It's not a Blade

Well after lusting after one for ages I finally bit the bullet and picked up this very low mileage example. Pleased is an understatement. Only change I will make is a full Akrapovic exhaust system. Don't plan on using it too much as right or wrong having sunk a fair amount of cash into it I'm seeing it as an investment, hope you like.

Honda VTR1000 SP2 RC51 by (MrB), on Flickr

Honda VTR1000 SP2 RC51 by (MrB), on Flickr

Honda VTR1000 SP2 RC51 by (MrB), on Flickr

 

Cracking looking bike fella, I would really struggle to leave that alone

 

Stunning...

 

Damn nice bike mate.
Still love these bikes. Biggest mistake I made was selling my SP1

 

Cheers, I remember yours well it always got the juices flowing. This is one of the last ones registered on an 08 plate with just shy of 1800 miles.

 

Yes it is a beauty! Nice buy Mr. B

 

Intend to do approx 1000 miles a year, I thought use it 10 times do about 100 and keep the mileage low. It will be insured, tax'd and with an MOT should the opportunity arise.

 

Lovely. Personally I would leave it totally standard to give that classic factory fresh look

 

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Feel your pain!

 

Biggest mistake I made was selling my SP1

 

I couldn't wait to get rid of my SP1.
Awful bike, terrible suspension, terrible fuelling. I ordered it before they came out and got one of the first in GB. It would have gone within weeks but the stealer wanted the sp and two grand to part ex it for a new blade ( effectively losing four grand ).
I decided to spend the money improving the sp, Penske rear shock, Revolution racing gold kit for front end, full ti akropovic, pc2, Gilles rear sets, etc, etc. After all that it still only made the sp bearable. Wheelies everywhere and at all speeds when someone was on the back. Definitely not the bike to ride to Monza on ( which was bloody hard work).
Sorry if that bursts anybody's rose tinted bubble but that's way I found it.

 

Agree it's not an every day bike. But boy is it fun.

I got off mine every time smiling. Something that even the Blade never managed (not every time anyway).

Mine also had the suspension and fueling sorted with a hyperpro rear shock and Kyle linkage, with piston kit up front.

For a Sunday blast I couldn't walk past it and that was with 3 bikes in the garage at the time.

 

54 miles added today

 

Now that's what you call a fresh find mate

 

What do you need to go with your HRC Superbike a new hat of course

 

That's lovely that mate.

 

New lid even comes with a microfibre cloth to keep it all nice n clean between journeys???

Is that a special/limited edition lid?

 

Yes limited run and it's very nice I hate to say being a Shoei guy but when I saw this was coming a few months back it had to be ordered.