Development Concept

Infused with technological advances gleaned from Honda's intensive racetrack research, the new CBR600RR more than anything owes its existence to Honda's latest racing masterpiece, the RC211V currently being piloted by Valentino Rossi, Tohru Ukawa and Daijiro Kato to a remarkable first year's domination of the new MotoGP Grand Prix racing series.

Starting from the key concept of 'Innovative Wonder,' the new CBR's development team went straight to the source of its most impressive technological achievements, the racetrack, and borrowed heavily from developments created for its Superbike and MotoGP racing efforts, with special attention paid to the revolutionary new RC211V. And to leave no mistaking its single-minded intent to restore the 'CBR' name as the undisputed high-performance benchmark of the middleweight Supersport class, this new creation was given Honda's famed 'RR' mark of distinction, which currently graces the popular and highly tuned CBR RR FireBlade.

The guiding theme of 'Innovative Wonder' extends to every facet of the new CBR600RR's design, and was conceived to provoke a deep sense of wonder and amazement at every sensation felt in savouring the high-performance results of the intensive research and development that energise its design. Developed to achieve unprecedented levels of performance in the hands of those who can take full advantage of its riding and racing prowess, the new CBR600RR is not only one of the lightest machines in its class, its weight distribution has been totally revised to achieve a much more mass-centralised form that reacts instantly to rider inputs with faster, smoother and more easily controlled changes of direction. Playing a central role in this heightened performance capability is a radical, new cast aluminium chassis that sets a new benchmark in manufacturing expertise while realising a more accurately tuned balance of light weight and race-ready rigidity.

Stronger power was another obvious goal in this new class leader, but more than that, the new CBR600RR's power delivery comes on stronger everywhere in its remarkably wide powerband, especially at the high engine speeds reached in racetrack competition. This was achieved with a major redesign and repositioning of many of the engine's essential components, as well as through the development of a new Dual Sequential Fuel Injection (DSFI) system that dramatically broadens its optimal range of operation. All these advances assure that the new CBR's desired sense of wonder will be felt at every twist of its throttle.

With such features as its radical new, race-ready RC211V MotoGP styling, completely new, more compact and powerful fuel-injected engine, highly rigid hybrid aluminium chassis and swingarm, revolutionary new Unit Pro-Link rear suspension taken directly from the RC211V, and a host of other 'quantum leap' advances in design, construction, power delivery and handling all clearly showing the direct results of Honda's MotoGP development efforts, the new CBR600RR presents a new, more wildly aggressive form and function that add an electrifying excitement to its sense of Innovative Wonder.

Destined to reclaim its throne in the 600cc Supersport class on both the street and the track, the new CBR600RR puts Honda's extensive racing experience on the pavement in an unprecedented advance of technology and performance as only Honda can create it. Looking just like the remarkable RC211V at stop, this breathtaking new middleweight champion will make any rider feel like Valentino Rossi when the riding gets fast and furious.