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12-27-2004, 9:55 AM
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| Join Date: 12-26-2004 Location: Dodge City, KS US
Bike(s): 01 929rr Age: 25 Posts: 12
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| newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? im just curious about the name fireblade. this is the first time ive seen these bikes being called that. do any of you guys have the history on fireblades, or why they call them that? | |
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12-27-2004, 9:58 AM
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   Join Date: 07-07-2002 Location: US
Bike(s): '84 Magna V30 Age: 5 Posts: 16,528
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| Re: newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? It's the European...actually everywhere but the US version of the 900 and now 1000cc Honda sportbikes. It's the same bike, just different name. |
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12-27-2004, 9:59 AM
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      Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: New Jersey, USA
Bike(s): '01 CBR 929 black & red, K7 GSX-R600 Age: 48 Posts: 6,477
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| Re: newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? Not sure about all the history, but the European versions have always been called Fireblades. I think the loose Japanese translation is lightening. Anyway, most European versions have names, like Hornet, Hurricane, etc., whereas the American versions get letters. I think it had something to do with insurance here. If a bike had a "fast" name, the insurance was more. However, all sportbikes are more to insure now anyway, so they might as well give us the cool names!  |
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12-27-2004, 10:04 AM
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| Join Date: 12-26-2004 Location: Dodge City, KS US
Bike(s): 01 929rr Age: 25 Posts: 12
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| Re: newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? isn't it also weird that they get different colors than we do? i really like their red white and blue bike. and im sure they would like to have a color scheme only offered in the us. anyway thanks for the input. |
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12-27-2004, 10:28 AM
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| Resigned to pursue other interests.  Join Date: 05-01-2001 Location: Raleigh, NC
Bike(s): 2007 Honda ST1300 Age: 36 Posts: 12,313
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| Re: newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? "Somewhere in the bike's early development, the name FIREBLADE came along through a misinterpreted translation from French to English for the Japanese word for lightning." |
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12-27-2004, 11:12 AM
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| Join Date: 12-16-2004 Location: Cumbria. Uk
Bike(s): '00 CBR900RRY Age: 48 Posts: 46
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| Re: newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? The History of the Honda CBR900RR Fireblade What I found amazing was the price of a blade in 1995 at £9265  You can get a 2005 Repsol for that money!!! |
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12-27-2004, 12:43 PM
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| Join Date: 05-10-2003 Location: Western Canada
Bike(s): '97 Yamaha YZF600r, '00 Honda 929, '03 Honda 954 Age: 78 Posts: 655
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| Re: newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? Thankfully in North America they went by the numbers. Can you imagine someone offeing a FireBlade for a seemingly steal only to find out you put out all that time & milage or money to see a '95 CBR900? So the CBR900 has it in its yrs, the 929 has it from 2000 to '01, the 954 is '02 to '03 & the 1000 is '04 & now into '05. True in some countires the colours might be a bit different like we had a choice of 3 different colours in '00 & I stuck with Black with a bit of silver as I did not want a bumble-bee or one in purple, red & white.
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12-27-2004, 1:31 PM
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| Join Date: 07-20-2004 Location: Canada
Bike(s): Honda CBR929RRY + Suzuki DRZ400-SM Age: 29 Posts: 723
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| Re: newby...have never heard these bikes called fireblades! history?? Quote:
Ummm... Canada went by European names. We also got more colors than the Americans. And your first sentance didn't make any sense - who wouldn't ask the year of the bike? | |
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