2008 Honda CBR 1000 RR Fireblade reviews

• 2008 Honda CBR1000RR - First Ride (Motorcycle-usa.com)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2008 Honda CBR 1000 RR Fireblade

  With the yellow over-rev light staring me in the face I grab an upshift. I start to feel the front-end gently climbing skyward as I motor uphill towards Laguna's infamous corkscrew, I run the bike wide and to the outside, setting up for the famous turn. I close the throttle, snag a downshift and squeeze the tank with my legs as hard as I can while jamming on the front brake lever, then out of the corner of my eye last year's world champ and certified Laguna expert, Nick Hayden, snakes through, rear-wheel kicked out sideways, then in a instant he's gone... All on a bone-stock 2008 Honda CBR1000RR streetbike.

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• 2008 Honda CBR1000RR Press Launch (Two wheel freaks)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2008 Honda CBR 1000 RR Fireblade

  The year 1993 was very memorable for me. I had just graduated from high school and while most of my colleagues were leaving for college, I was leaving for my local banking institution to put myself in debt by making my first adult purchase, a glistening new CBR900RR. I was prepared to do whatever needed to be done to own this bike which of course led me to a steady diet of Ramen noodles and 7-11 hot dogs that summer.
  
  

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