Fireblade with FI?

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

Does anybody know when the Fireblade first got FI? DR350s and DRZ400s seem to be trading for lots of money..... and a thought clicked into my head. Why not buy a blade and go adventure touring on that instead? With the £500ish I'd save over a DR350, I could stick a pair of wire wheels on it, swap the suspension to longer travel and replace the bottom fairing with crash bars and a metal box bash plate.

Mid 1990s and ideal street fightered blades seem to be pretty inexpensive for what you get comparede to the uber basic DR.

Thoughts?

Thanks.
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craigs23 · Mr Muscle Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Karma :

929 model.

ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

Ideal base.

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LeanIt · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 23 Nov 2009 Karma :

Yeah 929 was the first F.I. model, though the F.I. system was not too popular.

If cost is an issue the earlier carbed models would be much better to go with.

You could pick up a good rashed 893 for not too much Thumbs Up

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Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

There's a reason there aren't any IL4 engined off road bikes. They are lumpy and hard to control at low engine speeds, increasing the rev's doesn't give much usable toque, instead they just rev and spin up. The SV is still quite revvy for a twin, but the engine and light weight would be much better suited to some mad crosser project.

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tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Karma :

You can still get a bargin DR350 for not much money, l think nath only paid a few hundread for his all though it the top end ate it self due to a previuos owners actions

They seem to go for £800-1000 on ebay with the kickstart enduro model being the better bike, far cheaper than any year fireblade which hold there value quite well.
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mad4it028 · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Karma :

totaly impracticle but ide loe one like this just for giggles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-DuzXcQ4qM&feature=related
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

V-Twin engines tend to be lumpier than their four cylinder bikes at slow speeds.
Never found four cylinder bikes 'hard to control'.

However the not 'big bang' engine won't help traction in muddy stuff.

I suspect if you down geared most big bikes they'd have plenty enough rear-wheel torque for off-roading at low speeds. The stratospheric gearing of sports bikes doesn't help.

The R1 mad4it028 posted I believe finished very well on the Erzburg prologue stage.

A good reason against sports bikes, especially older ones is the width - going to make it harder to stand up and harder to adapt the bike to have a higher seat if you wanted to try that.

Oh and how about an XR400?
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