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

[jagdpanther]

scotia_steve74 said:

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

Agreed

I couldn't stand the aesthetics of the 09 blade when I first saw it and to be honest the shape is still a bit off, but in HRC colours...all can be forgiven

[The Joker.]

HRC

[Biker's Nemesis]

I think the 08/09 model is damn sight better looking than the 04/07 Fireblade which seemed too just look awkward and heavy too me.

[sprinter885]

Craig-- you seen anything of a certain Jaguar foglamp today ????

[castrolcraig]

sprinter885 said:

Craig-- you seen anything of a certain Jaguar foglamp today ????

yes natey, i will pop it in for you mon.

[Sossige]

I like it, preferably in this colour scheme:



S

[y2blade]

they look ALOT better in the flesh

stunning

[xspencex]

Sossige said:

I like it, preferably in this colour scheme:



S

Yup...I'm liking that..Black and White

[sprinter885]

castrolcraig said:

sprinter885 said:

Craig-- you seen anything of a certain Jaguar foglamp today ????

yes natey, i will pop it in for you mon.

Bet you had a good night last night then... ???

Cheers boss. See you then. (Just had new rear pads & discs too) +pair of tyres soon...

[Rawwr]

[Sossige]

Rawwr said:

Awwww

[untruth]

So, as they've started putting repeaters on the wing mirrors these days and thus making them a bit more poked out, have the mirrors finally got ANY visibility whatsoever in them or are they still as st as ever?

Edited by untruth on Saturday 24th January 18:09

[_Neal_]

Saw one in the flesh at my local honda dealer today - in the HRC colours. Stunning.

[FeatherZ]

Ugly but the new blade feels so right to sit on, so much space for a modern bike ... its just perfect in everyway.

[996 sps]

Minging! May be a superb bike to ride as Trevor Franklin said in MCN but not quite the looker it should be.

[Beemer-5]

So, it looks like this then, chaps and chapesses!
Japanese 1000cc, 2009.
Order of merit!

LOOKS
Suzuki, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Honda.

TO BUY, RIDE AND OWN
Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki.

Sorted!

[Beemer-5]

(Bulletproof armour safely on!)

[castrolcraig]

yam top?? at 10k it would have to be monumentally better than the honda, sazook and kwaka for that sorta cash.

for me looks wise it is.

kwak, honda, sazook, yam

riding,

based on 2008 bikes as no average bloke who's not paid to rave about it hasnt ridden it yet.

blade, kwak, sazook, yam

[Sossige]

Beemer-5 said:

LOOKS
Suzuki, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Honda.

Opticians recommend a regular eye test, every two years sir. Have you had a eye test recently?

S

[Stu R]

castrolcraig said:

yam top?? at 10k it would have to be monumentally better than the honda, sazook and kwaka for that sorta cash.

for me looks wise it is.

kwak, honda, sazook, yam

riding,

based on 2008 bikes as no average bloke who's not paid to rave about it hasnt ridden it yet.

blade, kwak, sazook, yam

Honda are putting their prices up too (again) according to my local dealership.
New blade with ABS will be 10500 from april on, the non-ABS I think the dealer mentioned was 10200, Repsol high 9's, HRC 9600 etc. Suzuki dealer reckon the new GSXR is going to be somewhere between 9500 and 10000 etc.

So basically it's not looking as radically overpriced as it once did as dealers are giving firm quotes of <10200 for the R1.

They're getting bloody expensive I know that much!