Love the way it looks. The bodywork has some edge to it now looks like a cross between current blade and an 06-07. I think power is the same top end as redline is unchanged but that doesnt matter to me as i ride street mostly. More bottom and/or midrange would be welcome though. Little lighter also helps. Forks look like the BPF jobbies. What rear shock is that as it different too others ive seen?
i think it looks the same as the 08 onwards ...but its whats under the skin that matters...........sorry just love new bikes
Honda Motorcycle Chun Kee I will be on the look Out for forks and shock on eBay when the bike is realeased! The BPF and rear shock will be much better. Pretty much the main improvement IMO
Does no one else think this is a spoof vid? Why would the 1st 2012 Blade be shown in HK? Doesnt make sense to me at all, there is no way Hondas flagship model would be shown like that
Maybe its just Honda playing about....i am quite suprised not to see it fitted with ABS as standard.... dont see any difference to front wheels for traction control
Photoshopped !! Zoom in and look at the way the underside of the airscoop drops away (at rhs as we look at pic), very clever pic - but not the real deal...
Touched up maybe, but not Photoshopped. I think it's the real deal. They took the next step from the 08-11 Era and sharpened it up. Hope ABS is not standard. S
I test rode the new Suzi GSXR 750 with the big Showa piston forks and found them pretty dissapointing over rough terrain, they were great over 40mph but below they where truly rubbish.
How do you explain the video if this is fake? And why bother making a fake one? We know Honda are looking at refreshing the bike, and this seems exactly that..?
Well i think its the real deal and tbh i like it, front n all.. TailTidy,Zorst and that thing will look sweet
If a brand new 2012 bike needs a £600.00 exhaust a tail tidy Bla Bla .its not quite the real deal its the same as just like the rest.
Looks like they have addressed the main flaws with the current bike by changing to BPF front end and updating the rear shock. Personally I would like to see it without TC and be the only superbike without electronics. I like the bike to have be a sorted package and not have to rely on electronics.
I wasn't going to post in this thread because I don't have anything nice to say however I will jump in agree with this gentleman's post above.
It doesn't need a new tail tidy, it needs a new tail! (and preferably one that's not a clone of a Gixxer's)
Nah, it's an optical illusion Mash, It's the unusual angles of the scoop blending in with the shadows. Look at the video again where the camera rotates around the nose and you'll see the lop sided look disappear. Am I the only one that thinks Chunkee motorcycles is funny...LMAO.
