After looking at a bike mag, i have to ask. '09 Fireblade ..

[Beemer-5]

is it ugly, or actually quite stunningly good looking?

[jon-]

Ugly.

The only good looking litre bikes now are the Aprila V4 and (winces) the BMW

[randlemarcus]

Oooh, I dont know. I think the design team have been working quite hard with the material to hand, and this version really works for me... (new tail tidy, naturally)

[jon-]

compared to

[J R K]

absolutely love it, apart from the headlights!

Think it flows in the right areas, love the above too, but the rear is far to sharp and upright, no motion to it. I wouldnt spit on either as a present!

[Beemer-5]

I have to say that ALL the new litre bikes look superb.
Functional, modern and only the pipes need changing for smaller items.

[obstreperous]

Stunning .As are most modern day sports bikes .

[sprinter885]

In THAT colour scheme above I'd have to give it a big Y-E-E-S-SSSS.
I reckon you could live with the snub nose- I'd be sat behind it most of the time .





..with a different can of course.

[toxgobbler]

It's a great bike, but I'm too big to fit on one without looking like a gorilla on a trike, the KTM R8 though....

[podman]

Not bad in the HRC colours...still not as nice as the 07 bike in HRC or Repsol thou'

[3doorPete]

Awful - ugly - as I posted in another thread.

Imagine your face if you push your nose down hard so it touches your top lip. That's the blade that is.

I know they have to have cats and big silencers, but honda's execution looks imbalanced as you have a teeny tiny sexy tail piece and then this huge bulbous rear of the belly pan. Not good.

Edited by 3doorPete on Friday 23 January 14:44

[Urban_Ninja]

randlemarcus said:

ooooh now that was the colour scheme that sold it for me at the NEC before xmas, sat on it, and just fell in love. mmmmmmm lovely blade(but I think the NEC's one has a sorta flip paint on the thank, some angles it looked metallic blue, others metallic purple.

plus I fit it perfectly, the only downside is, I dont think I would be able to control it very well atm lol, gotta get a few thousand miles under my belt on a 4/600 before i start thinking about getting a blade

[3doorPete]

Front of blade

[Stu R]

I'm actually warming to it a lot.

The local dealership to me has a Brogie rep in, 12/100 which looks great in yellow and black. They're getting the HRC in on tuesday, so I'll be going to take a look.

[anonymous-user]

It's growing on me, but I still struggle with that snub nose . . .

Soooo tiny though and the rear end (with a tail tidy) is mighty small (unlike my own!!)

[Beemer-5]

Decided it's 3rd in the 2009 Japanese litre bike looks dept. and 2nd best to own!

[Beemer-5]

(R1 best to own, Suzuki best looking!)

[Stu R]

suzuki look nice I agree, though only if there's an alternative to the wheelbarrow handle exhausts which are rediculous.

[scotia_steve74]

It grows on you. HRC is the dogs bks....

[castrolcraig]

scotia_steve74 said:

It grows on you. HRC is the dogs bks....

similar to mr kiyonari's new toy.