I've said this before that I think all the many gay jokes and innuendos can be off-putting and even offensive to a lot of motorcycle enthusiasts. Can you name even one openly gay rider in any national or international championship? Fabio is about as close as we get.
You always say thank you to us for watching and coming to BBB at the cinema etc - but seriously thank you guys for creating the best show on two wheels hands down! I dabble with youtube and can only imagine how much effort must go into this! Still can't believe some of the tripe channels out there that have so many more followers...?!?!? 44 Teeth FTW! See you next time, keep it up Baron & Fagan!
I support future BBB's to still be released in parts! This way you get more revenue to make more content, and our enjoyment lasts longer. I'd rather have six 25min episodes rather than one 1h episode.
I think you misunderstood - we meant shoot the whole lot and roll out as usual in episodes but avoid the big gaps in prepping, leaving and end product. Basically condense the whole process rather than months of lag
@@FortyFourTeeth I would avoid cutting into the finding the problems and fixing them episodes. Those are some of the best parts and are integral given that it's a _budget_ bike battle.
@@jediknight129 the period correct OW-02 R7 is unobtainium budget wise and alsso Boothy has that pirate thing going on. :( Hope to see him soon riding bikes with these two, really enjoyed his presence on the channel.
@Stefan yeah but a girl can dream, I love the R7. as for the pirate thing nothing a thumb break cant sort, it's how I'm setting up my bike post amputation
I'll take the Fireblade every day of the week and twice on Sundays thanks. Loved all the footage, great to see what two sub £3k bikes can still do, both look great and so much fun. Al takes the win 👍👍
Thank you 44 Teeth for bringing bikes, laughter and cool-as-f*ckery to the masses. THE best bike channel on UA-cam. May you reign for years to come.... 🏍️🙌🏼
Im relatively new to this channel,but im watching everything now.i think its the best thing on,its exactly how me and my mates behave and speak to each other.and to say i can feel the deep moist love for the bikes would be a massive understatement.you guys remind me how cool it is to be a motorcyclist and that all bikes have their merits.keep it up!!
The disagreements had me worried for a bit, but then a phone call was made and it immediately felt better. 😍😃🙏 Keep having fun while you make these videos, that’s what shines through to us viewers and brings a smile to our faces too. I really appreciate all the hard work you do! Thanks for sharing 🤩🥂🏆
I’m guessing you may have considered this, voting a winner could be done via sticker sales for each team. I’d pay to vote, I’m sure many others would too. It could at least be factored into the decision. Absolutely loved this one, i didn’t miss the drinking one bit. Best bike content on UA-cam by a mile. Looking forward to the next one!! 😎
Laughing out loud within the first 30 seconds, I love these vids! Lads, don't change a thing on this channel, keep the content as is. I love logging on and seeing the little 44teeth notification whether it's a bike launch review or BBB or just general bike chat/news/bollocks.
Thanks guys. Another fun one. I've always found the unexpected that happens road trip are some of the best times rather than all the planned stuff. When you get to the next BBB, you get to the next BBB. We'll enjoy your other content and videos until then. Thanks again!
Owned a 97 Fireblade for over 17 year’s, only the regulator/rectifier broke in all that time. The thing is bulletproof, even rode it down to The Gambia (West Africa). It’s the clear winner for me.
Budget bike battle is by far the best programme available for bikers, thank you guys. To help I have just purchased some merch to help out the channel. P.s. I would be happy to pay for an extended cut if available and I am sure that many other people would also
What an amazing show, thank you guys! The argument about which bike is better reminds me of the argument about which city is the better city - Munich or Berlin, but that's another story.
thanks for watching? Thanks for posting!!! You guys, are just the best out there, love the content, the bike tests everything. Hope 2023 is even just bigger and better!!!
What a series, it's been a great laugh, cheers lads! Can tell a lot of hard work goes into every aspect and it has definitely paid off. I also think it's a good idea to shoot the entire next series as a whole and release it every week, for instance, when it's ready rather than having a huge gap. This may encourage new viewers/subs to stick around too.
A love a handful of your projects, but BBB is one of the best. I was looking forward to new episodes, having a great time with some popcorn and beer. Thank you 44Teeth team for making our lives better.
I’m a member so I watched the whole BBB when it was first released - and then watched it again as you released the individual parts as well. Such brilliant content. Please make it over here to the USA soon! Saw your connection with Josh at the Streetfighter launch. He would make an excellent addition to the 44T crew as a US Correspondent! Come do a BBB in Southern California. - we have the weather and the roads that will not disappoint.
3:28 And they start assembling them weeks before Oktoberfest starts. It's like building a small US town in the summer, and tearing it down two weeks later.
Absolute gold. You two make my day. My misses thinks I have lost it when I sit there howling when I watch your vids. The fart is always the classic and the wife just doesn’t get it!!! This channel should have far more subscribers based on the brilliant content. Let’s face it, all men no matter how old never grow up and this channel has everything for the motorbike mad child🤣. Keep it coming👍👍👍🤣
Can't wait to see this competitive spirit (rivalry) get out on the (BSB) race track this year. I hope your gonna be gopro-ed up to catch the fairing bashing action.
I have a 87 CBR 600... and I can also say that old bikes are just special and different and make you fall in love with them. Both, the Blade and Pinkie are awsome! As is this series! Love you guys! Keep BBBing forever!
Much love to you guys! I miss Boothy too btw, and one question goes out to all of you: BBB 2023 - GSX-R 1000 K5 vs ZX-10R 04-05 -> Who would love that? It would be a battle of the KINGS
Another great battle , loved every second ! Blade for me though, sorry Chris ! But hey , I had you down as the winner on the ZX7R a few BBBs ago ! Cheers
Blade has it. Better bike bar the brakes. Not that I’m biased having had an identical one 22 years ago😂. Chris…. You need better glasses, honestly. The YZF isn’t a “ touring bike”.😂. Surprised there wasn’t a punch up after the beers…that went spicy a bit quickly. 😮
When he's turns around and says "Ya having mate? Ya having fun?" and the look on his face just says "I want to punch you in the face" had me literally in tears laughing 😂😂😂
Its awesome to see the brotherly banter of these two! It's just frustrating to see Al refuse a loss. Just man up, take it on the chin, and be thankful for the experience with your best friend.
The blade is the obvious winner here, from it actually working from the very beginning, and throughout the entire trip. Nobody minds replacing a shock, or upgrading the brake lines and pads, they’re wear and tear parts. What people don’t want is a bike that doesn’t run and has a mysterious problem requiring extensive diagnostics That’s ultimately what you want from a bike. Something that works, and something that can be reliable and depended upon. Even on the trip the Yam broke down. Even when people are on a budget, they’re going to look for something with the least amount of mechanical issues, even if it means paying a little more. Nobody wants a bike sat in the garage or the shed for weeks that doesn’t run at all and needs a million things checking and replacing. And who else actually has their own personal garage that helps them out with diagnostics and replacing bits, complete with a rolling road lol
Depends on circumstances. Have bought plenty of old vehicles in my life that had some kind of "mystery issue" that basically made the owner just get shot of it, super cheap. Most times it was not a costly fix at all.. worn ball joint or split plastic hose or something. Sometimes it's worth the gamble. Bought a mates old non running zxr750l2 for about 500 spondoolies (was running before being laid up in a garage). Just needed a bit of tlc to get it back to the world of the living, and the fact it owes me so little makes it damn hard to get rid of. The main difficulty now seemed to be getting parts for it
If you provide the data (in terms of cost) and we the audience should vote on who the winner is. That way character traits don’t play a role. Love the show guys 🙏🫶
I think the vote should go to the audience - you make your case, state the facts etc. and then put it up for a public vote. Done. At the end of the day, we’re the winners - thanks for a great series! Edit: I see you already did this at the cinema. Well, the public have spoken. Accept Alistair and move on…
To save arguments , you should just have a score or rate per episide for each bike , and at the end the total with more points comes 1st ad the other comes 2nd , there is no last place xD Love you guys!! thank you so fuggggin much honestly we love you both ! ( And Boothy! )
Yamaha guy all my days, had a 94 750R in 96 and a 94 'Blade in 97, best days on a bike were on that YZF. Swear that CBR just wanted me dead. Still, Fagan has this BBB, even though my rose tints, are all Yammy, the 'blade won this one, Barrony!
I like either one but (predictably) the blade was the clear winner. Budget? The YZF still needs a few hundred quid of tank to make it whole and then its still going to sell for much less anyway even after spending more on it. By the time they are sold the blade is going to have cost considerably less. The suspension test was just daft and they are both pretty adjustable so thats a wash. Then there's performance. Even completely stock blades that shape are good for late 160's on a runway and they have the gearing (if not the power) to run a fair bit more with enough space too. Its a good 5-8mph quicker than the YZF even with the YZF having a can on. Its also lighter, sharper handling and generally just better in pretty almost every way. The YZF may win the 90's cool contest - infact it would get my vote - but there's no getting away from the fact it got its a55 handed to it this time. Maybe next time grab some better data on the performance and handling sides? A best of three dyno run, airfield run and lap of a track would be good. Preferably with an independent rider and some real data logging. Slipstreaming in traffic on a road isn't really a level test.
I laughed when Chris says “you could have got in my slipstream” to achieve a higher top speed Like the yam would even be able to go fast enough for Al to make use of the slipstream 😂 The fact the yam needed slipstream to go faster, shows that it just isn’t faster lol
@@TescoRoadman They never were. The blade just makes more power everywhere and a lot more the further down the rpm range they go. Its also lighter and has a smaller frontal area. 161 is about right for a YZF and 168 about right for a blade when they're stock. Of course that YZF seems to be on shorter gearing and a can (which doesn't usually help an early exup bike) so its amazing it got to that number and probably only did because of Al being a drag queen. Honestly with the cost of the tank aswell the blade could have had a full system, jet kit and filter - and another 15hp or so.
I still don't understand how this channel doesn't have MILLIONS of subscribers
It’s not even that. I’m surprised the channel doesn’t have even a steady gradual growth.
Even more amazing when that DBag yammie has over 1m...
I know, considering the high level of content they put out
I've said this before that I think all the many gay jokes and innuendos can be off-putting and even offensive to a lot of motorcycle enthusiasts. Can you name even one openly gay rider in any national or international championship? Fabio is about as close as we get.
It's because they're fucking childish. Doesn't bother me but I know people who won't watch because of it.
Another banger! One of the best series out there.
You always say thank you to us for watching and coming to BBB at the cinema etc - but seriously thank you guys for creating the best show on two wheels hands down! I dabble with youtube and can only imagine how much effort must go into this! Still can't believe some of the tripe channels out there that have so many more followers...?!?!? 44 Teeth FTW! See you next time, keep it up Baron & Fagan!
Thanks 👊🏼
Came to say the same. You guys are awesome. There's no biking channel on here that comes close. This was an awesome BBB. Loved every moment!
I support future BBB's to still be released in parts! This way you get more revenue to make more content, and our enjoyment lasts longer. I'd rather have six 25min episodes rather than one 1h episode.
I think you misunderstood - we meant shoot the whole lot and roll out as usual in episodes but avoid the big gaps in prepping, leaving and end product. Basically condense the whole process rather than months of lag
@@FortyFourTeeth I would avoid cutting into the finding the problems and fixing them episodes. Those are some of the best parts and are integral given that it's a _budget_ bike battle.
@@Surestick88
Agreed. It’s arguably the most important part of a BBB, and thanks to the JHS boys, absolutely one of the most entertaining.
@@FortyFourTeeth less lag between the vag
@@FortyFourTeeth Thank you!
Can you just let Al win the next one, he’s getting proper eggy
I’d be eggy too with Chris never being wrong 😂
The blade clearly won though 😂
haha yes chris is just one of those people burdened with a complete inability to admit defeat.
He did win
Clearly a panel of judges need here!
You guys really need to have Boothy or someone be a third party judge.
boothy on an r7 would have completed the set
@@jediknight129 the period correct OW-02 R7 is unobtainium budget wise and alsso Boothy has that pirate thing going on. :( Hope to see him soon riding bikes with these two, really enjoyed his presence on the channel.
@Stefan yeah but a girl can dream, I love the R7. as for the pirate thing nothing a thumb break cant sort, it's how I'm setting up my bike post amputation
@@jediknight129 ooofff sorry for that!
@@hstefantechnically if she's a girl, she'll be a scurvy sea dog, not a pirate. Good on her for getting back on the seahorse
I’m 58 and you two make me laugh like a girl with your antics. Brilliant
Cheers lads. Looking forward to seeing Boothmeister back too.
44teeth is a true UA-cam goldmine of content. They deserve a lot more attention
You know things are getting serious when you hear "but Alastair". It's like when a mother uses your full name when she wants you to clean your room.
Love it, bit awkward when your clearly vexed at each other but the love/hate relationship i guess is what makes it all work
I always look forward to a new 44Teeth video! Love these guys!
I'll take the Fireblade every day of the week and twice on Sundays thanks. Loved all the footage, great to see what two sub £3k bikes can still do, both look great and so much fun. Al takes the win 👍👍
Thank you 44 Teeth for bringing bikes, laughter and cool-as-f*ckery to the masses. THE best bike channel on UA-cam. May you reign for years to come.... 🏍️🙌🏼
Im relatively new to this channel,but im watching everything now.i think its the best thing on,its exactly how me and my mates behave and speak to each other.and to say i can feel the deep moist love for the bikes would be a massive understatement.you guys remind me how cool it is to be a motorcyclist and that all bikes have their merits.keep it up!!
have fun going through the old budget bike battles. it's propper fun and entertainment. you won't regret it. :D
The disagreements had me worried for a bit, but then a phone call was made and it immediately felt better. 😍😃🙏 Keep having fun while you make these videos, that’s what shines through to us viewers and brings a smile to our faces too. I really appreciate all the hard work you do! Thanks for sharing 🤩🥂🏆
Agreed...they both got proper eggy
I’m guessing you may have considered this, voting a winner could be done via sticker sales for each team. I’d pay to vote, I’m sure many others would too. It could at least be factored into the decision. Absolutely loved this one, i didn’t miss the drinking one bit. Best bike content on UA-cam by a mile. Looking forward to the next one!! 😎
Laughing out loud within the first 30 seconds, I love these vids! Lads, don't change a thing on this channel, keep the content as is. I love logging on and seeing the little 44teeth notification whether it's a bike launch review or BBB or just general bike chat/news/bollocks.
Thanks guys. Another fun one. I've always found the unexpected that happens road trip are some of the best times rather than all the planned stuff. When you get to the next BBB, you get to the next BBB. We'll enjoy your other content and videos until then. Thanks again!
Owned a 97 Fireblade for over 17 year’s, only the regulator/rectifier broke in all that time. The thing is bulletproof, even rode it down to The Gambia (West Africa). It’s the clear winner for me.
Budget bike battle is by far the best programme available for bikers, thank you guys. To help I have just purchased some merch to help out the channel. P.s. I would be happy to pay for an extended cut if available and I am sure that many other people would also
So good to watch. Glad you enjoyed it and that there's another one coming :)
What an amazing show, thank you guys! The argument about which bike is better reminds me of the argument about which city is the better city - Munich or Berlin, but that's another story.
thanks for watching? Thanks for posting!!! You guys, are just the best out there, love the content, the bike tests everything. Hope 2023 is even just bigger and better!!!
This series and channel is a real winner
Great watch all the way through. Thanks for this and all the other content you put out.
Loved the live cinema experience, and meeting you both, and Boothy in person. Looking forward to the next BBB!
What a series, it's been a great laugh, cheers lads! Can tell a lot of hard work goes into every aspect and it has definitely paid off.
I also think it's a good idea to shoot the entire next series as a whole and release it every week, for instance, when it's ready rather than having a huge gap. This may encourage new viewers/subs to stick around too.
A love a handful of your projects, but BBB is one of the best. I was looking forward to new episodes, having a great time with some popcorn and beer. Thank you 44Teeth team for making our lives better.
Well done guys. Already looking forward to the next one.
I’m a member so I watched the whole BBB when it was first released - and then watched it again as you released the individual parts as well. Such brilliant content. Please make it over here to the USA soon! Saw your connection with Josh at the Streetfighter launch. He would make an excellent addition to the 44T crew as a US Correspondent!
Come do a BBB in Southern California. - we have the weather and the roads that will not disappoint.
Well done Brit’s your Channel is so cool. Old superbike is always a good idea. Congratulations from a french Guy.
I just LOVE the bickering. As contrived as it is I still pmsl. Brilliant telly 👌
Please, please, please keep doing what you are doing because it's absolutely fucking brilliant. The channel sums up what motorcycling is about...FUN!
What a trip, what a series.
If you guys ever need a barbecue and a bed in The Netherlands, you are more then welcome.
Love you guys, friendship wins again. Thanks again for the top notch entertainment. 🇦🇺
What a masterpiece boys. Thanks for another banger of a BBB. Can’t wait for all the upcoming summer shenanigans 🤪
Love these guys and the production behind it. That is all more plz.
3:28 And they start assembling them weeks before Oktoberfest starts.
It's like building a small US town in the summer, and tearing it down two weeks later.
You have to pre-book seats and tents to be able to sit down and order food and drinks. Made that error way back in 2012.
I've loved watching this again. Everyone's a winner but especially my eyes. Can't wait for the next one
I love BBB series and see no need to have a winner, i just like seeing mates riding and having adventures and fun on budget bikes, both are winners.
Absolute gold. You two make my day. My misses thinks I have lost it when I sit there howling when I watch your vids. The fart is always the classic and the wife just doesn’t get it!!! This channel should have far more subscribers based on the brilliant content. Let’s face it, all men no matter how old never grow up and this channel has everything for the motorbike mad child🤣. Keep it coming👍👍👍🤣
The Yamaha just looks the part! Enjoyed the series.
Great content, another bbb in the books, thanks lads 🍻
Can't wait to see this competitive spirit (rivalry) get out on the (BSB) race track this year. I hope your gonna be gopro-ed up to catch the fairing bashing action.
Absolutely fantastic!!
Best bike channel on UA-cam thanks guys
Can not wit for the next one!👍🏍🏍👍
This series is absolutely brilliant - I look forward to BBB episodes seemingly above all other UA-cam content!
More egg in this sit-down segment than a buffet omelet station 😂
Thank you gents on another great BBB
Thanks guys fantastic as usual
“Nice hair”, “at least I got some”. Holy shit that was gold 🤣
Another great BBB guys, thanks so much!
boothy gotta be the future judge on these :D
and as always. it was such a blast to watch. cheers lads. :D
I have a 87 CBR 600... and I can also say that old bikes are just special and different and make you fall in love with them.
Both, the Blade and Pinkie are awsome!
As is this series!
Love you guys! Keep BBBing forever!
Good to see this didn't stay serious for too long - 2 wheels & an engine at the end of the day.
Much love to you guys! I miss Boothy too btw, and one question goes out to all of you:
BBB 2023 - GSX-R 1000 K5 vs ZX-10R 04-05 -> Who would love that? It would be a battle of the KINGS
There is only way to solve this THUNDERDOME!
Hands down the best trip to the cinema I've ever had!
Another great battle , loved every second ! Blade for me though, sorry Chris ! But hey , I had you down as the winner on the ZX7R a few BBBs ago ! Cheers
first design an impossible beer suspension test and then complain because of how fuzzy it was...pure youtube gold guys! :)
Blade has it. Better bike bar the brakes. Not that I’m biased having had an identical one 22 years ago😂. Chris…. You need better glasses, honestly. The YZF isn’t a “ touring bike”.😂. Surprised there wasn’t a punch up after the beers…that went spicy a bit quickly. 😮
Definatly love the content, the best part is Fat man and Dobbin arguing :D
Thankyou
You guys are the best!
A lot of tension at the end? Did anything happen in the twin room ?? 😂😂
Bangers n Gash! Best motorcycle content on youtube! Thank you for another excellent installment of BBB!
When he's turns around and says "Ya having mate? Ya having fun?" and the look on his face just says "I want to punch you in the face" had me literally in tears laughing 😂😂😂
Outstanding work boys!!!!
Its awesome to see the brotherly banter of these two! It's just frustrating to see Al refuse a loss. Just man up, take it on the chin, and be thankful for the experience with your best friend.
The guy's an absolute nightmare.
Mr Fagan taking it a wee bit too seriously!!...lol...glad you made up!....great show guys!
Guys this episode was hilarious. Well done on a consistently great channel.
Brilliant as ever. I hope you guys come over the states and do the BBB here.
cant wait to see the next one, id love to see you do something like the NC500 on 125s or 300s
Done the nc500, it's not that good. The only good thing that was there is applecross.
So good. Well done boys 👍
Another great series. Thank you chaps.
Thankyou for this series, really enjoyed it 👍🏻
So glad you did a BBB using on old blade. It's just such a lot of bike for the money. Add to that you two getting gazeboed at the fest... Love it 😂😂
Best one yet. Next one DRAG bike!!!! Turbo bandits and the like
The blade is the obvious winner here, from it actually working from the very beginning, and throughout the entire trip. Nobody minds replacing a shock, or upgrading the brake lines and pads, they’re wear and tear parts. What people don’t want is a bike that doesn’t run and has a mysterious problem requiring extensive diagnostics
That’s ultimately what you want from a bike. Something that works, and something that can be reliable and depended upon. Even on the trip the Yam broke down.
Even when people are on a budget, they’re going to look for something with the least amount of mechanical issues, even if it means paying a little more. Nobody wants a bike sat in the garage or the shed for weeks that doesn’t run at all and needs a million things checking and replacing. And who else actually has their own personal garage that helps them out with diagnostics and replacing bits, complete with a rolling road lol
Depends on circumstances. Have bought plenty of old vehicles in my life that had some kind of "mystery issue" that basically made the owner just get shot of it, super cheap. Most times it was not a costly fix at all.. worn ball joint or split plastic hose or something. Sometimes it's worth the gamble. Bought a mates old non running zxr750l2 for about 500 spondoolies (was running before being laid up in a garage). Just needed a bit of tlc to get it back to the world of the living, and the fact it owes me so little makes it damn hard to get rid of. The main difficulty now seemed to be getting parts for it
Look at the price tag, that's the reality, still cheaper and better looking
Mannnn, I live like 30 minutes away, if only I had known you guys were there 😭 Greets from Germany, hope to have you guys again!
thank you
Love the content guys, please come to Australia and ride some of our roads and tracks.
If you provide the data (in terms of cost) and we the audience should vote on who the winner is. That way character traits don’t play a role. Love the show guys 🙏🫶
Lol this ended up being a bro vs. bro argument with no objective data and I love it 😂
You're gonna need bigger cinemas. Thanks for the lift you give that you'll never know know about
I look forward to the next one. I like the installments well.
I fucking love the way you two get so eggy when comparing at the end, 🤣🤣😂
Cinema event was great, I hope you do more of them
Awesome series guys 👍
Awesome as always kids!
I think the vote should go to the audience - you make your case, state the facts etc. and then put it up for a public vote. Done.
At the end of the day, we’re the winners - thanks for a great series! Edit: I see you already did this at the cinema. Well, the public have spoken. Accept Alistair and move on…
Everyone will vote for Chris because he is a lovely man
thanks again for an amazing BBB as always
LOVE it lads - come to Australia!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting. Great series of videos. Let us known when you decide the USA, if you have not already. Specially if you are visiting Colorado.
To save arguments , you should just have a score or rate per episide for each bike , and at the end the total with more points comes 1st ad the other comes 2nd , there is no last place xD Love you guys!! thank you so fuggggin much honestly we love you both ! ( And Boothy! )
Yamaha guy all my days, had a 94 750R in 96 and a 94 'Blade in 97, best days on a bike were on that YZF. Swear that CBR just wanted me dead. Still, Fagan has this BBB, even though my rose tints, are all Yammy, the 'blade won this one, Barrony!
I like either one but (predictably) the blade was the clear winner. Budget? The YZF still needs a few hundred quid of tank to make it whole and then its still going to sell for much less anyway even after spending more on it.
By the time they are sold the blade is going to have cost considerably less.
The suspension test was just daft and they are both pretty adjustable so thats a wash.
Then there's performance. Even completely stock blades that shape are good for late 160's on a runway and they have the gearing (if not the power) to run a fair bit more with enough space too. Its a good 5-8mph quicker than the YZF even with the YZF having a can on.
Its also lighter, sharper handling and generally just better in pretty almost every way.
The YZF may win the 90's cool contest - infact it would get my vote - but there's no getting away from the fact it got its a55 handed to it this time.
Maybe next time grab some better data on the performance and handling sides? A best of three dyno run, airfield run and lap of a track would be good. Preferably with an independent rider and some real data logging.
Slipstreaming in traffic on a road isn't really a level test.
I laughed when Chris says “you could have got in my slipstream” to achieve a higher top speed
Like the yam would even be able to go fast enough for Al to make use of the slipstream 😂
The fact the yam needed slipstream to go faster, shows that it just isn’t faster lol
@@TescoRoadman They never were. The blade just makes more power everywhere and a lot more the further down the rpm range they go. Its also lighter and has a smaller frontal area. 161 is about right for a YZF and 168 about right for a blade when they're stock.
Of course that YZF seems to be on shorter gearing and a can (which doesn't usually help an early exup bike) so its amazing it got to that number and probably only did because of Al being a drag queen.
Honestly with the cost of the tank aswell the blade could have had a full system, jet kit and filter - and another 15hp or so.