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1. Tadao Baba - Father of the Fireblade

     Baba-san, how old are you these days? Well the mind is 28 but my body, ... fireblade honda tadao baba Visordown News 6428 1 ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 05/05/2023 - 16:49 - 0 comments

2. 1992 Honda Fireblade CBR900RR review

   ... sportsbike to a designer from their R&D department, Tadao Baba. He was given a very specific remit – make the ultimate sportsbike. And ... ran at 750cc, a final capacity of 893cc was settled on as Baba’s philosophy behind his new bike was one of balance. His new machine had ...

   rgo - 18/04/2023 - 11:49 - 0 comments

3. CBR954RR Fireblade (2002 - 2003) review

   ... man behind all the various incarnations of the Blade - Tadao Baba - have gone through the machine extremely thoroughly to give the bike a ... for the Blade is the use of a rear wheel hugger. Apparently, Baba was dead against their use before, but after listening to what the ...

   Ben Cope - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

4. History of the Superbike: 1969 - 2001

   ... and foresight of FireBlade project leader Tadao Baba ensured the public would get the chance to own their own race bike. Baba's one overriding obsession was weight. That, for him, would be the key. It ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 22/09/2019 - 21:21 - 1 comment

5. Interview: Mr Fukunaga, Fireblade project leader

   ... to design great bikes? I smoke. So to does Mr Baba. Tobacco is particulalry wonderful. When you're struggling to think ... helps me relax and helps me get through the blockages. Baba san was smoking all the time - I don't smoke as much as Baba san. �� ...

   MF - 05/05/2023 - 17:06 - 0 comments

6. 2002 Honda CBR954RR Fireblade review

   ... man behind all the various incarnations of the Blade - Tadao Baba - have gone through the machine extremely thoroughly to give the bike a ... for the Blade is the use of a rear wheel hugger. Apparently, Baba was dead against their use before, but after listening to what the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 19/04/2023 - 15:32 - 0 comments

7. The most exotic Honda CBR954RR ever...

   ... keeping in close contact with Japan's very own Tadao Baba - Mr Honda FireBlade himself. No one in the world knows his or her way ... like this man, who designed every version of the CBR900RR. Baba-san and Stuart were in regular contact with each other throughout its ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

8. The two-wheeled Honda game changers

   ... In the late 1980s, maverick Honda designer Tadao Baba studied what were then commonly known as big-bore ‘super-sport’ bikes ... been given his first lead role on a new sports project, Baba toyed with the idea of a 750 machine, but Honda already had the VFR750, as ...

   Simon Hancocks - 06/07/2023 - 11:09 - 0 comments

9. Your 10 best-rated Hondas

   ... Though the twin-round-headlight original designed by Tadeo Baba has become an icon and a cult bike, this month’s top-ten list opens with ... 954cc model introduced in 2002. This was Honda (and Tadeo Baba) turning up the wick to take back the litrebike crown from its rivals, ...

   Sachin - 05/05/2023 - 16:41 - 0 comments

10. From track to road: Harnessing top tech to create the ultimate Honda Fireblade

    ... in the early 1990s and designed by the legendary Tadao Baba, the first Fireblade was built around the mantra of ‘total ...

    Ollie Barstow - 06/07/2023 - 10:58

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