Test fleet: Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade

I was idly thinking to myself the other day that it’s been a while since I’ve had a puncture – five thousand miles ago? Perhaps 10 thousand! – and that was a big mistake.

Less than 24 hours later I walk out of Starbucks with an overpriced coffee that I’d bought in a desperate attempt to warm up my hands, and my Blade looks thoroughly