Don't make me laugh Paul...:lol:

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.:(

John

Nah...you made the right decision John...:cool:

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!:o

So the 955 was never used in WSB??? If it was, how was it homolgated?

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.

Gotcha. Why SP3? What about SP1 and SP2?

uhmmmmm?:rolleye:

I think that the SP1, SP2, SP3, refers to the model years, prior to the 916SPS and the later 996SPS

i.e.
SP1 1994 also just refered to as an SP
SP2 1995
SP3 1996
916 SPS 1997/98
996 SPS 1999
996 SPS with Ohlins forks 2000

I would definately agree with Harvs comments about the pricing.

john - doesnt the sps have ti conrods, dual injectors etc etc?

916 SPS 1997: Technical Specifications


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