Originally posted by bradders surely the sps is more collectable, race engine componants and the right displacement n all that....:P
Not really mate-the SP3 also has all the race components, since it WAS the bike they were racing but with a 955 overbore. As Harv has stated TI rods and valves, twin injectors, also special cams. I have ridden the bike that Harv has since it belonged to a mate of mine who now lives in Hawaii. It is a complete animal, much more fierce than a 996 and revs like a stroker. Basically I am still kicking myself as I should have kept it myself rather than selling it for him.
But your right...I didn't know V-twins were supposed to have a power band!
I'm doing Silverstone International on the 30th May and then the GP circuit on the 7th June...can't wait to really open her up ...new pants for me please!
Its my understanding from what I have read (and I am quite happy to be proved wrong) that the 955 was the bike Foggy rode to WSBK success in the 1994/1995 season.
As for homolagation...as I say they did indeed make some 955 variants (The SP3) for this very purpose, alongside the 916SP, but they didn't officially come to the UK for sale, I think they went mainly to the US...although you do hear of them from time to time..obvious special imports or summut.
So you do hear the term 916SP3 banted around a lot...but I think the true number of them in the UK is probably very few indeed. The reality is a lot of people think the SP is also known in other cirlces as an SP3, when infact they are different capacity machines. A genuine 916SP is quite a rare beastie nowadays...and a genuine 916SP3 even more so.
ENGINE Max Power: 118.8 Hp @ 9500 rpm Max Torque: 90.8 Nm @ 6750 rpm Bore and Stroke: 98 x 66 mm Displacement: 996 cc Compression Ratio: 11.5: 1 Timing System: DOCH, Desmodromic 4 valves per cylinder Inlet Valves: 36 mm Exhaust Valves: 30 mm Special titanium alloy Pankl con-rods Weber-Marelli electronic injection, double injector per cylinder, 50mm throttle body 12V - 350W electrical equipment with 12 Volt 16 Ah battery Wet sump forced lubrication, 4 liters oil Wet, multiplates, hydraulic actuated clutch 6-speed gearbox
CHASSIS Tubolar Steel Trellis frame Front Fork: 43mm upside-down Ohlins Rear Suspension: Ohlins Front Brake: Double floating Ø 320 with 4 pistons caliper Rear Brake: Single floating Ø 200 mm Front Tyre: 120/70-17 Rear Tyre: 190/50-17
916 SPS 1994: Main differences from 916 Strada 1994
ENGINE Inlet Valves: 34 mm Exhaust Valves: 30 mm Rev limitator: 11.500 rpm 8-plates clutch Double injector per cylinder 50mm throttle body
CHASSIS Front Disks: cast iron disks 5 mm thickness, light aluminium alloy hubs Rear Suspension: Ohlins Airbox, front mudguard and other parts in carbon fiber