If it ain’t broke, don’t fix. It’s a saying you often hear when someone is trying to make something better and it all goes horribly wrong. In the highly competitive world of open-class sportbikes, this could mean the introduction of costly redesigns and useless new parts that make things more complicated and ultimately have an outcome of very little improvement. It appears the men at Honda had this in mind when they decided to leave good enough alone with its 2012 CBR1000RR.

The Honda SH150i may be unknown in the United States, but it’s been zooming off showroom floors in Europe. In fact, Honda says it’s the bestselling feet-forward machine in scooter-crazy Italy, land of Vespa/Aprilia/Piaggio. Surprised? Me too. But maybe we shouldn’t be. The reasonably priced, mid-size SH150i is everything a scooter rider wants. With plenty of power, high-tech brakes and a modern, sporty style, I can see why the SH150i is king.