CBR600F

€9,550 including VAT and VRT

Since its introduction in 1987 the CBR600F has become a modern legend, renowned for offering exhilarating performance with user-friendliness on the road. It has achieved this by remaining true to the concept of total control – throughout its evolution the CBR600F has never lost sight of this guiding principle, because regardless of a rider’s level of skill or experience, their riding satisfaction is linked directly to the motorcycle’s ability to do exactly as they ask, when they ask. Only by building this trust can a machine be both accessible and rewarding for a broad range of different riders. It is not an easy goal to achieve, requiring a thoroughly integrated engineering approach. However it has resulted in a unique sports motorcycle: the CBR600F.

In 2001 the CBR600F Sport recognised that, for some riders, racetrack performance takes priority over practicality on the road. That bike pushed the CBR further from its all-rounder DNA than ever before, a shift completed in 2003 with the introduction of the first CBR600RR – an all-new motorcycle dedicated to the ruthless domination of the world’s racetracks. But for 2011 the concept of total control returns with a new middleweight sportsbike.

For the new CBR600F Honda engineers were assigned the task of combining the timeless qualities of the total control concept with the very latest motorcycle technology. In other words, create a CBR600F true to the ideals of its predecessors. It offers the neutral handling, near-Supersport levels of performance and the refinement and practicality so vital to the CBR’s appeal. These qualities are combined with the rider and passenger comfort traditionally denoted by the ‘F’ in its name.

The CBR600RR could have been re-engineered to this new purpose, but why compromise such a single-minded machine? Instead the new CBR600F took as its start-point a compact all-alloy 599cc engine and Mono-Backbone aluminium frame. This high performance core package was then painstakingly developed to meet the new brief – to create a high performance 21st century road sportsbike with the accessibility that has always defined the CBR600F.