Which one ??

martinowen · Jan 31, 2014

baccas66 said: ↑

07 is bike porn. Got the hrc, but would love the Red and Black version.
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Hate red bikes but have to agree with this ^^^^ black and red 07 looks great!

exfire · Jan 31, 2014

I would be surprised if there is 19 bhp difference between the 07 and 08 bikes, if there was I think Honda might have made a bigger deal about it.

scooby · Jan 31, 2014

i'm guessing they have mixed in RWhp against crank as they dont make near 180hp standard.

great write up kent.

SIDEWAYS · Jan 31, 2014

Kentblade said: ↑

All I can add is that after covering 40K+ on an RR6, and now 20+ on a RRA, and I live on these bikes 5 to 6 days a week, 12 months a year, these are my thoughts.

06-07. Easier to work on, panels come apart easy etc etc.
All the power you will probably need unless you are racing.
Easy to ride
Good looker

08-on B*astard to work on, panels are a jigsaw
All the power you will need unless you are racing (simple theme, you never have enough power for racing)
Out of the crate, runs rings around a 06-07 in the handling stakes, lower CoG really shows itself, its feels smaller by about 30%, this is the pussy in disguise of litre bikes, you can do anything on it and it comes back for more.
Out of the crate, you can ride it faster, easier and longer than a 06-07, the torque is fat and just where you want it, top end power is much more accessible.
Brakes, not much to mention between them. (I am not even going to start the ABS debate again).
Fuel consumption much the same around 45-50 in everyday real world riding as opposed to track or just a*seing around.

Looks, that's subjective, I always like the underseat system on the RR6, and some of the water I have waded through in the last month, would have caused me less worry. The 08 on just needs the right colours IMO to soften the looks,
but lets be honest the 08-11 is always like the end of the night in the club, you wanna a shag and she's the only one left, so you go with it, it's not bad, but the best ones went halfway through the evening..

For me its evolution, loved the RR6 until some scummy Eastern nicked it ( won't even start the immigration debate on here either), but tbh the 08 on is a better bike to ride, you can make these things dance and you can place them just about anywhere on the road you want it to go, in any condition. Of all the superbikes I have owned and ridden, as a complete package nothing can better it, sure some handle better, go faster, brake better, look better, but as a riding package IMO this is the best package made available yet, especially if you factor in how cheap second hand ones are.
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To second that^^^^ I remember Tristram (soonbedead) had a 2011 loan bike whilst his 06 was being fixed and even he said you've got to ride this, its much easier to ride.It felt much better than my old K1 so I bought one

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