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| Honda News |
| June 2004 |
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Ok
! So not strictly a Fireblade, but the latest news leaking out of
Japan, is Honda are said to be in the throws of producing a road
going V5 RCV, with the rumor mill going into overdrive, ever since
the RCV first hit the track, also after Ducati announced a road
version of their race Desmosedici RR, Honda are sure to want a piece
of the action.
Unfortunately for us mere mortals the price is likely to exceed the wallets and pockets of Honda enthusiast's that haven't won the lotto, and is expected to be well above the £30,000 region, and more likely to be around the £38,000 that the extremely rare and exclusive NR750 was in 1992. Mechanically it's going to be a de-tuned version of the V5 race engine, with more road manners and reliability built in, which will mean it's going to be probably around the 180-200bhp area, where as the race RCV is said to produce 240-250 bhp. The road going RCV is likely to hit the showrooms within the next 2 years, and won't thankfully for us Blade owners be replacing the Fireblade, but will be to special order. So start saving now....... |
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| January 2007 | |
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RC211V Road Bike in the Pipeline After almost 3 years in the making, the much talked about RCV road bike could just be a reality sooner than we expected. At the end of 2006 a statement from Takeo Fukui the president at Honda's HRC department says they have been beavering away and Honda is close to having a V5 RCV being put into production for the mass market, that means you and me...... |
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Insiders
at Honda report that former MotoGP factory rider Shinichi Ito
who was actually involved in the original development work in
2001 on the race RC211V has tested the road going prototype at
Honda's own Motegi test track, Fukui reports that a road going
version of the race RC211V was always a plan Honda had in mind,
especially now with the 2006 MotoGP title being won by Nicky Hayden. The road going RCV
is thought to be more than just a mass produced version, the project
has already completed a series of rigorous tests including a completely
redesigned engine to give the road bike more reliability in keeping
with Honda's standards, also these tests ensure type approval
regulations are able to meet the Think of the road
going RCV as more of a tribute to the multi title winning and
2006 MotoGP title winning RC211V race bike, rather a bolt some
lights on and ride it style replica, no price has been released
this far, but lets hope it will be more affordable to the man
in the street wanting to have a piece of the dream rather than
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| September 2007 - The 2008 CBR1000RR Revealed | |
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After a bit of a misunderstanding at the mighty 'H' they've let this picture slip out, and we can now let you see the 2008 CBR1000RR Fireblade ahead of most other uk sites and almost exclusively. Ok, details are a completely redesigned engine now more compact, a more compact gearbox a new frame design, to suit the now much smaller engine and gearbox unit, and insiders claim the bike is pysically almost the same size as the current 2007 CBR600RR. So it's small them. Gone, has the underseat
exhaust to be replaced with this moto-gp inspired twin side exit
system, which puts most of the catalyst and pipework inside the
belly pan, while From leaked reports the new CBR1000RR Fireblade, will be the first production motorcycle to have traction control as standard, and if the quoted power is anything to go by at a 180bhp and a real world 160+ bhp at the rear tyre the traction control will be needed, as Honda insiders are saying the real world performance will be a significant leap further forward than the current 2007 CBR1000RR. The quoted fully fueled and oiled weight is stated at less than 200kg, less than the '07 bike is. Brakes have also been improved with the front calipers now being cast from a single piece to improve rigidity over the brakes on the '07 blade. |
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The new 2008 CBR was reportedly greeted with a mixed reception, when this very machine was shown to the massed USA Honda dealerships recently. One dealers representative is supposedly been heard to comment "the back looks like a Yamaha, and the tank is off a Triumph, and the front looks a little odd" Well from my perspective I hope it looks better in the flesh, than this picture, because the front does indeed look a little snub nosed, and that maccarno looking rear light come number plate bracket would be the first thing in the bin, if I were to buy one. Hopefully all our fears will be allayed when the bike appears at the NEC bike show later in the year. Feel like discussing your thought's on the 2008 Blade, why not post them on the forum, which can be found by clicking here Fireblade Forum |
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February 2008. With the UK launch of the new 2008 Fireblade not far off and the aftermarket exhaust manufacturers are started to produce some exhausts for the new Blade. The first of these manufacturers throwing their goods into the ring are Scorpion with a Titanium and Carbon end can of the 2008 Blade, see the results of their labours on the Fireblade Goodies page. |
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May 2008. The 2008 Fireblade having now been offically on sale for a couple of months and a lot of the other exhaust manufacturers have been playing catch up and you can see the results on the Fireblade Goodies Page. |
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