bunnymarwaha

yup i am noida, they clarified that they cant give any free servicing alos, said its better to get it to the naraina service center and a typical service will cost Rs 5000 (2200 oil filter, 1800 for oil and rest is labour) in case he comes to my place i will be charge Rs 500 for visit.
i think it is a rip off.
did you buy it from the Nariana Honda wing world shop or directly form the factory ?

Give the alternative in the market i can either buy a black fireblade or a black hayabusa. corol doenst matter i aint buying the fireblade for its looks- it a safe superbike
The 2010 honda doesn't haven anything radical diffrent to make it worth the wait, R1 '09 might be tempting to wait for dealer says dec the magazine say 15 sep. i plan to wait till next week.
Going tomorrow to the showroom to get a feel of the bike and show it to my girl.

pudix

hey
hows the blade doing? I heard niggles bout the oil burning thing in the 08 creeping up. How is that coming along? Do you measure the oil level frequently?

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svjhonda

Yeah. Seriously. Oil level needs to be kept in constant check.

Because my bike destroyed the semi-synthetic oil in just 1500kms. So better keep a tab on the oil level & quality.

Say, had any recent rides? Are roads okay now? Here repair work is going on in full swing!

fireblah

When we bought the bike, no showroom was open. But we took the delivery from a showroom, Rajendra Honda at Shadra Gaziabad. It was for the formality as Naraina was not open yet.
About Fireblade being safe. I can bet my chaddi on it. The abs should be made standard on all big bikes !! Its a docile beast which never gets out of control and as bike india said, is very forgiving to the rider
So you must have seen the bikes with your partner. Finalized on anything?

@svj: 2008 fireblade was known for oil problem. Many were recalled also because of that. No roads in Kolkata are ok, except a few around red road and rajarhat. All other roads are just patch work... Maybe in another 50 years....
Went for a ride today with 600 and ninja.... Was good to stretch blade's wings a bit

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dreamchaser

haaa haaa what a big rip off man!!!...my R1 gets serviced total(K&N oil filter+ Castrol Power 1 oil) 3.4 ltrs+i get to keep the balance with me to top up all of this for 2400 rs!!! and also a full diagniostic check and chain lubing...

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bunnymarwaha

yeah these honda guys are really cheap- the insist that they have to charge for the labour as they are selling the bike so cheap since it is european... even the hayabusa charges similar for service.. blah blah (the yamaha guys are not selling the bike so honda is taking advantage of the situation)

---here is something intresting, i downloaded the owner manual from the honda usa website it mention for fuel that 91 octance or better is required, but in India the showroom guy showed me the blade's european owner manual and it states that 95 octane or better is required.
HMSI could have gone for import of the american version that would worked on regular fuel in our country rahther than european..!!!


@fireblah : yup saw the bike guys i will finalize the deal in 1-2 week as i dont see any choice in the market, my girl thinks its nice and i should buy it, although she has deciden she is not sitting on this thing!!!!(pointing to the seat). The bike feels so comfortable to sit on, fits like a glove, the hayabusa is just uncomfortable.

Raoul Black

bunny octane 91 there is actually 95 here and 89 there is 91 here so it doesn't really matter if they import it from usa or uk

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Aryan

@Bunnymarwaha: The Blade might very well be comfortable, but if you say the 'Busa is UNCOMFORTABLE, then you are either ghastly misinformed or badly misinterpreting the definition of 'comfort'!

Even after 200kms. of continous riding throught a single day, I did not feel even a hint of back-pain or any pain anywhere, whereas ride a super-sport (SBK) like the Fireblade or the R1 for that amount of time or miles, and you are asking for it!

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Carlitos

@Bunnymarwaha : I agree with Aryan, the Busa is the epitome of SBK comfort. There is nothing like the comfort a busa can offer.

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