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The thing with the underseat exhausts is that if you do have an off they dont get damaged and usually the bike is rideable. Had a mate who had a blade, low sided, bike hit the hedge slid across the road and he still managed to ride it home

I think they look quite smart. its also quite impressive how tiny they are. I still dont think I could bring myself to consider buying one though.

sat on one today, just out of interest, sadly i could never buy one, as it's far too small for my lanky frame (6' 4"), did look very nice though

never ridden one but i personally cant stand the look og them,just looks like they mis-matched different parts of different bikes together! but then i feel that about the new zx10 aswell!
bring back the styling of 2004, the best looking blades,zx10's,gsxr's etc etc!

watters wrote: bring back the styling of 2004, the best looking blades,zx10's,gsxr's etc etc!

i can't argue with that, they're not strangled by stupid emmisions laws too.

the front end looks kinda wrong,its like they bought a 1098 and rode it into the wall and squated it but saying that i think it looks good in race plastics with a graphics board fitted

personally i prefer the front end of the new one and the back end of the old one.


hummm perhaps some sorta fusion could occur

Buy it Jay you only live once i prefer it in repsol colours

Don't get it in repsol colours they get nicked.

didnt realise they were doing the 08 in repsol colours,bet that looks proper tasty

would prefer it in ten kate colours they got a right up/test of the 08 blade vs 07 blade in this months superbike mag which i read regularly, to sum up; smaller/lighter/faster, everything works perfectly, new litre king, some of the testers agreed it was best bike theyve ridden on road and track they can remember.

ive been reading their mag for 2 or so years so am inclined to believe their opinions, and i have tried other mags, its either that or the k5 750 for me next year, depending what deals i can get

deej wrote:didnt realise they were doing the 08 in repsol colours,bet that looks proper tasty

They don't
http://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/Disp ... #focusHere

I know i have only just got the GSXR 750 K7 but if i had had the money i think i would have gone the 08 Blade route myself. Awesome bit of kit and i quite like the looks as well, but then i like the look of the BMW GS

deej wrote:didnt realise they were doing the 08 in repsol colours,bet that looks proper tasty

http://s218.photobucket.com/albums/cc27 ... edit_image

ummmmm