Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Honda FireBlade – 893cc variants

It’s genuinely difficult to imagine our later, modern, classics without the Honda FireBlade. And if you wanted proof of concept, know this – the bike has now been with us for close on three decades.

Where has all that time gone and how come we’re into the high teens in terms of variants of this extremely successful theme?

Knowing that The Big Aitch isn’t known for being overly sentimental about models that have outlived their usefulness, it’s a given that the ’Blade

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