2017 HONDA CBR1000RR AND CBR1000RR SP
FIRST TEST
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The 2017 Honda CBR1000RR
Fireblade (it's called Fireblade in
almost every area of the world
bar North America—c'mon,
American Honda, just name it
so—it sounds so good), is now
not just one machine. It comes
in three flavors: the base model
CBR1000RR (a non-ABS ver-
sion will set you back $16,499/
ABS for $16,799), the up-spec
CBR1000RR SP ($19,999,
ABS only) and the upper-spec
CBR1000RR SP2 ($25,000), of
which only 500 are being built,
and most of those will be go-
ing straight to the racetrack—an
SP2's rightful home.
For 2017, the CBR has seen
its most extensive makeover in
a decade and is now laced with
the game-changing gizmo in the
Bosch Inertial Measurement Unit
that debuted a few years ago.
The IMU means traction control,
wheelie control, ABS with rear
wheel lift control, three stage en-
(Above) The black and red CBR
(center and left) are both the
base model—the SP on the right
only comes in Honda's tri-color
paint scheme.
(Left) The CBR has lost a stack
of weight compared to last year,
and it's dimensionally smaller
as well.
