Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

MCN nick another Tankslap story.

The least they could do is pay me for the story the tight gits! lol

It does look nice IMO.

Scary that I was only 6 when the original was released...

Cavetroll87 wrote:Scary that I was only 6 when the original was released...

You think that's scary, I was in my mid twenties now that's proper scary

Blade wrote:

Cavetroll87 wrote:Scary that I was only 6 when the original was released...

You think that's scary, I was in my mid twenties now that's proper scary

Yep early to mid twenties here as well. I was at Glasgow Uni at the time.

Hmm

Sounds like Mr Honda isn't selling so many fireblades anymore IMO.

I'm not surprised, Cookie.

Its a 6 year old design so it wouldn't make any sense to buy a new one unless it was a bargain.

They are still very capable bikes no doubt but you can buy s/h ones for £5k now. The earlier 2008-1 bikes are better looking too.

Not that I'm a cynic you understand, but I think Duke hit the nail on the head, I've seen Ford, Vauxhall and Triumph all do the same thing, a fancy paint job and all the extras on special edition models have signalled them wringing the last sales out of a failing model.

The new model is generally announced 6-18 months later.

Maybe the V4 is imminent.

Deegee wrote:..Maybe the V4 is imminent.

Or maybe a triple.?

Possibly, Yamaha are reported to be dabbling in triples as well.