The new CBR1000RR 2008 has been released. Honda’s flagship sportbike finally made the jump to full-fledged superbike status with the introduction of the CBR1000RR in 2004 and two short years later the platform was tweaked in effort to keep pace with the three other major Japanese big-bores nipping at the double-R’s rear tire.

Charged with winning Honda racing DNA, the ’Blade has been consistently tempered in the white-hot fires of racing, from World Superbike to the world-famous Suzuka 8- Hour Endurance Race where it has dominated the top ten winning positions every year since its arrival.