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| Honda CBR 1000RR Fireblade Motorcycle |
The 2004 introduction of the new Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade opened an exciting new chapter in Honda Super Sports development that began back in 1992 with the release of the legendary CBR900RR, a litre-class powerhouse shoehorned into a compact middleweight’s aluminium twin-spar frame that started the ‘Light Is Right’ revolution in the Super Sports class. A winner both on the street and on the track, the CBR900RR FireBlade set a blazing standard for big bike performance for an entire generation to come.
The CBR1000RR Fireblade followed in these historic footsteps with a step up to a full litre in displacement and entirely new engine and chassis designs based on those pioneered, tested and convincingly proven on Honda’s winning MotoGP champion, the RC211V.
Such high-performance features as its gravity die-cast aluminium frame, more compact, high-output engine with Dual Sequential Fuel Injection system, Unit Pro-Link rear suspension, radial-mount front brakes and a unique electronic steering damper were transferred directly from the world championship racer directly to the new Fireblade with the goal of creating not only one of the finest Super Sports street bikes to ever carve a corner, but also the base model for a new World Superbike contender in full compliance with new FIM regulations that raised the qualifying displacement of four-cylinder engine-powered machines to 1,000cc.
With such an impressive list of newly developed advances in racing technology all coming together in one competitive riding machine, the new Fireblade soon strongly reasserted its leadership of the high-performance Super Sports class, and paved the way to a strong showing in a new era of World Superbike racing.
From its very first year in production, the new Honda Fireblade exceeded all expectations, running with the leaders in all its races in the hands of World Supersport champion and Superbike sensation, Chris Vermulean for the privateer Ten Kate Honda team, and taking the Super Sports riding world by storm with its peerless combination of breathtaking power and smooth, effortless control.
Web Site: www.honda.co.uk
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