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[steveo29]

I've been looking at some fireblades and i like the look of the fireblade, nice looking, goes pretty good.

im wondering what other bikes are there out there that are the same sort of level as the fireblade??

im looking second hand so to,,,, about £2000, less if possable

[evo stu]

GSXR 1000
R1
ZX10R

all pretty much in the same class but u wont get much of a bike in that class for 2k or less id of thought,be tatty or serious miles

Edited by evo stu on Tuesday 23 September 22:36

[steveo29]

tatty is not that huge a deal as i will be stripping and replacing everything that is worn.

I have seen 7-8 fireblades under 2k, dunno if i will be ableto find a r1 for that tho.

[evo stu]

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[outlaw biker]

steveo29 said:

tatty is not that huge a deal as i will be stripping and replacing everything that is worn.

I have seen 7-8 fireblades under 2k, dunno if i will be ableto find a r1 for that tho.

Rather than stripping and replacing every worn part why not just save up a bit more and get a better example? Tyres, suspension, brakes etc soon add up to silly money.

[AeroPower]

if you are looking for around that budget i would say get an R1 for sure, its a better bike than Fireblades of that era and you will enjoy it more, if you can find an extra £1000-£1500 i would say get the 954 Fireblade, that was possibly one of the best bikes ive ever owned and i would have another.

[steveo29]

i think the fireblade is calling me

dont like the look of the R1 tbh, i think its the headlight array an plastics around it.

[Carl-H]

ZX10R is out of reach for that budget but what about a ZX9R? Can be picked up for next to nothing now and they fly. Look for 98 onwards as the older ones were a lot heavier and slower but the 98 on models are faster than an R1 of the same year.

[steveo29]

really?

might have to look into them. i quite like the look of the zx14r but there well out of my price range.

[AeroPower]

ive ridden a ZX9R briefly, it was quite a while ago but my memory of it was it had more enough power it just didnt seem to like corners that much, wether it was that particular bike or if thier like that i dont know.