VOL. 54 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 22, 2017 P63
BLADE SHARPENING
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY HONDA
W
e've been waiting nine
years for the new Honda
CBR1000RR. Nine long
years for the Honda Motor Com-
pany to join its two-wheeled foes
in the electronic age—an absolute
lifetime in terms of modern super-
bike technology.
Honda has been slow coming to
the party due to a number of fac-
tors, not half of which being there
wasn't a lot wrong with the 2008-
2016 model. It was, and still is, a
very good motorcycle, but the world
has moved on and Honda can no
longer ignore the fact that sensors
and gyros are just as important as
a good chassis and outright engine
performance in producing a 21st
century superbike.
Honda is back in the
superbike game—big time—
with the new CBR1000RR
and CBR1000RR SP. Has the
world's biggest motorcycle
company got one of the
most eagerly anticipated
machines of recent years
right? We headed to
Portimao in Portugal
to find out.
