Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w...
by soverance on Sunday April 07, 2019 @11:53PM
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To be fair, the CBR600RR is a race replica bike, and it's designed for the track (despite having lights and a license plate). The full fairings are there for aerodynamics, the same sort you'll find tested and proven in Moto GP.
Honda didn't put them there just to look cool, and ease of maintenance certainly wasn't the primary design factor.
After that I pay a lot of attention to whether the oil filter is visible and accessible from the outside of the bike without removing a cowling, Kawasaki seems to do a good job of this.