2008 Fireblade on Motorcycledaily

**Reckless** · 3rd October 2007, 23:20

Interesting that this site is saying the CBR1000rr in line four will be replaced by the V4 210HP vfr1000 in 2009. Thats 30hp up on the CBR! thats a big jump.
So is 2007 really the last year of the CBR1000rr??? Honda have been big fans of the V4 in the past!

http://sameerkumar.blogspot.com/2007...2008-2009.html

This page shows a U tube vid of the new CBr1000. If I new how to post it in the thread I would.

http://sameerkumar.blogspot.com/2007...-revealed.html

**crshbndct** · 4th October 2007, 10:32

at first i was like wtf it looks like a farmers with a gum boot(exhaust) and no front teeth(fairing)

but seeing a few more pics of it - i reckon the white and black looks super space age

**merv** · 4th October 2007, 12:23

Isn't style funny. I find with cars particularly a new model comes out and I think gee that looks yuck, but after a while they grow on you and maybe this bike is like that. After a while the old models start looking so last year and outdated.

**Paulus** · 4th October 2007, 12:57

People have been forecasting a new V4 Honda sports bike since the discontinuation of the RC45 and we still haven't seen one. I'm skeptical.

**Finn** · 4th October 2007, 12:59

If you think the 08 Blade is ugly, then there is an easy solution...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=42052

**Paulus** · 4th October 2007, 13:00

Originally Posted by merv

Isn't style funny. I find with cars particularly a new model comes out and I think gee that looks yuck, but after a while they grow on you and maybe this bike is like that. After a while the old models start looking so last year and outdated.

Already happened. I look at the 07 Fireblade now and think it looks old fashioned. I hated this thing when it was announced but now I think it looks awesome.

Funnily enough exactly the same thing happened with my car (2000 Celica).

**Sanx** · 4th October 2007, 15:55

I'm certainly looking forward to bagging a test-ride of the new Blade when it gets here. Wonder what the missus would think about me trading my '07 Blade in on the new model

**Toast** · 4th October 2007, 16:34

Originally Posted by MD

Found this sniffing around the web from the Paris 29th Sept showing.

The chick in the background is about to barf on it.

**Reckless** · 4th October 2007, 16:42

oh i dunno, the introduction of a 1000cc V4 sport bike to replace the CBR1000 makes sense.
Don't forget Moto GP is now 800cc so they might do the new V4 1000 as a sport orientated tourer. Bit like the ZX12R was. There is a definate niche in that spot. People that don't want a soft tourer but want to go fast and not be cramped up like on a sport bike.
Then maybe concentrate on a new 800cc we don't know about yet as their race based machine with all the trick bits on instead of continuing the CBR1000.
Its only speculation but it sorta fits??

**Toast** · 4th October 2007, 17:06

Originally Posted by Reckless

Its called aerodynamics! They are race bikes you see. Cars are going the same way. There is only one way to design the most efficient way to cut though the air.
.

I've read that the tear drop stream line thing doesn't really apply to motorcycles, as they're too physically short to create a clean stream of air over them.

As such, they focus mostly on reducing the frontal area of the bike, to try to reduce the volume of air dispersed.

Wish I had a link but it was from a magazine.

**orangeback** · 20th October 2007, 20:51

it looks like a shovel

**FkNAmerican** · 21st October 2007, 11:21

Im not happy with ANY of the 08 bikes.

The Honda Fireblade looks like absolute shite. The rear end looks like a half arsed cheap copy of the R-6. The front end looks like a half arsed cheap copy of a Ducati 1098 that got punched in the face. The paint scheme options are typical Honda....which is to say they look cheap relative to every other manfacturer out there. On the plus side, performance is suppossed to be out of this world with weight rumored to be near 600 class machines and power in the 175hp range or so. If thats true this WILL be a cult bike, regardless of how ugly it is.

The 08 colors for the CBR600RR are bad accept for the "graffiti" one which is about the only time the US market has got the best color option over the Europeans (unless Im wrong and the Euro's actually get the graffiti paint scheme too). Still, the new 600RR looks too much like the old 600RR....and the color options, as usual, suck for the most part.

The updated 08 GSXR's all look HORRIBLE. I was looking at an 08 GSXR 750 until I saw how ugly its gonne be. The front fairing/headlight/exhaust looks like shite and the paint schemes all look redneck as hell (which makes sense because rednecks LOVE Gsxr's)

The 08 R-1's and R-6's have bad color schemes (at least in the US market). The R-1 is easily the best looking liter bike you can buy for under $15,000 bar none. Shame the 08 colors do everything in thier power to make the bike look ugly. The R-6 looks pretty good too but I only ever liked the colors offered in Europe. I've never liked what Yamaha offers in America and I know tons of peeps who agree. At some point Yamaha is gonna wake the fuck up and realize there are lots of peeps in America with taste.....and our taste is pretty much the same as our Euro friends when it comes to paint.

The 08 Zx10R is crosseyed. Other then that it should be a killer machine if they have fixed the handling issues from 06-07. I can only hope the motor is as nuts as the 04 zx10r was and the handling issues are fixed. If thats the case then this MIGHT be my next bike....even with the ugly front end.

The 08 Zx6R colors SUCK. Never liked blue, the black with red wheels is ruined by the crappy white graphics and the yellow is just crap. Why couldnt they have given us the black bike with red wheels/red fork and leave it at that. And BOOO on ditching the silver for 08. That silver was gorgeous!!!! Who the fuck thought yellow (and a sickly looking yellow at that) would make a good replacement?? Who?!?!

Luckily, however, there is one promising bike Im considering thats supposed to be coming out later this year: The Ducati 848. I hear it will be released in white and red options and is set to look just like the 1098 and cost about $12,000. Performance is suppossed to be on par with the best Jap 600's (which means it should match a Honda CBR600RR). Weight is suppossed to be 10-15 lbs. less then a 1098. If thats the case.....then Im getting that bike.

Yes, paying $12,000 for a bike that can hardly keep up with a 600RR when, for the same money, I could have myself a brand new R-1 does trouble me a bit......but its a Ducati.....its a V-twin......and it looks just as good as the 1098.

Ok so I actually dont know what the hell to get:

Ducati 848
Yamaha R-1
Kawasaki Zx10R

hmmmmmmmm

**FkNAmerican** · 21st October 2007, 11:28

the only paint option I like for the 1000RR is the white. But guess what.....as usual thats a Euro only option and we here in America have to suffer the indignity of yet again getting shafted.