t could be argued that Honda was the first of the big brands to throw the kitchen sink at its supersport offering. In 2003 the CBR600RR was born, bounding into life with RCV-inspired styling, an über sexy underseat exhaust and genuine performance capabilities. It was at this juncture that Honda waved off its less focused, user-friendly CBR600F lineage, going all out to conquer the lucrative 600 scene that was blowing up quicker than a fork in a microwave. It was a bold but righteous decision and it threw the gauntlet down to the CBR’s rivals, daring them to try and follow in the model’s audacious wake. When you word it like that it makes you question how just 10 years later Honda had all but thrown in the towel on its beloved RR, which by that point had begun
HONDA CBR600RR
Mar 06, 2023
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