This is the kind of shootout that i suspected would come...... when Honda make no updates for 6 years. The latest edition of 'Bike' also has a naked shoot out and guess what... no CB1000R. As i have said previously, i rate the CB (just bought one), and love it on the road, it's enough for me. But this constant '' forgetfulness '' when it comes to shootouts will do it no good in the long run. The more it is missed/not included when it comes to these kind of comparisons the more new buyers (who know nothing about what to choose) will simply ignore it and buy something else, or more importantly something in the test group !