Honda CBR600RR takes seventh world title in a row

Honda’s acclaimed CBR600RR has again been crowned the World Supersport champion for the seventh consecutive year.

The Ten Kate Honda team, with rider Andrew Pitt, again clinched the championship title at the French circuit of Magny-Cours last weekend. The 32-year-old Australian rider said, “I’m overjoyed to win the title for Honda and to keep their amazing run of championships going.”

The CBR600RR has also achieved glory in the UK as the machine has won nine of the last 17 British Supersport titles, most recently with British racing star, Cal Crutchlow, in 2006.

Today’s 2008 model of the CBR600RR is the latest in a 21 year history of CBR600s, stretching back to the first CBR600F which was launched in 1987. The number of CBR600s sold worldwide since 1987 is over half a million, making it one of the most successful sportsbikes ever and the most successful middleweight sportsbike in the world. In the UK today, there are almost 50,000 new and used CBR600s.

The secret behind the CBR’s ever-lasting appeal is that it means so much to so many riders, offering a mixture of fun, excitement, practicality and the utter dependability you only get with a Honda, as well as having superb handling suitable for riders of all abilities. The CBR600RR is also at the cutting-edge of development in safety for road riding with the 2009 CBR600RR featuring an electronically-controlled Combined ABS system as an optional extra – the first time an advanced braking system has ever featured on a super sports bike. The 2008 CBR600RR retails at £7,503 OTR with the 2009 model price to be announced in the near future.

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