New bike time - Fireblade
Discussion
BuzzBravado said:
rat840771 said:
A lovely looking bike, but boy that tail tidy needs to go straight on, as a rule they should be supplied as part of the deal!
Why do they come the way they do? Is it some EU reg where they must fit some super long hideous extension?
Renn Sport said:
Nice bike... but I am biased as I have one.
How come you chose the blade as the do it all bike? Just out of interest?
Most comfortable litre bike other than GSXR1000, looks great, phenominal chassis and suspension for the road and stonking road engine. No electronics and any of the new techno fest bikes are a lot more money for a bunch of equipment I'll mainly turn off. I also like Hondas - they get the job done and feel quality. An S1000R with a fly screen probably came closest to fulfilling the same remit, but you've got to pay over £12k to get the spec to a point where you can switch everything off. If they'd updated the Speed Triple for 2015 with a new engine, that would also have been an almost definite as long as they didn't add a wHow come you chose the blade as the do it all bike? Just out of interest?
k electronics package (should all be like the Aprilia please).This bike will Euro tour, occasionally commute, Sunday morning blast and occasionally trackday. The 1198 stays for purely weekend thrashes and drool factor.
I have a Bags Connections tank attachement to go on and a Renntec rack will be ordered too, for fitting for big trips.
3DP said:
Renn Sport said:
Nice bike... but I am biased as I have one.
How come you chose the blade as the do it all bike? Just out of interest?
Most comfortable litre bike other than GSXR1000, looks great, phenominal chassis and suspension for the road and stonking road engine. No electronics and any of the new techno fest bikes are a lot more money for a bunch of equipment I'll mainly turn off. I also like Hondas - they get the job done and feel quality. An S1000R with a fly screen probably came closest to fulfilling the same remit, but you've got to pay over £12k to get the spec to a point where you can switch everything off. If they'd updated the Speed Triple for 2015 with a new engine, that would also have been an almost definite as long as they didn't add a wHow come you chose the blade as the do it all bike? Just out of interest?
k electronics package (should all be like the Aprilia please).This bike will Euro tour, occasionally commute, Sunday morning blast and occasionally trackday. The 1198 stays for purely weekend thrashes and drool factor.
I have a Bags Connections tank attachement to go on and a Renntec rack will be ordered too, for fitting for big trips.
Cheeky pic:
I kind of wish i'd gone for the white like yours. The tricolour is now used on pretty much every variation of CBR from the 125 upwards to the point of becoming very common, plus the red/blue colours on the side panels are actually stickers rather than paint. I've had one panel replaced already under warranty due to them peeling slightly and being out of alignment. I would have preferred it to be a solid colour to make polishing easier.
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