Honda CBR900RR Fireblade 1998?

[Marmoot]

Candy Orange Blaze

Yes. sorry. Feeling a bit lazy.
Was gonna say bronze, actually

[Timber020]

They are easy to make a pretty good system to make it possible to clean the underside of your license plate at the pull of a lever if needed to

[Fast Eddie]

yea 7k is pretty high.. saw a red/silver scheme one on trademe for under 5k not long ago, pretty sure he went as low as 4k cause he couldnt get rid of it..

[theseekerfinds]

the value that you or I put on things isn't necessarily the value the OP will be putting on things.. if he like the bike, it ticks all the boxes and he's happy to pay then who are we to tell him it's too much, especially if we know nothing of the bike in question or the OP's spending habits..

bronze is cool, that's what I called it before I knew the factory name..

[tigertim20]

the value that you or I put on things isn't necessarily the value the OP will be putting on things.. if he like the bike, it ticks all the boxes and he's happy to pay then who are we to tell him it's too much, especially if we know nothing of the bike in question or the OP's spending habits..

bronze is cool, that's what I called it before I knew the factory name..

conversely, the value of things is not always the sale price attached to it.
lots of blades advertised at 7k, but fuckall of them are actually selling at 7k.

quite a few being advertised, and sold, at around the 4500-6k mark though.

[Ender EnZed]

Which one?
The red one or the black one?

The red one is very nice since it has the original colour (I assume it is original fairing), Ohlins rear suspension and Hot Grips. I can't fault it (but yes I might be biased).

I rode that red one last spring so they've had it quite a while. It looks like it could have half the kays and I thought it was shit tonnes of fun to ride, but then I bought a DR650 instead so what the fuck would I know?

[Bad Biker]

I think you'll find it hilarious if you haven't ridden anything other than your GN250

let us know when u go for a test ride and what you think - how much are they asking for the one your looking at?

Decisions, Decisions I hate decisions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I now have my full licence and time to find a new bike and get rid of my GN250 (toy).
Today was a day of test riding to assist with decisions????

When I left home this morning I was leaning towards a Honda CBR 900 fireblade, now at the end of the day I have no idea and got to work through a process of elimination.

Honda CBR900 Fireblade (1998) 65,000km

I took this for a test ride and confirmed that I liked the look of it, liked the size of the bike and felt comfortable on it. I could tell that before I even started it.

Got out on the road and again confirmed the above and found that I loved the power and response of the throttle and the way it handled.

The gear box felt a little ‘clunky’ but it is 14 year old.

Over all I liked the bike and could see myself owning this and having some great fun and enjoyable rides.

Honda VFR800 (2007) 33,500km

I got shown this bike and thought I would take it for a test ride (give me some comparison). Like the way it felt good size comfortable to sit on.

Started it up and first thing noticed was – lot quieter than the fireblade.

Went for a ride and the response through the throttle was a lot different than the fireblade especially in the lower revs but she did have some ‘get up and go’ in the higher revs and performed a lot better in the higher speeds.

Much smoother gear change and handled well, I did feel like it wanted to pull the front wheel under me when corning to the right but fine when going left? Never noticed this problem on any other bike so could just be my riding style, tyre or imagination (buggered if I know).

Over all I liked the bike and could see myself owning this and having some great fun and enjoyable rides.

Cruiser NEW

Wanted to take a cruiser for a ride just to check I didn’t want to go that way rather than a sports or sports/cruiser.

Final decision – Would borrow or rent one for a day to go for a ride with a group, don’t want to own one!!!!!!!!!!

Honda CBR1100 (1999) 26,000 miles

While I was out test riding this bike had just been traded, so it was suggested I took this for a test ride.
Bike was a good size, felt comfortable, and looked good. European import therefore speedo in miles and km is smaller (no major I can get use to that)

Started it up, sounded good nice feel on the throttle. Went for a ride felt really good very good response to throttle handled nicely and plenty ‘get up and go’ Had to remind myself on a couple of occasions that when the speedo said 100 that was miles and not km. (could be big ticket).

Felt comfortable on it and happy with the power and response.

Over all I liked the bike and could see myself owning this and having some great fun and enjoyable rides.

Decisions, Decisions I hate decisions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I know what I don’t want but no idea what I do what. I liked all 3 bikes and liked things about all 3 and as it would be impossible to find the perfect bike all 3 had some aspects I didn’t like so much but could live with.

[Fast Eddie]

yea.. choices suck, having to choose a new motorbike really sucks man,



if only we lived in a world without decisions - but for me its no brainer.

blade all the way lol.. but a 93 one.

[baffa]

Ride more bikes. You dont appreciate how awesome the blade is til u compare it to others. Ive been on holiday for the last 3.5 weeks and im badly missing mine. Keep In mind tho, even bullet proof bikes need a fair whack of maintenance