Stunning SP4 on eBay (US)
 

This looks a real beauty. Under 2500 miles too! If only it was UK eh? (Another bike with no number on the board though. I wonder why this is? Did they sometimes leave the factory like this?)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...1670503& rd=1

Looks very nice indeed.

My SP is the same with no Number 1 on the side

I can't believe what are US cousins are willing to pay for these bikes? I know the current exchange rate makes it seem less than it for European comparisons, but $15,000 is a lot of dosh.

around £7900.00??? whats the going rate in UK?

It's believed that there are only five of these bikes in the US - so if you want one you've little choice but to cough up the cash. There are four days left on the bidding too, so it has time to climb even higher.

(An SP4 in that condition with similar low miles would also fetch over £7000 in the UK).

Is it? Works out to less than £8K at current exchange rates. I don't know about SP prices, but Jasper reckons on another thread that he's been offered 12K for his SP5 on a couple of occasions.

Anyway, whatever the cost would you dare ride it if you had the wherewithall to buy it and get it shipped across here. I mean a 1992 bike that only had 290 miles on it when the guy bought it 4 years later in 96 - whoa 75 miles a year :o:o:o

It's obviously lived a much harder life since then because the seller has done 2100 miles since 1996 - that's a massive 230 miles a year - obviously knackered then.

I wouldn't dare buy a bike like that. I'd do that sort of mileage on it on a Sunday ride out and it would be covered in dead flies. Before you knew it i'd have done 20,000 miles on it, a few trackdays and probably lobbed it.

Didn't Jasper once write that his bike is not for sale at any price? I feel the same way about my SP. I'm keepin' it! Go on, make me an offer..!

Jools - Have a look at this RC30 for sale in Yorkshire. No miles at all on the clock, and he's asking £20,000! Just riding it a few miles home would cost you £5,000 in depreciation!


http://www.dealer.autotrader.co.uk/_...ayorkshire.htm

My SP is priceless too Weevee!
He may ask £20k for the RC but it's only worth what someone is prepared to pay. If he's selling it for someone or has bought it himself I would think he'll have a mark up on it, being a dealer. It looks very nice, but is not in the same league as the SP's. IMHO The SP4 on e-bay is a steal in comparison.
I have also seen SP4s without a number on the board, so they must have turned them out like that at some point.

Where's it gone? Auction ended early! Hmm. Maybe got cold feet, eh..?

Cold feet or someone really wanted it.

Rgds, Rob

As you all stated,people can offer what they like,my SP5 is not for sale.And yes,i was offered £12,000 twice,by different people.It takes along time,alot of effort to get these SP's and the majority of owners will never sell.Unless i bin it at TA4,then i might!!

I was offered £7500 for my modded strada with all its standard bits too when it was on the DSC stand at popham last summer !!

But like 90% (and were working on Simon :D;))..of the 851/888 owners in here she AINT for sale..EVER !!

£7500 sounds a bit rich for a '94 strada but the front brembo setup alone is worth £1600 to buy new, so all of a sudden doesnt seem so daft..? People are just willing to pay silly money for very good 888's (remember that guy from Ireland who kept pestering us to buy our stradas WVT..!!?), yet sometimes they struggle to sell on ebay !!?? Weird...

Had a look at that (admittedly stunning!) SP4, and a few suspicions (hang on, let me just do my zip up on my anorak :lol:)

1) Yoke says 561..thought there were only 500..?
2) Fairing decals arent right..the number 8 should be white, with a border of grey, then black..?

Mind you...with regards to the decals, the factory just lobbed on what they could find at the time didnt they !!! Wouldnt be surprised if they just ran out, and nipped down the local signwriters to get a few knocked up :lol:

And that number 1 on the fairing..are they not laquered on ?? As simon says his doesnt have it either ?!

Cheers
Nat

1) Yoke says 561..thought there were only 500..?

The first 100 SP4s where SPS so gen SP4 are from 101 to 600.

I'll get my coat.

Rgds, Rob

It looks like the seller really did get cold feet. A chap in the US who's been in contact with him and asked why the auction was ended early says..

"He's a bit frustrated w/ Ebay. Has gotten considerable offers off Ebay.
Needs guidance. Doesn't quite know what he has. I've been assisting".

Doesn't quite know what he has!? You wouldn't think it to read his sales pitch! It seems to me he knows exactly what the bike is. Looks more like he's just realised he could have asked for more. If it re-appears on eBay, what's the betting his reserve has increased?

Re: The number on the top yoke..
On another post by RightSaidFred, his bike's top yoke is shown. He's fitted SP4 yokes to his Strada, and the badge is numbered "048". Looks like someone has scrapped an SPS!

[Edited on 5-3-2005 by weeveetwin]

Re: The number on the top yoke..
On another post by RightSaidFred, his bike's top yoke is shown. He's fitted SP4 yokes to his Strada, and the badge is numbered "048". Looks like someone has scrapped an SPS!

....Probably the one that was at baines's where the customer didnt payt his bills and they broke it up..??!

Nat

Update...

The owner has decided to keep the bike!

Understandable;)

No number on board
Only the SPS had the number 1 in the fairing board to celebrate previous rider victories(Raymond Roche and retained by Doug Polen),the SP4 did not have a number in the white decal.
to check if its a real SPS and not an interloping SP4 check for cooling fan different radiator and carbon tank / tail peice exhausts and vented clutch cover.
ian