New to Fireblade ownership! :0

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  1. red

    red Active Member

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    Hello!

    I had a CBR600FS-1 for 6 years. Good solid bike.. until it wasn't.

    Just replaced it with a CBR1000RR-5 which whilst quite similar is a completely different ride.

    I commute nearly all year round (except for when the roads are completely inaccessible) and do about 300 miles a week.

    Couple weeks in and so far so good.
     
  2. Rids666

    Rids666 Active Member

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    Hi Red welcome to the forum and Enjoy the Blade
     
  3. rewy..rr

    rewy..rr Active Member

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    Welcome Red
     
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    Hi & welcome :)
     
  5. sps170373

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    Welcome to the forum and enjoy the madhouse!
     
  6. red

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    Thanks :)

    Never had Pirelli tyres so we'll see how well these last against the BT23 I used to use.
     
  7. Alfie

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    Welcome mate, I use BT023 on my Blade as I love them
     
  8. red5

    red5 Well-Known Member

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    Welcome aboard.....liking the user name.
     
  9. red

    red Active Member

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    Hah, thanks.. I've only ever owned red bikes so it's apt.. Yours isn't so bad either ;)

    Kawasaki AR50 (Quite possibly the slowest motorised vehicle available to buy but still managed 5k on it somehow), Honda CG125 (Not bad but had been fitted with a Chinese copy engine which the push-rod bent on, cheap to fix though), Suzuki Bandit 600 (Great all rounder but really needed a fairing), Honda CBR600FS-1 (Excellent bike, I'd have probably kept this had it not broken. Bought at 32k sold with 52k) and now the CBR1000RR-5

    New bike is pretty standard, picked up with just shy of 12k.

    Old and the new:

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  10. bradt

    bradt Elite Member

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    Welcome red
     
  11. Nickw

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    Hi, welcome, enjoy the forum
     
  12. Old_boy65

    Old_boy65 Active Member

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    My old CBR 600F (last year.. :)). Welcome to the forum fella...

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  13. Jandy

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    Hi and welcome along !!!!!!
     
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