The Fireblade has minor upgrades for 2014, including engine tweaks and a new riding position. But the Japanese firm has also released an SP version for the first time. With its blueprinted engine, Brembo monobloc brakes and Øhlins suspension, is the £14,999 Fireblade SP good enough to put it ahead in the superbike race?
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