Honda marketing claim something like 90% all new but the reality is a there is a lot of revised component's. They will claim the frame and swing arm are all new as they save 300 grams and 100grams respectively and therefore technically a different design but IMO they look identical and have just been tweeked, hence the reason for the plastic cover which shows an opening in the frame which was previously covered by the fairing.
For those that wouldn't know which way to turn a compression or rebound adjust to nake an improvememt you can just go in the user menu and ask for more support in braking or acceleration as an example.
But it looks so cheap though. I guess if you want a track weapon you're not going to be too worried about the looks but for me it's bottom of the 1000cc pile in the looks department.
Must confess that trackday at Snetterton on the Panigale is a day I will probably remember forever. The thrill of such easy and relatively safe phenomenal speed will never be forgotten. Every one should try a current litre bike like that at least once.
duke63 wrote: Every one should try a current litre bike like that at least once.
I've been toying with the idea (having not done the sums) of selling my ZX6R and just renting bikes for trackdays.
Smallboy are getting a 2017 GSXR which I would probably have a go on. I rode a 2012 GSXR1000 and that was pretty bloody good despite being a 7 year old design at that point. 3rd gear and the wheel was pattering on the tarmac - just floating. No TC made it a very exciting prospect and I wasn't half the rider I am now
The whole racing thing is going to have to wait unfortunately. I'm incredibly fortunate to have been able to own my own bikes, fund my own trackdays in both the UK and Europe and to be honest, the greatest part of all of this has been the people I have met.
I'm 23, looking to buy a house before I'm 24 and start my own family by around 26. I'll be earning much more by the time I'm 30 and I can look at racing then. My girlfriend doesn't want me to sell the bike or give up trackdays, she says I would be a pain in the ass if I never rode a bike! haha
