Honda CBR1000RR-R SP 2024 vs V4R 2023

Steven31371 said:

If you want a sexy street bike that you can tell people that’s it’s a track weapon you can do so credibly with the bike. But for die hard track guys, or a track only dedicated bike, it’s an almost silly option on all fronts, both on price and peak performance capabilities. I think there are very few riders that track a lot where the Ducati hits the sweet spot…it’s either way too much bike for track day guys that are at the slower end of A group and below…or not enough bike compared to the competition for the fastest track day riders. If you are one of those few that are right in the middle between being genuinely fast at track but not quite there yet…and you have a good amount of disposable income so it doesn’t matter to you that you can get the same performance for half the price elsewhere…well in that narrow band of consumers it’s a great option.

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Steven31371 said:

That exhaust cost…wait for it…$1600…not $7500

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Paul G said:

The akra is 1/4 to a1/3 of the bikes cost on a Panigale, its one of my few gripes about the brand, It's just not good value.

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panibadboy said:

You have to look at the package as a whole.

I already posted this in another thread, but if you're serious about trackday riding (or amateur style racing), on BMW or Honda platforms you would have to spend 5-6k extra on ECU and loom to get to the same level of V4S with DTC EVO3. Or like the case with BMW, opt out for a hacky solution - RS2E (it works great, but you are out of warranty as they flash original ECU).

Or the braking system. On Honda - you want to replace it all. On V4S - Stylema/MC are amazing - and can easily get you decent times in vicinity of pro-riders.


Basically each brand positions their bike slightly differently and they are not head to head comparable.

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