The conventional front suspension has been reworked for lightness, and now boasts compression damping adjustability in addition to rebound and preload adjustment. Rear suspension has also been altered, with a smaller diameter piston claimed to give a greater range of adjustments, and a reworked linkage ratio giving more progressive damping over a longer amount of travel. Even the transmission has been reworked to lessen the gaps between first through third gears, and provide a higher overall sixth gear. Likely the only changes the average CBR900RR owner will actually notice are the reworked handlebars, the 10mm higher seat and the much narrower, more svelte fuel tank. These improvements combine to give the CBR a much lighter, easier to handle feeling.
Power is, like before, seriously adequate.
Bang the throttle up to the 11,000 rpm redline, and you'd better be pointed in the right direction. The capabilities of this bike are frustrating at the track. It's one that repays seat time with even greater levels of performance. Or maybe I'm just rusty. Anyway, after many laps around Willow I found myself only just starting to trust the revamped Honda at the end of the day, and then even more amazed that it would go wherever I pointed it.