VTR1000 info please

[vifferman]

Well I was always thinking about how I am going to get an sp2 as soon as I get my full... Now they sound like turds

They're not a bad bike - just not comfy for using around town or for touring - OK for a track day or having a fang.

[imdying]

Well I was always thinking about how I am going to get an sp2 as soon as I get my full... Now they sound like turds

Much of what's mentioned applies to other bikes like the 916, wouldn't stop you from having one though eh

[wbks]

Nah when the time comes if I haven't already spent too much money on a f3 bike or something I'll probably buy it anyway

[pritch]

Well I was always thinking about how I am going to get an sp2 as soon as I get my full... Now they sound like turds

As others have said it depends what you want to do with it. I think the SP2 was a brilliant bike and I'd love one but I'd need another bike(s) for commuting and for touring.

Notwithstanding there is a locally owned SP that is regularly seen carrying a pillion, and I believe has toured two up, which is another purpose for which it would not be my first choice.

Also I'd like to insert the customary warning that there would be a lot of bikes more suitable for someone who had just gained their full license...

[wbks]

If someones going to wind their bike open on the road and go thrashing it they're going to do it on a 1000 or a 600. 600 will get 250, 1000 will get 300+ just a lot faster. Difference?

[imdying]

If someones going to wind their bike open on the road and go thrashing it they're going to do it on a 1000 or a 600. 600 will get 250, 1000 will get 300+ just a lot faster. Difference?

Yes a big one... ride a 600 and then a thousand... doesn't even have to be back to back... you'll 'get it' pretty much instantly.

[Chooky]

wat about the TL1000s had an offer to buy one wats ya thoughts there

A TL...? That a Suzuki isnt it...?

[jafar]

Well I was always thinking about how I am going to get an sp2 as soon as I get my full... Now they sound like turds

Hardly 'turds', but if you are coming off your restricted then it is not the bike for you.
In fact any of the litre sports machines are not for you.
Simply put a litre race bike is just that & someone coming off a restricted just doesn't have the skill set.
IMHO you are better off to go to a midrange machine & play there for a while. 400-600 machines are fast enough to scare the crap out of anyone.

[wbks]

2003 vtr1000sp2 with HRC internals, cooling system, carbon wheels, ohlins, carbon bodywork and direct port injection nitrous system and drag bars is in order then, chaps!

[Fatjim]

The VTR is a great bike, but not a performance bike. If you get it sorted, you'll keep up with most, as long as you get on the gas early. But like most japper Vtwins it sucks once you get to 200k. The 600's will blow right past you, used to piss me off big time.

You should ride both the vtr and the SV, and give them a good ride, at least 30 minutes, and prefereably more. Pick whcih one feels nicest, and then sort out the suspension, quick time, and then get some sintered pads.

[jafar]

2003 vtr1000sp2 with HRC internals, cooling system, carbon wheels, ohlins, carbon bodywork and direct port injection nitrous system and drag bars is in order then, chaps!

http://www.police.govt.nz/
or
http://www.legacyfunerals.co.nz/

I predict our ACC levies will be going up again in 09

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

once you get to 200k.

I hope this is on the track?

[Fatjim]

oh yeah, there too. But usually only on the back straight at Manfeild.

[wbks]

I thought sp vtr was the 'performance bike' untill the cbr 1000 came along?

[Marmoot]

I thought sp vtr was the 'performance bike' untill the cbr 1000 came along?

Wrong.

Them two are from two different diciplines.
While the SP was an evolution within Superbike line, next in line to the RC45 albeit relatively far link, CBR1K was the successor in the Fireblade range. It just so happened that the manufacturers managed to flick the Superbike limitation to the 1K instead of 750, effectively saving them significant development cost to just design 1 bike instead of 2 (1 for race and 1 for market)