"All new" 2012 CBR1000RR already in the showrooms!

[Rincewind]

It's up $400 compared to the 2011 price.  BNG are expensive.  

[ConPilot1]

That's real slick looking. I like it. Much better looking than that nasty VFR1200 fail.

[atadaskew]

I'm sure the lack of horsepower relative to some of the other literbikes and also the lack of TC are going to translate into great sales numbers for Honda.

First off, I really like the way this bike looks in the white w/ red and blue graphics.
Honda has 'fixed' the things that turned me off the previous version - namely the extremely dull styling and the bland instrumentation.

As a street bike, the Honda arguably had/has the best combo of handling and mid range power.  Now they've improved the suspension, fixed the styling a bit, and , well, that's it.

The huge problem is that Honda acts like they are in a vaccum, the only option out there.  They call this bike "All New" when it clearly is not, and yet ignores what their opposition offers.  But they did increase the price by $400.

I really like this bike.  But Honda needs to have reasons why one should buy it over its amazing competition.

[RRdvark]

Looks better than the '08-'11 version, but still ugly compared to the earlier ones.  Maybe I'm just getting old but the bikes seem to be getting uglier.

Saw my first VFR1200 in person on Friday at the dealership and it was worse than the pictures.

The paint on this one impressed me though - reminds me of the Ricky Graham, Bubba Shobert flat-track bikes from the 80's...

[atadaskew]

Looks better than the '08-'11 version, but still ugly compared to the earlier ones.  Maybe I'm just getting old but the bikes seem to be getting uglier.

Yup, do you remember how everyone was blown away when the CBR900RR came out in 1992?  And that bike looked so so sweet..

Time to do that again.  Is once every 20 years too much to ask?