It’s a lovely piece of motorcycle for a Monday morning that’ll get you smiling. This is the factory Honda World Superbike Fireblade in testing garb, photographed between test sessions.

Campaigned this year on the world stage by Leon Haslam and Alvaro Bautista, the bike is all-new and comes with a host of aerodynamic wings. Think around 235bhp in race trim and plenty of trick bits when it turns a first wheel in anger at the season opener held at Phillip Island on February 28 – but chances are that you already know all that.

So for now, enjoy the images. Looks absolutely awesome, doesn’t it?

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Number 19 on the front of the bike means that this is Alvaro Bautista’s race bike.

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Tony has been riding motorcycles for over 35 years and he's been a motorcycle writer for over 25 of those. He's ridden almost every motorcycle you can think of at most places around the world and he's partial to some racing, too. A Taurus, Tony doesn't believe in horoscopes (but then that's exactly what a Taurus would say!) but he does believe in Mandalorians and their right to earn a living.