Honda Cbr1000rr Brakes Problems
7 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2009. Best year: 2013.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
ON JULY 25, 2007, A 16 YR. OLD DRIVER MAKES AN ILLEGAL LEFT-HAND TURN IN FRONT OF MY SON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AS THEY WERE COMING THROUGH THE INTER-SECTION RIDING A HONDA CBR1000. THE 16 YR. PANICS AND HITS THE BRAKES BLOCKING MY SON'S LEF...
HELLO, I OWN A 2009 CBR 1000RR ABS. I'VE PUT OVER 40,000 MILES ON THE BIKE SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN APRIL 2011. THE BIKE PERFORMED WELL UNTIL DECEMBER 2013. I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST CRASH ON THAT BIKE. I WAS COMING TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT, I...
MY FIRST ISSUE WAS ROUGHLY ONE MONTH AGO. THE NEXT RIDE AFTER MY FIRST TRACK DAY AT (THANK GOD NOTHING HAPPENED AT THE HIGH SPEEDS OF THE TRACK WITH OTHER RIDERS ALL AROUND). CAME INTO A CORNER WITH TWO RIDERS FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND AND ...
AS THE BIKE HEATS UP IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE FRONT BRAKE GOES FROM STRONG AND SOLID, TO SQUISHY AND WEAK. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, THE FRONT BRAKE HAS NO PRESSURE AND THE LEVER COMES BACK TO THE HANDLEBAR LEAVING ME SPEEDING FORWARD WHEN I...
WHEN APPROACHING A SHARP TURN MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE BRAKE CALIPER CAME BACK ALMOST TO MY GRIPS AND I WENT PAST MY BRAKING POINT BY SEVERAL FEET. I ENDED UP IN THE SANDY GRAVEL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I NEVER WRECKED BU...
WHILE FEATHERING THE FRONT BRAKE OF THE BRAND NEW MOTORCYCLE, TO MODULATE THE BIKE'S SPEED BEFORE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, BRAKE LEVER BECAME MUSHY. SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE LEVER RESULTED IN NO BRAKING / REDUCED BRAKING F...
WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES INCREASED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE LEVER DIDN'T RESULT IN INCREASED BRAKING FORCE AND THE BIKE WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN THEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKE LEVER CAME BACK TOWARD THE HANDLE BAR AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND NORMAL B...