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April
2008
Having bought a new
Datatool Digi Gear Indicator dirt cheap, (fitting
guide here) I thought in an idle moment I'd fit it, having
fitted one to my RRV and then moved it onto my 1000RR when I bought
it in 2004, I thought it would be a simple job........
Oh how wrong was
I ....... This job took the best part of 5 hours to complete,
when it should have taken about 2-3 hours tops, due to.....
yes you've guessed it !!!! the bikes past reared up to kick me
in the b******* yet again and I found that someone possibly the
previous owner had; had the bike in bit's at some point
and not fitted the proper fairing screw's or retaining clips and
the headlamp was only being held in by 6 instead of 7 screw's,
and the top cowl wasn't even screwed to the screen brace above
the headlamp, and there was me wondering why the screen shook.
Luckily I still had
some fixings left over from the rebuild on the RRV in 2002 when
I had my big off, and they all fitted and the fairing is now solid
and not all flappy like it was when I bought the bike a couple
of months ago.
I'm just wonder what
other nasty surprises lay in store for me, on what seemed like
a decent low mileage 954, when I first clapped eye's on it in
January, so either the dealer's I got it from just didn't bother
to check it over properly, but in their defense you couldn't see
the missing headlamp fixings until the top cowl was taken off,
but the missing screws in the inner fairing panels should have
been caught, by them and I probably should have seen it when I
looked at the bike, but didn't, but from the bit's I've found
missing which were all the inner/lower fairing panel screws and
retaining clips or messed up (indicator wires - see page 4 **)
I'd say the previous owner had some goodies fitted and just wasn't
bothered about putting things back properly or at all in some
cases when he took them off to part-ex the bike.
Let this be a cold
hard lesson well learned, so take a fine tooth comb with you next
time you go to buy a second hand bike..... I will forsure.
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Finally managed to
get out, as it had stopped raining at least for one day in the
year, even if it was a bit cold, hence the winter gloves sitting
on the tank !!
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December
2008
Well then !!
What's new here at H-F HQ, quite a bit actually since my last
(April) update, after much soul searching and the fact I'm now
jobless for the moment.....
I've now sold my 954, you see above in this rather splendid picture,
and am now again currently bikeless..... BooHoo.
So for the moment
your humble writer is sans Blade or any bike come to think of
it, unless you want to include a mountain bike, but that's not
got an engine so doesn't count.
Lets hope 2009 is
a blinder, it probably will be now.....
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March
2009
OK, so not much news
here at H-F HQ Having sold my 954 I'm missing not being able to
go out into the garage and fiddle over the winter months also
now the weather is looking better by the day to be able to go
out for a hoonabout... Oh well...
On a slightly different
not !! you may have noticed a donate to Honda-Fireblades button
has appeared on the Homepage and various other pages, unfortunately
I've had to take the decision to add this to try to help with
the running costs of the site, July next year 2010 will be the
renewal time for the site, and it's getting increasingly expensive
to keep running.
So if you've felt
the site has been at all useful, please feel free to donate any
small amount to help keep us on-line, any amount is greatly appreciated,
otherwise sadly after summer 2010 quite probably we may not be
here anymore.......
Thank you.
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Please
help to keep Honda-Fireblades on-line
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November
2009
Well then !!! what's
been happening here at the Honda-Fireblades potting shed, well
I'm happy to report I have another bike in fact I've had it since
June this year so I've been out hooning about all over the summer
months and not just sitting here wishing I still had a bike....
Truth is and Shock
Horror It's not a Fireblade I mussed long and hard,
so hard my brain hurt for weeks, on what I was going to buy I
considered various bikes including a Benelli Tornado RS (too
expensive) and a Blackbird (too heavy) and very,
very nearly did get another 'Blade' but the allure of a big thumping
V-twin got the better of me, and Errmm no it's not a Ducati, it's
far more reliable than that (errmmm fingers crossed) at least
it has been so far having done a bit over 3 1/2K in five and a
half months of ownership.
It's a complete hoot
to ride, offensively loud (as errmm
one mate put it) but I just love the noise it makes
and has really put an 'ENORMOUS' grin on my face and made me laugh
out loud on more than one occasion over the summer, and it handles
fast or slow corners better than practically any other bike I've
slung a leg over (even if the stock settings
are bit firm) that includes my 1000RR, but without
it requiring you to ride it at 10 tenths to get the best out of
it, although having said that it most definitely thrives on being
ridden like your on a qualifying lap, but the petrol guzzling
capability has to be experienced to be believed if you do ride
like that, 65 miles to reserve on my first outing, 'bloody hell'
I couldn't believe my eyes, but ridden with a little more restrain
120-125 is just about possible, so I don't think I'll be going
too far on it or to France but we'll see what 2010 brings.
Well what can this
marvel be, I hear you asking,
Clue one, well it
is a Honda (of course) another
clue is, the Texas Tornado used to ride one in WSB, and went on
to win the title in 2003 on it, look I'm just giving it away now
aren't I
So I'll leave you
to work it out.......
No
answers on postcard though to:
It must be raining 'cos I can hear thunder ..... or is
that just offensively loud race pipes..
So for
now, Cya around, you might or might not of course !!!!
But you'll most definitely hear it 

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