1998 50th Anniversary Fireblade????

[BMMCNI]

Anyone know of where any of this particular limited run of bikes (50) ended up? I know reblade on this site has one, I've just bought one, and am curious to know of any others.

example pic

[Rich_AR]

My friend had one for about 3 years. Traded it in for a GSXR-750.



Edit, infact, OP, where did you buy yours from, it that the one in the picture??

Edited by Rich_AR on Monday 12th April 06:15

[MaximumJed]

Dad bought one when it was new, very nice with the Akra exhaust and trick suspension. Keep an eye on the rear unit though as his let go on a country lane, it had done about 50k by then though.
Sold it about 4/5 years ago to a shop and I know it took a while to shift from there.

[BMMCNI]

Rich_AR said:

My friend had one for about 3 years. Traded it in for a GSXR-750.



Edit, infact, OP, where did you buy yours from, it that the one in the picture??

Edited by Rich_AR on Monday 12th April 06:15

Bought mine from a private owner in NI, the one in the pic is a similar bike but not mine.

[BMMCNI]

MaximumJed said:

Dad bought one when it was new, very nice with the Akra exhaust and trick suspension. Keep an eye on the rear unit though as his let go on a country lane, it had done about 50k by then though.
Sold it about 4/5 years ago to a shop and I know it took a while to shift from there.

These type of bikes are really only desireable now if they're mint, low mileage examples.. higher miles etc and the just become another '98 Blade'.

[Rich_AR]

BMMCNI said:

Rich_AR said:

My friend had one for about 3 years. Traded it in for a GSXR-750.



Edit, infact, OP, where did you buy yours from, it that the one in the picture??

Edited by Rich_AR on Monday 12th April 06:15

Bought mine from a private owner in NI, the one in the pic is a similar bike but not mine.

The one in the pic is my friends old one! He traded it in to DC Motorcycles over a year ago, not sure if its still there.


It was a nice bike, lots of carbon bits, had about 20k on and very tidy.

Edited by Rich_AR on Monday 12th April 07:54

Edited by Rich_AR on Monday 12th April 07:58

Edited by Rich_AR on Monday 12th April 07:59

[redtwin]

I used to see one of these parked up locally (outside a dental surgery) and always thought it was a repaint by the owner who really fancied an Ducati 851 but couldn't afford one!!.



In my defence, I was living in the US in 1998 and we never got an anniversary fireblade over there so the variation was unknown to me before this thread.

[bean455]

I sold one to a customer in Cardiff,never seen it since,think he still has it....

[MaximumJed]

BMMCNI said:

MaximumJed said:

Dad bought one when it was new, very nice with the Akra exhaust and trick suspension. Keep an eye on the rear unit though as his let go on a country lane, it had done about 50k by then though.
Sold it about 4/5 years ago to a shop and I know it took a while to shift from there.

These type of bikes are really only desireable now if they're mint, low mileage examples.. higher miles etc and the just become another '98 Blade'.

lol - I don't think he cared much about resale value! Just liked the colour scheme and extras available. It did end up being completely resprayed a little while before he sold it though, so it didn't look like it had done that distance. The biggest issue is that though they were special at the time, he bought an R1 a couple of years later and never wanted to ride the blade again. Shame really, though someone undoubtedly got a bargain out of it.

[makitamark]

this is mine:
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv264/makitamar...
No.28 out of 50

[BMMCNI]

makitamark said:

this is mine:
http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv264/makitamar...
No.28 out of 50

Looks very tidy mate, whats the mileage?

[makitamark]

Hi, it's got 16k on it. I've had it a while now.

[BMMCNI]

Pix of No.35

Edited by BMMCNI on Thursday 6th May 09:14

[makitamark]

Looks very nice... What's the milage?
You said you bought it recently, do you mind me asking what you paid?
It's always difficult to gauge the added value of a limited edition.
By the way, your pic's show black clock faces, mine are White with the RS Performance logo on them, wonder what gives?

[308mate]

BMMCNI said:

Wasnt until I saw the other pictures that I worked out why this one looks so gash. The rim tape is profoundly fking it up.

[makitamark]

Hey BMMCNI,
I'm selling my Fireblade and have had an enquiry from a guy in your area.
He says He owns No.35, and He's not You...
Have you sold it recently?
I know now this guy is a dealer, not that it concerns me.
Regards
Mark

[Masterblaster2]

I know this is an old thread, but I stumbled upon it while looking for details of this bike.
This is the Number 14 that I have owned since September 2001.

It would be great to hear from other owners, perhaps a register could be created ??

If you have details of such models, history, or anything to do with these bikes, please contact me

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Keith

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