Talk:Honda Fireblade

Merge into proposal - Fireblade into this article
I don't know who added the merge comment, but it seems pretty obviously a YES! Rgds, - Trident13 11:39, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I would just go ahead and move it if I were you while changing the Fireblade page to a redirect to Honda Fireblade. --Roguegeek 18:34, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Simple - agreed! Done - Rgds, --Trident13 21:02, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Model Years and Development Cycles
Honda, and other Japanese motorcycle manufacturers have a 2/4 year development cycle on sports bikes. Every 4 years sees a major redesign with a 'facelift' after 2 years. For example, the RRY&RR1 (2000/2001) 929 was a major redesign, while the RR2/3 (2002/2003) 954 was not much more than a bored out 929 with different bodywork.

On the subject of model years and their designation, the final letter of the full model name, e.g CBR929RRY denotes the year of manufacture and is used across the manufacturers range. As such it is not specific to the Fireblade and warrants being the subject of a seperate article with a cross reference from here.

--HeresJohny 14:48, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

The CBR918RR was never an actual designation. The engine changed from 893cc to 918cc, but the name (in the US) remained the CBR900RR. Rruss (talk) 17:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

FireBlade Designation not Universal
This model is not known as the FireBlade in all markets. In markets where it is sold as the FireBlade, its name changed with the release of the 2004 (RR4) model to the Fireblade (note the lowercase b) and is widely expected to be dropped entirely at some point. Note that Honda actually still called this the CBR900RR FireBlade even though it was 918, 929, 954 etc.... (check out the workshop manuals) It was designated CBR929RR, CBR954RR etc (no mention of FireBlade) in the US and Canada (and in Oz too?) and that is how they are becoming more commonly known in the global biking fraternity as it clearly differentiates between the engine capacities

As the model 'name' is not universal, it might have made sense for this article to be merged into that for the main article about this bike. The trouble is by what name should this range of bikes be universally known?

A suggestion: 1) seperate articles using the more globally accepted model designations; 2) an atrticle discussing generic model year designations; and 3) this article that explains the FireBlade/Fireblade change and EU naming convention with cross references to 1)

--HeresJohny 16:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

The 2008 model
The 2008 model is missing. Is there some article in the making?