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What were they racing 30 feet? It's no surprise an inline 4 doesn't have much low end where v twin has all low end. In a quarter the results would be very different. Let the fireblade spin up to where it's happy and it would walk away
Is that a standard colour on the Blade in the US? If it is Honda should use it in the UK. The nearest we got was the CBR600RR in Hanspree Racing colours