LATEST HEAVY BIKES 2010

HONDA VFR-1200

             HONDA CB1000R

Not just because of the frankly silly top speed. But because it appeared to be something that nobody had ever really made before. An extremely fast but almost completely sensible bike. A decent fairing, comfortable seat and terribly grown up linked brakes. Handling on the sporting side. But a centre stand, a grab rail and enormous headlights made for a far more rounded package than we expected.

HONDA CB1900R

Stability is beyond reproach and, as we have found several times this year, this particular bike doesn’t mind whether you want to hang off or not. In this case I chose not to, and experienced no ill effects at all. Now all this performance is only as good, at the end of the day, as the brakes. And, though I’m not the greatest fan of linked brakes, as ever these are very good. You have to give Honda some credit for the way that they take an idea and stick with it.