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It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:16 pm
by KungFooBob
A new CBR600RR...
They stopped importing them to Europe a few years ago, although they kept making the old one for the US market.
But this looks to be a whole new bike... or at least new wheels and top fairing.
Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:25 pm
by Yorick
All that effort, and not a simple shot of what it looks like ???
Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:27 pm
by KungFooBob
It's a teaser.
The bike isn't due until 2021, it's probably not finished yet.
Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 4:29 pm
by KungFooBob
actually, more crap than news have got a proper picture....
Looks a lot like the last one, but with different wheels and fairing.
Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:13 pm
by Skub
I thought the arse had fallen out of the supersports 600 market?

Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:54 am
by weeksy
WEll it looks exactly how i'd expect and you can bet your arse it will ride exactly how you'd expect.
It's clearly a no from me... but from Mrs Weeksy, you never know, it's probably a yes...
First thing it needs is all the right electronics, which basically means NOT the ones from the Fireblade

Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:59 pm
by Hot_Air
Harry wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:52 am
I think the arse has fallen out of the superbike market and maybe they're trying to tempt people back to race reps by offering something a little bit more realistic than 250bhp missiles that seem to have little purpose these days?
The sub-400cc market seems to be reviving a bit and maybe more affordable 600's will sell better than £20k+ superbikes?
Who drops £20k+

on these bikes? That's a tonne of money for little purpose

Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:22 pm
by Yorick
Hot_Air wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:59 pm
Harry wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:52 am
I think the arse has fallen out of the superbike market and maybe they're trying to tempt people back to race reps by offering something a little bit more realistic than 250bhp missiles that seem to have little purpose these days?
The sub-400cc market seems to be reviving a bit and maybe more affordable 600's will sell better than £20k+ superbikes?
Who drops £20k+

on these bikes? That's a tonne of money for little purpose
S'only same as some folk pay for a posh watch.
A pal here has a V4 Panegale. And other pal is selling his V2 yo buy the V4.
Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:50 pm
by Bigjawa
Harry wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:52 am
Skub wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:13 pm
I thought the arse had fallen out of the supersports 600 market?
#metoo
I think the arse has fallen out of the superbike market and maybe they're trying to tempt people back to race reps by offering something a little bit more realistic than 250bhp missiles that seem to have little purpose these days?
The sub-400cc market seems to be reviving a bit and maybe more affordable 600's will sell better than £20k+ superbikes?
It's still going to need a gazillion revs to move. A nice light bike that has a litre engine that produces say 130-140 bhp with loads of grunt in the midrange would be far more practical. But the road testers would savage it for being "underpowered" and it wouldn't sell.
I haven't seen a supersport 600 on the road in ages.
Re: It's back.... CBR600RR
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:26 pm
by KungFooBob
Jumped the gun, seems it's not Europe bound after all!
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/n ... a-cbr600rr