bastid bike delivery :/

[VTRDark]

I'm counting the days until you start wanting another SP2. Don't go selling too many parts.


Have fun and ride safe.

(:-})

[lloydie]

Congrats benny .
You better get them parts sold to pay for the services on the blade as I'm sure you will hit the 16k by winter lol

[Pops]

I'm not jelous much !

[AMCQ46]

have fun Benny.................you will be back to V2 even if it is an RC8

[BigVeeGrin]

have fun Benny.................you will be back to V2 even if it is an RC8

love them - was cycling to work the other day and one overtook me, glorious deep rumble

[Virt]

have fun Benny.................you will be back to V2 even if it is an RC8

love them - was cycling to work the other day and one overtook me, glorious deep rumble

Shame their front headlight completely ruins the look

Is benny not back yet?

[agentpineapple]

very very nice benny boy, i'm well jel....
take it easy. whats the bhp 160+
i also love the rc8 and i agree with virt, the front isn't the best of lookers.....
i've had a sit on an rc8, very impressive bike, its tiny, very race focused indeed...

[thumperslaw]

Would of kept the sp-2

[seb421]

bye bye sp2



hello cbr1000rr




just fitting tail tidy atm. only had it 5 mins and was taking it apart lol, as you do!

just sold another £130 worth of sp parts

Looks wicked other than the rearsets they look very corporate Honda if that makes any sense?

How's the day been give us a review mate :-)

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[BigVeeGrin]

- is that a very vertical and long gear linkage? where's the gearbox on it???

[lumpyv]

nice, i like these bikes, nice and compact

[benny hedges]

326 miles on it yesterday.

awesome. that is all

[lloydie]

326 miles on it yesterday.

awesome. that is all

No not all come on benny give us a full review :-)

[benny hedges]

326 miles on it yesterday.

awesome. that is all

No not all come on benny give us a full review :-)

WELL.

first thing i noticed is how quiet it is! it souds like a car!
then, its extremely light, very easy to paddle around when parking. something i struggled with on the sp.
acceleration is Very brisk!
it will quite happilly poote through villages at 20mph in 5th and pull away clean, 6th from 25-30. very tractable and smooth indeed.
the riding position is very comfy - did an easy 300 mile yesterday with no gripes - if anything i'd say it's less leany forwardy than the sp.... and the low(ish) screen really isnt that bad.
i was expecting to get buffeted about but no. even with my going slow helmet, which is loody awful on the sp at over 80mph with a zeroG db.

fuel economy - its got a miles?L display and i saw it varying between 11 & 18 - work that out!
average for the day was 14.9 mile /L which works out at 67.8mph!!! WTF!!!
and we werent dawdling either!

thats twice what i was getting on the sp and storm!
im sure that will drop when im using it proper but still!

handling - faultless.
braking - amazing, even the back brake
tyres? its got bt s20r which i havent seen before, but yeh, theyre fine.. feels great, though they were a bit shredded by the time i got home lol.

ive just made a few chages. like fitting an evotech rad guard as the rad is Very exposed right behind the front tyre... and took off the pilly seat and fitted a nice oem cowl.
nd done the exhaust flapper mod... its got a flapper which stays shut until 4000rpm, but it was annoying me a bit yesterday by constantly changing tone as the revs went up and down around 4k.

when it gets to 8k its like someone has shoved a rocket up yer butt and lit it! OMFG it flies!

cant wait to do more miles on it and do it justice.
very very good machines these - although the build quality is not a patch on the sp (as i expected)
the fairings and bodywork are very lightweight and theres lots of plastic clips and stuff, whereas on the sp it wouldve been a hooj ally casting!

someone asked yesterday if its better than the sp....
thats like asking if is an apple better than a pear!

[lloydie]

That's better :-)