@TenHut Nice pics! Is this around Pune?

Hey, yeah this place is like ca. 50 kms from Pune. Its like Dragons tail/ Deals Gap you got 1 mile south of TN/NC state line in the US of A.
Good tarmac...and if you are early with your bikes u run into no traffic. Cornering galore!

hey, can you tell me how many kms your bike has done and whats the tread condition of your rear tyre ?
thanks.. a picture would be nice..

Dumb question,

Are your cornering speeds up on the 1000RR compared to 250R? (If yes), by how much?
The humongous torque, massive increase in PS, fatass rear, how much do they contribute?

@fireblah--you went for a stickier compound IIRC, is it starting to get frayed?

4xxx kms? as i can see on the Vid

Hey ten ,nice vid. appreciate your efforts on making it. just one query. do post a video of how the C-Abs has made a difference to u. maybe some good braking videos as well.. hope its not too much to ask of.

today my blade's rear locked for the first time in it's history... only because i had pushed started the bike and the abs was not on !!

@tenhut: how about that rumoured video of you hitting 299kmph??

@tenhut dude how is the battery on ur blade??? is it still workin or have u changed it just checkin cus blade with abs has batt issues.

"....Honda Racing Corporation-developed two-stage fuel delivery to optimize atomization and cylinder charging at all engine speeds. DSFI system features two injectors per cylinder- one upper and one lower- controlled by an electronic control unit (ECU) that senses rpm and throttle opening. The lower injector enhances low-rpm performance while the upper injector improves mid-range and top-end horsepower. One set of injectors installed at the entrance to the intake ports provides an ideal air/fuel mixture for quick starts and strong, smooth acceleration at low-range settings. At mid-range and higher engine speeds, the system's second set of "showerhead" injectors installed in the roof of the airbox kicks in to deliver extra fuel to cool the higher-volume intake air charge. These injectors also create a denser mixture that improves volumetric cylinder-filling efficiency for stronger acceleration"

what this means while riding is that you get an instant surge. First there is this sound which is difficult to describe but it kinda tells you that you are dialing in a lot of power a lot faster..throttle response goes berserk..soon after the second set of injectors get activated you get the Blades renowned Mid-punch at 8.5k. All in all its an awesome thing to keep hitting the mid punch again and again because of the DSFI ! DSFI is also the unit which gets credited with Blade's drive you get when coming out of a corner.

What do you mean by if its 'tractable' ?

this was at 4200kms. I am at 5000 kms right now. I will try posting a recent pic.


I could be wrong in thinking that in general my riding has improved since I have started riding the Blade ! These bikes have an inexplicable effect on your riding. Since they dont pardon mistakes much they indirectly force you to work on your riding a lot more. You have to ride it consistently to know how much more. I would like to believe my cornering speeds and everything else has gone up since the 250R and I think it has.

lol some of my friends lost my onboard camera somewhere down in south India. Tourojit you listening ?
I will have to wait for another cam to record 299

It has died on me twice till now...Both the times I think it was more of on and off in city traffic that killed it. But it isnt kaput. Its does just fine once you jump start the bike.

hmm, guess my batt dying after 12k kms is not bad then. I still have hopes of reviving it though... waiting for good ol' mr. Ashok to arrive in kolkata with all diagnostic equipments...
btw, there is a bandit and a cb1000r added to kolkata recently ! and also a 848... as i mentioned to my friend, it seems superbike population in kolkata is directly proportional to bad roads here !!

Got it.
Thanks

I meant you can play with them by the control of the throttle only na?
Like they have this particular RPM at which they get activated or it's according to speed or the combustion?

So it's like having a lil turbo in the CBR..

Don't worry fireblah.....it will increase day by day

omg omg omg. Ok how many days has it been since I own this bike ? How many times did I think that I know its power delivery ? I will answer these for you ! Its been a long since I own it now and I really thought I knew how much power this bike had. Turns out I had no idea.

My riding style is to be smooth on the throttle. I do 200kmph speeds but I never whack open the throttle EVER ! I try and reach high speeds by being gradual and smooth on the throttle. Untill this gixxer friend of mine came up to me and asked if my bike raises its front end in 2nd or 3rd gear.
I told him it does that in 1st but I dont think it will do that in 3rd as blade doesnt have that outright kinda power.
He told me it will and that I should try it. Now his riding style is to be aggressive on the throttle. So I decided to give it a try.

This thing lifts in 3rd freaking gear man ! Thats a lot of f.r.e.a.k.i.n.g power. I wasnt even compressing the front forks like you do to pop the front wheel up in the air. No wheelie attempt...just whacked open the throttle like a maniac and i was pointing into the sky in 3rd gear. Phew..scary shit. Fireblah try it lol

Nice video. Just saw it. Who is riding ahead of you in the Lavasa section of the video?