| Thanks for all your welcoming messages and comments on the bike. All the advice is very welcome and needed. The SP2 is 99.9% standard from what I can make out, with the exception being a Brembo racing master cylinder and front brake lever. I got it from a chap in Croyden, a bike/car dealer who said he'd had it for years in his garage in storage. It's done just over 10,000 miles and is a bit tatty in places, but will be sorted over the next few months. The fairing has cracked on the mounting bracket right lower side, the screen has a small crack, the rear light lens has broken, and the exhausts (standard but very loud!) have a few dents and scrapes, but this just seems to add to the authenticity. The paint is in very good nick, and mechanically it seems sound (and sounds amazing).
I haven't bought it to enter concours competitions - I want to give it a good thrashing and hope to take it on a track day in October at Donington. It's at Baines Racing currently being fully serviced, having the rear shock rebuilt (it was leaking stuff), the fairing fixed, some new grips and some bolts/nuts replaced. They said the valves/shims were spot on, so that's a relief.
Keith - interesting to see you've got an RG500 - one of only two Jap bikes I'd love to ride, if not own, the other being the RC30. What's it like ?
I'll attach a couple more pictures if I can figure it out !
Matthew  |