What is a fireblade?

[KSFLYER1]

Forgive my ignorance, but are all CBR 1000 RR repsols fireblades?? Or is this something different. KS

[msalser1000]

A fireblade is what the cbr 900 - 1000 is called in Europe, here they just called it the cbr 900. The didn't want to have the same problem they did with the hurricane.

[Big Kahuna]

Yeah, all the non-us models are labeled with the "Fireblade" moniker. He's a pic of the 05 Euro model which has "Fireblade" instead of the U.S. "Racing". :)

[marccbr]

I like the fireblade decal much better than the racing decal.

[fredie]

we have the fireblade sticker aswell:evilgrin:

[MogNo1]

Seems the Americans want to be different from the rest of the world with everything.......guess still being on the imperial system wasnt enough.....they also prefere "racing" over "fireblade"....go figure!! :evilgrin:

I must admit, I was unaware of that minor naming difference...thought they were all Fireblades world round! :confused2:

[fredie]

you know what a fireblade is ??:p

[Rammstein]

My Fireblade stickers are about to come off
As soon as my RC211V stickers arrive from the USA

[954rr]

you know what a fireblade is ??:p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireblade_%28video_game%29

[Rammstein]

you know what a fireblade is ??:p

Like to think it has something to do with Samurai's and not a Playstation game :confused2:

[Chuck]

Like to think it has something to do with Samurai's and not a Playstation game :confused2:

Close, ...........there is a medievil reference to a "sword of fire" that that was also known as fireblade, but that was not Honda's angle.......they were trying to follow the lightning theme........to quote:

" In the bike's early development, the name FIREBLADE came along, through a mis-translation from French to English for the Japanese word for lightning. It became the adopted internal name for the project's development, but all Honda inline-engined sport motorcycles of the time were labelled CBR, followed by a number approximately equal to the engine's capacity in CC. However, Baba-san had said that as the project came to launch, the internal name was chosen as the bike's marketing name so as not to emphasise the first Fireblade's 893 cc engine displacement, because at that time potential customers not accustomed to the new concept of lighter and agile superbikes would not perceive a motorbike of less than 1000 cc as a top performer."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireblade

Can any french memebers add any light to this?

I know, Fire Blade = Feu pale, and lightning = Foudre, but i still don't see how they got Fireblade........

Sounds a lot like the Toyota Kluger sold here in OZ - was meant to be "Kruger" - after the Kruger Wildlife park in Africa - how can transalation be so much of a problem.


The game was an afterthought.....

[Repsoul]

Seems the Americans want to be different from the rest of the world with everything.......guess still being on the imperial system wasnt enough.....they also prefere "racing" over "fireblade"....go figure!! :evilgrin:

I must admit, I was unaware of that minor naming difference...thought they were all Fireblades world round! :confused2:

Whoa killer!! We "Yanks" don't want to be different. I would much rather have the CBR Fireblade logo on instead of the "racing" crap.

It's known as a Fireblade and each bike should display it. I wonder if a Yank can find the Fireblade logo vs. the one we presently have. :confused2:

I'll have to look in to that......;)

[CaliRepsol]

Close, ...........there is a medievil reference to a "sword of fire" that that was also known as fireblade, but that was not Honda's angle.......they were trying to follow the lightning theme........to quote:

" In the bike's early development, the name FIREBLADE came along, through a mis-translation from French to English for the Japanese word for lightning. It became the adopted internal name for the project's development, but all Honda inline-engined sport motorcycles of the time were labelled CBR, followed by a number approximately equal to the engine's capacity in CC. However, Baba-san had said that as the project came to launch, the internal name was chosen as the bike's marketing name so as not to emphasise the first Fireblade's 893 cc engine displacement, because at that time potential customers not accustomed to the new concept of lighter and agile superbikes would not perceive a motorbike of less than 1000 cc as a top performer."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireblade

Can any french memebers add any light to this?

I know, Fire Blade = Feu pale, and lightning = Foudre, but i still don't see how they got Fireblade........

Sounds a lot like the Toyota Kluger sold here in OZ - was meant to be "Kruger" - after the Kruger Wildlife park in Africa - how can transalation be so much of a problem.


The game was an afterthought.....

Thats deep research! Nice to know that tid bit of honda knowledge

[MogNo1]

Thats deep research! Nice to know that tid bit of honda knowledge

I'm sure chuck got that info off the back of a cornflakes packet!! :evilgrin:

[MogNo1]

Whoa killer!! We "Yanks" don't want to be different. I would much rather have the CBR Fireblade logo on instead of the "racing" crap.

It's known as a Fireblade and each bike should display it. I wonder if a Yank can find the Fireblade logo vs. the one we presently have. :confused2:

I'll have to look in to that......;)

Well while your out getting all those CBR's rebadged, maybe you can do something about getting the yanks on the metric system and all your thread sizes changed to BSP...wouldn't certainly make my life easier! :D

[hondahoon]

ohh yayyyy

another bumped thread

hey fredie.. why dont you go into PSB & bump all the rip threads?

i am sure they would give you a much more hosltile reaction than you will get here

HH

[fredie]

settle down hondahoon:p there is other honda bikes called firestorm:weirdface::D