Re: Performance Bikes - May - Worth a read.

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:41 pm

Timbo wrote:PB for May has a really good article on the SP1 versus modern sports bikes. Weird cos i thought the SP WAS a modern sports bike

Did well anyways so i guess it is modern!

Also got an EXCELLENT article on some bloke called Dave Ward who has a ZRX1100 bored out to 1200 that he has "sorted out" and uses to spank R1s and Blades etc, watch out you Blade owners

Bring it on

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:09 pm

Get the scanner out Timbo!
Some of us are too cheep to go out and buy the mag

Pete.l

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:51 am

I bought it on Saturday.

Its a good article. The SP in the mag is a very nice example chucking out 127BHP...5 more than the latest Mille its tested against

It got me thinking how much I'd still really like one at some point...

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:28 am

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:00 am

Thats a bit "bling" innit?

Like ZRX's too

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:43 pm

Jbrebel wrote:

Thats a bit "bling" innit?

Like ZRX's too

Its a drag bike surely, need a HGV licence to ride it! I like standard ZRX's a la Timbo's

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:03 pm

I don't think that one would look as bad if it had'nt been stretched out and stickered to death

Those mirrors do nowt for me either

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:06 pm

I thought that too Mike. Was very impressed. Infact, im very tempted to start looking for a SP myself...

Zakalwe · Post by **Zakalwe** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:21 pm

Jbrebel wrote:I thought that too Mike. Was very impressed. Infact, im very tempted to start looking for a SP myself...

Do it...everyone should have a bit of HRC magic at least once in their lives!

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:48 pm

Very interesting, the Prilla must have been a bad one though! Many many tests have been done with the SP and the factory (or old R)Mille and the factory Mille came out on top (only just though)! Great to see the SP doing so well against the newer competition. The 1198 cant be all that if a 130 ish BHP twin is that close (good handling or not!) They should have thrown a modern thou IL4 in the mix just as a comparison.

Why is it that the bloomin testers always rave about the GSXR750? Drives me nuts! 3 years ago it was a definate player but you now have extremely light and agile thous that can out drag /out handle the 750 and cost about the same to buy so why bother! Why put one in this test! Why are the testers suddenly raving about the SP when all they could do originally was slate it for various negligable slow speed anomalies. Sounds to me like they are bored of testing the new R1 against the Blade

We all know how good the SP is and know that it will stay with the modern metal in the real world (it was a world superbike after all!) I am just fed up with bike journos, sorry

Dean O · Post by **Dean O** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:22 pm

class is timeless

& fwiw me SP feels faster than me blackbird :wink2

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:29 pm

FirestormMike wrote:If we catch up on a rideout sometime john, I'll swap a go of the SP for a blat on the Buell.

No probs Mike, thats very kind of you

I'm sure we'll both be out and about together at some point this soon.

The SP is the only sports bike I could really go for at the minute...don't got me wrong, if I had 12g spare I'd be tempted to look at 1198, but I don't have anywhere like that kind of money!

I've always had a massive soft spot for SP's. Ever since Edwards bombed everyone in Superbikes on it and Joey (my hero

) took it round the TT in fine fashion. They're such an iconic bike for me and in a strange way not typical of Honda

Must be that HRC thing, ala RC30 etc...

If money will permit I'll be on the hunt this year...like I've said before they're only going to appreciate in price now and I want to get my mits on one before the horse has bolted

Seeker 77 · Post by **Seeker 77** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 9:11 pm

Zakalwe wrote:Do it...everyone should have a bit of HRC magic at least once in their lives!

How about twice.............

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Tue May 05, 2009 3:08 pm

No. You can have too much of a good thing, IMO.

It's like the Boy's I-Spy book of dogs.

I spent years trying to tick off every sub-species and breed, but Peked too soon.