Honda CBR600RR (2009-current)

I bought a brand new CBR600RR with C-ABS. This bike is great to ride, very fast, and perfect handling, great torque. BUT i have had problems, the black powder coating is comming off the rear swing arm, so the silver is showing through. My local dealer Branson Honda will not help, and have no interest. Honda UK will not help so my warranty is worth nothing. I am gonna have to buy a new rear swing arm, very expensive. The fairing is very flimsy, with many silly clips, the paintwork is so thin, that any small chipping will remove the white paint work and leave a black mark. Any owners of the 2006 CBR600F will be dissapointed with the quality, but the ride is good. Do not buy, thinking a Honda is reliable, because if it isn't Honda will not be interested. Anymore info i will be happy to pass on much more information!!!

I had a short test-ride last week just to see how it compared with a CBR600FV that I bought in 1997. I can only say it's got smaller, so much so that for a tall lad over 6 foot after 10 mins I couldn't wait to get off. Everything hurt - ankles, back, wrists, neck. Nice little bike, mind. Goes where you point it. Ride's not bad for such a track-focused bike. Really good engine too. So tall blokes - forget it.

I was lucky/daft enough to purchase a new 600RR10 in March. This followed on from a 600RR7 which was a superb machine to own. As you will no doubt know the changes are miminal with slightly re-designed lower fairing panels covering more of the engine, different indicators and more mid range grunt. I wasn't too sure if the extra grunt was noticeable but now the bike is run in, I would say yes, it has more mid range grunt but I was very impressed with the RR7 so this is even better. Having hand/wrist issues, I had the helibars transferred from the RR7 to the RR10 so upon delivery the bike felt no different from the old one. This was the first time that I had just updated to a newer model, usually I have a total change but the 600RR is such a great bike to ride, it's not often I don't have a smile on my face whilst I'm on it. MCN have pretty much said all you need to know about this fantastic bike and I'd agree with the lack of slipper clutch but that's a small issue that most of us probably don't need in every day use. The economy seems similar to the RR7, around 45mpg for me and the ear bleeding exhaust note that I suffered with at 3000rpm on the RR7 whilst driving through the local roads seems to have been muffled on the RR10. Overall a great machine that I highly recommend you try and see how easy and fun they are to ride. Was it worth moving from a RR7 to a RR10? Well financially probably not but the classy tricolour version I have is even more stunning than the blue and white version it replaced.

I bought the 2009 honda from Al-futtaim Dubai on the 5th of November, got it delivered to my address in Pakistan on the 27th. From that day on, i have ridden its bike daily, for work, for 1000km trips and for general blast around the city. The bike will never disappoint you. Its fast and if driven responsibly, its too much joy for the money. On the downside, after riding it 8000kms in 4 months, is the wrist pain. Every time you brake in traffic and you'll have pain with in the first half hour, and because of that i give the handling and ride 4*. But none the less i'm hoping that a stompgrip and helibars will get rid of this problem for me. i love the bike and want to tour as much on it as possible. So if Mr. Honda hears his customers then how about adjusting the seat angle to make it more rider friendly. 9 out of 10 (1 away because of the wrist pain)

Cracking looking bike!! My dream bike!

I have just purchased the 2009 CBR600RR in the Black/White/Blue Limited Edition colours also. What a bike. Just finished running it in and its booked in for its first 600 mile service. Then I can start giving it some full beans. Everything about it is fantastic. The way it leans into bends is better than all the 2009 600's. Yes I did test drive them all. Some might have marginally more power at the top end. But the Honda has significantly more mid range which makes it so much better as a road bike. To add to this fabulous brakes and a cracking riding position make it a sure fire winner from me.

Got this years limited edition, love the paint job as it stands out. The Bike feels more comfortable leaning into bends than my 2007 zx6r.