The new CBR1000RR is indeed all that. It's WAY more refined and original than you can see from a single side view. It is still VERY Honda, but very unique and different. It's very short and blunt looking - and very minimalist. The weight is very light and with little mass. I sat on it several times trying to deduce whether I was feeling low center of gravity or a real weight loss - and I think it's substantially lighter than before. As far as innovation, it doesn't seem THAT remarkable. It's just the way they put it all together. I mean the exhaust isn't really remarkable - it's a huge steel box aft of the right fairing with an aluminum end piece, but the way they incorporated it is actually nice. - you gotta see it. As I said in another thread, the bike reminds me of the unveiling of the 1993 CBR900RR. THAT bike really didn't have anything ground-breaking when you think about it, but, it was the way they put it together. And, as we know, that bike was(and is, amazing). I think once the official unveiling of the CBR1000RR is done you'll see something done right.
Keep in mind that the CBR1000RR isn't my cup of tea at all. I was still waiting on some type of V-twin thing. My Honda reps and connections at Santa Clarita still insist something cool is coming. But they've been telling me that since 2002. I remember one of my friends at Honda asked me if I liked the Tuono, and of course I said yeah. His response was "Wait 'til you see what's coming." That was 5 years ago. When I got back from the show last week, I put a nice big deposit on a Hypermotard-S.
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