Fireblade 2008/2009
Discussion
Tim85 said:
Looks awesome in black and white with that Akra can. Congrats on the awesome bike
Thanks, I think they need all the silver deleting for black to make them look really good. I absolutely love mine but have caught myself in the 'special bike for sunny days' scenario. I ride my CBR600F daily (4000miles on it since March when I bought it new), then having ridden every week day and having mountain biking as a weekend hobby I basically never ride the blade hence sub 2000 miles in 2 years of ownership, it only has 1000miles on it when I bought it at 1 year old. Some days I look at it and think nope I'm just going to keep it because how much I enjoy it when I do ride it, then others I just thing it's a waste it sitting bolted to the garage floor and the Mrs won't allow it to be a living room feature so I should sell it and do something sensible with the money instead :-( I've never actually advertised it for sale but let people know if they want to buy it they can if that makes sense.
Edited by Herman Toothrot on Saturday 8th November 08:26
Herman Toothrot said:
Cheers - had been thinking £6500 for mine which with the goodies I think should be achievable - mines on an 11 plate but actually a 10 model.
That's exactly what mine is actually having just checked... Private sale it will fetch £6500 no problem at all. I've kept a watch on prices over last few weeks... Trade sell the same closer to £7500... Most being around £7200-£7500.Mr OCD said:
Cheers all... I've just bought a 2010 Fireblade in the white / black scheme as shown above.
Sounds good , but you chopped your R1 in because an £80 sensor failed? I'm all for new bikes but it seems a bit extreme considering all the bling you put on it, should be interesting to hear your thoughts on the Honda having had to remove the fairing!
Mr OCD said:
When I get mine home the first thing I'm doing is binning the pillion pegs and installing black rear sets ... 
Just be warned that removing the pillion pegs on the Blade is a fecking mission!! Most of the back end needs to come apart so make sure you have plenty of time and patience. As for rearsets, I used Lightech blacks on mine. Beautifully made and easy to run race pattern if you want.
Congrats on the new bike, hopefully as Yamaha stalwart you'll love it. I'm guessing the new sensor sorted out the R1
bass gt3 said:
Just be warned that removing the pillion pegs on the Blade is a fecking mission!! Most of the back end needs to come apart so make sure you have plenty of time and patience.
As for rearsets, I used Lightech blacks on mine. Beautifully made and easy to run race pattern if you want.
Congrats on the new bike, hopefully as Yamaha stalwart you'll love it. I'm guessing the new sensor sorted out the R1
Yes, they are far more awkward on 2008 onwards blades than most bikes, don't let the horror stories put you off doing it, it took me 45 minutes to do mine when I had it, not exactly rushing.As for rearsets, I used Lightech blacks on mine. Beautifully made and easy to run race pattern if you want.
Congrats on the new bike, hopefully as Yamaha stalwart you'll love it. I'm guessing the new sensor sorted out the R1
bass gt3 said:
Just be warned that removing the pillion pegs on the Blade is a fecking mission!! Most of the back end needs to come apart so make sure you have plenty of time and patience.
As for rearsets, I used Lightech blacks on mine. Beautifully made and easy to run race pattern if you want.
Congrats on the new bike, hopefully as Yamaha stalwart you'll love it. I'm guessing the new sensor sorted out the R1
Yes, they are far more awkward on 2008 onwards blades than most bikes, don't let the horror stories put you off doing it, it took me 45 minutes to do mine when I had it, not exactly rushing.As for rearsets, I used Lightech blacks on mine. Beautifully made and easy to run race pattern if you want.
Congrats on the new bike, hopefully as Yamaha stalwart you'll love it. I'm guessing the new sensor sorted out the R1
Jazoli said:
Sounds good , but you chopped your R1 in because an £80 sensor failed?
I'm all for new bikes but it seems a bit extreme considering all the bling you put on it, should be interesting to hear your thoughts on the Honda having had to remove the fairing!
A little more to it chap than just the sensor ... I use a bike daily and need reliability. I lost trust in the R1 after I had to get it recovered twice on a flatbed in the last four weeks. It's also coming up to mileage where it needs the valves doing plus new tyres and a few small bits ... Not major issues but with the problems I had recently it just made sense to trade up. A decent PX was the final nail in the coffin. I'm all for new bikes but it seems a bit extreme considering all the bling you put on it, should be interesting to hear your thoughts on the Honda having had to remove the fairing!
bass gt3 said:
Just be warned that removing the pillion pegs on the Blade is a fecking mission!! Most of the back end needs to come apart so make sure you have plenty of time and patience.
As for rearsets, I used Lightech blacks on mine. Beautifully made and easy to run race pattern if you want.
Congrats on the new bike, hopefully as Yamaha stalwart you'll love it. I'm guessing the new sensor sorted out the R1
Cheers mate ... As for rearsets, I used Lightech blacks on mine. Beautifully made and easy to run race pattern if you want.
Congrats on the new bike, hopefully as Yamaha stalwart you'll love it. I'm guessing the new sensor sorted out the R1
As for the R1 it works ... So far lol.
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