The Honda FireBlade CBR900RR from 1992-2003 is story told through 28 articles drawn from three continents. Included are road & comparison tests, model intros & buyers guides. Models covered: CBR900RR 893cc, 918cc, CBR929RR & CBR954RR.
Introduced in 1992, the Honda CBR900RR FireBlade came to dominate the litre-class Super Sports category with a heady combination of hard-charging engine performance, smoothness, responsive handling and all this was packed into the proportions of a 600cc-class machine! The lightweight FireBlade soon gained an astounding level of world-wide popularity, becoming a benchmark best seller that played a central part in reviving the 900cc Super Sports category. One man, the designer Tadao Baba, with a vision for the future, started his quest in 1989. Being disillusioned with the then current crop of sports bikes, he set out to design a new breed which was light in weight, had the power to thrill and yet was easy to control by the rider. Honda chiefs had originally wanted the bike to be a sport's 750 but it only became the bike we now know and love today because of Baba's tenacity in demanding a big bore machine. The name FireBlade came about because the Japanese word for lightening got lost in translation from French into English! In March 1992, the bike that was to change the face of sports bikes forever was released on to an unsuspecting public. The FireBlade was here, and was a name that was to become permanently etched on the minds of motorcycle riders for years to come.
