In a month or two, my garage might replicate that of fireblah, if not in two wheels, then for sure on 4 wheels. (yup, know you drive, err Cruze )

Becoming a victim of cage-mania eh!

cruze is a nice car... our cruze is chillin at home with dead battery as the stereo was left on all night
cage mania ?
Alloys will stay golden... I have rizoma golden grips and golden end weights too, but we were unable to remove the right handlebar grip. The screws are very tight and the angle of approach does not allow enough pressure to be applied for removing it. so we are waiting for next service or something... better get it done by the honda engineer. Also, I have the DID golden chain.. so guess blade will be very bling blingy. hehe
and yes, figo is a nice car.. i dont drive it as its chacha's but i love the stereo in it.. better that cruze's and fortuner's..

R1's number plate was broken by an auto rickshaw from behind ! those bunch of idiots zip around whole of Kolkata hitting people and vehicles and you cant do shit to them (excuse my language) as they gang up and beat you up
But a new no. plate is already in place now..
RC book ? the registration thing? does it mention colour? i guess it does, need to get it changed too ? dam !

oh yes, cant believe how pretty the blade looks now !
not a pint job yeah, the finish is quite good for a non official fairing.... very good quality of finish.

thanks .. they came all the way from China from the city which was in news for hosting the asian games... (Guanzau or something ?)

I wouldnt take the cahnces of not getting the RC book changed with a bike like blade but if I am not wrong and dont want to increase your problems you have to first get the permission to change and then change.... but i guess everything can be taken care of in India

@fireblah : wow the bike looks stunning ..beautiful paint job and finish.

Confused ??

I know this is not the right place for this discussion, but can't help quoting our TenHut's comment.

@TH, i'm confused here. From the video, it is evident that rear doesn't contract. But as I read in "Sport Riding Technique", it goes like this: (from page 37 if u want to refer)

"A closed throttle moves a motorcycle's weight forward onto the front tire. As that happens, the fork compresses and the bike's steering geometry tightens, encouraging the bike to steer. As the throttle is snuck open to maintenance throttle, the weight moves rearward, coming off the front tire and allowing the fork to extend slightly. As the throttle is then rolled open to on-throttle, the fork extends completely as the bike's weight is borne mostly by the rear tire."

So in the video, when the bike's weight is borne by the rear tire, how does that result in not contracting of rear? Anyone, any idea?

PS- i'm no expert, started reading this riding bible, hence the doubt.

^^ i remember the video a bit.. a big difference is that the bike is stationary, therefore the inertia effects are not there, so there is no weight transferred to the rear in this case...
so what you see in that vid, is under static conditions, maybe the force of engine/crank on the drive chain pushes the rear suspension up...

I've not seen this video you're referring to but I think I understand your question so here goes....

What Nick is referring to in this paragraph is normal weight transfer under on gas/off gas conditions between the two wheels. When you accelerate hard the weight transfer is sudden and quite significant, enough in fact to lift the front wheel off the ground. Now if you apply a force approximately equal to the combined weight of bike and rider (times gravity) downward on the rear wheel what do you think is going happen...The ground will exert the exact same force exactly upward. Sound familiar? Which do you think will have to give way, the ground or the bike?

New lid...

Wow!! The Lid looks kewl!!

Is the body made of Carbon Fibre? Somehow the finish looks like that.
It should go well with your HRC Body Kit.

You have a great taste fireblah....blade is looking killer now and the lid HAWT !! nice choice.. Now waiting for some fantastic pro shots of the killer on prowl...

The HRC colours look good on the bike, & so does the helmet. Matches the new colour scheme. Congrats!!
I love the padding quality on the HJCs. I'm quite sure you'll agree its better than the KBC.

Why does it have a texas map on the back?
Did you want that?
Loved the new fairings, dont seem like anything aftermarket, or even from china, it looks like proper Honda stuff.

Nice Lid man....the Ben Spies replica looks sweet.
And HRC fairings look bad ass man...