Comments on: Bladerod http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom Custom motorcycles and cafe racers Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mark http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom#comment-2572 Mark Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:16:26 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5451#comment-2572 Just uploaded a video of it on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KNnkFESSiY

]]> By: Ominous Red http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom#comment-2568 Ominous Red Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:26:57 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5451#comment-2568 This bike came out awesome. I usually don’t like bikes with the rear end tail missing but this bike looks so mean without it. Great build.

]]> By: Mark http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom#comment-1582 Mark Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:56:19 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5451#comment-1582 Thanks for your kind comments everyone!

Just briefly, I was not out to achieve anything with this bike, I simply built it to please myself, not to make a point.

]]> By: cbradley http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom#comment-1558 cbradley Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:20:30 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5451#comment-1558 Oh jeez I don’t know, the trademark dual headlamps, low wide moto-x style bars, viciously hacked off rear sub-frame, lack of any BS fairings, and yeah the fact that the only things not blacked out are the forks and brake discs. It’s not like I said it looks like a BMW K 1300 GT, or the like. Can you honestly claim that at first glance it isn’t highly reminiscent of the Speed Triple? I do like the smaller diameter headlamps an the fact that they are also blacked out rather that chrome, but there is NO question where this bike gets it’s styling ques from.

]]> By: Temporary Citizen http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom#comment-1556 Temporary Citizen Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:04:49 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5451#comment-1556 How could you confuse this for a Speed Triple? Because it’s black, and naked? That’s like confusing a Rocket III with a Harley because they’re both loud and black/chrome.. or a VTR1000 with a Ducati because they’re both twins and semi-faired.

]]> By: cbradley http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom#comment-1555 cbradley Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:26:58 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5451#comment-1555 Very true, and I’m not trying to dis the guy’s work, especially for only 34 days, but the speed triple DOES exist for whatever reason, and this bike shares way too many similarities for me to consider it “unique” In fact for a split second I thought it was a modded speed triple, till I noticed the frame and swing-arm If a major mfg already makes one that anyone can buy, then unfortunately it loses originality. I guess what I’m trying to say is that if this bike came out in ’93, I would be chastising Triumph for stealing this guy’s concept, but today now that the speed triple has been around for 15 yrs, it’s the other way around.

]]> By: hoyt http://www.bikeexif.com/honda-fireblade-custom#comment-1553 hoyt Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:57:44 +0000 http://www.bikeexif.com/?p=5451#comment-1553 The Speed Triple exists because of home-built bikes like this that came before both of them. (plus the seat height is completely different)

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