2019 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade Gets More Power And Improved Aerodynamics

Sources suggest that a heavily revised CBR1000RR Fireblade will be showcased at the upcoming EICMA motor show in November 2018. The revision comes as factory racing teams who usually push the bike to a 150 per cent of its capacity, faced a ton of problems with Honda바카라™s equipment. The most talked about complaint was the fact that the bike was underpowered compared to its competitors. At 189PS at the crank, the Blade trails its competition by 10-15PS, and in superbike terms, that makes a world of a difference.

Another prominent problem with the Blade was its front end aerodynamics. Race teams have struggled with the bike바카라™s airflow ever since its launch in 2017. For instance, Honda바카라™s BSB team has burnt through two fairing designs (not literally) and are now on their third, while the Pro Racing team has been struggling for top speed and front-end grip in high-speed sweeping corners.

After being clobbered with criticism, Honda has finally pulled up its socks and decided to give the Fireblade an additional boost of about 10PS, plus a redesigned front fairing which is said to be a lot more aerodynamic.

The new fairing is designed to have the best possible drag coefficient and the entire unit is believed to be mapped around the nose which now looks a lot sharper. The central ram-air opening is now closer to the fairing바카라™s centre which translates to a smoother air-flow around the rider and also helps keep the front end on the tarmac.

Apparently, the CBR1000RR Fireblade always had some power tucked away, at least that's what the bike바카라™s project leader Masatoshi Sato believes. He said, "We could easily give the bike 200bhp; we could give it 300bhp if we wanted, but we think it바카라™s the lack of weight people want to feel more."

Such a power bump could easily be achieved without having to change the engine architecture and is likely to already be a part of the Blade바카라™s development schedule. We also expect the engine to be standardised across the range, rather than one engine for the Fireblade and the SP, and a different one for the SP2, as it is currently.

Among other changes, the Fireblade SP2, Honda바카라™s top-of-the-line superbike, will also get a full carbon-fibre fairing, which will help keep the weight down to around 185kg. All these added features will also mean a spike in price, so we can expect the STD Fireblade to retail at around Rs 18 lakh and the SP to be priced a little over Rs 22 lakh. The SP2, unfortunately, isn바카라™t on sale in India yet.

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