Honda’s pulled off something truly brilliant here, and it’s going to cause a ruckus in the litre bike sector. To be fair, it’s been long enough in the pipeline.
But the big question is: has Honda’s 13th generation Blade been worth the wait?
Undeniably so, is my considered opinion after a day spent flogging the guts out of the standard CBR1 000RR and higher spec SP model around a warm and winding Portimao race circuit.