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Honda Unveils Wild V3 Engine, Even Comes With an Electric Turbocharger

I won't go as far as to say Honda is boring, but if it discontinues the CBR600RR, I will.

The fact the automaker is still producing a pure supersport, while Yamaha has the "Dark Side" in the MT range and Kawasaki is doing God knows what with superchargers keeps it within reach of its Japanese competition. But out of seemingly nowhere, Honda has played the uno reverse card and made the rest of the Japanese OEMs look like they're lagging.

Enter the world's first V3 motorcycle engine with an electrical turbocharger, which it calls a compressor.

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