Hi All.. I've finally after years of lusting taken the plunge and bought myself a Blade race bike for racing and the occasional trackday. I've raced a Gsxr 1000 K6 and a 2008 R6 in previous seasons in the Irish Championships and at the end of last year convinced myself that my track bug had to take a back seat due to the usual financial/family reasons. So the race bike was sold and replaced with a road bike. 200 miles later and I was kicking myself as I quickly realised that I was nowhere near ready to give up. So long story short, the road bike has been sold and I picked myself up a 2012 Cbr 1000rr superbike last week. First thing that struck me is how small they are as I'm a hefty 15stone in my gear. I can see what all the fuss is as regards them handling like a 600 if first impressions are anything to go by. It's going to be a long winter waiting for warm tarmac but I can't wait. Definitely the most excited I;ve been about riding a new bike.
