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


Have fun and ride safe.

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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

I'm not jelous much !

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

AMCQ46 wrote: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

BigVeeGrin wrote:

AMCQ46 wrote: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?

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...

Would of kept the sp-2

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

nice, i like these bikes, nice and compact

326 miles on it yesterday.

awesome. that is all

benny hedges wrote:326 miles on it yesterday.

awesome. that is all

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

lloydie wrote:

benny hedges wrote: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!

That's better :-)