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The 4th video references the original Fireblade, which was considerably lighter than it's rivals at the time. I'm hoping that this bodes well when we do find out details in the (near?) future. For me, the crux of the matter will rest on overall weight, mpg and whether the suspension's any good.
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The 4th video references the original Fireblade, which was considerably lighter than it's rivals at the time.
For me, the crux of the matter will rest on overall weight, mpg and whether the suspension's any good.
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As predicted by someone over on the ABR forum - 200bhp and the price of a small house ... and the weight of a small house as well
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It just needs some cast wheels to go with those tyres and it may be a worthy successor to the Yam TDM 900 of about 10 years ago.
Incidentally, of course it will come to the European market fitted with ABS.
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Well I give Kudos to Honda ... at least they've not gone with Shaft Drive!
I was shocked Yamaha went that direction. Adds at least 10 kgs. to the weight, robs power and adds another thing that "may" fail.
The bike shown above ... to me ... looks fairly neat and tidy. I rather doubt the production version will be that clean and unencumbered. But full benefit of the doubt to Honda until will see an actual production version.
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There again, it could be a parts-bin product with the fairing taken from the current version of the CBF1000 and the hunch-backed fuel tank of a VFR1200 married with the bored out 750 NC engine.
The exhaust from ??
At least it does not have the ugly, cheap, pressed steel box section swinging arm that Honda have fitted to many of their products in the past.
Once it is released BMW will come back, pretty quickly, with a 1000cc chain driven competitor methinks - a revised F800GS?
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