This makes me chuckle..... a case of if it ain't broke don't try and fix it! MCN: This is Honda’s first inline four with a ride-by-wire throttle. What challenges did this present? MS: “It was a very big challenge to do this for the first time because we didn’t want it to feel any different from the cable throttle people are used to using. Developing something that feels as natural as it does, taking into account the electronic controls it has, was a big challenge to replicate that natural feeling.” But it still has cables!!