“Congratulations to Honda on the CBR1000RR-R Fireblade 30th Anniversary“. He wrote it Marc Marquez on his Instagram profile, as part of the media campaign around the most evocative bike of the Japanese manufacturer’s stand in that ofEICMA 2021. The historical livery and the technical contents of this bike have in fact aroused the interest of all the professionals who attended the first day of the Milanese show. Despite the absence of the MotoGP rider, who remedied with a social post.
It is not just any anniversary for Honda. To celebrate, the legendary creator of the 1992 Fireblade was also ‘dusted off’: Tadao Baba. He was then the Large Project Leader (LPL) behind the birth of the CBR900RR. Thirty years ago, super sports bikes were fast, but also quite heavy and bulky. Baba-san challenged this dogma and the result of his vision was a 900cc sports car in a mid-displacement chassis, whose chosen name is perfectly in line with the change it brought. Later Baba also carried out the model years from 1994 to 2002, every two years.
“With the first generation, our fundamental objective was to present to the world a motorcycle so manageable that it could experience the pure joy of riding. On winding or city roads, moments of ‘tension’ always occur, but the ultimate goal was to give the drivers the means to avoid these moments thanks to complete control. Imagine a person who takes his bike in the morning to take a long ride, even on winding stretches of road: upon returning he will say: “What a fantastic day, it was a really good experience”. Remembering the various situations, he will think about how he really felt alive. I believe this is essentially what it is. In the end, it is the rider who has to take control, not the bike“, Explained Baba in a video, in front of the other designers of the successive Fireblade generations.
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