Oh boy!

Well, the blade turned up today, mint as I expected. Took it for a
nice run tonight, By heck, it is a feckin' nice ride for £2k. Feels
solid as the day it was made. I much prefer this over the Hayabusa,
more comfortable, less twitchy & altogether - more fun.

It's got a Yoshimura can on at the minute, it's carbon fibre, I don't
like loud cans. Looks expensive, I might flog it & get an original. How
much do you reckon on eBay? It is brand new too. Also has new Dunlop
Quals on & new chain & sprockets.

I'm well chuffed.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Indeed, I had a 1998 Blade that 16" front wheel made it very twitchy. Busa's
are planted. IMO.

 

Mine felt a bit that way on some of the tighter corners, mind you,
thats probably because I can't ride for shit. I found the blade
'easier' to ride at my level. Maybe there was a slight issue with the
busa. One of the reasons I want to get it round a track. The bike felt
more 'alive' on the same roads I took the busa. The odd thing, it just
didn't feel like it needed any counter steering, where the busa
demanded it by the bucket. Maybe I'm just shite on bikes, who knows.

All i know i was laughing like a Rampton all the way home.

I do however, need to alter the angle of the gearchange, it's non too
good on the boots & ankle.


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Odd, it was 'planted' but the throttle was twitchy & that made it feel
less than I wanted it to be. Dont get me wrong, it was an awesome bike,
but, it gave me backache & the blade doesnt. It's also cost less than
half the busa.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Probably right. I suppose it all comes down to what you like, not what
you expect.

I can see the blade doing some serious miles this year.

What sort of miles do blades need valves doing etc?


--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

I also found going into a bend, it loaded up the inside bar to the
point of getting uncomfortable. It was a great bike though, just not
for me.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

I think it's more usually expressed in "thou".

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative.”

 

Nice!

 

Very good! Opera clap for that one.

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Less than a standard one will cost you.

 

I'll get a second hand one, not interested in new. I once looked into
getting a new system for my KTM 520 SX, it was 'only' £489!!

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Yeah, funny that. or I'm just a shite rider?

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Nige

Self-deprecation really only works when the statement isn't true, you
know.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Whats the value of my car going down got to do with it?

--
'Chill Winston.......'

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Discovery II (2001)
BMW GS1200 (2007)
Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)

 

So am I, some fucker owes me a grand.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I'm not convinced. I'm crap on a bike and I know it.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

The Busa's a bigger heavier bike so it probably did take more steering
input to get it to turn. Does the blade have a steering damper fitted?
I imagine it has, but if not, that might make a difference too. Not
sure I understnad the throttle issue. Maybe your 'Busa wasn't fuelling
properly so the action was a bit switch-like coming off a closed
throttle. Anyway, it's all irrelevant if the Blade suits you better.

 

I think he means the throttle was very sensitive, like on any powerful
bike... and it scared him.

 

Checking the front tyre PSI may have fixed that one

 

Champ banged the rocks together and they said :

Makes sense to me.

Comparing the two V twins to the jap IL4, the V twins throttle does
very little for the first 10~30% of movement, the 9R is extremely
sensitive in comparison. And I'm not talking about the slack in the
cables.

It just takes time to adjust, but I can imagine a bike with poor FI or
badly set up carbs going from 0% to 80% power in 25% of throttle
movement - hence you need bloody fine control to ride it smoothly.

Maybe squared off back tyre? I know that makes a bike need "persuading"
more to lean over (until it gets past the flat section then it tries to
do a suicide dive)