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| Webmaster Blog Page 5 |
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Fireblade 954 2008 -2009. |
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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 !!
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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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:
So for
now, Cya around, you might or might not of course !!!!
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