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Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade Tricolour-HRC
This 2008 Honda CBR1000RR has been released in a Tricolour-HRC red, white and blue scheme in Japan.
History
With the 2008 Honda CBR1000RR, the Fireblade has completed 15
years, and still continues to evolve and improve. The first FireBlade came out
in 1992, and as the lore goes, the bike was an absolute revelation for its time.
The earlier Honda CBR1000F weighed 235kg and had about 130bhp. The CBR900RR
weighed only 185 kilos dry, and its 892cc inline-four made 124bhp at 10,500rpm.
The tone was set for a lighter, sportier and better handling machine.
Between 1996 and 2002, the FireBlade got various updates, with engine capacity going from 893cc to 918cc to 929cc and finally 954cc. Power went up from the original 128bhp to 155bhp, weight dropped from 185 kilos to 168kg, and top speed went from 245km/h to 270km/h. Over the years, the ’Blade also got bits like a USD front fork, 17-inch front wheel (in place of the 16-inch original, which apparently caused problems with high speed stability), new bodywork, and fuel-injection.
The 900-series FireBlade was discontinued after 2003, with Honda launching the
CBR1000RR in 2004. But we’ll fast forward to 2008, when Honda again introduced
the most radically redesigned Fireblade in years. The 2008 CBR1000RR looks
completely different from its immediate predecessor, and while we still think
the new styling looks awkWard from some angles, there is apparently substance
below the skin. As you’d expect, the 2008 Fireblade has all the correct bits and pieces – slipper clutch, close-ratio six-speed gearbox, twin-spar aluminum chassis, aluminum-alloy hollow-spoke wheels, monobloc radial-mount four-piston front brake calipers, 43mm USD front fork, Unit Pro-Link rear suspension, and Honda’s latest HESD electronic steering damper.
The engine has titanium intake valves, the pistons get molybdenum coating and
the cylinders are Nikasil-coated. The stubby little exhaust is tucked down low,
MotoGP-style, and signals the end of the underseat exhaust era. Source Faster & Faster
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