| Personally I'd go for the year 2000 model with the Ohlins forks, the last one before the 996r
I did over 20,000 miles on mine, mainly road use and thought it was a great road bike. Superb mid range punch followed up by great topend, matched my 996r everywhere on the dyno except for the last thousand rpm, in fact sps had a bit more in the mid range. Frame and suspension susposedly the same as the r but my sps just semed to handle that bit better, maybe something in the set up which i could never isolate when I owned them both together.
Only problem I had with mine from memeory was a split header tank and the sprag clutch on the starter motor went some time after i sold it to my best mate, but they have a hard life starting high comp engine. Make sure the battery is kept well charged before starting if it's been left idle for a while. I wouldn't be put off by high mileage if the condition and service history is right. I think they're better if used rather than stood idle for most of the time.
Good luck, fantastic bike, wish I still had mine
Search the archives here and you'll find my write ups on both.
Full service history for sure and make sure the rockers are checked as they can be expensive to replace.  |