“A very responsive bike with excellent handling and good feed back through the bars lets the rider know what's going on at the wheels, reasonably comfortable to ride considering it's a sports bike, only down side is the plastic fairing's are flimsy and not what I expected from Honda and if like most bikers who service their own bikes the Blade side panels are very awkward to remove and replace, but once it's on the road it will put a smile on your face.”
“Even after 9 years, I'm still staggered at the power of the Fireblade, not just at the top end (that I don't really need to visit) like some other bikes, but from 2,000 RPM upwards, and yet it remains smooth enough to safely ride in the rain, where it wafts along on the big midrange, making progress at rates not much slower than those dry summer days.”
