With a new Fireblade, I'd like to see Honda...

[Mario_Kempes]

...just completely buck the hyperbike trend and remain true to the bike's roots. Maybe even reduce capacity if it improved the balance and handling of the bike.

I feel no urge to buy any of the 190+ bhp monsters of today. A well balanced bike, completely useable on the road with thick paint and a nice power delivery would suit me down to the ground.

Is there any news on it? I've been looking at the 2009 - 2014 models but the oil consumption stories scare the bejesus out of me.

I'm at the point now where my budget would maybe stretch to a new one...
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[thx1138]

I'd like them to remake a modern original Goldwing. The Goldwing without any of the bling and bits on it.

[chickenstrip]

Would be nice if they just made something with a bit of character once in a while.
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[Mario_Kempes]

[Enduro Numpty]

I've got a 2012 Fireblade and it uses no measurable amount of oil. It handles like a dream, has brakes that seem to defy physics and while it's 175 bhp may seem weedy by the standards of the latest crop of sports bikes it would take a rider way better than me to get it anywhere near its true potential on the road. It has no traction control but it does have Hondas C-ABS which in spite of reports of problems, I've always found it absolutely superb. Great bike

[redeem ouzzer]

Nah, they want to race it so it'll be a mental hyperbike like everyone else's.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Make an affordable RCV with 800cc. Make it simple and light.
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[ZX-7R]

Can see them going down the S1000RR road,it just ain't competitive at the top level anymore.

Just look at the TT results.
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[Rogerborg]

[stinkwheel]

Honda oly make good bikes by accident. If they do, they then either stop making them or spend the next 10 years engineering them into something much more boring.

There are many examples.
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[dydey90]

Can we please stop bringing up the DN-01 and let it die the death that it deserves.
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[Mario_Kempes]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[G]

[chickenstrip]

[matlow]

The sin of the current fireblade is the price, its gone up at an inflation busting rate wth no major updates since 2009. I know its had incremental updates of forks and brakes etc.. but still the same frame and engine.

On the ride and handling side though its a sublime bike, it makes riding fast on the road easy because its so competent. People seem to mistake competence for boring but thats so far from the truth. Even when it was released it was down on power to its rivals but still won the group tests and lap times on ride and handling alone.
correct me if i'm wrong but this bike was still winning TT's up until last year with Bruce Anstey?

I ran one for 10k miles and took it all the way to slovenia and back and it never flinched, I had no oil issues at all in that time but am aware that many others have.

I have to confess to not having ridden one of the latest breed of elctronic tamed bikes so in that respect i cant make a comparison.
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[el_oso]

The grom is quite a daring bike from Honda. I think it looks really cool and looks immensely fun (have yet to ride one).

The CBR250 I have at the moment is quite fun although it's not a fun bike. What is fun about it is that it's so slow in comparison to a sports bike that you have keep the throttle pinned open everywhere you go and you can throw it into corner without ever feeling like you're going to fall off despite the aweful aweful suspension
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[Rogerborg]

[chickenstrip]

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[Mario_Kempes]

[stinkwheel]

[Rogerborg]