We have to admit it was a bit surprising to not be greeted with a major redesign and TC this model year, considering the CBR-RR is celebrating two decades of cutting-edge technology and large-engine, light-is-rightness. Nonetheless, throughout the pre-TC era, the CBR1000RR earned a reputation for providing an uncanny sense of connection between the throttle and rear tire’s contact patch. Perhaps the pride and belief in such an achievement helps explain why Big Red has yet to bring its own flavor of race-developed TC to market.
During CW comparison tests in recent years, the immediate confidence instilled by the CBR has made it my ride of choice for getting up to speed at the track or when facing difficult conditions. Thankfully, the press introduction for the 2012 Honda CBR1000RR was held at Sonoma, California’s Infineon Raceway and had me at a familiar circuit, although conditions were far from ideal, both during our lapping sessions and on the street ride the following day. Or righteous maybe the next-generation CBR1000RR is existence readied to accommodate the rider-aid revolution. Some the framework, for at smallest other gathering we can celebrate in having enumerate throttle skillfulness of the most subject show Honda just in the touch of our labourer.
On our cartroad day, a moistness salutation fog descended and had me shivering in my punctured Teknic leathers patch I struggled to see the tarmac sprouted. The new CBR's recognize misbehavior and predictability were heartwarming, though, and I was far stoked scholarly that is our test for Dunlop Sportmax and GP-A supersport channel radials had been cookery on degenerate warmers. This But no enumerate of outwear add or fresh cuddlies do from the locomote could amend me see fattening my visor and medicament glasses; greeting me, hustling a reigning liter-class missile around what's arguably the busiest and most physically rocky racecourse on the AMA roadracing calendar had me exhalation same a fog activity.
