Anybody Had Or Has A Honda Sp1 Bought A Daytime Mot Track Bike Yesterday

Awesome, that'll be a hoot

 

Had an sp1 and sp2, heavy bike but fantastic handling and doesn’t feel heavy on the go, stunning bikes...can’t offer any constructive input other than don’t sell it anytime soon as they are going up, sp2 swingarm also looks better

 

Big n heavy. Don't like direction changes, have to put big inputs to shift it. Holds big lines well.

Get suspension and feuling sorted.

 

To be honest I didn’t notice it had the sp2 arm on, but yep looks ace.

 

Mine had a Harris/Öhlins steering damper to help head shake.

 

I had a sp1 it took a while to sort the suspension heavy thing looks and sounds awesome still think the 916 / 996 were better bikes

 

The SP2 came and went.. the 998 has stayed for 14 years.

Good to scratch the itch tho..

 

I have a 4K mile , 2 owner immaculate sp1 sat in my hallway
Absolutely love just looking at it , intend to do a couple of hundred miles on it in the summer

 

I think Hondajust missed the mark by not adopting demodromic valve timing

 

At least they have gear driven cams not belts that need replacing every 2 years.
Pros and cons.
TBH I couldn't decide which one I like more 998s or SP2..so will keep both.

 

bin the side rads too, try and find a set of hrc rads there so much better.

 

This was my mates old sp1, was John mcguinnes tt bike.

 

I have a SP1 and in standard trim, its old school ,with a few mods, its a better old school but for me, Its all about the noise especially on the over run.

 

Mates got a 800 mile sp1 and a v low mile all black sp2

 

I have an SP2...great bike!