It's everything a CBR-R shouldn't be, flat, unresponsive, dull. But the biggest problem by a long way is the engine, that needs a special mention. How Honda can take a 500cc twin and make it so bad is beyond comprehension. It must have taken some serious effort to make it so bad.
The CBR500-R is the modern day CB250, just packaged up as a sports bike. Anyone jumping off this onto something like a CBR600R is in for a shock and I think Honda have made a terrible mistake calling this a CBR never mind a CBR-R. I've ridden 125cc bikes that would destroy this thing.