Fireblades

OK, having a discussion with a pom that works with me here in Sydney.

He claims that there was a 600 that was badged as a Fireblade.

I reckon it was just a nickname. I have never seen a CBR600RR badged
as a Fireblade.

Am I wrong? Or was it just a pom badging. I can't say I have ever seen
one here that is badged as Fireblade. We've called 250RRs Babyblades,
and I think they may have been badged lately as Fireblades, but it is
hard to tell whether someone has just chucked a Fireblade sticker on.
Google doesn't give me a definitive answer so what do I get from the
FOAK on these groups?

I've always considered a Fireblade a CBR900RR or CBR1000RR.

 

And youd be right.
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The CBR600F was also nicknamed the GOOF (600F)...

sort of suited most Honda riders


G-S

 

I'm no expert, but ISTR the 400 owned by a lady I knew had a 'blade logo.

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Does anyone care about disposable motorcycles?
Call 'em what you like. They evaporate so fast the name doesn't really
matter anyway.

 

Yeah - but I have a $50 bet on it. I'm interested. I cross-posted to
uk.rec as I thought maybe they were marked as Fireblades there but I
was positive they weren't here. As I was leaving work last night a
CBR600RR pulled out of a driveway right next to me and in the short
time I had before he rode off up the street, I'm damned if I could see
any Frieblade logo on it.

I've heard the Babyblade designation for the 250 before. And I guess
there is nothing stopping someone buying a blade sticker and putting
it on anything.

But I still think I am right. The 600 was never sold here as a
Fireblade.

 

I'm talking specifically about the 600 though.

 

He's a fucking idiot. The 600 was never, ever, labelled as a
Fireblade.

 

Couple of times on trackdays people have mistaken my ginger CBR600 for
a 97/98 model Fireblade. They've got quite embarrassed when I've
pointed out it's only a 600 and it still took them like they were going
backwards

 

I have a friend who has a Hurricane, but it may be a 750 or a 1000cc, not
sure, but I will look later

 

It's often called '600 Fireblade' in the UK but I don't remember ever
seeing a 600 badged that way. FWIW, it's also nicknamed the FairyBlade in
some markets and it *definitely* wasn't badged as that! Cheers

 

Sure as I can be that you're right.
I'll try and check with my little sister over there.

 

*bzzzt*

It's not ginger, it's brown.

 

Must have had the engine replaced, a factory-spec Hurricane would have had
a 27 litre engine.


BTH

 

Bloody cheap modern rubbish - my GS1100G had 82000 showing when I sold it
and the *replacement* odo had only been working intermittently for around
6 years. It'd art least 320,000 on the original engine by now and the new
owner can still get erm... let's see... what's the freeway speed limit +
the default urban limit + about 20ish....

 

Nothing like the sound of a V1710.

 

Wow 150,000km; that'd be like 5-or-6 YEARS ownership !!!
That seems incredibly long for a Fireblade.......

 

A Honda V6 motorcycle! Has anyone told MCN?

 

No, it was a Toyota.

 

A Toyota V6 motorcycle! Has anyone told MCN?