The current Honda CBR1000RR powerplant has been retuned and updated with a dual-motor electronic throttle system. Over the last 20 years, Honda also boosted the engine’s compression ratio from 11.9:1 to 13.6:1, which along with a valvetrain redesign helped increase output to 214 horsepower.
The 2024 CBR1000RR starts at $16,699, and has standard safety features like Honda’s Selectable Torque Control System and electronic steering damper systems to help keep some of that engine’s power under control.
In their review of the 2021 model, 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 model they tested was the CBR100RR-R SP, a version that was built to mimic the bikes Honda built to race in the World Superbike Championship series.
Nic de Sena noted that the engine is happiest at speeds above 7,000 RPM, and called it Honda’s “most virile, fast-revving 999cc in-line four yet.”
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