REVIEW:

The new CB1000R features a dynamic, hard-edged design that immediately grabs attention with its unmistakeable look of muscular performance. As cool to look at as it is a blast to ride, its lightweight form shows off its sharply styled bodywork and sculpted mechanical parts to riveting effect.

The CB1000R’s remarkably short and slim seat and tail cowl takes obvious design cues from the newly redesigned CBR1000RR Fireblade and Honda’s powerful RC212V MotoGP racer before it. Its compact form locates the rider closer to the steering head, for a riding position that shifts the CB1000R’s balance of weight slightly forward onto its front tyre, achieving a greater feeling of crisply responsive control along the winding roads that sports bike riders love so well.