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The CBR1000RR Fireblade is well established as the leading sports motorcycle available on the market today, offering the highest levels of outright performance and rideability – both on the racetrack and the road.

Lighter than the competition, with searing speed and inspirational agility, the Fireblade is the touchstone of high-adrenaline motorcycling.

For 2009 the Honda engineers were charged with further extending the Fireblade’s reach by adding increased safety to already sky-high levels of dynamic ability – without losing any of the Fireblade’s razor-sharp edge.

The addition of Honda’s all-new electronically-controlled “Combined ABS” achieves this formidable goal.

Make no mistake; the engineers didn’t underestimate the difficulty of this task. A Combined ABS capable of matching the performance demands of a bike such as the Fireblade was always going to be a huge challenge.

But it has been met, with no loss to the Fireblade’s ultimate sporting philosophy and with a minimal weight penalty.

While the “Combined ABS” is not designed as a performance aid in the most extreme conditions of ultra-fast track riding, such is the sophistication of the system that even expert riders are likely to outperform it only after several attempts. And the confidence benefits delivered by a Combined ABS in emergency situations or unexpectedly slippery conditions are undisputed.

For the first time, then, a Super Sport machine is capable of delivering the highest levels of speed and performance, while also benefiting from the confidence and peace of mind provided by Combined ABS.

Total Control.

You’d better believe it.