Total Motorcycle Website - 2005 Honda Motorcycle Canada Interview

Jagatveer: In a single word, safety. It might sound boring to make safety your primary concern, but Honda feels that it is better to design a "boring" bike that is ultimately safe and reliable then to create a bike that appeals to the crowds but isn't as safe. Of course this doesn't mean that Honda makes boring motorcycles; however, it does mean that Honda goes to great lengths to improve rider safety and motorcycle reliability. I will give you an example using the CBR1000RR. It may not be the fastest bike on the market, but there are very few people in the world that are capable of riding it to its fullest potential. In fact, we do the test rides for that model in Japan and none of Honda's test riders were able to ride it to its limits. We actually had to hire professional racers to test out the bike.