It will be interesting to see if they managed to develop a winner out of the dated design of the old bike. Its east to say oh they will pull something out of the bag but you ultimately need somewhere to start you dont just roll out of bed and design the best superbike ever because every year something world beating would come out. Makes me worry about Honda's new blade by the time its out the R1 the s1000rr the ZX10r the Panagal ect could all be updated and it only gets harder the more the competition moves on with out you
........................or Big H might just drop a 200bhp 'near RCV clone' on to the table and blow everyone else in to the weeds!
Or they could supply us with another bike with no electronics because its "pure" and say big power is for chavs
There road goin rcv was missing almost 100bhp from its race brotherin so can't see that happening especially as the road goin rcv had a hefty price tag!
That was the murmurings coming from Honda top brass not too long ago, they said they didn't want to provide a big 200hp engine then have to reign it in via leckytronics!
So far I have not seen anything to make me regret buying my 2015 Fireblade in August this year. The new 2016 ZX-10R does not really do it for me, any more than the 2015 model did. Neither does this 2016 GSX-R. Of all the bikes announced and in production the only one to warrant a second thought is the Kawasaki ZZR1400 Performance Sport (although it is a bit heavy). Very happy with the looks and performance of my August 2015 Fireblade !
The tail is nice on this new model. Seen some shots from behind and it will look very good once the standard exhaust is off (which isn’t too bad for a standard exhaust in the first place, but still has to go).
Still not as nice as this though...... Now that is a nice looking bike !! Honda CBR 1000 RR by 660 Mattie, on Flickr
