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ENGINE POWER<br />
TORQUE WEIGHT<br />
999 217 113 201<br />
CC<br />
Liquid cooled<br />
4-stroke 16valve<br />
DOHC, Inline 4<br />
HP @ 14,500RPM<br />
NM @ 12,500RPM<br />
WET WEIGHT<br />
KG<br />
“Yes, it’s more powerful than<br />
before and yes, it is more physically<br />
demanding on track but it’s not a<br />
handful to ride and yes it still feels<br />
every inch like a Fireblade.”<br />
If you’re a regular<br />
sportbike nutter, you’ve<br />
already caught “Theory<br />
R”. It has long been known<br />
that the more the letter “R”<br />
appears in the name, the<br />
faster the motorcycle is.<br />
While S generally evokes<br />
emotions , R means having<br />
fun and going fast.<br />
We all know that the<br />
“RR” in Kawasaki meant<br />
homologation versions<br />
for racing motorcycles<br />
and BMW once dominated<br />
the Superbike class with<br />
the S1000RR model, and<br />
Suzuki’s GSX-RR is the<br />
prototype machine from<br />
MotoGP racing.<br />
Honda had previously<br />
marked the top Fireblade<br />
model the CBR 1000RR,<br />
so they had no choice but<br />
to go a step further with<br />
this revolution. Dear Sir or<br />
Madam, before you is the<br />
motorcycle with the most<br />
R’s: The Honda CBR 1000<br />
RR-R Fireblade!<br />
THIS IS a revolution<br />
The new Fireblade has<br />
been booming for the past<br />
5 years. Honda fans were<br />
causing the commotion,<br />
not the producer himself.<br />
The hunger for the rival<br />
CBR was so huge that the<br />
fantasies of the media<br />
and motorcyclists went<br />
really far. Most fantasies<br />
revolved around changing<br />
the arrangement of<br />
cylinders from four-row<br />
to V-4. Finally, the fourcylinder<br />
engine in the V<br />
system is dormant in the<br />
RC-V racing model, which<br />
over the past 9 years<br />
brought 8 championship<br />
titles in the constructors<br />
category. So when Honda<br />
presented the new “Fajer”<br />
a lament appeared that<br />
the engine still has an<br />
in-line system. It’s time<br />
to reconcile themselves<br />
with the fact that the CBR<br />
will always be that kind of<br />
engine. Maybe someday we<br />
will see the successor to<br />
the legendary RVF model,<br />
but writing about such a<br />
possibility, we sail back<br />
into the depths of fantasy.<br />
Welcome to Earth again,<br />
I would like to inform you<br />
that the motorcycle you<br />
are reading about is a<br />
revolution. The biggest<br />
change did not manifest<br />
RIDEFAST MAGAZINE MARCH <strong>2020</strong> 67
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