Deceased 02/10/2010 - R.I.P.
Ducati Corse
Posts: 3,170
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Darlington, Co. Durham
Mood: NGRRC Minitwins champion 2007
Your comment is very telling re. cost. This is why I think the 748 will become the de facto bike. Buy an SPS for £3500 - instant 100+ bhp and about 400lbs in weight without spending much on it. Drop the road gear off and it's bang on the power:weight ratio limit. By comparison, to make your Buell competitive you have had to spend a fortune. The 748 all in and prepped would run to less than 6k...easy. Everything else becomes obsolete for reasons of cost.
What I want is to be reasonably competitive at a reasonable cost. Now that a 748 is eligible my 800 or a 1000 won't be able to compete without spending a fortune of getting weight down - neither can be tuned to give 748SPS power so, weight loss is the only way they can compete.