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The CBR1000RR burst onto the streets and [[Superbike]] racing scene in 2004 with an all-new gravity die-cast aluminum frame and advanced Unit Pro-Link rear suspension layout taken directly from Honda's famed RC211V MotoGP racer. Cradling the potent engine is a stressed-member diamond configuration that contributes to the big CBR's exceptional handling stability. This frame is light weight and has a relatively simple, organic form. | The CBR1000RR burst onto the streets and [[Superbike]] racing scene in 2004 with an all-new gravity die-cast aluminum frame and advanced Unit Pro-Link rear suspension layout taken directly from Honda's famed RC211V MotoGP racer. Cradling the potent engine is a stressed-member diamond configuration that contributes to the big CBR's exceptional handling stability. This frame is light weight and has a relatively simple, organic form. | ||
The 1000RR chassis and frame receive a host of refinements that add up to a significant improvement in overall handling ease and smoother response to rider input. First, the inverted, fully adjustable cartridge-type front fork now features fork springs made of a different material with an increased rate, and more spring preload is used. The steering head's caster angle is reduced slightly--a quarter of a degree--from 23 degrees, 45 minutes to 23 degrees, 25 minutes. Together with a reduction in trail from 102mm to 100mm (3.9 inches), these alterations help sharpen steering response and overall handling. In another change to the chassis, the swingarm is reduced fractionally in length by 4mm. Overall these chassis changes have decreased the CBR1000RR's wheelbase from 55.6 inches to 55.3 inches for quicker steering. | The 1000RR chassis and frame receive a host of refinements that add up to a significant improvement in overall handling ease and smoother response to rider input. First, the inverted, fully adjustable cartridge-type front fork now features fork springs made of a different material with an increased rate, and more spring preload is used. The [[steering head]]'s caster angle is reduced slightly--a quarter of a degree--from 23 degrees, 45 minutes to 23 degrees, 25 minutes. Together with a reduction in trail from 102mm to 100mm (3.9 inches), these alterations help sharpen steering response and overall handling. In another change to the chassis, the swingarm is reduced fractionally in length by 4mm. Overall these chassis changes have decreased the CBR1000RR's wheelbase from 55.6 inches to 55.3 inches for quicker steering. | ||
In back, the single-shock Unit [[Pro-Link]] suspension system--patterned after RC211V MotoGP technology--now incorporates a more supple spring rate (from last year's 12.0 kg/mm to 11.5 kg/mm) and a new linkage system that yields less [[rising rate]]. As before, the rear damper boasts full adjustability for spring pre-load, compression and rebound damping, and a lighter aluminium spring pre-load adjuster ring now replaces the steel piece used on the previous iteration. | In back, the single-shock Unit [[Pro-Link]] suspension system--patterned after RC211V MotoGP technology--now incorporates a more supple spring rate (from last year's 12.0 kg/mm to 11.5 kg/mm) and a new linkage system that yields less [[rising rate]]. As before, the rear damper boasts full adjustability for spring pre-load, compression and rebound damping, and a lighter aluminium spring pre-load adjuster ring now replaces the steel piece used on the previous iteration. | ||