I got to see the CBR600RR in the flesh at EICMA last month. It looks fantastic and had to be one of the best looking bikes at the show. The amount of attention it got was interesting to see, it certainly didn't feel like this category is dead at the show. The turn signals brings down the overall looks but hopefully it'll be an easy fix with aftermarket parts.

also love how they made the new 600rr look like a mini Fireblade! :)

Not a fan of TFT displays at all. I will keep my 2015 with analog tachometer. Other than that, I prefer the design of the CBR.

Having an electronic steering damper is very cool. I could be wrong, but I'd feel better with a mechanical one. I think that something as simple as a wire coming loose would be trouble, whereas an "old school" mechanical would be less likely to fail. Again, it's just a thought.

Tuners love the CBR600rr engine! Don't forget it used to be the base platform for Moto2. I think the engine has come with an over-rev capability since the first RR in 2003, if not the refreshed 2005 model definitely had this. The Ninja's extra 37cc isn't enough for much more power. It's enough to make a supersport 600 a little more flexible for road use, but not ridiculously more powerful.

Thank you for doing all this research! You’re saving us a lot of time going through written material. I looks forward to watching your video when you buy the CBR as I’m 100% certain you will 👍🏻😉

I really like the looks of the CBR but I think for street use the Ninja is better with its extra torque. Anyway it's but useless speculation unless one tries them.

Love your videos...still watching them...don't stop showing them....

I wish both bikes had an option to keep an analog tachometer if you wanted to. These TFTs are nice, but in 10 to 20 years they will look outdated and they might fail. It would also be a nightmare to fix digital electronics, vs an analog tachometer. The old gen zx6r had a gear indicator and a fuel gauge right next to the gear indicator, so they wouldn’t need to do very much to add it to the new bike.

In all my years riding it has came down to the Kawasaki or Honda. Both have been amazing power and handling. You cant go wrong with either bike. I do have the 2024 ZX-6. I added a Graves full exhaust with filter and flashed ECU. It made big difference. Graves will have the velocity stacks available in one more week, these will add quite a bit more hp as well with unlimited mapping for buying their full system exhaust. This new 636 has really impressed me with my upgrades. I remember my first Ninja, it was back in 1989. It was a 1989 Ninja GPZ 900R.

How does a sportbike not have a fuel gauge from the factory in 2023?

Wow!!! I’ve got a Gixer 1100. 1991!!! Old school. These new bikes are amazing !!!!

In the UK you pay extra for the extra 37cc when it comes to road tax extra £31 compared to £80 for Cbr and £111 for Kawasaki annually

Another great video, HeroRR. I do like the looks of the Honda, yes. But those turn signals...one of the first things I would change. Those seem like a...mistake. Like, afterthought sort of mistake. BTW, my wife LOVES her '09 Yammie R6. She's had since new, probably will never sell it. I just got a new MT09 back in June. I love being back on a naked sport bike for sure. This might be my "forever" bike. It's also a course correction after I (unwisely) traded my Kawasaki Z1000 (2012 model).

It's a pretty tough call. I'm sure I'd love them both I have fun on just about anything. As an old guy I'm pretty much old school when it comes to new technology. I just don't have enough experience with this new technology to appreciate it. I have a 2012 ZX14R with no abs and pretty terrible traction control that is always set at its lowest setting or turned off. I also have a 2012 CBR1000RR with no ABS or TC and so far I have never felt the need for it.

Its a win win situation for us riders, my 2 favorite Japanese motorcycle manufacturers.

Nice informative video. I’ll go with Honda too. No fuel gauge is tough to swallow. Any idea when they’ll come out with price?

Did you say 200 mile range? Try any where between 80-99 ( in the winter) and 100-150 miles (in the summer). Trust me. Kawasaki claims 50 mpg. The best I have been able to achieve, is 41.6 but that was for a very brief moment in time. Im averaging around 34 mpg.

Buddy, just bought my first 600RR, its the 2008 and shes beautiful and looks like new! :D

Love your review!! 👍

If Honda had the fuel gauge it would be the best but without that I don’t care about any other tech it may have

thanks for the vid o/, about the fuel gauge i saw some pics with a red square "Low" i don t know if it only appears when you are low or if there is a "low" "mid" "high" kind of infos.

No mention of the undertail exhaust for practicality? Anyone who's ridden through stop and go city traffic on a hot day with a seat that keeps getting hotter and hotter knows that's a major point deduction.

When the honda comes to america i will definitely put myself in debt

There is a solution to the 600 doldrums. The japanese manufacturers need to go to a 675cc, 4 cylinder. Euro contamination requirements will easily be reached while making over 130hp. I believe such a formula would actually take market share away from the 1,000cc class.

Now to review my to two choices and see what I want! Thanks

i actually bought a 24 zx6r on the 28th of december and the quick shifter does actually go up and down

The Honda CBR 600RR is $12,199 in the US…$1,000 extra with ABS !!

With new bikes from Honda,Kawasaki,BMW and Ducati in Superbikes this season is gonna be exciting racing! Both these ZX6RR and CBR6RR-R will feature in Supersport Road Racing Series where Honda want to see Podium Results.

You need to do a video on the Euro spec CBR 600RR. That has a some great features i hope they bring to USA!

I actually own both of these bikes. Unfortunately for me my Kawasaki is the 2021 model which has the face lift, but not the most recent face lift, and also has the half digital half analog dash which im not too fond of. I would much rather have the full color tft dash that comes on it now. My CBR 600rr is the 2006 model which I love very much, and it also has the under tail exhaust and a fuel gauge which from what i understand tends to malfunction, however mine works just fine for the time being. Im almost certain the 03-06 models of the CBR are the more sought after models mainly because the later years kept on adding more weight with slightly less horsepower as the years went on.

Great review.

Zx6 is an objectively better bike, but the honda 100% looks better and the undertail exhaust is beautiful.

Got a 2021 Cbr600rr no upgraded gauge cluster no gear indicator no abs But it’s fast as hell 👍 The ZX6R is an awesome bike too though

I just order the CBR splendid, modern, Honda quality and service, best second hand value and 5 years warranty 👍 no doubt in the choise❤ Congratulations Honda 👏 Best wiches in moto GP and hope Fabio will join you in 2025 ✌️

I don’t usually stalk auto trader and eBay comparing and contrasting some bikes, today it was the cbr600rr and zx6r… eerily surprised…

A fuel gauge is a must for daily street riding, no way am I going to check several times a day wondering if I'm low, it's absolutely stupid not to have one today!

Is it still wroth it to buy a 2nd hand 2008 cbr 600rr with 50km millage? Thanks!

Super random question but do you work for eversource customer service guy i was on with sounded just like you

Are these power figures crank or tyre?

Best CBR600RR design is and always will be the 2007-2008!

Honda parts are hard to find where I currently live, so if I had to choose between a Honda or another Japanese bike, I would automatically choose the other one especially when it comes to choosing used bikes.

Which model of the cbr600rr did you review in this video..?

Correct me if im wrong but dont it have a 2022 n 2023 600 gixer??

I don't understand these V/S videos when you don't even drive them back to back.

Nice one Hero. Thank you. I think a better price comparison for the Honda is to take the Australian price as we’ve had it available from day one. I also can’t see it being any cheaper as the freight cost to the States will be more. Anyhow, without any taxes and dealer fees the Honda is listed at $27,599 AUD. At the current conversion rate of 0.66 sees the Honda at $18,215 USD before all the additional taxes and dealership fees. At $13,500? Dreaming. It is just way overpriced here and I’m yet to see one on the road or track for this reason. For reference I live in Melbourne and also frequently visit Philip Island raceway. In comparison, the one from team green is around $10,000 AUD cheaper. Both brand new. A difference of nearly $7,000 USD.

I don't care if the zx6 has better performance that CBR is beautiful lol Nobody has the skill to push it to limits anyway unless they're racing professionally.

How come all the 2024 CBR600RR I’ve been looking at in the States, it comes with an analog display, fuel gauge, and no HRC/Winglets? Did Honda dumb it down for US purposes?

SO FKING AWESOME that they're bringing back the 600rr!!!!!!!

cant the fuel gage be added via software update?

6 axis IMU but no fuel gage?

The cbr is nice, but the front end, bottom end torque and the fuel gauge of the zx6r does it for me

For me, whichever redlines higher is clear winner.

The CBR and the Ninja look fantastic. As a Kawasaki fan boy, I have to say that the CBR looks sexy as hell.

The 600 and 1000 super sports aren’t dying, they’re being killed as everyone watches in horror

Wheres part 4 of the vfr build??

Love the ninja!

Both are very good bikes but I would have expected the Kawasaki to have a bigger power advantage than it does with the considerable extra CC's. The honda looks much cleaner, a very slick looking bike.

I'll take both.

Price for the CBR600RR is €14500 in Ireland. So I would expect the US version to be at 13k $ ? Really good value over the Ninja, and that's me owning an older 636.

In my opinion, Kawasaki and Honda are the only two that matter when it pertains to 600cc.

I choose the Honda it is gorgeous

I grew up been the biggest fan of the CBR600. But if i have to choose between this two, ill bet my money on the ZX6, because this Ninja is a bad ass man. So' hat off to KAWASAKI with this 600cc. Hopefully i can own one soon.💚💯%💪🏽👌🏽👍🏽

That's crazy Honda got rid of their fuel gauge when they had them on all their other 600s

2024 and no fuel indicator?

Zx6r low key does have winglets but hidden like the gen 6 zx10r

Honda fan boy, here. Been riding 20 years without tech, so on paper, the Kawasaki wins

So they are releasing the yahama r6 next year some time am so is the Honda 600rr

Excited about the mid bikes but the prices do not make any sense now.

Shots of the dash at the showcase event, show that it has a fuel gauge.

I think cbr its better for street and I love the ninja sound . All ways I am a big fan of CBR Motor

How can you tell which without riding both

I love them both 😊

Is the new cbr600rr coming to the USA. That’s all I want to know.

Your channel is called hero rr of course everyone gonna pick the Honda :p :)

All the Japanese 600cc have bean a tie but by the prefere of the people they give some credits to one or other to make they favorite one better

Hahaha I'm gonna need you to explain how you jumped to the conclusion that the Kawi will make alot more power than the Honda when modded? Without actually getting your hands on the bike/ dynoing and tuning the bike, I don't see how you can say that so surely haha.

I just ordered cbr600rr im so f*cking excited. I think im gonna make video about it, but i have to wait bcs it will came in june 🥲

Yeah this video didn’t sound bias at all 😂

Is CBR for sure coming here? I haven't seen any announcement.

Didnt know NA is getting the new 600RR, from what I've seen its only comming to Japan and Europe.

The announced price for the CBR 600 RR 2024 at Greece is 14500 Euro. EDIT The prices for the 1000 cc are for the CBR 1000RR-R 2024 - 26.200 € & for the CBR 1000RR-R SP 2024 - 30.800 €.

what? What do you mean by no fuel gauge? Does this mean you cant see how many gas is left in the tank? That's a joke, right? Isn't that standard for 30 years or so? Am i missing something?

honda website still showing th e old design

Maybe I'm alone, but I don't think I'm a fan of honda keeping the undertail exhaust.

Its not going down maybe in Europe and US . But its definetly going up in Asian and Indian market.

I’ll go with the gixxer 600 since he threw it out due to design date.

Random. These weigh close to 1000cc bikes example bmw s1000r weigh 200kg and these weigh in at 197kg so not much in it (3kg) considering the extra displacement

Fuel gauge is a feature? Annoying not having one.

the tech on the cbr🤓

Sign me up for the 636 wait I have the 636!!!

Ang then there's me who chooses bikes based on how it sound :D

i dont see anything on these updated models that would really give them an advantage over the existing GSXR. dont need TC or riding modes or any other electronics.

The cbr600rr is definitely my favourite unfortunately they are saying the price in australia will be 29k

Drz400sm pegs the "fun o meter" harder, for half the price.

I prefer Ninja, but the non existence of steering damper is a deal breaker to me

I wonder what the two bikes feel like riding on the street.

Wait…..how do you tell how much gas there is in there?

Is the USA even getting this body of the 600rr

I'm sorry but after listening to this video I would be riding the Honda for sure!!