Looking Back – 1992 Honda FireBlade

In 1992 Honda took the sportsbike world by the throat and gave it a good hard shake up.  While everyone else was content producing 750cc and 1100cc bikes, a young engineer named Tadao Baba had the idea to build a motorcycle with the power of an 1100cc bike but handled like a 750cc bike.  Baba’s motto was “Total Control” which meant lots of power in a controllable chassis and hence the CBR900RR was born.  The bike won accolades the world over and set new standards for sportsbikes.  Blades became the motorcycle to have and celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary with Baba’s last FireBlade, the CBR954RR.