................. 120/70 ZR17 REAR TIRE: ................................190/50 ZR17 RAKE: .......................................................... 23° TRAIL: ..................................................... 3.8 in WHEELBASE: ...........................................55.5° SEAT HEIGHT: .....................................32.3 in. FUEL CAPACITY: ...................................4.7 gal WEIGHT: ............465 lb. (wet, claimed, with Combined-ABS fitted) COLOR: ...................................................Black MSRP: .................................................$16,499 Bye bye, baby. It's been a long and glorious run for the analog CBR.