The present Honda CBR1000RR powerplant has been retuned and up to date with a dual-motor digital throttle system. Over the final 20 years, Honda additionally boosted the engine’s compression ratio from 11.9:1 to 13.6:1, which together with a valvetrain redesign helped improve output to 214 horsepower.

The 2024 CBR1000RR begins at $16,699, and has normal security options like Honda’s Selectable Torque Control System and digital steering damper programs to assist preserve a few of that engine’s energy below management.

In their evaluation of the 2021 mannequin, which featured the newer engine, Rider Magazine‘s Nic de Sena wrote, “Honda hit the reset button in terms of engine design, opting for a high-revving, big-bore, short-stroke architecture.” The mannequin they examined was the CBR100RR-R SP, a model that was constructed to mimic the bikes Honda built to race in the World Superbike Championship series. 

Nic de Sena famous that the engine is happiest at speeds above 7,000 RPM, and referred to as it Honda’s “most virile, fast-revving 999cc in-line four yet.”

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