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HONDA FIREBLADE SP

B-road Boothy

There is no such thing as a bad Fireblade, butwhenthe2017 version appeared on the scene there was certainly room for improvement… and Honda knew it. So that’s why we’ve got this, the slightly tweaked 2019 Blade. The gold-coloured wheels denote that this is the SP version, which comes with electronic suspension and a few other bits of bling, but it’s still got the quintessential look, feel and smell (probably) as any modern ’Blade you care to come across – jump on it and you’d be hard pushed to tell you were on a ‘new for 2019’ bike. The dash does some funky things with a Fireblade logo when you turn the key and the engine hums smoothly into life when you press the button... so far so good. With the engine running the

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