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CBR 900RR FIREBLADE

It’s 1992. China and Israel have just established diplomatic relations, Wembley Stadium is holding a tribute concert in honour of the recently passed away Freddie Mercury, and Wayne Rainey is about to win the 500cc Motorcycle World Championship. It was to be a memorable year for a handful of reasons, but for those with a propensity to get helmeted and leather clad, the introduction of the very first Honda CBR900RR FireBlade likely outshone any diplomatic, musical or sporting revelations. And for good reason. With all that power (122bhp) and such little weight (185kg), the Blade was said to be a real widow-maker.

Ok, hang on a minute. Widow-maker? Even before I swung a leg over the

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