| Felix, I think Dallas had several reasons for fitting the SP engine, one was to raise some cash, he originally tried to sell the whole bike for about £7k, but no serious takers, so to raise the money he sold off alot of his goodies, Radial Master cylinders Mag swingarn etc and then the engine.
other reasons for selling the engine was that it wasn't really suitable for road use as the bike is road registered, he found it to revy and a pain at low speeds, also the cost of servicing was a factor. Then he didn't really get on with on the race track with its revy nature after originally racing a 916.
why a 748SP engine ?, because I had it lying around and let him have it at a good price with a have it now pay later deal. |