Video: The FireBlade to take on the TT

This was the FireBlade Honda had built specially for the TT. Desperate to claw back ground against the Yamahas and hold off the threat from Suzuki’s GSX-R1000 this 180bhp stunner weighs as little as a superbike.

Click on the link on the right to sample this awesome machine as MCN’s Keith Farr takes it through its paces around Brands Hatch.