Hot off the press.... New Fireblade!!!!!!

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  1. Dave dunlop

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    Huge power hike!! Sharper looks??? I'm not seeing it sorry.... Perhaps I'm missing something:rolleyes::cool:o_O
     
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    Looks more dated than the current one!
     
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    Looks like an sp with a 954 headlight
     
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    That's exactly my thoughts! ;)
     
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    So the Honda guy at Excel was telling the truth.... Well the corporate line at least.
     
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    Rcv/954 headlight not a bad thing as the 954 headlight actually lit up the road!

    04/07 tail unit

    SP seat cowl
    08 chassis does handle well

    SP1/SP2 ram air scoop

    Looks like all the favourite bits off the artists favourite Honda's from the last 20 years
     
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    My guess is that pic is a mock up based on the SP. Unless of course Honda have decided to forgo a proper press launch and are letting MCN run the show.
     
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    Id guess the typical MCN Bollo#ks to sell mags and mocked the pic up.
    Anyone else think that !!???!!
     
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  12. RepsolPaul

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    I'm in two minds to wait for a new blade or dump Honda and get a BMW S1000rr HP4 ??
     
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    may aswell buy a new 2015/6 bm than a hp4 imo
     
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    I'm with you, S1000RR or wait for new blade, I always hear good things about ZX10R's but there's something about them that I'm not sure about.
     
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    But I'm sure a HP4 will hold its money better than a new 15/16, lose as you push it out the door and not a special bike like the HP4.

    Anyone here rode a HP4 and a true comparison against the blade, real world not the journo spill I'm reading at the moment.

    As by the time I put the Marchesini wheels, Titanium exhaust , HM dash, Ohlins forks, and with all the other bits I've put on it, insurance will be a pain, against calling them n saying its a std HP4.
    Be easier on their brain.
     
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    That's just a mock up. MCN looking for sales with that 1.

    Don't doubt the new Blade is coming and possibly later this year.
     
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    Not the first and not the last MCN mock-up rubbish. I stopped buying that paper many years ago.
     
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    Only missing an Aprilia-type swing arm... ;)
     
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    but the 2015/6 is basically the hp4,but revised+improved,as in the hp4 was the base setting to try the electronics,the 2015- has taken that on,and tweaked it,gives more scope to control the electronics,no need to buy a new ECU to unlock the race features/adjust suspension etc.

    obviously if it's the different wheels+exhaust your after then yea,go for the hp4..
     
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    Remember the 'artist' impression of the new R1?

    Turned out to be fek all like the real thing in the end!

    2015 R1 2.jpg
     
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