Seat unit on mine came from Ricambi Weiss.Excellent value for money.Requires a small amount of fitting,but no cutting of the subframe.Im using the Strada seat pad,so your weight is on the frame.

rang gianluca today he was out spoke 2 davide he was v helpfull will speak 2gianluca mon thanks again dave.

thanks 4 all the advice mike rob loony nat eric,would love a sp5 but italy is along way,late model strada with a single seat would look similar.is the performance differance between strada sp4/5 alot cheers dave.

Dave
It's probably not worth the trip to Italy, i've had my Strada for 2 years now and in that time i've seen about 4 or 5 good SP's come up for sale, so if I were you i'd wait for a good UK bike to come up. Keep checking here, ebay and classicmotorcycles site and you'll find one. As for the performance difference, not a lot on the road. It's more about the exclusivity of ownership to be honest. Plus if you do get ans SP you'll probably be real scared to use it hard whereas a strada, although quite rare now in itself, isn't impossible to source parts for and fix up in the event of blow up / accident. Mine's got SP forks and an ohlins shock, if you add a single seat and a better motor like Rob then I think you'll have a more useable every day bike which still turns heads. Cheers, Lyndsay. Ps...keep the faith!

time too make up my mind now got a call from a guy sellin a sp4 and im goin 2 see weeveetwins 888 strada on tuesday he has a mint bike that is original might be a shame too start modin steves bike.

SP4 all the way. Not that i'm biassed in any way you understand!!

Mike.

Sorry Dave, can't do Tuesday (thought Wednesday was mentioned - or Thurs?)

Maybe go look at the SP4 first, then if you don't buy it get back to me. I'm in no panic to sell.

Best of luck
Steve

looked at a sp4 2day no 492 or 493 belongs to guy called scott very good condition all the docs bike was imported some time ago. only thing i was a bit unsure about was it had a gold frame thought sp4's had white frames was this a end of line and they had started with gold frames or could it have been ordered with a gold frame,any thoughts please. cheers dave

Thats not right Dave as they only ever came with white frames- but its probably just been painted - but that then begs the question why ?!. I'm assuming its got the plaque etc ?

its got everything, italia classics in lincoln know and look after the bike and they say its as it should be.