2006 Honda CBR1000RR test
The 2006 CBR1000RR squats and pulls at Buttonwillow Raceway with ex-national champion Andy Fenwick in the Soup-tester hot-seat. Fenwick said the friendly powerband and excellent chassis of the '06 1000RR almost made him misread the bike, 'until you see the world going by you like you've fallen off the planet'.
Andy Fanwick riding 2006 Honda CBR1000RR - image by kevin wing
Floating a wheelie half-way down the straightaway at Buttonwillow Raceway is a hell of a lot better gig than my usual day of sweeping the floor and selling $5.00 inner tubes at my shop.
Dean, the Grand Pooh-Bah of Soup, was kind enough to send me on the press launch of the 2006 Honda CBR1000RR. I'd been thinking for weeks about what the new flagship Superbike model from Honda would be like as I have had an opportunity to ride a bunch of different 1000cc sport bikes in my day but not the Honda as yet. I had more questions than answers, as usual, and most of them pertained to the speed and agility of this motorcycle.
by andy fenwick
Source: http://www.superbikeplanet....
issued: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
updated: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
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