Voted most helpful review
Reviewed on December 16, 1999
Having had the Blade now since Aug 98 and reached 13,000 miles in that time, going to South of France, IOM, Dutch GP and other venues, added to that I have had many a bike over the 21 years of riding. The Blade is the DOGS, it have awesome power delivery, it is comfortable enough to do 500 miles...
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Having had the Blade now since Aug 98 and reached 13,000 miles in that time, going to South of France, IOM, Dutch GP and other venues, added to that I have had many a bike over the 21 years of riding. The Blade is the DOGS, it have awesome power delivery, it is comfortable enough to do 500 miles in a day, and it definetly gives me the grin factor. It is a machine that has change very little over the years, although a bit tamer, however the 2000 Blade sorts that out. I have been thinking about another bike, even went to the NEC show but nothing really excited me. If there was one that I would consider it would not be the new Blade but the Firestorm (SP) bike. It's got a lot of style, and looks good. If I wanted to spend another 5k then that would be the bike, but the Blade I have with all its nice bits (poser) attached still does it for me. It sounds good, looks exceptional and on a track day it is very hard to match, even against an Aprilla rsv. All in all, there is nothing out there that can get near the Blade, especially mine.
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