Recently, I’ve managed to bag myself a CBR900RR-Y (929cc) for a massive £1000! Like editor Bertie getting hold of a 2002 Triumph Speed Triple for just £1000, I managed to get a bike from the noughties for a ‘bag of sand’. Yeah, a grand for a 2000 Blade – but what exactly ‘is’ a 929 Blade?
Well, for the new millennium/Y2K Honda did a major revamp of the Blade as it was starting to lag behind both on sales in the showroom and out there on the circuits – by now production racing for 1000cc machines was happening once more. And, for Honda, the 929 was the answer. Unfortunately this model didn’t have much success at the TT, etc., but as a road bike it was a vast improvement over
