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they changed the front mudgaurd design on Fireblades after a few years as they found wind was getting uder the gaurd and making it a bit flighty in the handing department, apparently this was a real problem at the TT wher you do need to be inch perfect when lapping around 110+ mph. In this case no mudgaurd was better than the standard one, OK for the Senior and F1 bikes to run without one but the rules prohibited the Proddy bikes from removing theirs.
Sorted on the later blades with more of a wrap around gaurd and put to very good use by the Sanyo team at the TT