new cbr1000rr ?????

The original '92 model or the '04 model are the best looking I think, the current blade looks better in the flesh but its still butt ugly!!!

[northwind]

I think it's stunning, far better than the horrendous "triangle face" of recent years. The 954 was the ugliest litre bike ever made, until this year's ZX10R raised the stakes with it's "drawn by a child" design manifesto.

The tail thing is a legal requirement in some countries, you can't have the wheel be the furthest thing back so they add a ridiculous gantry to the rear (and make it easy to remove!). And though I'd change the exhaust anyway as a matter of principle, it's not too shabby as it comes, certainly nicer than the Ninja and GSXR. R1 obviously remains very pretty though, best rear end ever.

Honestly, I reckon if it was a KTM the entire bike press would be endlessly wetting themselves over it...

Also, there's a touch of carbed SV about the nosecone

Originally Posted by northwind

until this year's ZX10R raised the stakes with it's "drawn by a child" design manifesto.

+1

[BillyC]

Originally Posted by northwind

I think it's stunning

The words of a true genius!

I like it!

I like it too. Better start saving ...

Originally Posted by K

Nah - it still looks like a skinny ar$ed b*tch with a 34DDD up front.

Originally Posted by BillyC

Is that a hint of jealousy I can hear!?

No. Not at all - I'll stick with both backside and boobies that gravity haven't noticed yet...

... oh - do you mean jealous about the bike?!

Again, nah - I'll still with my curvaceous plus-sized '98 Blade ta very much. Sexier, meaner, wider... makes you feel like there's actually a bike there rather than a flimsy collection of plastic and metal with a rather large engine.

Oooooh look - I said 'Boobies'...


... tee hee hee.

Originally Posted by K

- boobies / rather large -

tee hee...

lol, sorry i was in Man-ville again

Originally Posted by northwind

R1 obviously remains very pretty though, best rear end ever.

You have a point! R1 would still be my 1L IL4 of choice, but I have to say that the 08 blade is far better looking than the GSXR and ZX10R. (just have to change the exhaust and the hanger :wink)