2017 HONDA CBR1000RR/SP

BY THE NUMBERS

14

Percent power-toweight- ratio improvement over its immediate predecessor

65

Percent gain over the CBR900RR that spawned the total control concept

470

Units sold worldwide in thousands over the 25-year history of the liter-class CBR-RR

It’s been a long couple of years since two of the Japanese Big Four dived headlong into the electronic rider aid pool. Kawasaki and Yamaha followed in the wake of the Euro manufacturers’ early use of advanced systems featuring traction control, wheelie control, race-calibrated ABS, and more. Now Suzuki and Honda have each made a splash with all-new liter-class superbikes for 2017.

When Honda debuted its $185,000 RC213V-S a year ago, the MotoGP-inspired road bike was met with mixed reviews. While many enthusiast questioned the logic behind Big Red’s limited-market machine, we viewed this exotic bike as a technology demonstrator and likely precursor