Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 851 / 888 > Is the American 888SPO a true SP..?

[weeveetwin]

Now this may be stirring up a hornet's nest with our US cousins, but I think not - and have said as much on the Yahoo! message board.

What say we Europeans? Is it a 'real' SP?

[Jools]

I've always thought of it as a single seat Strada.

[beancounter]

Ducati called it an SP and that's good enough for me....

[keefer]

anyone got a link ?

[nelly]

The SPO was a strada with a single seat and uprated suspension. I think that the SP spec' motors won't reach the emmision regulations thay have in the US.

[yellow916]

I think Nelly is right. A couple of years ago when I was trying to sell my SP3, a couple of the guys on the Yahoo forum said there was no way it could be (legally) registered in the US. Lucky for me really!

Andrew

[weeveetwin]

Originally Posted by beancounter

Ducati called it an SP and that's good enough for me....

What's in a name? They called the 900 'Superlight' an SP too in the US.

( ...here's a link to the Yahoo! board:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ducati-851-888/ ) I expect it's going to get busy when our friends across the pond awake!

[nelly]

SPO ................ "Sport Production Omologato"
That's probably all that was needed before the racers started pouring great bucket fulls of petrol down it's throat with wild cam profiles
Could you imagine riding a SP4 down the boulevard spitting fuel out of the open pipes

[851neil]

nelly sounds good to me - specially if the fuel was ignited.....