Test fleet: Honda CB1000R+

So here we have it – the 2018 Honda CB1000R+. It’s the bike that Honda itself says can out-accelerate a Fireblade at the sort of speeds on the road where you’d want to out-accelerate a Frieblade. Should you want to out-accelerate a Fireblade.

And I’ll be looking after this most funky of modern motorcycles over the next few months. While I’m sitting in the MSL hot seat and Mikko’s making himself strong again, I’m on the Honda. Me.

So what to tell you of this bike? Well, firstly we (as in, the motorcycle world in general, not just ) have had